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i n o PORTLAND. OKEC.OX. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. - MMM- . . 1 .... i ' - - . - MINERS DECLARE FORSTATEGONTROL Pinchotism Is Attacked With Vengeance. 6UYIS IS ROUNDLY SCORED By Unanimous Vote Conserva tionists Are Swept Away. OPEN ALASKA, IS BIG CRY Nett to Antl-Conservatlon Stand of Congress Is Declaration for Im mediate Action In Vast Northern Coal Fields. LOS ANGFH.ES. Sept. 29 The Ameri can Mining Congress not only placed It self on record today against all the pol icies of conservation. hut by a vote that was practically unanimous, declared in favor of state control of all natural re sources. Onuervatlnn only as it relates to the prevention of waste was indorsed, then the Congress accepted a report of the committee on Alaska mining- laws in which Clavis and Jones, the Land Office special agents, dismissed by Baillnger, were attacked. The delegates applauded E. A. Wright, of Nevada, when he classed Colonel Boosevelt among the conservationists, whose activities were In one resolution characterlxed as "mere sham and pre tense." PliK-hot Gels Tribute. Wright paid tribute to'Glfford Plnchot as an honest, sincere m.m. but he added that the same could not be said of most of the other prominent conservationists, chief among them "a recent occupant of the White House, who. instead of con serving Federal revenues, raised Gov ernment expenditures to an amount that equalled each year the entire amount of the National debt and made the Presi dential office cost the people $125,000 a year." The conservation delegates began los ing heart long before the resolutions committee submitted Its report and when It was read, and showed that the com mittee had gone much further than any one expected in declaring for absolute state control, they backed down entirely ar.d but one or two feeble protests were raised against It as It went through. Next to the an ti -conservation stand to which the resolutions pledged the congress, greatest Interest was 'aroused by the report of the AIa.ka mining laws committee which advocated Immediate opening of the vast coal fields beyond the Arctic Circle, denounced the proposed leasing system as confiscatory and un just to legitimate claimants and declared for more borne rule and less interference from Washington In the affairs of the northern territory. Land Court Is Backed. A land court, which is said to have the Indorsement of President Taft. was favored by the committee, which regis tered Its objection to the Federal Land tfflce acting in the triple role of detec tive, prospector and Judge In the matter of coal claims. - It was tn this report that the slap at Gtavls and Jones was given. Refer uig to the activities of the Lund Office agents the report said that many of the special agents had not visited Alaska, but had written thetr reports on Alaska In Seattle and added: "It might be well If It were generally known that Special Agents L. R. Glavis and Horace T. Jones, whose attacks on the Interests snd Integrity of Alaskans have been so widely quoted have never been within 600 miles of the coal fields of Alaska." Other Government agents, the report continued, "would not recognise a cosl mine If they were transported to it in a palace car." The place for the next meeting of the congress win probably be selected to morrow. Arizona has two cities In line for the honor. Douglas and Prescott and one of these probably will get It The resolutions committee report. In Its main points, is as follows: Conservation Theory Opposed. "Resolved, that In common with cltl sens of the United States engaged In other Industries, we approve the theory and practice at true conservation which means utilizing and developing with the least possible waste, the natural re sources of our country. "We recognize, as men engaged in one of the most Important Industries of our country, the value of true conserva tion and klts Intimate relation to the mining- Interests, and recommend the enactment of such legislation, both state and National, as will bring about a ben eficial development of mines, the public lands, the public water rights and the- tlmber -contained within our great Western country, for the best interests of the present and future generations without unnecessary waste. "We condemn, however, as unwise, as opposed to the best Interests of the American people and as wholly unneces sary to the success of any plan of true conservation, legislation or proposed legislation which tends to make the miners and other citizens of the public Isnd states, who Invest their time, labor and capital In the development of the natural resources contained within such IConcluded oa Pace -3.) WOMAN FINDS SHE HAS 2 HUSBANDS WIFE OP JAMES F. MVERMORE SECURES DIVORCE. Marriage to Edward A. Bevls Xot Having Been Annulled. That With Local Man Is Made Void. LOS ANGELES. Cel., Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Not until seven years after her marriage to James F. Livermore did Mrs. Jean F. Bevls discover that she had not been properly divorced from her first husband, Edward A. Bevls, according; to testimony which she of fered before Judge Conley, of Madera County. In the Superior Court today. She obtained an Interlocutory decree from Bevls In the Los Angeles County courts March 24, 1903, the records showed. Mrs. Bevls testified he was advised 'that the divorce was complete and she did not wait for a final de itm Instead: she went to Portland. Or., and there was married to James F. Livermore, September 30. 1303. Just six months after her interlocutory de cree from her first husband. She has lived there with Livermore ever since, she said. Early in this year, Mrs. Bevls testi fied, she discovered that the supposed divorce from Bevls was not binding and she commenced suit to annul her marriage to Livermore, "If the law did not compel me to arrant this annullment. I would not do It." said Judge Conley. "If there were anv way to deny the decree, I would do it.' FRUIT RATE CUT IS MADE Voluntary Action of Railroads Will Benefit Portland. LOS ANGELES, CaU Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Convinced that a complaint re cently filed before the Interstate Com mission had elements of Justice, the southern Pacific and Salt Lake Rail roads today decided to "beat out" the commission by voluntarily making the riiii-finn asked on citrus fruit rates. This action meana that Southern Callf- .rnla omnia and lemon growers can hereafter ship into the Northwest and as far as Fargo, N. I., Carload lots of fruit at a flat rate of 11.15 per hund red pounds, now the rate on oranges across the continent. These Northwest ern shipments will go principally via San Francisco. Heretofore consignments destined for the. Northwest; .east of the Rocky Mountains, have gone to Kansas City or St. Louis for trans-routing. maVng an added tariff from the central dis tributing point. The Southern Faclflc will hereafter ship via the coast route to Portland and thence by Northern and Canadian Pacific to the interior. Thousands of tons are expected to go that way. ' I BOY DESERVES WHIPPING Teacher Who Punishes Young Fight er Acquitted of Assault. SPOKANE. Wash., Sept. 29. (Special.) After sitting in a stuffy courtroom half the night at Newport. Idaho, a little town across the river from Newport. Wash., on the Idaho-Washington state line, Mrs. B. E. 8teele, principal of the Newport schools, was last night acquitted of bat tery on one of her p mills. Justice of the Peace R. M. Anderson dismissed her. Alwln Vandewater, a lad of 7 years, was fighting on the way home from school. Constant warnings failed to have the desired effect snd Alwln was pun lahed by the lhtle woman school teacher. When school wss dismissed Alwln tear fully told the story of the whipping to his mo'ther. The mother sided with the bvjy and caused a warrant to be Issued for Mrs. Steele, charging battery. The trial followed Immediately. Mrs. Steele will continue to teach the Newport school. She recently came from the East. DISGRACE BORNE SILENTLY Son of Rich San Franciscan Goes to -Jail Rather Than Ask Aid. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Louis Blanchlanl. son of a wealthy San Francisco wholesale mer chant, escaped with a five months' sen tence In the County Jail today, having had a felony charge of attempt to com mit grand larceny reduced by Superior Judge Hughes. Blanchlanl was caught picking the pocket of a patron of the State Fair. He has served already nearly one month In Jail. The charge was reduced at the request of the District Attorney, who did not want to see the youth sent to state's prison. Blanchlanl refused to ask from his father in San Francisco, saying he did not want his folks to know of his disgrace. ENRAGED BUL1G0RES MAN Farmer's Life Saved by Son Who Turns Doc Into Corral. SPOKANE. Wash, Sept. 29 (Spe cial.) James Crawford, a well-known Mill Creek farmer near Colvllle. was yesterday morning gored by a Jersey bull and narrowly escaped fatal In Jury. Mr. Crawford was rendered un conscious and his head and face fright fully bruised and lacerated. On enter ing the corral he did not notice that the bull had broken the rope fasten ing. He shut off all escape by closing; and latching the gate. His 10-year-old son saw the predica ment and threw the dog into the en closure, diverting the attention of the bull and savins; his father's life. al I . i T. R. SUBJECT OF TIRADE BY PARKER Democrats' Ticket Not Yet Determined. I;' MURPHY CONTROLS lcT!NG Denunciation of Republican Interests New Yorkers. ALL HIS CAUTION NEEDED Temporary Chairman Declares Fed eral Officeholders Were Com pelled to Aid ex-Presldenl In Battle at Saratoga. ROCHESTER. N. T.. Sept. 29. The first session of the Democratic state convention today was a brief Intermis sion In the business that has brought together here the delegates of the 61 cbuntiea of New York State. This business was the selection of a candidate for the head of the ticket and it promised to keep the leaders out of bed all night. The convention came to order at 1:07 P. M.. perfected a tempor ary organization,- listened to a brief ar raignment by the temporary chairman, Alton B. Parker, of the Republicans in general and the political ascendancy of Theodore Roosevelt at Saratoga In' par ticular, snd then adjourned to await the Judgment of the leaders. Session Will Begin in I P. M. Tomorrow at 1 o'clock the convention wiy meet again in the hope of agreeing on a candidate selected In the meantime. All questions of availability come utl mately before the triumvirate of which Charles F- Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. Is the dominating personality; Dan iel Cohalan, the mouthpiece, and J. Sar grant Cram, the advlser-ln-chlef. Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Na tional Democratic committee, admits that Murphy controls the situation. Out of 450 delegates he controls 428. Kings County, led by John H. McCooey, of Brooklyn, and Erie, led by William Fttx patrlck. of Buffalo, more than 100. Up state leaders recognized tonight their hopelessness to effect any coalition strong enough to oppose him with any show of success. Murphy Needs His Caution. The problem that Mr. Murphy faces is one that needs all of his caution, experi ence and Judgment. He must find a candidate who will be strong enough to run at least an even race with Henry L. Stimson. backed by Theodore Roosevelt; one who will command the support of Democrats of all shades of opinion, and who can win the support of W. R. Hearst, whose favor or disfavor may de cide the day. Important meetings that may last Ions; after midnight are in the commit (Concluded on Page 5.) 1 KIND OF STATEMENT 1 I INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS Tfce Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 5 degrees; minimum. &1 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair: changeable winds. becoming northwesterly. National. Illinois legislator "exposes, on stand. Lorlmer Senatorial seat-buying. Page 8. Danger of uprising tn China causes military preparations by united states, rage i. Political. Tired, after his conquests. Roosevelt reaches Oyster Bay. Page 5. A. 8. Bennett, of The Dalles, states Oswald West is friendly to corporations. Page ltt- Offlclal count of vote at primary election in Multnomah County completed. Page 10- Murphy In the control of New York Dem ocratic, convention, but ticket has not been determined. Page 1. Domestic. Walter Brooklns flies from Chicago to Springfield and wins lin.oon priie. Page 1 American Mining Congress declares unani mously for state control. Page 1. ' ?lnchot pleads for harmony before Irri gation Congress. Page 7. Portland woman finds she has two hus bands and secures divorce from one. Page 1. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 10. Oakland 1; Vernon 2. Los Angeles I: San Francisco 7. Sacramento 3. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. More than noon attend opening of Cli.rk County. Washington, fair. Page 8 First day of Pendleton "Round-UD" ends in score persons being Injured. Page 10. Pacific University, Harvey W. Scott alma mater, pays tribute to his memory. Page 8. Fletcher B. Johnston testifies In wife's de fense at Houck murder trial. Page 8. Wife sella Jewels to raise cash for defense of man accused of train-robbery. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Local wheat market steady with' light trad ing. Page. 23. Heavy run -of stock at North Portland yards. Page 23. Wheat breaks at Chicago on free selling. Page 23. ... New York money market is firmer. Page 23. British ship Inveraoon chartered for grain fleet at highest price of season. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Suit charges city officials with unfairness In awarding macadam street-paving con tracts. Page 14. Injunction prohibits sale of tr.00.0OO bonds by Port of Coos Bay. Page 14. Five complaints for divorce filed in Circuit Court. Page 11. - Justus Hill suffocated py quicksand at bottom of well. Page 17. Car ferry at mouth of Deschutes aids In construction of Oregon Trunk Line to ward Bend. Page 1 7. Miss Brehm ridicules Chief Cox In "blind pig" controversy. Page IS. Portland Theater to be used by Dowlan Stock Company this season. Page 14. Alexander H. Kerr, recently divorced, weds his former secretary. Page 11. RECIPROCITY IS SOUGHT Canada Will Communicate With Washington A boot aMtter. OTTAWA. Ont., Sept. 29. Canada, probably within the next few daysl wil, communicate with Washington as to the proposed opening, of negotiations looking to reciprocity arangements be tween the two countries. There will be a conference between the members of the governments, at which a decision will be reached as to the nature of the communication which Mr. Fielding wil send to Mr. Knox, regarding the proposed negotia tions. FIRE IS 26 STORIES HIGH New York Department Succeeds In Quenching Blaze In Skyscraper. NEW YORK. Sept 29. Firemen to day had the somewhat novel experience of fighting a fire In a skyscraper, 26 floors above the street leveL The fire broke out In the offices of a fire in surance concern in the lower Singer building and dense smoke was pouring from the windows on the Broadway side of the structure when the firemen arrived. The fire did little damaite. FOR "NtrvrBTP. 1" GEORGE AND GILL RETURNS TO TAKE COMMAND He Says He Will "Fire' Chief if Grafler. SEATTLE MAYOR IS EMPHATIC Wardall Is Declared Inexperi enced but Conscientious. NO GREAT CHANGES SEEN Executive Says He Will Look Into Graft Churges, but He Knows of Xo System Whereby Law breakers Arc Protected. WARDALL REMOVES CHIEF. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 20. Charles W. Wappensteln was removed from the office of chief of police by Act ing Mayor Wardall at 4: JO this afternoon, two hours before Mayor QUI returned from hla three weeks' yachting cruise In Northern waters. Acting Mayor Wardall kept hla action secret until late tonight when, after a conference with his advisers, he announced that the chief of police had been discharged. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Hiram C Gill. Mayor of Seattle, is back on the Job. The yacht Rainier, on which the Mayor and his friends were guests on a cruise in Northern waters, came into port at 6:30 o'clock this evening and tied up at Lillico's float. Ten minutes later. Mayor Gill took up the reins of government. Six mountain goats and a huge bear were In the yacht's storeroom. Brown as the shooting Jacket which he wore, and carrying guncases and grips. Mayor Gill came off the yacht in excellent humor. Up the, British Columbia Coast, at a place named Knights Inlet, he had met Senator Potts, who was also on a hunting trip. Senator Potts related what had happened during the Mayor's absence; that Max Wardall was acting Mayor, and told of the charges against Chief of Police Wappensteln. Gill Speaks Right Out. Asked what he purposed doing about Wappensteln, Mayor Gill said: , "If 'Wappy' has been mixed up in graft. I'll fire him. I want to look into these things myself. I've heard an outline of what has taken place and If there laany foundation for the charges against the Chief of Police, I'll cut him off at the pockets. I am In hearty sympathy with any fair in vestigatlon of the men connected with the city government. So far as I am personally concerned, I know nothing of a system whereby lawbreakers have received police protection. However, If (Concluded on Page 6.) JONATHAN BELIEVE IN. WIFE GIVES ALL TO SAVE HUSBAND ACCCSED TRAIXROBBER NOT DESERTED IX HfS NEED. Jewels, and Even Wedding Ring, Go to Raise Cash for Prisoner's De fense in Spokane Trial. SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Sitting silently In the court room. In the Federal building, is a wo man whose faithfulness is the com ment of everyone who hears . of sacri fices made to protect her husband, fac ing a life sentence in the Federal peni tentiary for train robbery. She is Edna Howells. Damning as is the evidence against her husband, C. D. Howells, who was arrested at Seattle, and In spite of the repeated positive identification, she is fighting with all her love to have him freed. One thing lacking for the defense was the fact that Howells had no money to secure the attendance of witnesses outside the Jurisdiction. This is in the face of the contention of the govern ment that Howells robbed the Gteat Northern Express Company of $15,000 a year after the mall robbery. Howells has not shown himself to be In funds and his only chance lay in the presence of certain witnesses, by whom he hoped to establish an alibi. In palmier days his wife secured two beautiful diamond rings. When the case developed that money was needed she forgot her love for the 'Jewels, forgot everything but the dire needs of her husband, and sold the two rings for $100 apiece, less their true value. Her wedding ring went, too, toward raising the necessary money and what little she had saved as a stenographer for A. C Edwards was placed at the disposal of her husband and his at torneys. Ever since her husband's arrest she has been kept away from him, as the government took the position that if there was anything to conceal, How ells would confide In his wife and have her aid him. Now she Is by his side in the courtroom constantly. SHOES LEAD TO DIVORCE They Belong to Another Woman and Husband Can't Explain. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 29. (Special.) A pair of woman's shoes forced t,he deser tion of the spouse from the husband and enabled Samuel Grant, a railroad con struction superintendent of Faribault and St. Paul. Minn., to secure a divorce here In the District Court today. While building a railroad at Jerome, Idaho, Mr. Grant was Joined by his wife, Sarah Grant, formerly a Duluth society belle. She had not been long with her husband before she discovered a pair of woman's shoes In one of the rooms In which Mr. Grant was then living. She demanded an explanation. He could give none. In an hour she had packed up and left him. going back to Minnesota. Evidence was introduced to show that Mrs. Grant was very Jealous, making it Impossible for her to keep in harmony with her husband. She presented no de fense and the court granted the husband the decree. The community property rights were settled out of court. INSTRUMENT IS MARVEL New Mechanism at Fflrt Stevens Can Detect Objects 23 Miles Off. FORT STEVENS, Or., Sept. 29.-Spe- clal.) A new Instrument of remarkable power is about to be installed in all ohervlna- stations at Fort Stevens. This Instrument in general features resembles rviwerful telescope, and is capable of detecting the approach of an enemy's fleet at a distance of 40.000 yams, ana when focused on the object sought, it gives the exact range or distance to that object. It is so mounted that it gives the direction in degrees and minutes. The Instrument's mechanical features are so delicately arranged that it auto- atically corrects for curvature of the earth's surface. NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNS Fire In New Orleans Threatens to Spread to Other Buildings. ' VFTW ORLEANS. Sept. 30. Fire broke out in the Times-Democrat office at mid night, threatening to destroy the entire building. The Picayune building adjoins the Times-Democrat building. At 12:20 o'clock this morning, the Times building and the entire " plant of the Times-Democrat appeared doomed. It was doubtful If the fire could be con fined to the Times-Democrat. SULTAN OF SULU COMING His Majesty Leaves Chicago for San Francisco. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Immensely pleased with the reception accorded him by President Taft and other offi cials of the United States and with his visit to the Nation's Capital, His Majesty, the Sultan of Sulu. departed today for Chicago, where he will arrive tomorow morning. ' , He will leave for San Francisco in the afternoon. WORK ALMOST SUSPENDED Cholera Causes Steamers to Refuse Business at Naples. NAPLES, Sept 29. The work of the port has been practically suspended in consequence of the cholera epidemic in the poorer quarters of the city. All foreign steamship lines refuse to take on either passengers or freight here. AIRSHIP- BEATS TRAIN 187 MILES BrookinsWinsRaceand . $10,000 Prize.' LONG DISTANCE MARK MADE Only Two Stops Recorded, Chicago to Springfield. SPECTATORS GO JOY WILD Continued Flight Record Smashed by Wilbur Wright's rupil, Who Will Next Race Barney Old field, Auto Champion. SPRINGFIELD, III., Sept. 29. Aviator Walter Brookens today broke the Ameri can long-distance continued flight record and won $10,000 prize when he alighted In the Illinois State Fairgrounds here at 4:27 P. M., seven hours and 21 minutes out of Chicago, after having sailed hieJ Wright biplane 1S7 miles with two stops. The delays were at Oilman, 111., 75 miles from the starting point in Chicago at 11:30 A. M. and at Mount Pulaski, 111., 163 miles from the starting point in Chicago at 3:20 P. M. The first stop was for oil and gasoline; the cond was for that and because his pump had broken. Big Prize Is Won. Brooklns, in his long sail, broke the American long-distance continued-flight record and thereby won the $10,000 prize offered by the Chicago Record Herald, which conducted the attempt. Brooklns reached the fair grounds eight minutes ahead of the Illinois Central special train. His average fly ing rate was 33 miles an hour. He found difficulty in alighting. . The crowd surged about him till he had to make a personal appeal to get the throng back. When the Chicago crowd arrived at the grounds, nearly half an hour after the aviator, Brook lns said: "Where have you been all the timer I got here and have been waiting to lunch with you as I promised. Here you have kept me waiting half an hour." Asked about the flight, he said: Near 1,000,000 See Flight. "Why, it Was nothing only staying up, that's all. It was one of 'the pret tiest flights I ever made. Everywhere I was flying low enough, and I went as low as 300 feet several times. I could see the people staring up at me from every acre almost. There must heve been 750,000 looking at me. At 8 P. M.' Brooklns met officially by John Crebs, president of the fair association, and the air man turned over to the official a message penned by H. H. Kohlsaet, of the Chicago Record-Herald, reading: "Tto the president of the State Fair Association: "With the compliments of H. H. Kohlsaat; via the first airline from Chicago to Springfield." Brooklns announced he would make exhibition flights tomorrow afternoon at the fair grounds, when a squadron of cavalry will keep back the crowds. Saturday afternoon he will race Bar ney 01d(ie,ld for a mile, Oldfteld driv ing his 200 horsepower automobile. Brooklns says he expects to win. The aviator tonight is guest of Mr. Crebs, who requested a squad of police to keep the crowds far enough from the house so Brooklns could sleep. FREXCH AIR MEX WANT PRIZE Foreign Experts to Try to Wrest Championship From Curtiss. PARIS, Sept. 29. The French aviator cracks are tuning up for the American meet, and the thoroughness of their preparations betrays a determination to bring back to France the interna tional trophy which Glenn H. Curtiss won at Rhelms a year ago. At that time the American covered 12.42 miles in 15 minutes, 50 3-5 seconds, estab lishing a world's record. The team selected Is made up of Alfred Leblanc. Hubert Latham and Leon Morane. Each Is putting the fin ishing touches on a specially built monoplane. . Today Leblanc tried out his new Blerlot model, equipped with two coup led 60-horsepower revolving Gnome motors. It is understood the racer de veloped extraordinary speed. Hubert Latham has been practicing with His new 100-horsepower flyer, and is said to have attained a speed of something like 70 miles an hour. The international cup must be won three times in succession to become the property of any club. The coming competition will be the second of the series, with the advantage of the first victory resting with the Aero Club of America. " Aviator Dies of Injuries. MUELHAUSEN. Germany. Sept. IB. Aviator Klochniann, who, was injured when his biplane collapsed at a height of 150 feet yesterday, died today with out having recovered consciousness. Socialists Xante Ticket. ALBANY. N. Y., Sept. 39. The state ticket of the Socialist Labor party was filed by petition with the Secretary of State today. Frank L. Passano, of Troy, is the candidate for Governor.