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VOL. LI NO. 1 ..&. rOKTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY," FEBRUAItT 9, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i! ) v I v 8QHAH ENERGY GAINS HIS POINT Senate Will Act on Direct Election. CLD GUARD AT DISADVANTAGE Vote Must Be Taken When Supply of Oratory Stops. SHERMAN'S TACTICS FAIL When Borah More lo Make Jtcsolu- tlon Unfinished Bunlne, lie Tries to Prawn Senator's Vole, but flora h Gel Ihe Voles. ST HARRT J. BRflRN. ORKGONIAN .NKWi IU'llKAl. Wash tnaton. Feb. I. If the pending rontl tutlonal amendment providing for pop. ular election of Senators Is submitted to the respective stntea for ratlfica- tlnn. It will he solely because of the tlrelese energy, dogged persistence and adroit maneuvering of Senator Borah of Idaho. For It la aolely due to the effort of Ihe Junior Idaho Senator that the Joint reaolutton proposing thl clint In the Constitution Is now be fore the Senate in a position of advan !. known as the "unfinished busi ness. Anil, for that matter. It la du also to the fight made by Horah that the resolution waa reported from the Senate committee on Judiciary. Never before in the history of the government has such a resolution been before the Senate for consideration: never before has such a resolution ever been reported by a committee of the Senate. The subject has been discussed by various Senators In times past, but the speeches have been made while the resolution still slept In a committee piaeon-hol. and Ihe speeches went for naught. Horah Stagger Old Guard. When Porah two years ago made a flabt for a place on the Judiciary com mit tee. he had In mind the promotion of this very legislation. He knew that, aa a member of that committee, he would be In a position to demand ac tion, but he bardly expected at this early day to get a favorable report. When the subject was brought up. bow ever. Horali bad an opportunity to feel out the committee and discovered to hie surprise that a majority of the members were ready to Join him In mak ing; a report. He quickly followed up this bit of Information with a demand for a vole, and the resolution was favorably reported by the Judiciary committee early In January. The Senate waa astounded to And this proposition In a position where It might be railed up for action. Mem bers of the "old guard" had rolled upon the Judiciary committee to see that the resolution waa effectively chloroformed: they thought the chairman. Clark of Wyoming, would be adroit enough to flv It. So when the resolution came out of committee bearing a favorable report, there waa much consternation among Senators who are well, aware thai they can never be returned If their people have the selection of Senators In their own hands. Action Constantly Shelved. Time and again, when the Senate'waa passing bllla on the calendar. Borah asked for the consideration of hla Joint resolution and time and again Its con sideration waa refused, for when bills and resolutions on the calendar are taken op In regular order, the objection of single Senator la sufficient to post- pone. I sually it was Heyburn who made the objection, sometimes It was Kean of New Jersey or Penrose of Pennsylvania. But always objection waa forthcoming from some quarter, and always from Senators who know what the reault will be If the amend ment prevails. Borah bad the same difficulty In the early stagea of his fight, when he asked the Senata to nx a time for taking a vote upon his resolution. Unanimous consent waa necessary, and of course It could not be had. And It was usually H.jrburn who refused unanimous con sent. Others would have objected If ha had not. but Heyburn has been con stantly on guard to prevent its con sideration. F.ndlna that unanimous consent wss out of the question. Borah adopted the orly other tactics b which he could possibly hope to jet a vote on his reso lution. He bided Ms time and. when the s.l'p subsidy bill waa out of the way. marsnaivd fcla forces and prepared to move that the Berate proceed to the consideration of the popular elections rrsoIuUon. Old ;uard Trie Chloroform. The old guard surmised bis plan, a se.-re; conference waa held and It was devldcd to bring forth the Nelson bill, providing for Uaslr.g the coal lands of Alaska, and bare that made the "unfln- Is.ed bustresa, thus crowd in a out tre Koran resolution. Vice-President Ger man su told of the deal and b in: a prty to It. Tbe followlnc day. after the discussion of the LoiimsT case. Borah rose prompt ly and demanded recognition. Ncison was on bis fet at the same time, and allhoucb Borah ow Immediately In front of tn V!ce-irvs!dnt. while. Nol an a waa la tha extreme left of the chamber, tae VIce-ITestdent recognised Caclad4srae2.) ROBBERS RAID AS PREACHER PRAYS W. n. 11IXSO.V LATEST VIC TIM OF THIEVES. King and Money Stolen From Port land Minister' Homo While Church Sertlce la On. While Dr. W. B. Hlnson. pastor of the White Temple, waa conducting the evenlns church eervlce Sunday, thieves broke Into his house at tOl Eleventh street and atole several linga and amall quantity of money. The article! were evidently taken In hasta and no effort waa made to give the bouse a thorough aearchlng. Dr. Hlnson report. ed the case by letter to Captain of De tectives Moore, yesterday. Several weeks ago some one concealed himself In the church during the even Ing service and after the congregation had left, pried open all receptacles' and atole about 1j from the Sunday School box. Other small depredatlotia have been committed In the neighborhood of recent date. The case of Dr. Hlnson Is the fifth reported In which houses were burglar ised last Sunday while the occupants were at church. The unusual number of similar rases recalls to police ofll rlala the epidemic of attacks on th homes f ministers last Fall, when the Treacher Burglar." now In the Wall Walla penitentiary. broke Into the homes of eight ministers within half as many weeks. PHII DRFN ARFD 17 WFD Jacksonville leather Performs Cere mony for Youngest Couple. MKDFOHD. Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) Sweethenrta alnce their first meeting, when both were attending grammar school. Wordcn Knn'ji. 17 years old. and Mary Hester, also IT. were married to day at the home of the biide'a brother. Dr. U W. Hester. In Jacksonville. Ennls, who Is the son of the Rev. Robert Ennls, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Jacksonville, has re cently been employed In the mines near hla borne. The girl only returned from Newberg. Or., where she haa been at tending school, Inst Sunday. The ceremony wsa performed by the youthful bridegroom's father. They are the youngest couple to have ever se cured a marriage license In this county. ISHERMEN GO TO DEATH Finn i-li Village on Ice Floe Wrecked and Hundreds Drown. VIHOItU. Feb. s. The Ice floe on which about 130 fishermen had estab lished a village and which, after being pt out to sea on Friday last, be came stranded near the island or Selts- kar. was partially destroyed by a gale last night. One hundred of the fishermen es caped to land, while numbers are known to have been drowned. Ice breakers have been aent to the rescue. Only two days ago the fishermen de clined assistance offered by two Tea sels. They said they were In no dan ger and refused lo be taken off. GIRLS RIDE PILOT SAFELY When Train Hits Wagon They Are Carried IIalf Mile. WICHITA, Kan.. Feb. 8. A covered wagon carrying 12 school children was hit by a train 20 r-. lies southeast of this city late yesterday. Harley Harlenbower. 15 years old. and Orover Harlenbower. 19 yeara old. were fatally Injured. Three daughters of Mrs. Ellen Allen were caught on the engine pilot and carried a half mile, but were only slightly Injured. Students who were In the wsgon were reading and did not observe the approach of the train. HEN'S THROAT MOUSETRAP Young Pullet Dies Trying- to Swal low Tame Mus Musculo. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Feb. . Spe cial Charles E. Ruckle reports that last week on of his young hens wsa choked by attempting to eat a mouse. The pullet had entered the wood ahed near the house and spied a rather tame mouse. She threw herself upon It and In the attempt to eat tha little rodent, the pullet waa choked to death. Her owner found her some time later with tha mouaa stuck In bar throat. H0NEYM00NIS IN SADDLE Couple Will Ride From Oklahoma to Seattle on Horseback. OKLAHOMA CITT. Feb. I. A novel honeymoon trip was started from bar today, when Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Sharp, married Monday, left on horseback for Seattle. ' Mr. Sharp and Ma bride have spent years In varioua ranches In this slat and say that the midwinter trip across the Rockies has no terrors for them. BABE WEIGHS 24 OUNCES Fa-o Family Holds Ilccord of I Smallest Child In City's IINtory. PASCO. Wash., Feb. I. (Special) What Is believed to be the amallest baby cer orn In Pasco, la the son of Mr and Mrs. J. E- Boyle, who' live on Columbia street. The child weighed Just on and one-baXf pounds at birth. KRESS IS TOLD BY TAFT TO ACT Pass Reciprocity Now or at Extra Session. PRESIDENT EXPZCTS TO WIN Houce Will Pass Bill, but Sen ate's Action Doubtful. TAFT WILL STUMP LAND All Speeches on Approaching Tour Will Deal With Reciprocity. Norris Promises to Spike Guns of Hostile Paper Trust. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. The degree to which the Administration will use n be half of the reciprocity agreement with Canada "Its utmost efforts to bring about urh changes by concurrent leg- I Islatlon" was made plnln today in re ports brought from the White House by Senatora who had talked with the Presi dent. The reports left little doubt that, should Congress adjourn without rati fying the agreement, the President would convene the new Congress in extraordl nary sesssion to consider the matter afresh. The reciprocity matter has moved Into the foremost place In the legislative pur. view and the President shows every dis position to keep It there. If he can. It Is said upon excellent authority that Mr. Taft believes the present Congress will .ct favorably Jn both houses upon the agreement and that there will be no ne- ceasslty for an extra session. Senate Alone Is Doubtful. , Every Indication now forecasts Its adoption by the Houso by an overwhelm ing majority. The only1 doubt appears whether those Senators radically op posed to Its enactment will be able, by obstructive tactics, to prevent Its adop tion by the Senate. The President ap parently entertains no such doubt. t It la known that Senators Heyburn and Bailey are bitterly opposed to the agreement and that the opposition ex tends also to most of the progressive Republicans. Some of these Senators have hinted that their relations with the White House have not been suffi ciently pleasant of In. to to cause them to exert themselves In support of an Ad ministration measure. Senators Carter and Crane, to whom the President an nounced his purpose today, have begun a campaign for votes. The President does not couple the tariff Commission bill with the reciprocity bill In his demand for action at this session, but. If neither bill should pass, he would call upon Congress to pass both meas ures at the extra session and might promise data on the wool and woolen schedule If the Democrats desire them. It is said that the speeches which Mr. Taft will deliver on his brief Western trip, upon which he enters tomorrow night, wtll be devoted almost entirely to the reciprocity agreement. Norrls to Confound Paper Men. John Norris, cha'rmun of the paper committee of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, will appear to morrow before the ways and means com mittee of the House of Representatives with facta and figures In support of the enactment, without the change of a syl lable, of the wood pulp and paper pro visions of the agreement. Mr. Norris smld emphatically that there tfonrluded on Pane 3.) ..........................,............,, STILL HUNGRY. j , . i Jlpfr TM ML I " Vv &M-ot.ti ! it . i i i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. 11 dear.es; minimum, 35 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; southeasterly winds. Legislature. ' Nw House reaDDortlonment bill gives Mult nomah lsrrer quota than provided by Senator Joseph's measure. Fag 6. Ws.hlnyton Henste kills messure. seeking abolishment of capital punishment. Pag ,. Senator Oliver accused of Introduclna bills to eld heirs to 1 nlon County lands, his clients, l'sxs 0. Bowtrmin'i bill passes House by one vote. Fags 0. Abolition of Albion Normal and I.sw School recommended by IJaho legislative com mute. Page 14.. Twenty-two new faces wilt be seen In Sen ale after March 4. Page ft. Foreign. Haytlan government summarily executes six leaders of revolution, rase 5. Governor Vega Inflicts crushing defeat on Mcilnii rebels in Lowtr California. National. Taft clears Colwsll's record by having re jection annulled and appointment then withdrawn. Page 2. American-Canadian reciprocity debated In British Parliament. Page 2. Borah sets direct election of Senators In position for action by constant rustling. 1'age . Taft announces reciprocity bill must pass Congress this session or he will call extra session. Fare 1. Senator Cullom denies one dollar ever used to secure his election. Psg . Senate committee likely to recommend ad vance in magazine postage rats. 1'age . roil tics. New York Democratic conference falls to agree on Senator. Page 5 Domestic Danville grand Jury Indicts many vote-buy ers and sellers and causes panio among politicians. Page 1. Lawyer tells of money paid by Colonel Pope to .Mrs. Turn bull Psge s. Portland boy rejects 110,000 to wed ex-wife of lianor's sun. Page 1. Chicago Record-Herald commenta upon Ore gonisn's semi-centennial edition. Tag 1. SoorU. Same trio keeps lead In Y. M. C. A. Mara thon. Page 8. Champion Wolsast battles six rounds to draw with "Knofkout" Brown. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Hugh Brady, veteran grappler for victims of river to be paid monthly by city. Page 18. All hide markets show improvement. Page ID. Heavy selling of wheat at Chicago. Fags lO. Stock prices drift downward. Page 10. Good clearance of storage apple stocks at New York. Page 19. Portland and Vicinity. Consumers' league denies Commissioner Halley was author of pure-food law. Page 12. Early completion of Mount Hood power line to be condition or xrancnise. page 12. Councilman Kills chsrges Inferior pipe Is used for sewers. Pass 13. Oregon Trunk rails to reach Madras next Saturday or Sunday. Page 12. Hearing begun In petition for restoration of jo. cent arbitrary rate to valley points. Page 20. Judge McGinn refuses to dissolve Injunction held by Municipal Judge Taswell against Mayor Simon, page 12. E. M. 1-e.raruJ and John C Alnsworth bur half block In Hawtborne-arenue district. I'sge IS. Inferior quslity of sewer pipe used, Coun- ctlmsn Kills chargos. page 13. Portland Hotel board of directors meet and elect Edward Hoyce managing director. Page 4. Bessie Clifford, of 'Taraa Yama" fame, talks entertainingly. Page 11. Rer. W. B. Hlnson victim of robbers ss ha holds Sunday church services. Page 1. $1,250,000 WILL EXPLOIT Harrlman Koads Allot Large Sum for Advertising West. CHICAGO. Feb. S. (Special. An ad vertising- appropriation of $1,250,000 la to be spent by the Harrlman railroads In 1911. The budget, said to be the largest ever authorized by any railroad sys tem, was completed at a meeting of the passenger representatives of the Union and Southern Pacific systems held In Chicago today. Within the week announcement was made of the intended double-tracking of both roads at an expense of $75,000,000. The ad vertising budget is to secure enough new business to operate the system to capacity when the aecond track is com pleted, within five yeara. Newspaper and magazine advertising Is the central feature of the plan, but Illustrated pamphlets and lecturea with demonstration cars and stereoptlcons are to be financed from the budget and advertising Is to be placed In publica tions In foreign countries. OLITICIANS AE SEIZED BY PANIC Grand Jury Goes on Rampage at Danville. INDICTMENTS VOTED FOR 80 Vote-Buyers to Get No Immu nity, but Must Testify. LID MUST COME CLEAR OFF Determined Not to Be "Goat" for Fiasco, Grand Jury Summons AH Who Can Tell and Officials Make Rush for Safety. DANVILE. 111., Feb. 8. (Special.) The 'bandwagon' paraded through Ver trillion County today and several big polltlclans clambered clumsily and hesi tatingly aboard. They were boarding the "clean politics" wagon, not because of any particular change of heart, but because they saw a shining: light loom ing up before them. Some of the distinctive rays of this great illumination were: The voting of SO Indictments by the grand jury at a secret session. Knowledge that one, city official and one county official are targets of true bills and that over 100 indictments are under consideration. The withdrawal of offers of "Immu nity baths" to volunteer witnesses. The Issuing of subpenas for 50 politi cians and workers, who have 'handled money." Inquiry Is Barely Opened. And topping off these moves came the announcement that the "vote traf ficking" Inquiry has only opened and that the strenuous efforts to squelch the stenchy scandal In "Uncle Joe" Cannon's political back yard has igno mlniously failed. Henceforth It is to be a fight to the finish if the grand Jur ors do not fail. A few moves the grand Jury has under consideration are: The subpenalng of every Judge, clerk nd official at elections held within the last 18 months. The summoning of policemen who "walked beats" In the vicinity of poll ing places. The indictment of a couple of dozen big politicians on charges of suborns tion of perjury and perjury. Hundreds to Be Summoned. Cleaning of every "sore spot" in Vermilion County and, to accomplish this, hundreds of voters will be dragged before the Inquisitors. The issuing of "body" summonses for several big politicians who have not condescended to appear when sum moned. The grand Jury, battling against ter rifle odds of political interference, be lieves It has wrenched itself suffi ciently free to accomplish the great task and escape the infamy which the jurors realized would be heaped upon their heads if they listened to the po llltlcal leaders and overlooked the ac knowledged fact that Vermilion County shelters 2500 voters whose franchises are purchasable when an alluring prospect Is put before them. In the vernacular, the "Jury couldn't see its way clear to being the goat for unrighteous politicians." Panic Seizes Politicians. The first scramble for the politics band wagon" started at "clean . noon (Concluded on Pag 2.) OREGONIAN VITAL ORGAN OF COAST ANNIVERSARY NUMBER DRAWS ENCOMIUM FROM CHICAGO. Stages of Development Set Forth Edition of Paper AVhich Al ways Held Lead. CHICAGO, Feb. Record-Herald will 8. (Special) The say editorially to- morrow: "The celebration of semi-centennials will engage considerable attention dur ing the present year. Early in the field is The Morning Oregonlan, of Portland, Or., commemorating its fiftieth year of publication. "While the country to the eastward was girding iteelf for the Civil War, the Pacific Coast was in the first flush of development. The handsome edi tion Issued by The Oregonian sets forth vividly both the earlier and the later stages in the progess of the Far North west. "The Oregonian has grown with its own section and is acknowledged by common consent as one of the oldest and . most vital organs of the Pacific Coast. In 1S61. Portland was a town of only 1500 people. But It provided an adequate field for a newspaper that gave a good war news service and loyally upheld the Union cause. The lead then secured has since been maintained. The country .at large will wish The Ore gonian a further Increase of Influence and prosperity." WELL HAS LOUD WHISTLE Freakish Bore on Occasions Has Strong Intake, Too. WALLA WALLA. Wash Feb. 8.- (Special.) A "whistling well" on the ranch of Robert Johnson is attracting much attention among the inhabitants of Eureka Flat. On several different occasion the expulsion of air from the well has caused sound akin to the noise made by a factory whistle and sometimes can be heard a quarter of a mile. On other occasions air rushes into the well with a suction great enough to draw a hat Into the opening. The well has been drilled to a depth of about 800 feet and a small amount of water has been reached. Drilling, however, has been suspended until the drill, which has become fast In the well. can be dislodged. Surface water was struck at a depth of 100 feet, and In the event that a good flow is not struck further down Mr. Johnson will make experiments to utilize the surface flow. BAN IS PUT ON FRESHMAN Faculty of University of Idaho Sits Down on Fraternities. SPOKANE, Wasn., Feb. 8. (Special.) The faculty of the University of Idaho has put the ban on freshmen joining or pledging themselves to any Greek letter societies. One year's residence is re quired by the faculty edict before the aspiring collegian can desert the ranks of the barbarians. The university fraternities have re belled against the edict and an attempt will be made to have the order abolished. It is said by the societies that nearly half of the members of the secret orders are first-year men and their absence would mean thinned ranks in most of the "frat" houses. The Pan-Hellenic council, recently frormed on the advice of the faculty to govern the affairs of the different frater nities, has agreed to appeal to the faculty to remove the embargo against the fresh men. GAS KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY Police Suspect That Cause of Trag edy Was Not Accidental. NEW YORK, Feb. , 8. Frank Bernard. his wife and their two little children were fosnd dead today in their home in Fulton street, Brooklyn, victims of es caping gas. Bernard has been an athletic instructor and Is said at one time to have been connected with the direction of athletics at Hamilton College. The police at first thought that the gas had been turned on by accident, but later developments tended to throw doubt upon this view. OREGON PIONEER, 102, DIES Mitchell Woman, Grandma Monroe, Was State's Oldest Resident. MITCHELL, Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) At the age of 102 years, "Grandma" Monroe, said to be Oregon's oldest pio neer woman, died here this morning at the home of her great-granddaugh ter, Mrs. Frank Christie. Over 60 years ago she Journeyed by oxteam across the plains to Oregon, and has lived in this part of the state ever since. During this time she has resided in Wheeler, Crooic and Wasco counties. MAN OPPOSES HUGGING Dr. Herbert Howe Is Against Girls , Who Indulge In Dancing. DENVER. Feb. 8. "If I were a bache lor I would not want to marry a girl who had been hugged for the last ten years by every man In her set." This was the exclamation of Dr. Her bert Howe, of Denver University, at chapel exercises this morning, in pro testing against the dances that had be come so popular in the university gym nasium, and among the college frats. Dean Howe characterized dancing as hugging set to music" 10 SPURNED FOR lifS SAKE Gammons Elopes to Wed Show Girl. MOTHER'S LONG RACE VAIN Boy Slips Away From Harvard, to Marry Secretly. BRIDE ONCE MRS. GAYNOR Former Wife of New York Mayor's Son Wins Portland Lad Despite His Parent's Trip Across Con tinent to Prevent Mutch. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Nelson Gam mons, of Portland. Or., a sophomore at Harvard, tonight lost $10,000 when he took as his bride Mary Guiffre, divorced wife of Mayor Gaynor's son. Gam mons is 19 years old. Mrs. Gammons, in a vain effort to prevent the marriage, raced across the. continent from Portland and arrived at Boston only a few days ago. She took her son from Harvard to Boston and pleaded with him not to marry Mary Guiffre, offering him $10,000 if he observed her wishes. But Cupid apparently had shot too true. Young Gammons at first seemed disposed to follow his mother's dic tate. It is now believed that this was a ruse to allay her fears sp that today's ceremony could be successfully carried out. Gammons Under Guard. Gammons had been under his mother's eye at Boston for about two days when this morning he suddenly disappeared. Search was started In the afternoon, but too late. Soon after dinner he had obtained a license to wed from the clerk at the Nw York City Hall. Ha gave his age ts 22. Proceedings will at once be started, it is said, to annul the marriage. Mrs. Gammons tonight could not be reached over the long distance telephone. It Is understood that the news came aa a serious shock to her. The Presbyterian Church at Eighth avenue and 128th street. New York, was the scene of the wedding. The Rev. Duncan J. McMillan performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Gam mons, after the ceremony, were whisked away in an automobile. Their present whereabouts Is not known. Neither would talk for publication. Nelson Gammons is the son of the late G. G. Gammons, wealthy Portland at torney, who died about a year ago. Young Gammons is a graduate of Port land Academy and was sent to Harvard to complete his education. About ten days ago Mrs. Gammons, the boy's mother, received word from Elliott Gammons, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and mado a hurried trip East, where she Is now trying to straighten out the affair. ENOUGH JUDGES, SAYS BAR Move to Enlarge San Francisco Bench Meets Opposition. SAN FRaV.'CISCO, Feb. 8. (Special.) The bench and bar of San Francisco are watching with Intense Interest the bill now in the hands of the Governor providing four more Superior Judges in this county. The bill Increasing the number of Superior Court departments in San Francisco from 12 to 16 was passed by the Senate and Assembly over the pro test of the local Bar Association, which adopted resolutions against the change unanimously. The bill is now up for veto or approval b y the Governor, who has announced he will make an Investigation of the work of all tha Superior Judges of the state before acting. It has been set forth by the Bar As sociation that there is no need for such additional judges and that. If the 12 at present on the bench would apply ordinary business hours to the court work, the mass of accumulated cases now congesting the calendars would speedily be relieved. ROAD BUYS LONG STRIP Added Trackage Facilities to Be Provided on East Side. A strip of land 30 feet wide and several blocks long, adjoining tha Southern Pacific main line south of East Lincoln street, has been bought by the railroad from the Inman-Poul-sen Lumber Company. The price was $60,000. The land is to be used for double tracking the railroad main Una and for trackage for Industrial con cerns expected along the Southern Pa cific line on the East Side south. The land is described In the deeds as parts of lots In 54, 68, 72 and 90. and extends from East Lincoln street south to Division. Officials of the Harrlman system rlfny that the reported negotiations for the Inman-Poulsen property by an other railroad system, supposed to bo the Milwaukee, had anything to do with their purchase. The crowded con dition of the right of way In that lo cality haa long been appreciated.