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VOL. LI XO. 15.GG0. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I'OKTLAAD, UULUU.'V, ntlUAI, 1 JUmtUAltX 1U, I i TAFT RUSHES WAH FOR RECIPROCITY Only Doubt Is as to Sen ate's Attitude. MAJORITY IN HOUSE ASSURED Democratic Senators Fear Taft May Profit. WILSON ANSWERS GRANGE rreident Will Carry Campaign Into Wert by Speaking at Columbus and Springfield Lumbermen Object to Concession. WASHINGTON. Feb. The cam paign of the Taft Administration for tha ratification of tha reciprocity agreement" with Canada moved on spare today. Tha House committee on way and muni held tta final bearlnic aod la expected in executive session tomorrow to vote to report It favor ably. President Taft left tonight for tha West and In speeches tomorrow at Co lumbus, fx. and Saturday at Sprtns: flsld. Ill- ha will emphasise still fur ther Ms advocacy of the agreement. Secretary Wilson, of tha Department f Agriculture, added hla word to the reciprocity ehorue In the form of a loer and forceful "open letter ad Iresaed to tha National Grange. IemocT-atlo Senators May rtatk. The Pemoeratlc members of the Ben ate will meet In caucus tomorrow aornlac Ostensibly the conference eras raUe.1 to outline a programme la relation to all pending legislative mat ters, bat It Is believed the Canadian agreement will conaume practically all the discussion and that the Democrats a-tll determine upon a policy la respect to It. Democratic traders say naturally they would be for the ae;rmnt. but some of them are holding off because, f the fea.lng that the President might benefited politically by Its adoption by Congress. Tia Democrats who, are Inclined to this view aay they hesitate to assist la extricating the It-publlcans .'rom any of their difficulties. The attitude of the minority la the Senate may ba Influenced by Demo cratic sentiment la the House when the atcCall bill, to carry the agreement Into force, la put on Its passage. The 'adicatlona are the House Democrats arttl support the bill. In which case the Seaate Democrats will follow suit. The first opea vole In support of the agreement In the Hcnate was heard to. Say when Ileverldge advocated tta adoption. House to Have Open Debate. In the House the situation has been salftty shaping Itself and gives Indi cations of resulting In speedy action. So far as can be learned, the plan la to bring the JJcCall bill In from com mittee tomorrow without any rule regu lating Its consideration. This would leave It open to amendment. The friends of the measure express the be lief that there Is a large majority of the House In favor of the adoption vf the measure exactly as It stands and that they will defeat any attempt to amend It when It Is made plain that a single amendment may defeat the whole plan. John Norris. chairman cf the papr committee of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, today made tlie final argument before the ways and means committee In support of the pulp and paper clauses of the sgreemen. earnestly urging Its adoption without amendment. Lumbermen Den j There's Trust. A protest against suggestions that a combination existed among the lumber manufacturers of the country or tft.it the standing timber la controlled by a few Individuals, was voiced by Edward lllnes. of Chicago, president of the Na tional Association of Lumber Manufac turers. Mr. Hinesj challenged the statement of the President In hla reciprocity mes sage that a few owners control the for ests of the I'nltcd States. He said the President either must have proceeded upe" frejuent newspaper reports to this effect or had an advance report from the commissioner of corporations. Her bert Knox Smith, who has been inves tigating alleged combinations In the lumber Industry. Mr. Hlnes said Mr. Smith had been encaged la his Investigation for years; that the manufacturers had given him every assistance, but they had been un able thus far to learn that he had found any evidence of a combination. free Canadian Ixg Wanted. The lumbermen from various sections of the country protested to the com mittee aaalnat ratification of th agree ment. 8ome of the lumbermen Indicated the agreement would not be so objec tionable If It provided for free Ca nadian logs as well aa finished lumber. In that ease, they said, the American mnia would be able to meet Canadian competition without much Injury. D. C. Skinner, of Seattle: A. J. Wil son, of Spokane: Herbert W. Blancbard. of Boston: Z. W. WblteheaJ. of Wilming ton, and M. Hlnes. as representing the iwu.4M aa i'aae o STUDENTS DEFY PARENTS TO WED WF-DDIXG CULMINATES RO MANCE OP BROKEN AC'TO. local la nt Driver and Arqualnta nee of Dost Roadside Marry Now In Portland. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. t. tSpeclal A romance that began when th bride-elect found her hero under disabled automobile by a dusty road side last Summer culminated In th marriage at Victoria. B. C last week, of Miss Mariorle Hammond, formeri a Junior at the Queen Anne High School, and Boy Gregg, late a stuuen at the Cnlverslty of Washington. De fylnsr the wishes of their parents, the wedded, believing a telegram after th reremnnv would BOUare matters. It did not. however, and Mr. and Mrs Gregg are now In Portland. The story of the meeting Is ro mantic Miss Hammond was strollln along the road at the foot of Quee Anne Hill with her chum. Miss Eleanor Kills, when they espied a big tourin car halted. In the car were friends and under the car was Gregg. Miss Hammond was Introduced. Gregg, dls heveled and grimy, was not la the mood for soft speech. He finished hi: tinkering and was so embarrassed that be drove off without giving Miss Hammond and Miss Ellis a ride. The acquaintance, however, ripened Into love and an "understanding Then they went to Victoria. Mrs. Hammond sal. I tonight she had not forgiven her daughter. DECIES AND BRIDE TARRY " i i as as On Way to Jrkyl. .My Lady Regale) Herself With Cigarette. BRUNSWICK. Gt, Feb. t. (Special. Lord and Lady Decles were given an ovation upon their arrival in Bruns wick this afternoon on their way to Jekyl Island. The bride and bride groom, appeared greatly surprised s the demonstration from the large crowd gathered to see the train arrive, and both smllsd and bowed their apprecl atlon. The couple were at dinner when the! train arrived. When tbey had finished lunch, the bride took a seat by a win dow In full view of the many curious onlookers and puffed a cigarette to the accompaniment of cheera from the "crowd. The couple walked from the car to the wharf, a distance of 60 yards, and on either side crowds anxiously beheld them. As they stepped aboard he gangplank. Lord Decles lifted his hat in responding to a welcome given by several persons. As the steamer departed, the young bride waved her band and smiled to the large crowd, while Lord Decles lift ed his hat and waved a farewell. For one week they will be the guests of Edwin Gould, an uncle of the bride. occupying his beautiful cottage at Jekyl Island. CIVIL WAR HERO STUDENT W. C. t'uslck. Aged 6 9. Registers at University of Oregon. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Feb. S. (Special.) W. C. Cuslrk. 0 yrsrs f age, a pioneer of 15J and a member f the Grand Army of the Republic. Is eglstcrrd In the department of botany t the University of Oregon. Mr. Cuslck's ume Is at Union. Or. This Civil War veteran boards at tha University dormitory and studies side by side with young men who are only one-third and one-fourth bla age. yet be has done so with such grace that his distinction tied passed by unnoticed until quite recently. Mr. Cuslck served throughout the Civil War In the First Oregon Infantry, un der the command of Colonel Curry. in recent years be has devoted considerable time to the study of botany and has col lected and mounted some 10.0U0 specimens of Eastern Oregon flora. The venerable pioneer Is planning to turn this collection over to the univer sity when It has been completed. PRODIGAL WASTES CASH Wife Checks Extravagance by Ob taining Insanity Warrant. The extravagance of Robert E. Smith, a retired milkman and pioneer of Yam hill County, was checked yesterday by his wife, who swore to a complaint In McMlnnvllle declaring her husband to be Insane. The Portland police arrested Smith and Sheriff Henderson, of Yamhill County, an old friend, will take him home to.lay. - Smith for years was the only dairyman of consequence at McMlnnvllle. He sold out five years ago and bought a farm. which he sold two weeks ago for JlXOrtJ. Coming to Portland, he made many pur chases, paying In bills of large denomi nation and refusing to accept either the chance or the goods bought. Smith Is nearly 65 years old. Sheriff Henderson said that a stomach aliment had affected tha dairyman's mind. RED CROSS F0UNDER ILL Miss Clara ISurton Is Stricken With Bronchitis, Pneumonia. OXFORD. Mass.. Feb. . Miss Clara Barton, founder and for many years president of the National Red Cross In the United States, has been seriously in of bronchitis and pneumonia at her home In Glen Echo. Mi., according to Information received by friends here'. Improvement was shown yesterday and It Is said she will recover. She la In her 'Jt-tt year . . . . SENATE APPROVES MALARKEY'S BILL Hot Debate Precedes Final Action. STATE-WIDE MEASURE WINS Joseph Leads Fight on Public Service Commission. DEBATE BITTER AT TIMES Drafter of Proposed I -aw Riddles Initiative Bill to Give Portland Own Commission Weaknesses and Fallacies Shown. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 8peclaL By a sweeping vote Senator Dan J. Malarkey's state-wide public serv Ice commission bill received the Indorse' ment of the Sennbj thin morning, 'but five of the full quota of Senators declaring against It. This came after an all morning debate which developed highly interesting and tense situations, startling denunciations which at times threatened to develop Into pugilism. One of the strongest features of the arguments came when Senator Malarkey riddled the proposed initiative bill to give Portland a public aervice commission of Its own; dissected, section after section pointing out Its weakneeaws and Its falla cies and plainly showing where Portland is powerless to regulate Its public utili ties without the assistance of the Mate, Its courts and Its public officials. Malarkey opened ' the debate by ex plaining that he had asked for a special order that any Interrogatories which the Senators wished to direct at him might be answered. It haa been alleged In this Sen ate and In committee that the bill Is full of omissions and Jokers." he said. "Nevertheless. yesterday aft ernoon, when the bill waa read sec- ion by section, the one making this al- egatlon was either in the nail or sat quiescent In his seat, found no Jokers, and nor a word came from him. The state ment made yesterday by the chairman of he railroad committee Is Just as Talse as all the other statements emanating from him In reference to this bill." Joseph Says Hill Has Jokers. Joseph opened thf argument In opposi tion to the bill and recited the history of the attempt to secure regulation of public utilities, citing bsck to the forma tion of a small club by D. I Povey In September, l. and telling of the appoint ment of a committee to .secure advices to the commission plan end to outline method of procedure. He told of the Railroad Commission being Invited to take action In this respect and of an newer from the commission that It had too many duties already Imposed upon It to consider the question of supervising public utilities. Then Joseph sttempted to point out some of the alleged Jbkers In the bill. tating that It Is but a garbled copy of (Concluded on Pass 7. .is.te.e.sss.s-e INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT"8 Maximum temperature, 8 decrees; minimum, 34 degrees. TODAT'8 Occasions! rain. southeasterly winds. Legislators. Malarkey's state-srlde publlo service com mission bill passea Senate after hot de- bate, rags 1. Washington Senate passes bill giving Gov ernor power to sppolnt board of isnd commissioners. Psge 7. Legislative report on branch asylum sits conflicts with physicians' report, pise 6. Administration wins point In defeat ol Bowermaa's public commissary bill. Pass T. Advocates ef Increased Judiciary eoncen trata efforts on securing one new Judgs lor Multnoman. Pate o. Foreign. Asqulth defends reciprocity agreement la British Parliament. I'aca a. Orosco plana march south to intercept Jusres relief. Fife 3. National. Senator Brlstow mskes speech for direct election of Senators. Page 2. Taft pushes fla-ht for reciprocity and only oouutrul point is senate, psge l. House pssses bill Increasing membership to 433. Page i. Domestic Defense In Baldwin case tries to prove an other than Baldwin was Anita Turnbull's father, page 3. nom.-run drive wins ez-Vernon plsyer a bride. Psse I. Fifteen men entombed In Colorado mine ai result of explosion. Page 1. Rate war seen In action of San Francisco' Portland Steamship Company. Page i. Body of late Representative W. L. Scott's sister-in-law stolen from vsult at Erie, Pa. Page 3. Wlllard. who robbed Rector's, at Chicago. confesses snd says he was robbed or plunder by holdup men. Page 1. Danville grand Jury gets much evidence of vote-selling and votes 134 Indictments. Page 4. Sport. Marathon racers getting footsore; pace slackens, page 8. Columbia T'nlversity defeats Lincoln High School at basketball, 38 to 17. Page 8. - ' raclfic Northwest. Mayor GUI. of Seattle, attacks recall as un American. Pass 8. Man kills wife, slster-ln-lsw and himself near Enterprise. Page 4. Defunct Vancouver Bank will open soon. Is Belief. Psgs . Washington University students defy parents to wed. Pare 1. Commercial and Marine. Shipbuilders sll busy; few bid on Job ef re modeling tug wenona. page IS. Cotton cMqus takes a band In coffee specu lation, psse IS. Better demand for cash wheat at Chicago. Page 1. Stocks advance la face of bear pressure. page IB. Heavy receipts at Portland stockysrds. psge IV. Portland Bad Vicinity. Councilman Ellis' recall to be asked. Page S. Trains will be running Into Redmond this Summer. Pass 13. Furniture firm buys block; will build big warehouse on East Side. Page 11. Judge Gantenbeln opposes proposed change in court rules, page 12: Mount Hood Railway has expended SI. ZOO,- 0UO; further outlay of 1000,000 pending. Paga 13. Women making whirlwind csmpslgn for pure-tood ollL Page 12. Street-cleaning appropriation to be expended in paved districts chiefly. Psge 14. Widening of Bumslde str..t Is key of clvlo architect's greater Portland plan. Pace 14. WOMAN HOLDS RECORD Albany Resident Named Examiner of Titles, First Oregon Instance. ALBANY". Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) For the first time since the Torrens system of registration of titles to land was adopted in Oregon, seven years ago, a woman acted as examiner of title In a proceeding to register title today. Miss Leila Mitchell was appointed by Judge Galloway here this afternoon to examine the titles In two applications n the State Circuit Court for Linn County and upon her report, filed Later, decrees ordering the registration of the titles were entered. Miss Mitchell. who,now has the honor of being; the first Oregon woman to erve as a court examiner of title, has been head clerk for many years In the office of the Albany Abstract Company. "GET BUSY!" ROBBER IS ROBBED LEAVING RECTOR'S Willard Confesses and Plot Is Unfolded. HIS CONFIDANT HOLDS HIM UP Waiter Is Party to Conspiracy to Rob Restaurant. WOMAN BETRAYS GUILTY Saloonkeeper in AVhom Wlllard Con fides Organizes Another Gang Which Forces Him to Dis gorge AH Plunder. CHICAGO. Feb. 9. Even a thief is not safe In Chicago, Is the plea which Charles Wlllard made to the police to day, when he confessed that he held up Rector's restaurant last Sunday morning- and secured $3300. Willard's Joy in having this money was short-lived, he said, for, as he was leaving the cafe door, he was met by three men who, with a revolver pressed against his side, escorted him to an alley and robbed him of the proceeds of the holdup. "Wlllard. according to his confession. was one of three conspirators who planned and executed the Rector hold up. He In turn was the victim of conspiracy devised by a friend to whom he confided the plan for robbing th safe. The story, incredible as it at first seemed to the police, was corroborated and $500 recovered. William Loftus, saloonkeeper, has been re-arrested and charged with having been an ac cessory to the robbery and with hav Ing received stolen property. Woman Gives Clew to Crime. The original robbery occurred In Rector's restaurant Sunday morning, when a lone robber entered, as John Adams, the cashier, and Ray Salsline assistant head waiter, . were near the cashier's desk. Aiming a revolver at the men, he proceded to procure $3300 from the cashier's desk. The police searched vainly for the lone desperado for many hours" when a note from an unidentified woman gave them a clew to the nature of the "holdup." Salsline was arrested and confessed he had arranged with Wlllard to com mit the robbery. He notified Willard to the most opportune time to ap pear. Adams was not a party to the conspiracy. V Salsline named Harry Anderson, companion, as one of the conspirators, and after the arrest of Willard, both denounced him for his failure to meet them later and divide the spoils. Robber Held rp by "Friend." Willard after his arrest asserted he in turn had been "held up" a few min utes after leaving the restaurant. The police refused to believe him, but later (Concluded on Papt? 4.) HOME RUN GETS PLAYER A BRIDE GIRL LOSES HEART WHEX SWAT WTXS GAME. . Honeymoon , Trip of Northwestern League-Star Is Climax of Grandstand Romance. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 9. (Special.) William Fisher, first baseman of the Vernon baseball club, and Miss Florence Gantzer, a beautiful young Pasadena girl, were married today In Pasadena by Father Quintan, of the Catholic Church. The wedding is the outcome of a ro mance which started when Fisher was playing with the Pasadena club. Miss Gantzer was a daily visitor to the bail grounds and a zealous rooter for the home club. In a critical perlold of one of the contests with the score tied In the ninth and two out, lusher, with a mighty swing or his bat, hammered the ball over the fence, winning the game and the heart of the fair "rooter" in the grandstand at the same time. The young couple left tonight for San Francisco to pass their honeymoon. Fisher will play with the Tacoma team of the Northwestern League this coming season. FAIR LOOMS IN SENATE San Francisco's $17,500,000 Offer Impresses Washington. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. That the ex position in commemoration of the com pletion of the Panama Canal. If held at San Francisco; would be the greatest ever known is the opinion expressed by the Senate committee on industrial expositions in a report presented to the Senate today. This view is based on the fact that $17,500,000 has been promised by Call fornia for the proposed exposition. The report makes It plain that the promise of the large sum had much Influence In taking the exposition to the Pacific Coast. Other reasons given are: That San Francisco asks no pecuni ary aid from the National Government; that the location at that point will cause many to travel through the canal that the trip will be of educational ad vantage to visitors from the East, espe cially that it will be an encouragement to trade with the Orient. TAMALE CARRIES POISON Vancouver Woman in Critical Condi tion After Eating. ; VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe cial.) Poisoned from eaing a hot ta- male In a local restaurant Sunday night, Mrs. Emery, wife of W. G, Emery, for the past four years secre tary of the Northwest Photographers' Association, and a well-known woman. Is reported to be In a critical condition. Monday her fever ran as high as 104.2 and she became delirious. Gradually she seemed to recuperate and grow stronger, and today tried to walk downstairs, but it was too much She was taken violently 111 again, and was taken back to her room. She Is more seriously poisoned than the doctor first thought. It is presumed that the meat In the tamale was from cold storage and the poison was in that. The tamales are said to be made fresh daily from fresh materials. EAMES WILL BUY GOGORZA Prima Donna Agrees to Pay $100,- 000 to Discarded Wife. PARIS. Feb. 9. (Special.) Madame Emma Eames has decided that $100,000 is as nothing when an affinity is In volved, and has decided to pay this sum In order to marry the baritone De Go- gorza. This musical romance with at financial string will end in marriage as soon as the legal arrangements can be made. This pair of musical lovers have had many difficulties to overcome, ch'ef among the obstacles in the way of their perfect happiness being Madame de Go. gorza, the baritone's wife. Before al lowing her husband to secure a divorce n order that he might marry the Amer ican prima donna, she Insisted upon an ample" provision for herself, asking $100,000. The baritone had nothing like this amount, and Eames hitherto has refused to pay such a price, even for a musical affinity. GOLD FARM UJRES CARRIER Vancouver-Orchards "Mailman Re signs to Seek Metal. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe cial.) Believing that he can make more money mining gold on his nine-acre farm, A. V. Thompson, who has been rural mail carrier on the Orchards route for the past six years, has resigned his position. On his little farm near Sifton Mr. Thompson has found black sand that assays from $1.25 to $2.50. and he believes he can make money working it. CIRCULATION IS WANTED Heybnrn Would, Hunt Subscribers for Congressional Record. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. A copy of the Daily Congressional Record for every home is contemplated in a 'bill Introduced today by Senator Heyburn, of Idaho. The bill provides that the Record shall be supplied at the rate of $1 per year, and that all postmasters may take, subscription" MIRSENTOMBED BY BIG EXPLOSION Fears Felt for. Lives of Workmen." RESCUERS WORK DESPERATELY Accident at Cokedale, Near, Trinidad, Is Unexplained. TWO SHOT-FIRERS ESCAPE Timbers Are Thrown 200 Feet bj Force of Blast, but No Serious Falls of Rock Follow Gov ernment Men Summoned. TRINIDAD, Colo., Feb. 9. Fifteen miners are entombed and may be dead, as the result of an explosion in the Cokedale mine of the Carbon Coal & Coke Company, eight miles west of Trinidad, tonight. Seventeen men were In the mine at the time of the explo sion, but two shot-flrers escaped from the mine after the explosion. x The force of the explosion, which was distinctly felt at Trinidad, seems to have been greatest in the main stope. Timbers were blown 200 feet from the mouth of the stope, but the explosion seems to have been attended by no se rious falls of rock. Fanhouse Wrecked. The explosion wrecked the fanhouse, but the fan was undamaged and still working, although the air has been "short-circuited" by the blowing out of brattices and doors. A party of 20 rescuers are working desperately to reach the more remote parts of the mine where the 15 men are supposed to have been working. The rescue work is under direction of F. P. Bayless, general superintendent, and E. A. Sutton, assistant superintendent, who led the first party to the wrecked workings. Rescue Party Pushes On. The rescue party has penetrated 2000 f :ct along the main stope. At that dis tance black damp was encountered and helmet men are now making their way through the poisonous gas, bratticlng the entries as they pass. Trained rescue men are being rushed to Cokedale from all over the district. The Government mine-rescue car, in charge of J. F. - berts, which was at Berwlnd, has been summoned and the rescue car of tbe Colorado Fuel & Iron Company is on the way to the wrecked mine. Mine Has Fire Exits. There are five exits from the Coke dale mine and note but the main stope was injured. It is hoped that some of the men in the mine may make their way from one of these exits. The two shot-firers who escaped were working near the surface. The miners on the surface are thor oughly organized and the majority are engaged in carrying supplies to the rescue party. The cause of the explosion is un. known, but it seems most Improbable that it could have been an explosion of dust. Precautions against the accumu lation of dust were most strictly en forced at Cokedale. Dust Is Hard-Fought. The mine was furnished with water pipes throughout and men were em ployed constantly In sprinkling and re moving dust. , The Cokedale mine has been operated for four years and the camp was known as the model coal camp of America. The property is owned by the Amer ican smelting & Refining Company and upplies the Guggenheim smelters. It is said that more money has been ex pended in equipping the mine with safety appliances and modern equip ment than any coal mine in America. BOY IS SWEPT OVER FALLS Five-Year-Old Survives Perilous Trip Through Watcr-Wheel. ELLENSBURG, Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe cial.) Carried two blocks down the mill race and over a waterwheel today, Will iam Bell, 5-year-old son of Engineer Boll, was picked up unconscious by Constable Keenan "and resuscitated with great dif ficulty. The water strikes the wheel with great force and has a fall of 20 feet. Part of the distance was through a cov ered flume. The boy's playmates had presence of mind enough to follow the fast-moving body and were able to attract the at tention of pedestrians on Fifth street. Mrs. McCann grapsed the body as it floated by, but vas unable to hold it and it went over the falls. Constable Keenan walked into the stream at Fourth street and rescued the boy. SALEM LINEMAN IS SUICIDE Clyde Ashley, 2 8 Years Old, Drinks Carbolic Acid. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Clyde Ashby, a young man 28 years old, who bas been employed by the Pacific States Telephone Company as a lineman, killed himself this morning at 9 o'clock by drinking a large quantity of carbolic add. - ' . I 4