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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1911)
PORTLAND OMEN BELIEVE IN LEWIS Promoter Is Thought Dupe and Dreamer. FAITH IN HONESTY REMAINS Chapter House Plans Pending in Oregon Cities. FAILURE NOT SURPRISE Mrs. J. M. rin. Until Ix-rartnr for Fast. Had Ieem Portland's Can didal for State Kefcnt and Other Were Running. Tb rortUnJ women who bean mmtxri ef th American Wmmii'i Lmiiu will loe close to 10 If tb plana of C O. Lewis ar defeated by tb suits filed against hlra In tha Fad arl Coort at "t. Louis yesterday. This waa made public ywbon tha roaur of tha Portland chapter of tha order wa found to bav about ITS paid-up mem ber, aach of them br tha tarma of tha membership certificate, mull Kara paid la or aeaumed Indebtedness to tha es lent ef til ta become an antra mem ber. ' Portland woman, and men who haa cn Inta contact with Lewis, however, aald they recarded Mm aa tha prr of clrrumatanees and enemies, bat think ha ta honest. Thar expressed tha be lief that ba waa a dramr and unable la carry out what ba bad planned be cause etbara In tha organisation have bean tesa philanthropic than ha and triad ta maka money ou of tali erkesn. U-nd Srf Plot to Injur. An attark on tha policies of tha Toat offlr Department led to arrt on charge preferred br that department from which ha waa acquitted, rersons waa kaaw Lewis In I'ortiand say thla Is tba baaia of tb present attack. Tba Rural New Torker. an aarleultural paper which ta In control of anemias of Lesria. baa been bitter In attacks upon him. Tba Portland chapter waa organised la. months acta. At that tlma women. from th East who bad become mem ber of tha league while there became acqoalnted here and organised the first chapter, each bavins received letters from Untverelty City. W J. giving th namee and addresses of tha members here. Tha first meeting waa held la a private office and subsequent meetings were held In th City Hall, semi-monthly. Dr. &la Card well waa elected tha first president, but resigned because of tha pressure f her private affairs. Mrs. Amelia Taylor taking her place. Chapter Uosm la Prospect. Not laaa than a I la.aee chapter-bouse would bare been provided for Portland, bad th plana of Lavta an through, and PorUaad members were working for names on their roll, the number necessary for tba eaiablishment of suck chapter-bouse her. Th Commercial Club at Sellwood had promised to do nate a lot ta induce tha learue chapter ta build la Bellwoud. Neberg and HLlUboro ware other cities whlca bad qualified as tha locations for chapter housea and their rexursta ara now In tba possession of the officials of the Uagua. Hood River chapter baa been trying ta ralsa tha necessary number of subscriptions toward Ita cbapter hous. Kacb chapter of the state leaga bad candidates In tba field for the office of atata regent, which Is created upon tha paid-up membership ta a alate totalling sea. Mrs. J. M. fin wss tba Portland candidate. Ch went Last eometltue ago, leaving tba Portland rhaptrr without a candidate. M!sa Ida Boyd was tne Pendleton can didate and airs, llannoa t ie New berg aspirant. Failure Not Vnripoctcd. Portland members expected th fail ure of tha echemee of Lewis. In the orgaa of the Women's League, a state ment waa made by John 11- Williams, controller of tha league, snow in that with confidence and increased sub scriptions the league tould continue, bat emphasising tha statement that without confidence and more euberrlp li oris the project mould faiL Th People's Hank, aa allied Interest, a as declared In the rpvrt to have le. ve small investors who would b In jured If the projects of Lewie and hta associate failed. - pf-rsixvtiox. lewis says rroaiotrr Sajt Debts Were Shifted legally, at HU Ovta Lose. LOS ASr.ELES. June It. (Special ) E- 3. Lewis said tonight: "These suits have been Insttgs'ed by the aarce Interests which hsve sought to ruin our Institution and head oft all Congressional Investigation. Aa for tha charges, they ara fa-. Through our efforts a . mortgage has been reduced to ills. and until were ad vertised anJ sold aa subject to the re mainder of thla mortgsg- being ahead of them. ! sold wv-e s:d In ac cordance wtth a deed securing theie potea and corresponding amounts of notss cancelled. Any shifting of dehta NEW EASTERN STAR INITIATE AGED 101 "GRAJTDMV KF-XXEDY IT. ELS AT HOtK IX MASOXRY. Experience In Mexican War, Whei btae nod Mat 110 Mil, tit Hrr for Ordal. ItEALDSSCRO. CaU Juna 14. (Pp ctaL) Grandma Electa Kennedy, of thla city, who celebrated ' her 101st birthday anniversary January 1 of thla year, waa Initiated Into tha my terles of tha Eastern Star and made a member of tba llealdsbonr chapter last night. "Grandma." aa aba la familiar ly known to all. haa bean looking for ward to tha event with pleasure for some time. -34 father" father, my father and my two sons were Masons, and I have always felt as If I war one," she said. Railroad excursion were run to bring members from tba various East em Star chapter throughout the coun try to Kealdsburg to witneaa tha In itiation of Mrs. Kennedy, who haa now th distinction of being tha oldeat lodge member belonging to any order la the world. Asked by a friend Just before aha waa taken to tha hall "if shetiad any fear aa to ber ability to ride tha East ern Star goat." aha replied: "I rode 140 mile astride of a mule In tha Mexican War and think I can manage an Eastern Star goat without any fear." BAKERS' TRUST IS FORMED Xw York Firms Merc to Improve Standard of Bread. NEW TORK. Juna 14. Special.) Tha General Baking Company waa In corporated today aa a combination of 21 concerns engaged la bread and general baking business. Tha merger la tha first stnc th decisions In th Stand ard (Ml and tobacco cases, and th In corporators took palng to disclaim any Intention of violating th law as con strued. They say thar la no purpose or thought of th establishment of a mo nopoly In th manufacture and aal of bread. Tha real purpose of the com pany la progressive through tha ad vantage of wise buying of materials, mployment of economies, scientific and up-to-date methoda of manufactur ing and by Its extensive advertising aystem It proposes to educate th pub llo to a higher standard of quality In bread. POLICE HALT HONEYMOON Bride' Mother Oppo Match, Pair Seised at Eugene. Tne honeymoon of Vis BenrlcSlms. of 701 Johnson street, who slipped her trunk out of th house yesterday after noon and la reported to have married Lloyd Hunt, a clerk In a hardware store at Eugene, and left for the Lnl varsity City at clock yaaterday evening, was cut short by tha local de tective department. Tha couple waa arreated upon arrival at Eugene on ad vices from tha Portland detectlv V partment. The girl will be held pending th ar rival of Mrs- Tbomaa 8 1 ma, her mother, who left tha city at 1:10 thla morning with the Intention of bringing ber daughter back home. Tba wooing of tha girl waa carried on over tba protoat of her mother. Cor respondence waa earned on. which re sulted Is Hunt coming to th city yea terday. obtaining a marriage license and showing: a marriage oartlfleate to police at Eugene when ba waa ar rested. PROFESSOR GUEST OF COW Vancouver Man Make Annual Call aa Prt Bovine Braat." vivMiTrn. Wash.. Juna 1 44 Sie. cUL Professor Patrick Hough, for II years connected with the public schoola of thla county, but now retired, today went to Portland to make bis annual call oa a pet cow. "Bessie." whose mother he saved from tha butcher'e .-w-k when she was a mere calf and had been eold to a locaj market for veal. K.v.rl vears ago Mr. Hough passed a butcher shop where be saw two calves about to ba killed. Ha told tha men that they should not kill such In nocent Utile animals, and they said ha cou'.d save them from such a fate If ha desired. li. bourht both calves, and later. v -R....1A" ! fcorn. found a arood home for hr at the farm of A. Wolfe. at Arlets. and Bold her. Hul ana naa been a pet for ao lung, and ba had such aa attachment for the dumb brute, that ha makts an annual call on her. MAN HURT. WEDS IN BED W. Martin Xloholon, of Stvnaon, Marrid Propped Tp by Pillowa. STEVENSOV. Wain., June 14. t?r :.!. propped up In bed by pillow Martin Nicholson, suffering from severe bums Incurred a month ago by electricity, today Insisted on wedding the girl of his choice. Miss Cleo Doug i.e of TMifur. Or, who bsd traveled bere to meet ber nance and wed on the date or:glnn:'y set. Judge Gillette performed the ceremony In Che Steven An Hospital. F N. Icke. a prominent business rrsn of White Falmnn. brought big bride-to-be. Miss Grace Creede. of St. l.oule M.. her to wed. Judge Gliletta STEEL MEN WOULD NAME WITNESSES "Those Who Might Be Overlooked," Hint. CHAIRMAN STANLEY IS COOL However, He Is Willing to Let Corporation Suggest. COMMITTEE IS DISCREET Leader of Inquirers Pais They Will Determine Whether to Summon Tlioae Suggested When Time Com Cay ly Quatlond. WASHINGTON. Juna 14. Tha United Statea Steel Corporation Intends to sug gest to tha Stanley Steel Trust Investi gating committee the calling of wit nesses whom tba committee may over look and who may throw light on mat ters In queatlon In th Inquiry and also to suggest that auestlona be aaked of certain wltnesaea If the committee falls to bring out facta possessed by such witnesses. R. V. Llnsbury. counaal for the Stael Corporation before tha commute de clared this to be his Intention today at tha eloaa of tha examination of James Gayley. ex-vlca-prealdent of th 8teel r-nrnaration In answer to an Inquiry by Representative Toung. of Michigan. FarreU to lie Called. it t nni- intention." aald Mr. Llnsbury. to suggest questions overlooked that we think pertinent and wltneeses wnora wa think In all fairness should ba called." "Tha commute will exarcls lta dis cretion aa to whom it will summon." said Chairman Stanley. vii AAiiru f eaaumV" Mr. Llnsbury replied, "that the commute would not refuse to aummon witneaaea wa aug get. That will b determined when tha suggestions ara made." Mr. Btanlay re plied. Tha commute will not meet again tnr ni davs. nrobably not until next week after tha pasaga of tha" wool bill In tha House. Tha future course win ba determined within a few days. Among tb first witnesses to be called when tha committee reaumea will be James FarreU. president of tba Steel Corporation. Ralls Sold Cheaper Abroad. James Oayley. ex-vtce-prealdent of th corporation. acknowledged ha not tell whv tha corporation could aell ralla'cheaper abroad than at home, and referred tb committee to Mr. Far reU. who for years had been In charge of tha export buatness of tba concern. i r- rarrell " aald Mr. LJndaberv. counsel for tba ateel corporation, "la at tba service 01 tnis committee, ana win (Concluded on Pas 2.) AN J BP INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS Ta Wees ber. IISTIRDArl Maximum temperature. 70 decrees; minimum. M degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwe'aterly winds. Feerlg. . Lendea streets bule with coronation crcwea Psge 4. powder, ecsnt In Mexican certrirts.. less ened fatalities of ear. Tags 4. National. Reciprocity advanced on Senate calendar. Psge 1. Hlgl-T"rtced eugsr trust secretary unfamiliar with oetaila. rage s. Steel r-orpo ration wants to euzgeet witnesses to Inquiry committee. Psge 1. Taft may win renomlnatloa br default. Page 1. Bowles In battleehlp Mains mtr be reachea today. Page a. Secretary of Interior PI. her finds little chance to old conservation, page a. Secretary Ksoi and Representative Hamlin have tilt. Page 2. Domestic. Bead of Mexican Socialists In Lower Call lorn la ana two aides arrested la Loe An geles. Psge . lflsleter admits Northwest land frauds to escape with Ana Page a. Professor Mlnard still refuses to explain ab sence from noma. Page S. Woman lOl years old Joins Eastern Star. Page 1. Sports. Northwesters League results yesterdsy. 1'ortland 1. Spokane 2; Seattle IS. Ts roma ; Vancouver S-2, Victoria 1-3. Page S. Pacific Coast League results yesterday: Portland li. Vernon 7: Oakland li. Los Ang'les 4: 8an Francisco . Sacramento 2. Pan a. Irving defeata Kats in fast tannls on Mult nomah courts. Psge 9. Arrangements or boxing exhibition to be In charge of Jack King. Page . Factfla Xertbwest. Love denies he was flckls bushsnd snd that he loved mar. r woman. Psge a. Rail law requiring full crews on railroads attacked by Northern Pacific Page 7. Insane women shoots conductor on Milton street car. than kills herself. Psge 7. Hornbrook. Or., is vlsltted by severe electri cal storm sfter Sultry day. Page L Twenty-two Chicago coal land locators must derand their tlUes. Psge . Commercial aad Mario. Renewed demand for spot bops and new crop contracts. Page 3U Wheat higher at Chicago ea drought reports from Northwest. Psge 20. Minor issues show most strength In stock market. . Page 21. Best prices of resr paid at Ontario wool sales. Psge SI. Offirlsls say steel for Hsrriman bridge not being sent to Portland. Me., by mistake. Psge 20. Portland aad Vicinity. Portlsnd Woman's trawls' honesty; League has faith In thinks him dreamer. Psge L City Council sets January S as date for election to submit commission plan of government to voters. Page 14. Fourteen students sre graduated at Colum bia University. Psge li. Father saves eon convicted of ambesslement from prison. Psge 13. Bishop Scaddlng addresses Episcopalian churchmen on needs of dlooeae. Page 15. Blnger Hermans presente Oregon grand lodge of Masons with historic gavel st epentng of gist - - annuel session bere. Psge 14. Board of Education name personnel of Portland's echool teaching start (or 1911 and 1912. Page 12. Morns Bros.' account with Hurl hurt still open. Psge 15. FIREMEN MAYRGHT PESTS Chemical Iikelr to Be Tsed to Kill Caterpillars in Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash-. June 14. (Special). If tha caterpillars get to be much worse In Vancouver, John Sa crist. Chief of Police, says bo will peti tion tha Council to have tba fire de partment take the chemical wagon and usa It In spraying tba Infected districts within tha city limits. There are many caterpillars coming bera from Haydan Island, where there ara millions of them. Vehlclea passing over tha Island dally gather up gome of tha peats and bring them across tha Columbia River. AWFUL MENACE TO THE "FARMER. ' IS FORCED TO ISSUE Bill Is Put Ahead on Senate Calendar. - SPEEDY END IS PREDICTED McCumber and Curtis Declare Farmers Are Menaced. EXCHANGE IS CRITCISED Contention Made That Canada's De velopment Would Be Greatly Aided, at Expense of People of United States. WASHINGTON. Jane 14. Tha Senate on tba first day'e consideration of tha reciprocity bill listened to speeches by Senators Curtis, of Kansas, and Mc Cumber of North Dakota in opposition to the measure; made the bill the un finished buslnesa on tha calendar, and, without opposition, changed the regu lar dally hourg of meeting from 2 o'clock to noon. Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, will apeak tomorrow In opposition to the bill. Senator Penrose, In charg of the bill." tonight expressed satisfaction at tho outlook, saying he believed thera will bo general co-operation in bring ing the discussion' to a apeedy close. Farmers Look to Future. Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, opposed tho reciprocity agreement on tha ground that It would Injur tho American farmer. "I believe this treaty." said Senator McCumber, "if enacted into law, would not only postpone for many years tha consummation of a hope Indulged by the farmera of tho country, a hope held out to them by every apeaker and writer who Bought to secure and hold their votes for tho protective policy of tha country, bat that Ita logical re sult would be to destroy tho policy It self. I must, therefore, either repudi ate all I have advocated for years or oppose tho "consummation of this agreement. "Even if we admitted." the apeaker continued, "that the American market is now no better than, the Canadian market, still we must answer that as goon a consumption overtakes produc tion in thla country we will reap an advantage, and that advantage is what wo have earned, and that we have been promised as a compensation for our sacrifices for the general principle of protection during the last 40 years." Curtis Pleads for Delay. Senator Curtis, of Kansas, pleaded that time be given tha people to atudy a question, which, he said, they did not understand. Mr. Curtis quoted figures to show that the United StaTs trade with Can 1 (Concluded on Page 3.) RECIPROCITY CLOUDBURST HITS TOWN AFTER HEAT XEARI.Y IXCH OF RAIN FAXLS IX HALF HOUR. Hornbrook, Or., Is Visited by Severe Electric Stbrm Following Sul try Day - Place Dark. HORNBROOK. Or June 14. (Spe cial.) Struck by a fierce electrical storm, accompanied by a cloudburst, at 4 o'clock" this afternoon, Hornbrook Is In total darkness, save for tho sharp rays of lightning tha't accompany every terrific roar of thunder. Continuing- unabated until o"clock this evening-, tha storm Is the worst ever felt In thla section. 0.S2 of an Inch of rain falling In half an hour when the disturbance was at Its height. The storm was the climax of a sultry day. A light wind sprang from the south at 1 o'clock and Increased In velocity until 4 o'clock, when dark clouds gath ered, terrific claps of thunder resounded and lightning struck the four points or Hornbrook. The substation of the Siskiyou Elec tric Light & Power Company was struck by lightning. Two transformed and the lightning arresters were burned out. leaving the town in darkness. At ( o'clock the storm passed to the north. Hornbrook is cut off from telephone connection with Ashland, and it Is be lieved tho storm visited several nearby towns. STUDENT CANOEISTS UPSET. Lloyd Barzee and Karl Marthloff, of Portland, Narrowly Escape. CORVALLIS. Or., June 14. (Spe cial.) Lloyd Barsee and Karl H. Marthloff. of Portland, students at the State University, narrowly escaped drowning la tho Willamette River just above Corvallis today. Their canoe, in which they wera making a trip from Eugene to Port land, upset in tho swift current, but both swam to the shore. The canoe, upside down and filled with lashed luggage, was caught here. There was much excitement for a time, as it was evidently a student outfit and it was feared the occupants had been drowned. Word was telephoned to Eugene and the identity of the owners discovered. A launch immediately began a search and a part of the boys' relatives from Albany hastened over In an automo bile to assist. An hour later word was received from a hopyard that the boys were there, Tbey will remain hero tonight and continue their canoe trip tomorrow. The river is considered safe from here down and a number of Agricul tural College students from Portland and Astoria are on their way home by canoe. Above Corvallis the river cur rent is treacherous. MAN EATS 54 EGGS ON BET San Francisco Butcher Devours Lot In 186 Seconds; AVins S100. SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. (Special.) Breaking eggs as fast as they were banded to him and catapulting contents Into his mouth at the rate of one In three seconds, Nick Vols, butcher, last night swallowed 54 eggs In 186 seconds, thereby refuting the positive state ment of a well-known physician that It could not be done. Volz got the eggs and $100. Several days ago Abo Shapiro, pro prietor of the butcher shop, who was familiar with the accomplishments of Vols along gastronomic lines, offered to bet Leo Sanders, his manager, $100 that Vol could devour 64 eggs In six minutes. Sanders sought the advice of a doc tor and received satisfying data. Then he took up the wager and supplement ed it by making a similar bet with Vols. After eating the eggs Volz took two drinks of whisky and resumed work. WHEAT IS ABOVE AVERAGE Larger Crop Planted in Northwest Than Last Vear. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. June 14. According to June Crop Reporter of the Department of, Agriculture, Issued today, tne conai tlon of the Spring wheat crop in tho Northwestern states is above the 10 year average and larger crops are planted in Oregon, Washington and Idaho than last year. Three hundred thousand acres are sown In Spring wheat in Oregon, Its condition June 1 being 84, the same as June L 1910, but three per cent above the 10-year average. In Washington the acreage la 842,000; condition Juno 1, 97, four per cent above last year and three per cent above the average. Idaho's Spring crop covers 232,000 acres, and its condition is 100, five points above 10-year average. The condition of Winter wheat on Juna 1 Is given as follows: Oregon 95. Washington and Idaho 98. On Juna 1, 1910 it was Oregon 92, Washington 90. Idaho 95. . HUMMING BIRD ROYAL HOST Pendleton Treated to TJnusual Sigbt on Telephone Wire. PENDLETON. Or.. June 14. (Special.) A humming bird perched on her nest balanced on a small telephone wire Is the unusual sight offered visitors to the F. J. McMonies home on the North Side. The nest is so diminutive and balanced so perfectly that its equilibrium is not disturbed in the least by the going and coming of the mother bird. 1 TAFT UNOPPOSED T Opponents See Little Hope of Winning. STATES SWING INTO LINE Idaho Now Counted Among Supporters of President. INSURGENTS NOT AGREED Failure to Find Available Candidate Causes Sulking In Tents Plat forms Will Reflect Change In Beliefs. BY SUMNER CURTIS. WASHINGTON. June 14. (Special.) Developments In the political situ ation Indicate that the "progressive" ' Republicans will let the nomination go by default to President Taft in 1913. The antl-Taft movement is In a stats of utter collapse so far as the insurg ents are concerned. In fact, some of the leading insurg ents have become so dispirited with respect to accomplishing what was originally planned through a protest against the President's domination that they now evince an inclination merely to sulk. Knowledge of this Inclination has bred rumors that Cummins, Borah and others who have been pronounced in their opposition to the incumbent had decided to "come out for Taft." Thera is not a particle of foundation for such rumors, however, , and when they reached the Insurgent principals' con cerned they were denied with greater vehemence of expression than char acterized Colonel Roosevelt's repudia tion of stories that he had made prom ises as to the bestowal of his support in the next campaign. Opposition Thought Futile. The aforetime antl-Taft Senators ar just as much against Taft now as ever, but the wiser among them see no sense in Indulging in head-butting against a stone wall. That's the partial secret of affairs. Idaho, which the Taft managers yes terday listed as against the President, probably will send a Taft delegation, it was learned today. This will not be the result of any change of heart on the part of Senator Borah, who is tha strongest single political influence in the state. Borah is about the most bit ter of the antl-Taft folk at present, be cause of his tremendous hostility, to Canadian reciprocity. He Intends to make a campaign, personally, against every man who raises his voice for reciprocity from President down to Congressman, with the idea of having the reciprocity law repealed. This is on the assumption that the bill is sura to pass at this session. , Idaho Counted for Taft. But as to the delegation to the Na tional convention. Senator Borah has come to feel that the state will be for Taft simply because there Is no other available condidate in sight. It may be that other states which the Taft managers have counted against them will swing into line for the same rea son; that is, as far as the nomination is concerned. The election following Is another matter. The present insurgent pro fessed feeling Is that the election will vindicate their judgment as to Taf t's strength before the country, but they don't see anybody available to beat him for the nomination, and they are not going to make their protest In the convention as strong as originally in tended. A most significant fact in connec tion with the present National situa tion is that, while the insurgent move ment is losing strength as a factor in determining candidates, the broad, progressive movement throughout tho land is growing by leaps and bounds. One by one state machines of the old guard persuasion are being forced to understand that they cannot fight this progressive movement. Platforms to Be "Progressive." It has been brought to the attention of practical politicians of the old school partly through efforts of friends of the Taft Administration. Slate makers In various states - heretofore little affected by militant, progressiva ideals have been adjured that candi dates and platforms must be in har mony with the changed public senti ment if any hope of winning next year's contests is to be entertained. And they are awakening to the condi tions and laying plans to act accord ingly. In the calm study of the President's course in administering the laws and striving for further legislation Is found in large measure the secret of the pres ent Taft strength and a reason for tha breaking up of the Insurgent cohesive ness as a ticket-making machine. When analyzed it is found that the In surgent opposition to the President Is to a high degree personal with tha le As 1 result the leaders in question find they cannot keep their state fol lowing subject to their complete con trol because their personal supporters, In part, at least, like Taft's work. And this may account In some degree for the curtailment of the insurgent fight ing spirit. . NOW (Cea&lwded ea rage J ;,, performing the ceremony.