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J. JOHNSON WANTS WILOE STRUGGLE WARRANTS ARE TO REBELS S NSURGENTS GET BE ISSUED TODAY OF LONE FIELDER TO BE ENGLISHMAN WILL END TODAY TRUST TIE BLAME FOR DELAY CARLISLE, IX CENTER FOR VER NON, RETIRES 3 UNASSISTED. NEGRO PUGILIST MAY EMULATE VANCOUVER BANK OFFICIALS TO WILLL4.M WALDORF ASTOR. APPEAR IN COURT SOON. TRIPLE PLAY FEAT HAY MORMON REVERE 1 CONTROL SUGAR Attitude on Reciprocity Is Criticised. BROWN DEFENDS PRESIDENT Nebraskan Sees Cornerstone of New Tariff System. WORKS PLEADS FOR BILL California Insnrgent Doe Not Be lieve. Fnrnn Wilt Suffer In Jurj fetone Defend Policy as Democratic. WASHINGTON. July 19. Vlgorou apport of fh Cantdlu reciprocity agreraent by Senator Brown, of Ne braska: Stone, of Missouri, and Work, of California, and a ipeeoll against the measure by Senator Kenyon. of Iowa, mad np today' debate on the measure In the Senate. Brown criticised hi Insurgent col leagues and, praised the Democrats for "having the moral courage and pa triotism to support and austatn a Re publican President.' characterised a speech today of Senator Brown In fa Tor of the reciprocity measure. Senator I Grief-Stricken. I want to express my grief, my pro found grief. Senator Brown declared, "because the bill doea not have the support of some of my friend In thla body whom I know at heart are In favor of lower duties. I do not com plain of them. I do not char: them with Insincerity, because I know them to be sincere. But I simply eennot un derstand them. "It la beyond my comprehension to appreciate how In one session of Con gress I could vote for lower duties. In the next session favor a revision of the tariff, a schedule at a time, and at a third session b against thla proposi tion, which, while It Is not a revision of a single schedule. I a ii-'lon of a few schedules, not with all the coun tries of the world, but with ons coun try: a plan that I hellers marks the beginning of the end of extortionate tariff duties tn this country." The speaker declared that It was not President Taft. "but a stubborn and lo quacious Senate." that was responsible for the extra session. He defended the President from charge that he was taking too much part In legislation. President Should Be) Assertive. I honor the day when any President asserts his legislative as wall aa his executive power," he said. Those President were irreatest who exer cised to the fullest their legislative as wall aa their executive power. The reason for this Is that the legislative branch of the Government, for some reason or other, has been a disappoint ment to the people, who own the Gov ernment. The people have depended tn every emergency, and most times without disappointment, upon the force, character and Initiative of the Exec utive." Brown said when he found Edward Hlnea. whom he described as "the head of the lumber trust and the manipu lator of Legislatures. opposing the measure. "In the name of. and for the sake of. the farmers of this country. I begin to think that there must be something tn this bin which ought to command the respect and support of every honest man hi this country." "This bill." he concluded, "is the cernerstone of a new tariff system, which will put aa end forever. I hope, to unnecessary and excesslvs duties." Tart Right. Say Stone. Senator Stone arraigned the Interests, which he said had been using the fanner for the purpose of attacking reciprocity. He declared that the remocrats could And no excuse for not supporting the agreement as Introduced by President Taft. Ha said: "The President Is on the right side. The Democratic House of Representa tives Is on the right aid. It 1 a piti able spectacle If the Senate stands as a stumbltng block. "In Its principles the bill Is the em bodiment of sn old Democratic policy-Works urged the passage of the Canadian reciprocity bill In a vigorous speech In the Senate today. He ex pressed the belief that reciprocity would not Injure the farming Interests of the Nation except to cause some temporary dlaturbenosej to border state, which would soon adjust them selves. Works said he did not believe President Taft had used undue Influ ence to secure the passage of the reci procity bill through Congress. Insurgent J la Doubt. Kenyon also classed aa aa Insurgent Republican, spoke against reciprocity. He announced that while be waa not convinced that the agreement would work Injury to the agricultural In terests, there seemed to be doubt on that question and he deemed It bis duty to vote against the bill. He urged a reduction of the wool duties as mere Important than the reciprocity bill. Seaator SmooC of Utah, today In tredjoed his wool tariff hilt, which Is tJsaitsSsd e Fs a.) ! In Great Rrltaln So Cordial He Con siders Becoming Expatriate. NEW TORK. July jack John son's reception In Great Britain ha been so enthusiaatlo snd satlsfylni th the nerro champion threaten tc resign hi cttixenshlp In this coun i try snd transfer hla allegiance to Erur- A Declaring Americans are ungrateful and Uncle Sam a hard master, me pug M mkri his nronoaala for becomlni aa expatriate In an Interview printed In the Evening Herald of Dublin. we Johnson voiced hla sentiments on July 4. the ennlversary of his triumph at Reno. , "England Is treating me Just dandy, tarin the hiarir oaarlllst In the Inter view. "No comparison st all to Amer ica. As for going back to the United states, not for mine Johnson aara he will never shoulder a musket for the United States, but he would willingly go to the front for England. DREADED MOTH APPEARS t Orchard Near Seattle, Inected by Pent, Is Quarantined. TACOMA. Wash July 1. (Special.) Wrapped In quiet gray Winter cocoons, the brown tail moth, a peat for whose destruction the United States Is spending annually $300,000. was discovered today in the Rainier Valley, near Seattle. F. A. Huntley, of Tacoma. State Commissioner of Horticulture, waa notified Immediately and at once laid out a campaign to fla-ht the peat. Commissioner Huntley tonight or dered a quarantine on the Infected district In Rainier Valley, an area of 20 acres. The pest Is centered In a six-acre apple orchard and a crew of men under the leadership of an Inspec tor will begin tomorrow morning to destroy all the vegetation within the infected circle. MONEY SOURCE MYSTERY Accountants Require Nine Months to Untangle Lewis' Affairs. ST. LOUIS. July is Judge Mcpher son, sitting; with Judge Dyer. In the United Statee Circuit Court today In the hearing of the Lewis receivership case, sought to find out where E. G. Lewis got the money he used In promoting his many enterprises and what he had done with It. lie Ored hla categorical Inquiries st Attorney Eugene Angert. who finally confessed that the tangles of Lewis' af falra had been too great a problem for him to solve In the few months he hsd devoted to the case. Expert accountants, according to An gert. expect to get to the bottom of Lewis' affairs In nine months. Arguments on the motion questioning the Jurisdiction of ths court, were com pleted and Judge Dyer announced that the decision would be handed down to morrow. ROOSTERS ANNOY INVALID Woman Asks Mayor if Law Cant Put Stop to Early Crowing. Mrs. Minnie Helllger has addressed a letter to Mayor Rushlight and the City Council asking If there Is a law prohibiting possession within the city of roosters thst crow early In the morn. Ing. "I address these lines to see If It Is not possible to get some relief from crowing roosters," she writes. "I have a tick daughter. She will never get welL Every morning about X o'clock, or I or 4. roosters tn ths neighborhood begin to crow. It makes her very ner vous, and ah loses so much sleep. If there I a law against It, It Is not en forced, and It Is something awful to contend with." PEAR PRICES AVIATING Bartlett Growers Rerelvv 18-75 m Box for Fruit In East. SACRAMENTO. CaL. July 1 (Spe cial.) The peargrowers, particularly the Bartlett pear men. are Jubilant over prices being received In the East, Grower have received record price thus far this season, and prospects are good for a prosperous year. Fruit prices still continue all that could be desired by the shippers, which Is considered remarkable for this sea son of the year. Bartlett pears, for ax. ample, today sold In New York at U "l a box, and ar being shipped from Sao. ramento at the rate of from Ave to tea ears a day. The total shipments to date have been llt cars, as against JIJl cars for the same period a year ago. FIRES NOT YET MENACING Forest Precautions Effective Over Area Usually Affected. WASHINGTON. July 1. Although the season during which forest fires cauee conoern throughout the West ha been running now for free week, no great conflagration la the National Forest Reserve have been reported to the forest service heads her. This is attributed partly to ths fact that the season so far has not been exoesslvely dry. and partly to the fact that because of the great fires last year the forest service officials have taken unusual precautions to prevent . flrea l'lans have been made whereby large forces can be concentrated upoa abort notice, and a fire extinguished la its taolpi- aaoy. Dnky Champion's Reception Governor Jonnson to Give His Decision. OREGON'S ARGUMENTS HEARD Cameron Makes Appeal for Extradition Papers.' EXECUTIVE TAKES PART Portland District Attorney Is Called Upon to Explain Theory of Em bezzlement on 'Which In dictment Is Based. SAN FRANCISCO. July (Spe cial.) Governor Johnson will announce his decision In regard to. the extradi tion of Louis J. Wilde, wanted In Port land on an Indictment charging him with the embezzlement of $90,000 from the wrecked Oregon Trust & Savings Bank, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. He heard arguments In behalf of the State of Oregon, urging the honoring of the extradition papers. Governor Johnson raised the ques tion In the course of the arguments whether Wilde was guilty of embez zlement, as charged In the Indictment, or waa merely guilty of a breach of faith In connection with TV. Cooper Morris, cashier of the wrecked bank. Governor Gives Views. Wilde, he believed, was entitled to sell bonds for any amount he pleased and the division of the difference of fao.000 seemed to be simply the divi sion of the commission to which he was entitled, the Governor Intimated. Governor Johnson called on Dlstrlot Attorney Cameron, of Portland, to ex- plain the theory of embezzlement upon which the Indictment waa based. Cam eron was aided In his arguments by Charles Jones, Deputy Attorney-Gen eral of California. Wilde Acta a Broker. Both sides today conoeded for the purposes of argument that the bank. acting through Cashier Morris, who la now serving time for embezzling funds, bought bonds from Wilde for $500,000. and that Wilde accounted to the company, for which he acted aa broker, for only $110,000. Jones and Cameron asserted that the sale was the result of a conspiracy to rob the bank. At this point the Governor questioned the two men closely as to how this dif fered from any other bond sale. In which a broker received a commission. He said It waa clear to him that the broker would be swindling his employ ers. Instead of the purchaser, since the bank received the seourltles of the face value of the price paid. Lawyers Pounce on Point. Wilde's attorneys thereupon support- ed the Governor, who, however, said he had merely made this query to get the points In dispute clear In his mind. Ths prosecutors said It remained for the Jury to determine the question of Wilde's Intent, and gave as their be lief that a Governor had no right to (CtmrUiiri on Pm i-i EMBAEBASSIITO . Judge McMaster Will Require Bonds- Penalty for Conviction Is Con finement or Bis; Fine. VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 19. (Spe cial.) The warrants for the arrest of H. C. Phillips, ex-presldent of the de funct Commercial Bank, of Vaacoa er, and register of the United State Land Office, and Gilbert W. Daniels, cashier, and a nephew of Thurston Daniels, ex - Lieutenant - Governor of Washington, have been Issued by Fred W. Tempes, and will be filed tomor row. In the Informations, which are the same, except for the names. Fred W. Tempes. County Attorney, under oath accuses Phillips of accepting and re ceiving a deposit as an officer of a bank, on December le, iii. wnen me bank was Insolvent. The deposit o cepted by Phillips was made by W. M. Farrell for $800. The Informations will be checked over tomorrow with IT. B. Kies, re ceiver of the bank, and Charles Sears, assistant, and filed In the Superior Court, after which a warrant of arrest will be issued there. Both are out of the city today. The penalty for conviction on thla charge Is confinement for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or a tine of $10,000. When Phillips und Dan iels appear before Judge McMaster they will be required to furnish bonds, the Judge fixing the amount. Phillips to day said that he thought he would ex perience no difficulty In securing a bond at the proper time. TELEPHONE" LINES GROW Number to Be Increased for Use In Coos Timber District. MARSH FIELD, Or, July 19. (Spe cial.) More miles of telephone lines will be built in Coos County this year than during any previous year. Much of this work is to be done by the Coos County Fire Patrol Association, which will extend telephones to the Isolated timber districts to be used by the fire wardens. Some of the. logging com panies are also building new telephone lines. The managers of the Drain-Coos Bay auto line are co-operating with the ranchers In the construction of a tele phone line from Allegany to Loon Lake and from there to Scotsburg. This will give a through connection from Marsh field over the mountains to Drain, It now being necessary to reach Drain through Roseburg. The telephone will be used In the operation of the auto line. MERRILL, OR DRENCHED Rain Storm Continues Three Hours, Little Damage Done. MERRILL, Or- July 18. (Special) Merrill and the valley near here was visited Monday afternoon with a light ning ana rain storm seldom equalled In this section. While the lightning did little or no damage, it rained for mora than three hours, the deluge almost equalling a cloudburst. The whole section was drenched, and, while some of the farmers have con siderable hay on the ground which will be somewhat injured as a whole, the rain will be a great boon to the growing wheat crops. The shower le reported to have been only In a strip through this valley reaching from east to west and about 10 miles wide. At Klamath Falls. 33 mile from here. It barely sprinkled. CoemopolU Postoffice to 3Iove. OREGON1AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. July IS. The postoffice at Coe mopolls. Wash- will move Into new quarters on the north side of First street, between D and E streets, on August 1. this property having been leased for five years from Grays Har bor Commercial Company. First-class Private Joseph D. Worley, Signal Corps, at Fort Stevens, ordered to school at Fort Leavenworth for duty. BTrTJATIOJT FOB, A MEMBER OF Cruiser Des Moines Is Ordered South. PETREL SAILS FOR GONAIYES Washington Acts Promptly on Report of Trouble. SIMON'S RULE TOTTERING Government Driven Out of Most Im portant Cities anad These Are Threatened Political Sit uation Is Grave. WASHINGTON, July 19. The revolu tion In Haytl Is spreading so rapidly that It is believed here to be doubt ful If the capital of the Island republic will much longer remain in possession of President Simon. The political situation steadily is growing worse, according to the com mander of the United States gunboat Petrel, now In Haytian waters for the protection of Americans. His report to the Navy Department today indl cated that all of the' department north. except Cape Haytlen and Forte Llberte, Is controlled by the revolutionists, These Important ports are threatened, however, as the rebels defeated the government troops July 18 at a place about 14 miles from Cape Haytlen. Because of the precarious situation at Gonaives, the second important city of the republic where the revolution Ists are In power, the Petrel sailed from Cape Haytlen for that place today. Realizing the Importance of having some kind of naval vessel on the north coast of Haytl. to replace the Petrel, the Navy Department today cabled the commanding officer of the Porto Rlcan station boat at San Juan. Porto Rico, to proceed Immediately to Cape Haytlen, where she probably will ar rive tomorrow. The cruiser Des Moines from Boston will sail directly to Port au Prince. She probably will make the trip in about five days. Town Taken, Another Threatened. port ATI PRINCE. Haytl. July 19.- Th revolutionists have occupied St. Mare and are marching on Arcnanaie, nort IS miles northwest of this city. ha e-overnment has assembled two rftviaiona of trooDs at Arcnanaie 10 op nose the enemy. The cruiser Antolno Simon ha been repaired and la proceed lng to the threatened port. CRUISERS ARE ASKED FOR Pol n dexter Request Navy to Send Warships to Astoria Centennial. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash Ins-ton. July 19. Senator Poindexter, or Washington, has requested the Navy Department to send several cruisers to Astoria. Or., durlna- the centennial oele bratlon. In addition to the torpedo-boats and destroyer already oraerea, mere. The Secretary of the Navy tells Poln dexter he will Investigate and deter mine whether there will be cruisers available for this duty In August. THE NOBILITY. Fans in Los Angeles Go Wild When Player Slakes New Coast Record by Marvelous Catch. LOS ANGELES, CaL, July 19. (Spe cial.) Walter Carlisle, Vernon's center fielder, made one of the greatest plays In the history of baseball in the game between Vernon and Los Angeles here today. It was an unassisted triple play the first In the history of Coast baseball ever accomplished by an out fielder. Akin was at bat. Moore was on sec ond and Metzger on first. Hogan put Stewart in to pitch at this stage. Akin swung at the ball and connected. A low fly sailed out over the second base man's head. It resembled a liner rather than a fly, and It looked safe to every one. Moore and Metzger started around the bases like jackrabblts. As the ball cracked from Akln's bat Carlisle started In from his station on what looked like a hopeless task. The ball was flying so low and making for the ground so rapidly that Carlisle's try seemed impossible. With a dive the ball went down at his feet. With one last effort Carlisle went down head first, scooping the ball within a. half Inch of the ground. He rolled over three times and landed on his feet. At a glance the situation flashed upon the center fielder. Making a detour toward first to head off Metzger from running back, he ran in and touched second base. This retired Moore, who waa on third. With Metzger a prisoner on second. Carlisle went on an easy dog trot and touched first, making the third out. What the fans in the grandstand did sounded like an explosion. 0RG0N OF OLD PICTURED Historical Lectures to Be Delivered on Spots Where Events Happened. SALEM, Or., July 19. (Special.) Historical lectures concerning the Ore gon of 100 years ago, to be delivered on the spot where the events happened, will be a feature of the historical edu cational Institute to be held September 6, 6 and 7, in connection with the Asto ria Centennial celebration. Superintendent Alderman states that arrangements are under way for one of the biggest historical and education al features In the annals of the state. Frederick V. Holman, of Portland, has been called upon to make an address on some appropriate subject and Eva Emery Dye, one of Oregon' foremost writers, will read a paper on an Ore gon era. Educators of Idaho and Washington have agreed to co-operate with the educators of Oregon. It is the hope of Superintendent Alderman to make the proceedings of such vital Interest that the printed copies of them will be used In connection with the Oregon historical work which is being tau'ght In the publlo schools. RACE FOR HELP TOO LATE Judge Prlgmore Dies While Man Who Shot Him Hurries for Aid. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 19. The body of Superior Judge Robert W. Prlgmore, who was accidentally killed at Baker Lake yesterday, was brought here from Concrete tonight. Judge Prlg more was shot twice through the chest, and died within two hours. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney R. H. Evans, a close personal friend of Judge Prlgmore, who mistook the latter for a cougar and fired the fatal shots, brought the body to Concrete over the rough mountain trail. Evans said he had left Judge Prlgmore in camp and did not know he had entered the woods. When Evans saw something. moving In the underbrush he thought it was a cougar and fired twice. After the second shot Judge Prlgmore called out that he was wounded. By the time Evans reached him he was uncon scious but in a short time revived. Evans said he ran eight miles down the trail for aid and when he returned Judge Prlgmore was dead. JAIL IS REDVAIN HOPE Alleged Indian Counterfeiter Cleared After Trving to Reach Prison. The Federal grand jury yesterday ac quitted Charles E. Brown, an, Indian arrested at Klamath Falls last Spring for counterfeiting. At the time of his arrest he told the deputy that he had made the coun terfeits In an effort to get into jail. that his education had made 'it impos sible for him to live the life of an Indian, yet did not enable him to as sociate with white people. This, he declared, made him unhappy. Before the grand Jury met Brown expressed a willingness to go to jail. SUFFRAGE CAUSE BLAMED Inventor de Forest Sued lor Divorce, Bitter at Votes for Women Move. 8AN FRANCISCO. July 19. Dr. Lee de Forest, Inventor of a system of wireless telegraphy, whose wife is su ing him for divorce, says that she wants the separation because she holds woman's suffrage above wifehood. He says also that his wife's mother. Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blateh, the New York suffragist has encouraged Mrs. de For est to sue for divorce. The suit follows a suit for separa tion filed by Mrs. De Forest, at Shore ham, L. I., June 17. The grounds named In the San Francisco suit have not been made publlo- President Smith of Church Explains. HAVEMEYER HELD AS SAVIOR Magnate Buys Utah's Stock at Critical Time. INTEREST BEYOND HOME NIL Leader of Creed, Wife, II Children, Grandchild and Others Compos ing Party of 23 Pass Day Here on Way North. The true story of the connection be tween the Mormon Church and the sugar trust was told in Portland yester. day by Joseph F. Smith, the venerable and famous president of the church, who with his wife, 11 of his children and one grandchild, his second council lor and cousin, John Henry Smith; Bishop Charles W. Nibley, presiding bishop of the faith: Seymour B. Young, president of the "Seventies," the prin cipal body of the Mormon clergy, their wives a,nd some of their children, a party of 22 in all, passed the day In this city. "The coming of President Havemeyer, of the sugar trust, to our country," said President Smith, stroking his gray beard as he talked. In unconscious em phasis of his words, "has been one of the grandest and greatest boons to prosperity and success to the people of Utah and Idaho that could possibly have happened. It has given employ ment to the settlers and their families, and to thousands more who have since come In; it has built up a vast industry where none was before; and it has In creased three-fold the value of the land. Sugar Price Doesn't Rise. ."And more than that," he added, throwing back his broad shoulders, now somewhat bent from 73 years of a life most of which was passed in the sturdy Industry of the pioneer farmer, "since Mr. Havemeyer came to Utah In tin early '90s, the prices of chickens, of hogs and livestock generally, and of vegetables, farm products and food stuffs of all kinds have gone up many times, but the price of sugar there still remains substantially at the same figure. "We hold Mr. Havemeyer, as far as the work he has done In our country Is concerned, in the greatest respect. He looked us squarely in the eye and did as he said he would do. Never once did he wrong us or try to wrong us not once. And for all that we feel very kindly towards his memory. "Let it be understood, however, that the Mormon Church has never bought stock and does not hold stock In the sugar trust. Mr. Havemeyer bought a half Interest in the sugar company which the church, by backing with Its own credit and taking stock in pay ment, at a time when the corporation was on the verge of bankruptcy, had saved. Later this company built or ac quired control of other sugar-making plants in Utah and Idaho, Mr. Have meyer putting up half the money. The cjiurch was interested only in so far as It held the stock mentioned." In the 6lmple, straightforward lan guage of the pioneer, without attempt at embellishment. President Smith then told the Interesting story of how the beet sugar industry became such an im portant factor in the Industrial growth of Utah and Idaho, and of the events that led to the coming of Havemeyer. None could be more competent to tell these details, for President Smith him self came across the plains to join the Mormon colony in 184S and has been one of the most prominent figures In the fostering of the industry. "As far back as 1850." said he, "Brig ham Young had felt that the people of Utah should raise their own sugar. He made a very careful study of the In dustry, and the result was that he sent all the way to France for sugar beet seed and for a modern manufacturing plant. It had to be of light construc tion, for bringing it across the plains by ox-team presented great difficulties. Sorghum Plan Falls. "Well, they planted sugar beets and raised them. But that was about all. The experiment was a failure. They couldn't get the sugar. The plant worked all right, but the beets didn't produce enough sugar to make it worth while, and so the project was aban doned tor a time. "Then, a few years later, one of the most prominent of the settlers con ceived the Idea that sugar could be pro duced from sorghum the sorghum plant Is a sort of a half-way between sugar cane and corn. This experiment, too, failed. Excellent molasses was got, but not much sugar." President Smith's eyes twinkled a bit through the rims of his glasses as he recalled the failure of those early ef forts to "make the sugar sugar," corre sponding a good deal to the housewife's trials at "making the jelly jell." Evi dently it hadn't been a smiling matter then, however. But the pioneers wouldn't give up their dream of having real, home-grown sugar. "We tried again in the "90s," said (Concluded on Pace 10.) 4