PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1911.
IDAHO MAN SETS
HUSBAND IS KILLED
EDISON COUNTS ON
GIFT OF WIFE NO. 2
BAD POLICE LAID
If
LIVING 150 YEARS
IS NOT ALIMONY
SAIL FOR PORTLAND
RETORT TO BRYAN
TO CIVIL
SURE OF ADOPTION
DARING VOYAGE IS BEGUN IN
14-IXOT CATBOAT.
WORK MAKES EARTH PARADISE
COURT ALLOWS EX-HTJSBAND TO
KEEP WATCH.
FOR INVENTOR.
HEATED
IGOMETAXSEEMS
SERVICE
fj MAKING
OF MAN
Approval of Five States
Alone Required
30 HAVE VOICED APPROVAL
Special Sessions May Be
Necessary to Complete List.
REFUSALS ARE NOT FINAL
Wyoming and Minnesota Regarded
as Certain. Florida a' Probable
and Pennsylvania, aa Among
PoMlble Supporters.
bow mm HAVE TOTED THUS
TAR OX IxrOMI TAX
AXEXDMENT.
.tales RaaUfjtag as.
Alabama Montana
California Nebraska
CsJarado Neada
0org!a New York
Idaho North Carolina
Illinois North Dakota
Indiana Ohio
Iowa Oklahoma
Kanaaa Oregon .
Kentucky Sooth Carolina
Main Koala Takota
Maryland TunoM
Michigan Tnu
Mlaalsalppl Washington
Miaaotul Wisconsin
Kefaetag Ratlfj 1.
Connecticut Massachusetts
lulstana Nw Jersay
Now Mampahlr. Rhode lalaad
rtaa Virginia
V.rmoct Waat Virginia
rarwauBlttoaV-.
Palaver Wyoming
Penaerlvaala Minnesota
Florida
Ballsed, bat Tetesa 1.
OREGONIA-V NEWS BUREAU. Washi
ngton. Aug. t Ht state must yet
ratify the Income tax amendment be
fore It becomea a part of the Federal
Constitution. To date M etatea have
voted favorably. 1 have refused to rati
fy, one ha ratified, only to have the
ctlen of the Legislature overturned by
the Oortmor, and five state are yet to
take their first action. The classifica
tion is given In the foregoing table.
Three month ago there waa a bare
possibility that thi In com tax amend
ment might be ratified and become a
sart of the Federal Constitution before
next WJnter.
Supporter Expect Sucre.
It Is not now possible that the In
terne tax amendment esq be ratified be
fore next Winter, but there Is a firm
belief la the minds of thoee Senators
who were most Instrumental In pasalnc
the Income tax resolution through Con
rresa that the necessary five state will
rail Into line within a ytar, even If It
be necessary to call special sessions of
the Legislatures la one or two states.
The ultimate adoption of this amend
ment ta freely predicted.
The Income tax cause had a alight set
back because of the action of the Gov
ernor of Arkansas In vetoing the reso
lution passed by the Stat Legislature,
ratifying trie amendment. Arkansas
made the Mta state to ratify, and IS
are necessary to make this amendment
a part of the Federal Constitution, un
less Arizona and New Mexico come into
the Union prior to final determination
of the question, la which event six more
state must act favorably.
Xfw States Favorable.
But as Aiisena and New Mexico are
oth counted as favorable to the income
tax. their admission would be a source
of strength rather than weakness to
those who are urging the adoption of
this amendment.
The adverse action of the Governor of
Arkansas has been offset by the action
f the New Tork Legislature, which
early In July voted to ratify the In
come tax amendment. New Tor 67 ac
tion, however, leave the situation ex
actly as It wa before the Governor
of Arkansas exercised hi veto power.
There ar 1 state from which the
necessary five may be picked to make
sure the ratification of the Income tax
amendment, the five which have not yet
acted, and the 1 which Rave refused to
ratify. Those states which have hereto
fore refused favorable action are not
barred from changing their position. If
the Legislature favors reconsideration
of the original Tote, and the fact tnat
New Tork. which was regarded a dead
set against the Income tax. especially
as such a tax will bear more heavily on
that state than any other, has been
forced Into line, the friends of the tax
have hope that other Eastern states
may be compelled, by the force of pub
lic sentiment, to get Into line.
Votes May Be Reversed.
For Instance. Massachusetts. Vermont.
Tonnectlctit or-' West Virginia may be
compelled to reverse the first vote of
their Legislatures, and the same "In
fluence that would force them Into line
probably would command favorable ac
tion from enough of the uncommitted
states to make the necessary 35 states.
Wyoming and Minnesota. It Is believed.
(Cosciaded ea rags 2-
On Wager That Spokane and Coeur
d'Alene Rivers Are Navigable,
ex-Sailor Braves Streams.
SPOKANE. Aug. 2. (Special.)
Launching his 14-foot eatboat Fairy In
Lead Creek, at Wallace. Idaho, thi
morning. . Arnold Owen started on a
perilous voyage to this city.
Owen, who Is an ax-soldier and
sailor, has wagered that the Coeur
d'Alene and Spokane rivers are navibable
and proposes to prove It by sailing
from the heart of the Coeur d'Alene
to the Columbia River and then down
the big stream to Portland.
He will make portages at the worst
falls and rapids, but expects these to
be shorC
Owen bears a message from the Wal
lace Board of Trade to .the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce, and expects to
reach Spokane tomorrow afternoon or
Friday morning. He plans to complete
his trip to Portland In nine days.
The boat Is fully equipped for the
Journey. Owen Is the designer and
builder of the Fsvlry. lie has sailed on
other waters where dangers were com
mon and say he Is confldsnt that he
will take the boat through to Portland.
The Fairy's rigging consists of an 11
foot mast, with lug sail.
GASTRONOMIC RECORD SET
Albany Man Eats Enormous Meal
and Wins Ills Wager.
ALBANY, Or.; Aug. 1. (Special.)
One of the largest meals ever eaten
by a human being was consumed on a
wager by Charles L. Fox, an Albany
young man, last night. At one sit
ting Fox ate an order of ham and
eggs, one T-bone steak, two shrimp
salads, two orders of potatoes, one
order of sliced tomatoes, three medium
boiled eggs, one whole Spring chicken.
one order of sliced cucumbers, an
oyster stew and a pieco of pis. He
performed this gastronomic feat In 1H
hours. It being his fourth meal for the
day. and suffered no 111 effects from It.
Fox and Arch Gould, each of whom
had eaten three meals during; th day.
went Into a restaurant and agreed that
each should order the -same things and
that the first one that stopped eating
should pay for everything ordered.
Finally Gould suggested that they
compromise by each quitting and pay
ing for his own order, but Fox ordered
a whole Spring chicken fried and an
order of sliced cucumbers. Gould was
game and took the same order, bat
failed to finish his chicken and gave
up and paid for ,th meal. To make
his victory complete. Fox then ate an
oyster stew and a piece of pie.
ROBBERS QUICKLY CAUGHT
Police Get Holdup Men IS Minnies
After They Take $300.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Aug. I
(Special.) Fifteen minutes after they
had held up and robbed Joseph Sch-
warsenbacher. a laboring man. of 1300
early this morning. "Bud Stubler and
"Bud James were in the police ststlon
and the money has been taken from
their pockets. They were caught red-
handed and made no attempt to deny
the theft.
Schwarxenbacher had been "blow
ing some harvest wages in a resort,
and when he left It he was held up
at the muxale of a gun and relieved
of his money. He at once reported the
robbery and the police made short
work of the capture.
REAPPORTIONMENT IS UP
BUI Enlarging Membership of
House Expected to Pass Senate?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 Final debate
on the Congressional reapportionment
bill to Increase the House membership
from 191 to 413 occupied practically all
of today's session of the Senate. Sena
tors Root of New Tork. and Burton of
Ohio opposed the bill, and O'Gorman of
New Tork and Shlvely of Indiana sup
ported It. The bill probably will pass
the Senate tomorrow.
Root will offer aa amendment tomor
row to maintain the prseent House mem
bership. He contended thst a large body
tends to legislative inefficiency.
FRANCE WILL SIGN TODAY
Ambassador to Washington Will
Affix Name to Treaty In Paris.
PARIS. Auit. I. The Franco-American
arbitration treaty will be signed
at I o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Parts
time, at the Foreign Office, by Jean J.
Jusserand. the French Ambassador to
the United States, on behalf of France.
Two copies, esch containing the text
In English and French, will be signed.
One will be retained here and the other
sent to Washington to receive the sig
nature of Philander C Knox. American
Secretary of State.
DELEGATE QUITS IN HUFF
Alaska. Wlckershara Reads H I m !c 1 f
Out of Republican Tarty.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Aug. i Delegate Wckersham. of
Alaska, s packng hs trunk, prepamg to
leave for home p a day or two. He Is
thoroughly disgusted thst Congress has
been unwilling to give credence to his
wild charges regarding affairs In Alaska
and will not stay to submit hie "proof."
Wlckersnam says he will never sgaln
vote the Republican ticket.
Young Wife Shoots, as
Pleading Fails.
INSULT TOO MUCH TO BEAR
"These Hands Not Made for
Work," Idler Declares.
GIRL CANNOT REFORM HIM
Theft of Marriage Certificate, De
mand for Money to Lend Saloon
keeper and Opprobrious Com- v
parlson, Are Last Straws.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. Unable,
he says, to "make a man" of her hus
band, Anna Lang-ley, a fragile little
woman 19 years old. shot and killed
htm here today. They had been mar
ried 15 months.
James Langley left home early to
day, ssylng he did not Intend return
ing. Mrs. Langley bought a revolver
and started on a hunt, finding him In
a nearby saloon. Langley turned upon
her with a torrent of abuse.
The glrl-wlfe raised the revolver and
fired four shots. One struok Langley
and he died on the way to a hospital.
The others went wild. Mrs. Langley
was arrested.
Husband's Ambition Dead.
"I do not see why I should be de
tained." ahe said at the City Prison.
"I did nothing wrong and I am not
sorry. Since our marriage I have sup
ported my husband and myself by
working as a stenographer. I tried
to persuade him to stay away from
saloons. I endured his abuse. I tried
to Instill some ambition Into him and
coach him for the firemen's civil serv
ice examination. He would not at
tempt It. I could stand no more and
I shot him."
Snuggled In th arms of her mother,
Mrs. James Gaftney. Mrs. Langley re
counted the events which culminated
In the tragedy. When she had fin
ished. Chief of Police White. Police
Commissioner Sullivan, a desk ser
geant, three reporters and two pho
tographers stood about her. crying.
Langley, when he left the honse, took
her marriage certificate along,' she
said, and would not give It back.
Token of Wedding; Refused.
" It's only a token, Jim.' I told him.
but It's all rve got,' she wept. He
wouldn't let me have It."
At the saloon, she said, Langley
asked her to give him 120 of $90 that
she had saved, to make a nice home
for him." o that he could lend It to
the saloon keeper to pay In on a li
cense. She said she worked hard for
every nickel of It.
"But to please Jim I said I would
get It from the bank. Then he said
Oh. mamma, he said, he'd no more re
spect for me than than for the girls
north of Market street." she added.
"In a moment I saw It was no use.
C?omludsd on Pas 1. )
Beginning; First European Trip In
23 Tears, Wizard Tells How
He Keeps Strength.
NEW TORK, Aug. 2. (Special.)
Thomas A. Edison today started for
an European .trip for the first time In
21 years. With him on the Mauretanla
were his son, Charles, and in London
Mrs. Edison and their daughter, Made
line, will Join them. The family will
make an automobile tour of the Con
tinent. Edison was asked If he had
anythlnr"new up his sleeve. He re
plied:
"No, I have Just finished something
new. My talking pictures are com
plete. Two hundred sets of them have
been made and they are wonderful. Tou
ought to see them and hear them."
Here are some Edisonian flashes
fresh from his conversational short
circuit.
"I expect to live 150 years with my
system of living. Proper eating, sleep
ing and clothing make up my system.
I stay in bed six hours, and it is solid
sleeo and quite enough. I never m-
tend to retire. Work made the eartn
a Paradise for me. and I don't be
lieve there Is any Paradise up above.
I am better able to keep working now
than I waa at 26. I eat what I wish.
That Is not much; only half a handful
of solids at a meaL
MARSHFIELD IS GRATIFIED
News of Building , of Road Puts
Strength to Realty Market.
MAItSHFIELD. Of., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) The news of the building of the
Southern Pacific Into Coos Bay was re
ceived by the people In a quiet manner.
as rumors have been so frequent. No
demonstrations were Indulged in. but
on all sides gratification was expressed
that Coos ' Bay would soon have rail
road connection with the country at
large. With the railroad coming in and
the fine harbor, the residents on the
bay are sure of the future growth oi
the place.
The directors of the Chandler Hotel,
at a meeting today, decided to offer the
hostelry for sale. The Chandler was
built by a stock company to help In the
development of the city and not for
profit. At the meeting It was agreed to
offer It for sale for $100,000. The real
estate market has been active for some
time and the definite news of the com
ing of the Southern Pacific has caused
I values to increaee ana Become
firmer. .......
TAFT'S STAND IS OPPOSED
Seattle Rotary Club Against Leasing
Alaska Coal Lands.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 2. (Special.)
Following closely the declaration of
President Taft advocating the leasing
system for the development of the
Alaska coal resources, the Rotary
Club went on record unanimously as
opposing the leasing system and fa
voring private ownership at the weekly
lunoheon at the New Washington Ho
tel today.
Th resolution adopted will be pres
ented In turn to the Chamber of Com
merce, the Commercial Club, the Arc-
tie Club and the Seattle chapter of the
American Mining Congress.
Americans Will Be Protected.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S. The "Mexi
can government bas promised the
United States that vigorous and prompt
measures will be adopted to protect
American life and property In the seri
ous mining strike situation in El Oro,
Mexico.
CHORUS COME ON. BOYS! LET'S PUT TATTk
Nebraskan Accused o
Speking-Falsly.
UNDERWOOD DEFENDS COURSE
Wool and Cotton Declared
More Important Than Steel.
REVISION NOT BLOCKED
Speaker of House Declared to Be In
Full Accord With Policy, Not
in Opposition Democrats
Vigorous in Applause.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Stopping
frequently to permit the sound of Dem
ocratic applause to die away. Repre
sentative Underwood, the floor leader
of the Democratic party, today deliv
ered a scathing reply to a statement
attributed to William J. Bryan, accus
ing Underwood of an ulterior purpose
in delaying the revision of the tariff on
steel and declaring that Underwood was
not in accord with Speaker Clark In
tariff politics.
Underwood spoke with manifest
warmth, and directly accused the Ne
braska statesman of speaking falsely.
When he said that he and the speaker
were in accord, and the speaker made
no effort to deny It, the applause on the
Democratic side was loud and pro
longed.
Bryan Charge Denounced.
Underwqod had read the published
Bryan statement and, speaking dellb
erately, said:
"The statements contained in that
paper are absolutely false. If the re
flections which that article contains
rested only on myself, I would not take
the time of this House to answer them.
But those statements reflect not only
on myself, but on the Democrats in
control on this side of the Capitol; and
as leader of th floor, I would be un
true to my fellow Democrats here and
to myself if I did not reply to the at
tack."
Underwood said the tariff on iron
and steel needed further revision and
would get It; that when the ways and
means committee organized he told the
committee that as everything he had
waa Invested in the iron Industry It
would relieve hi mof embarrassment
If It undertook Iron and steel revision
first. '
"That Interview," continued Under
wood, referring to Bryan, "charges
that there Is a difference between the
Speaker of this House and myself as
to legislation In this House. That
statement Is absolutely false. We have
been together, we are together now,
and I predict we will be together to
the end-"
"The gentleman who Issued tnat
statement. William Jennings Bryan, of
Nebraska." said Mr. Underwood,
"charges that the chairman of the
ways and means committee, standing
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IN A HOLE!"
Man Sued for Back Pay Empties
Pockets to Produce $8.25 and
Gets Carfare Refund.:
V
Only the fact that his watch had been
given to him as a Christmas - present
by his present wife saved J. J. Mears
from being forced to give it up in
payment of back . alimony owed ' his
former wife, Blanche B. Mears, in
Judge Gatens' court yesterday. Mears
took, the watch off, but when the
Judge learned that It was a gift he
ordered that he be allowed to keep
the timepiece.
Mears turned his pockets Inside out
and $8.35 rattled out on the table. His
ex-wife and her attorney, John Steph
enson, decided that it would be too
bad to deprive him of carfare and al
lowed him to retain 10 cents. The
balance went into the bands of Judge
Gatens" clerk and nearly half an hour
was occupied in unwinding red tape
before Mrs. Mears obtained the $-3.25.
Mears, who is a contractor. was
brought into court to , explain why
there was $480 unpaid alimony due the
woman who obtained a divorce from
him In April, 1910, six months before
his marriage to the present Mrs,
Mears, who was Mrs. Julia Beeman. He
declared that he did not have ' the
money.
SINCLAIR IS OUT OF JAIL
Vermin-Infested Cot In Cell Inspires
Him to Write Poem.
WTT.MINGTON. Del.. Aug. 2. (Spe
clal.) Upton Sinclair r.nd his followers
from the aintrle tax colony at Arden,
who were sentenced last night to serve
18 hours imprisonment m tne Newcas
tle County workhouse for violating the
Sunday blue law, were released at 3
o'clock today. Sinclair and all his com-
nanlons s Dent seven hours today work
ing one the prison Btoneplle. uney
labored as hard as 40 other white and
Th snrtnllst author had lots to say
In condemnation of the workhouse. He
and his followers returned to the col
ony at Arden tonight, where they were
greeted as heroes.
Sinclair, all through the night lay on
the stone floor of his steel cell without
o hianket w could not sleep. The
surroundings of the jail and the moans
of the dther 33T prisoners inspired him
to compose a poem. Between the loads
of stone that he dumped from a wheel
barrow into a crusher today, when tne
guards were not looking, he wrote the
w, line at a time. The lines are
descriptive of a night In Jail and are
entitled: "The MenagerL" The presence
of what Sinclair termed "foul vermin"
on the cot that his cellmate and single-
tax companion occupied, suggested tne
circus-like name.
BIBLE STOOL PIGEON CITED
Lawyer Says Lord Sent Serpent to
Get Evidence Against Eve.
TACOMA. Aug. 2. The case of Adam.
Eve and the serpent in the Garden of
Eden was cited aa a precedent for the
employment of so-called "stool pig
eons" by the city to obtain evidence
by Assistant City Attorney Carnahan
today in arguing against a motion to
dismiss the cases against 43 saloon
men charged with violating the anti-
treatlng ordinance. The llqour men
contend that "stool pigeons" induced
them to violate the law and there
fore th,at the city is a party to the
offenses.
Carnahan said the serpent in the
Garflen of Eden was the first "stool
pigeon," and that Mother Eve was un
able to escape punishment for eating
of the fruit by throwing the blame
on the snake. Attorney John Leo,
for trie ealoon men, pointed out that
the serpent had been treated by the
Lord as a party to the crime and had
been condemned to everlasting shame.
Police Judge Arntsen took the motion
under advisement.
TREADGOLD CLAIMS TAKEN
South African Capitalists Get Do
minion and Quartz Properties.
DAWSON. T. T., Aug. 2. It is the
understanding here that the $8,000,000
gold mining company formed in Lon
don by South African capitalists, on
the advice of John Hays Hammond,
will take over the extensive holdings
on Dominion. Quartz and other creeks
acquired during the last two years by
Arthur N. C Treadgold.
These include the properties of the
Canadian Klondike Mining Company,
including the Boyle Concession and
dredges.
The new company will absorb the
Northern Light. Power & Coal Com
pany, which has invested $2,000,000 in
installing electric power. The land ac
quired is all dredging ground.
EXPRESS PLEA IS DENIED
No Relief Granted Companies bv In
terstate Commerce Commission.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. A general
denial of all . applications by express
companies for relief under the long and
short haul provision of the law, was
entered today by the Interstate Com
merce Commission in cases where com
modities are shipped from points of
production to points of consumption,
the same or similar rates not being ap
plicable to or from Intermediate points.
It was not shown by the applications
what particular rates they were in
tended to cover and the Commission de
clines flatly to grant any general per
mission under the law.
Corrupt Saved by Rules
Says Chief.
YICE DISTRICT NOT TO FORM
Mayor Says Restricted Zona
Rumor Is "Twaddle."
MORAL BODY TO WATCH
Commission to Be Appointed to
Down Social Evil Reports on
Conditions Will Be' Made to
Mayor Rushlight Personally.
DEVET-OPMKNTS OF DAT IN PO
LICE AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL
EVIL INQUIRY.
Cl)ief of Police Slover declares that
civil service rules hava mads the
Portland Police Department an In
efficient force and that It is next ts
impossible to wee out "undesir
ables." Mayor Rushlight threatens to make
arrests himself if policemen on the
various beau "can't see things."
. W. O. Macljaren Is organising .a
Commission to take charge of the
social evil problem for the admlnls--tratlon.
Independent of the police
force. .
Mayor Rushlight declares he does
not propose to establish a restricted
district
Chief of Police Slover believes that
Civil Service rules should be removed
from the police force; that Mayor
Rushlight Intends to , make arrests
himself If the police fall much longer,
that a commission is being organized
to handle the social evil problem for
the administration, independent of the
police, and that ex-Councilman Ellis
intends to prosecute any person rent
ing property for Immoral , purposes
purposes were developments of yester
day. No new"graft" charges were made,
the authorities refusing to discuss this
phase of the situation, but it is be
lieved efforts are being made to elim
inate "undesirable" policemen.
Civil Service rules have so sampered
the work of the Police Department
that Chief Slover declared last night
that he would like to see them re
moved. The force Is virtually at a
standstill, he said, because It Is almost
Impossible to get rid of "undesirable"
men .who are unfitted for police work
for various reasons or who, if they
have ability, ought to be supplanted
Jor mora serious reasons.
Change, of Rule Wanted.
"I would like to see the department
taken out of civil service and the
right to employ and discharge the
members placed in the hands one man
or a body of men," said Chief Slover,
when asked why the department seems
not to respond to any orders Issued by
him. "I have no hesitancy in saying
that much better service could he had."
Coupled with guarded - statements
made yesterday afternoon by Mayor
Rushlight, while discussing police af
fairs. Chief Slover's declaration ap
pears to be full of significance.
"I don't know what to do with the
Police Department," said the Mayor,
One thing is certain I am going to
get service some way. If the police
can't do some things that need to be
done, I'll go out and make some arrests
myself. Then we will try to find out
why the . policemen on the beats can't
see things.
Restricted District Not Planned.
"AnQther thing this talk about a
restricted district' is all twaddle. I
have no intention of establishing such
a district; if I could, I would run every
dissolute woman out of Portland. But
how can it be done? Tou can't get
any action through the police. At pre
sent these women are scattered
over all the city. They should
not be; I have tried to work
out this problem, but I have been so
busy with the numerous things coming
to . this office that I have not con
cluded the task. In some instances,
where houses of an Immoral charac
ter, have been found, I have ordered
the Chief of Police to take action and
this has been done. In other cases,
evidence is lacking.
"One thing that Is very urgently
needed, I think, is a secret fund, suf
ficient to permit the employment ' of
detectives to Investigate conditions, but
this the charter does not allow."
Written Charges Required.
Relative to the Civil Service rules, it
appears that for a time it was thought
that employes could be dismissed "for
the good of the service." but it now
develops that City Attorney Grant ad
vised the Mayor and members of the
police committee of the Executive
Board that they must first prefer writ
ten charges and must prove such
charges against any member of a de
partment before they could be dis
charged. This has evidently blocked
the efforts of the administration to re
move "undesirable" policemen.
Chief Slover has said that, if he had
authority, he would "fire" at least 50
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