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J !.. !3r ' .' ; ; ' Vr ' ' 1 - -iy TT-vnirT . PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1911. PRICE FKE CENTS. MORAL CRUSADER S AGAIN FIRED SEATTLE IS TIRING OF RECALL-STRIFE STATE'S HOPE SEEN ALIMONY OF $6450 WORRIES SICK MAN T SEE T FOR PUBLIC DANCES UPON BY SOLDIERS TO PERISH TAOOMA SUFFRAGIST WOULD . TRIP STEPS IN STADIUM. BUSTXESS MEN URGE C1TIZEXS TO DROP .MOVEMENT. DIVORCE CJK.WTED IX BUTTE IX ItOO; E.-HUSB.V.M All RESTED. . - ' " ' I MOB KAISER COPER CROWDS IN VARIED FARMS ARBITRATION AVIATORS Air Takes Double Toll in One Afternoon. JOHNSTONE, BADGER VICTIMS One Tumbles to His Death in Lake; Other Into Pit. CHICAGO MEET IS MARRED Wife See Yon nit Chicago BIrdman'a Aeroplane Plunge Into Water. Other Y k-t I m , Aim Amateur, Wealthy PltUburger. CHICAGO. Au It. Two artatora ' William R. Badger, of Pittsburg, and St. Croix Johnstone, of Chicago, both young men. loat their Urea In the In ternational aviation meet here todajr. Both accidents revealed the fralltr of the machlnea In which the avlatora vera gilding about the air with acarce Jr a pauae. Badger, a wealthy young man. came to hla death In a pit In the arlatlon field. There had been a flaw In one of the wtnge of the propeller of the Bald win machine he drove. Badger's Neck Broken. Centrifugal force broke the propeller and upset the delicate equilibrium of the machine and Badger dashed 100 feet to the bottom of the pit. Hla neck waa broken. Johnstone fell S00 feet under hla engine and waa drowned. Caught un der the heavy engine In the Molaant monoplane, he was carried deep Into Lake Michigan, and his body waa not brought to the surface until an hour later. Badger lived three-quarters of an bour after he had been extricated from the wrecked machine. He did not re cover consciousness. Thirty-five flyers have dipped and glided here for three daya and thlsjias the first fatal acci dent. Three aviators fell yesterday but were unhurt. Victim Klcli Young Man. Badger flew, as he formerly drove racing automobiles, purely as an ama teur. He waa the stepson of John Goetman. of Pittsburg, and was 25 years old. He possessed an Indepen dent fortune and gratified a well-developed speed mania. In the early daya of automobiles he waa among the first to make amateur records at Dayton and Palm Beach. Badger made his first public appear ance as an aviator at the local meet. The big mechanical sign board recorded after his death that he had flown up to today Just two hours, 1J minutes and 11 seconds. The flight that ended hla life earned him possibly an hour Thousand Sec Accident. He fell In front of the grandstand an thousands of spectators were with in a few hundred yards. Hundreds leaped the fence at the post line and rushed Into the pit where the wrecked biplane lay. rive minutes later atten tion waa diverted to the men still, fly ing. Johnstone's accident was due. accord ing to expert aviators, to a similar un suspected flaw In the machinery of his monopl--.e. Just what It was probably will never be known, as the engine la In the lake. . Johnstone's actual fall was witnessed by his young wife, although it waa not until a half hour later that she waa Informed of bis death.' Wife Crlea With Fright. Aa the monoplane faltered In mid air, then crashed downward to the sur' face of the lake, the young aviator's wife, who had been fallowing his flight closely. graed a mechanic's arm. and exclaimed In fear: "Oh! Oh! Pity! He's falling! My boy will be killed." For some moments Mra. Johnstone pleaded to be allowed to cross the field and out to the lake Into which her husbands machine had plunged. Fi nally a mechanic rushed up and as sured her that her husband had been drawn out of the lake unharmed and would join her In a hotel Immediately. She went to her hotel and hurriedly laid out dry apparel for her husband. Thirty minutes later a member of the Johnstone family told her c the avi ator's death. " Father's Letter Recalled. Like Badger. Johnstone waa an ama teur. His father. Dr. Ptuart Johnstone, a practicing physician here, bad re fused to buy blra an aeroplane. John stone, who waa It yeara old. and ambi tious, started to build one. and went to France, where he entered the Irexl School of Aviation. He than went to the Belolt School and learned to fly. Then Johnstone's father again re fused him aa aeroplane, and thla denial. In a letter written by the father to his aon almost a year ago. seemed to fore tell the fatal accident. "My conscience will not permit me to contribute to your, certain death by providing you with a flying machine." wrote Dr. Johnstone. I aan't buy you one. St. Croix." After learning to fly in France Johnstone went to Havana, where he was tha first to fly over the city. Re iCeaiu4ee ea Fate Montana Woman Trace Her Former Sponse to Portland After lie Had Been Gone 1 I Years. How la a man who Is sick and desti tute going .to pay back alimony amounting to H450? This question waa asked yesterday by Philip II. Paradise of Hermlston. Or- when he was arrested by Deputy Pherlff Wagner on a warrant Issued on complaint of hla former wife, who allege that alnce she got her divorce In Butte. In 100, Paradise haa failed to pay her any alimony although the court ordered him to pay her ISO a month. Paradise came to Portland three weeks ago for medical treatment, he says, and did not know that his former wife waa here, having left her In Butte. 11 years ago. Mrs. Paradise lesrned of her former husband's presence In the city yesterday and Immediately swore to a complaint. An hour later Paradise was under arrest. The complaint says the divorce was granted two ycara after Paradise had deserted. "I know all about the divorce. said Paradise yesterday, "but I considered the alimony was too heavy. How do they expect a worklngman to pay $f0 a month alimony. I am a druggist, but have been unable to work for some time on account of my health. I have no money and simply cannot pay the alimony. I came to Portland for medi cal attention. I hadrbeen working at Hermlston before coming to Portland. WOMEN LIKEJURY DUTY "If Men Can Stay Out All Mght, So Can We;' They Maintain. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) If the men can stay out all night while serving on Juries, the ma jority of the women of Vancouver, who are liable to be drawn for Jury duty, declare that they can do It, too. Out of a total of about 2000 names on the general Jury list of the County Clerk, from which the Jury panels will be selected, about 239 are women. This means that In every panel of 36 drawn for Jury duty, three or four will be women. It Is not a pleasant prospect, the women admit, to be compelled to re main on duty at night sessions, espe cially In company with such creatures as men. and some of those who now talk bravely will no doubt avail them selves of the privilege of excusing themselves by reason of their sex. "I guess I am equal to any emer gency, declared Miss Ida Sohns, who Is considered a leader on political ques tions. "If other women are willing to serve I am willing too." Mrs. H. C. Funk took refuge behind an excuse, which .has been frowned on by many Jurists, when she declared that she would be willing to serve and If necessary stay up all nUht to reach a verdict. If she were not so terribly busy. Of 10 women prominent In political and club affairs In Vancouver only one declared that she would not serve on a Jury. SCHOOL SALARIES DOCKED Failure of Superintendent to Send Reports May Be Costly. OLYMPIA. Wash, Aug. IS. (Spe cial. If the law Is strictly enforced the School Superintendents of Colum bia. Cowlitz. Garfield. Chehalls. Jeffer son. Kittitas. Okanogan. Pierce and Stevena counties are not entitled to draw any salary warrants for July, and the Commissioners In each county are directed to deduct ISO from the salary of eayh. Thla la because these counties have not sent In their annual reports to the State Superintendent ami In all prob ability the Taw mill be Invoked If the reports are not forthcoming' within a very ahort time. They were due Au gust 1. and the law allows them but ten days of grace. HILL ROAD VALUE JUMPS Great Northern to Be Asseasctl in Washington at $87,000,000. , OLYMPIA. Wash.. Ang.Ns. (Spe cial) Figures showing that the Great Northern Railroad In Washington' on. June 10. 1910. waa valued at 17.000. 000 have been certified to before the Fublle Service Commission and placed on file with the State Tax Commis sion to be used for assessment pur poses. - This represents an Increase of 17. 42S.7IS over the valuation of 139.577.- 21 for taxation purposes last year. The figures Include all the main line and branch roads owned by the Great Northern. Railroad on that date. DAUGHTERS LEFT $1 EACH Late Millard O. Ixn tisdale'a K-tate Valued Ncur 930,000. Lois A. Lownadale was appointed ex ecutrix yesterday by the county court of tha estate of Millard O. Lownsdale who died July 24 In Portland. The estate Is valued at $30,000 and Mrs. Lownsdale and her two daughters, Hlta McNary and Augusta SInnott, are named as the heirs. The two daughters are given fl each, Mr. Lownsdale saying In hls'wlll that he gave them their share of the estate at tba time of their marriage. Knox Treaty Finds Fa VorWith Germany. SENATE COMMITTEE OPPOSES Promises Impossible to' Ful fill, Is Lodge's View. FRIENDS GAIN MORE TIME On Same Hay That Compile! With France and Great Britain la Denounced as "War Breeder," Germany Assents. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15. Almost in the same hour that the Senate com mittee on foreign relations reported today to the Senate its convention that the recent negotiated arbitration treaties between this country and Great Britain and France were "breed era of bitterness and war," Germany, through lta Ambassador here, waa an nouncing Ita desire to be a party to a similar arbitration compact with the United States. Germany made known to Secretary Knox, through Ambassador Von Bern storff. Its acceptance of the general principles of arbitration aa laid down In the Secretary's draft, recently sub mitted. A few exceptlona were noted, however, and Count Von Bernstorff will sail Saturday for Germany to con sult his government further. He will return In October. ' Committee Foresees Trouble. While the conference was proceeding In the State Department.' the commit tee on foreign relations presented a report to the Senate declaring the pending conventions with England and France would be more likely to pro voke war than peace. If consummated In their present form, The report was In vigorous defense of the commit tee's course In recommending the elim inating of the paragraph In the trea ties conferring especial powers on the Joint high commission created by the conventions. x The attack upon the treaties cen tered on the right of the Senate, as part of the treaty-making machinery of the United States, to give Its consent to the investltute of the Joint com mission with authority to determine whether a matter of dispute Is Justifi able and subject to arbitration. Minority Gnltas Time. The report waa presented by Senator lodge of Massachusetts and a week was granted to the minority of the committee in which to present Its views In support of the treaties as negotiated. Declaring the unselfish attitude of the Senate and contending that It was the duty of that body ui.der the Con stitution to defend Ita own preroga tives, the committee report said: "The inclusion of the Senate as a part of the treaty making power waa provided upon mature consideration In the Constitution and was deemed to be adapted to our system of government Concluded on Pnse 3.) ...... HOW TO MAKE THE OLD GENTLEMAN NERVOUS i j (fJ : f Political Bickerings Hurt Progress of Town, Declare Commercial Intercuts in Big Petition. SEATTLE. Aug. It. According to tha best Information obtainable today, the petitions circulated by Mr. and "Jlra. Frank S. Stlrtan. seeking the re call of Mayor George W. DUUng an Councllmen Max Wardall. E. I Blaine, J. Y. C, Kellogg and F. a Stelner. will not be presented to the City Comptrol ler. A protest signed by virtually every leading business man in Seattle Is believed to have put a quietus on the movement. The petition follows: "We. the undersigned, cltlxena of Seattle, firmly believing that It la of the utmost Importance that this com munity should be a united one, and that all political bickerings should cease, that the city may progress upon ma terial lines, regret the recall movement now fostered In our midst, and do hereby call upon all citizens who have the best Interests of this city at heart, and the newspapers, to use their best efforts to the end that such movement be defeated." Recall petitions have been ostenta tiously circulated In the street for weeks by representatives of Mr. and Mrs. Stlrtan. whose fmotlve has been a deep mystery. The recall movement has already been repudiated by the Federation of Women's Clubs and other organisations. Ex-Mayor Gill has expressed a wil lingness to accept a nomination and seek a vindication. Mayor DUltng and the Councllmen assailed have treated the recall petitions with contempt, and have Insisted that few people had signed them. - TWO PIONEERS PASS AWAY Few Hours Separate Deal lis of Che halls County Settlers. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) Chris Mai. aged 70 years, one of the best-known pioneer residents of Chehalls County, died at his home three miles east of Elma late today. Only a few hours after his death. Amosa Fox. 82 years old, a resident of Chehalls County for more than 20 years, quietly passed away at his home in this city after an illness of several months. Chris Mai was a native of Germany and came to Chehalls - County In the Fall of 1877. Three years later ";e took up hla residence on a small rancn three miles east of Elma. His death was un expected, as only the" day before he had been working In his garden. . Early yes terday morning he asked his wife to build the fire, saying that he would dress and be ready for breakfast within a short time. When Mrs. Mai entered the bedroom she found her husband dead. Amosa Fox for years had worked In the logging camps and mills on Grays Harbor. Funeral services will be held at the Fox home Thursday. 43 RATTLESNAKES BAGGED Men Capture Prize Reptiles in Hunt ar Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) Forty-three rattlesnakes were the result of a day's, hunt in the Wil son Creek draw, near Wilson Creek. Wash.. Monday by Mat Ferral and Frank Lamphere. visitors from Kansas, and Bruce Webley, a rancher, living north of Wilson Creek. The largest snake was four feet in length. The hides of several of the snakes measured six Inches in width. The rattles taken from the reptiles half filled an ordinary shoe box. The hunt was begun Just after the rain had stopped and when the snakes were coming out to forage. ...... ..... ..sse.es.. . t Development League Looks to Growers. LA GRANDE NEXT RENDEZVOUS Medford and Burns Also Se lectedW Meetings. RAIL CHIEFS ARE ABSENT Diversified Cultivation of Soli Deemed Mainstay of Oregon in Addresses of Big Railroad Men Read by Deputy in Session. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 15. (Special.) La Grande. Or., was chosen tonight as the place for the next annual meeting of the Oregon Development League. The Spring meeting will be held at Medford, and the meeting October 2 and 3 will be held at Burns, Or. Tonight was properly railroad men's night In the Oregon Development League convention, which forms a part of the Astoria Centennial celebration, although none of the railroad heads could be present. They were represent ed, however, by other officials, and ad dresses were read by Secretary C. C. Chapman. From the greatest to the least, all of the delegates seemed to be Impressed with the Idea that diversified farming i the safe and only road whjich can be traveled to bring the people of the state to the goal of success. II1I1 Address to roint. ' In his address, read by Mr. Chapman, James J. Hill laws stress on the neces sity for co-operation In making the soil produce all of which It Is capable, and of the necessity for making use of all the vast space which Is now unpro ductive. . President Gray, of the North Bank, lays stress on the necessity for the establishment of experimental stations throughout Central Oregon. He is now actively engaged with the Central Ore gon Development .League in raising $10,000 for the establishment of a sta tion in Crok Count)', the county to raise 13000 and the railroad the bal ance. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern, was unable to attend, and sent a long message urging commun ity co-operation in colonization work. Carl R. Gray's Address Rend. Mr. Gray's address, in part, contained te following: I believe in strengthening the Oregon De velopment League. It should be the one central commercial organization of the state and It should be representative of every possible sphere of commercial activity. In a state so vast there should of neces sity be other leaKues. other commercial clubs, other business organizations of every kind and character; but to brlnjc about the greatest results for the upoullding- of the state In all Its parts there should be an al legiance of each and every one of these In strumentalities to the parent body, which Is this league. Oregon is. In Its last analysis, an agri cultural state, and It must be upon Its soil that the millions yet to conn must be placed and where they must prosper. Rarely today does a farmer know for a certainty that he Is planting and harvesting (Concluded on Page S. ) 'ot Classics, Eihter, "but Waltzes and Such With Parents Chaperoning, Is Woman's Idea. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 15. (Special.) Public dancea on the floor of T8 coma's mammoth High School stadium not classic nor folklore, but waltzes, two-steps and tho polka In which thousands of young folk may take part. Is tho scheme to bo proposed to the Municipal Commission Thursday by Mrs. John Q. Mason, president of the local chapter of tho National Council of Women voters, a leader among wo men in clvlo work and widely known. Mrs. Mason Is one of four women asked by Commissioner of Public Safe ty Pettlf to serve on his public morals committee, which will meet Thursday in the Mayor's office with representa tives of leading civic organizations. "The holding of dances In the stad ium," said Mrs. Mason today, "strikes me as one of tho readiest solutions of the problem of what to do about our boys and girls. I have been assured that It Is not perfectly feasible to con duct dances in connection with band concerts In the stadium. "It would bo necessary, of course, to build an Immense dancing platform, one that could be removed with little trouble. It should be as large as pos sible, in keeping with the general im mensity of the stadium and to permit every young person in the city, or older person, too, for that matter, that wishes to dance when he has the music, to do so. "Dancing Is a harmless amur;ment and one above all others that young people seem to enjoy. The conditions would be Ideal in the stadium, since there would be an abundance of chap erones In the presence of parents there to enjoy the music. WOMEN SUBDUE FLAMES Feminine Brigade Saves Two Homes by Quick Work With Pails. Forming a bucket brigade and pass ing water to Mrs. Dan J. Russell, whose house was in flames, a dozen women saved the house at Fifty-fourth street near Alameda and the home of Arthur Klumpp, 610 East Fifty-fourth street. North, next door, yesterday afternoon, without calling on the Are department. Within a half hour after the fir trees next to the house had caught fire from the burning grass in the empty lot at the back of Mrs. Russell's home the impromptu feminine fire brigade had conquered the blaze without more dam age to the homes than a scorching. Mrs. Russell had been away from the house In the afternoon and had Just alighted from a streetcar when she saw the fire. She hurried to the neighbors' houses, collecting aides, and formed a bucket brigade. Drawing water from a faucet in the back yard, the women put out the fire and then thoroughly drenched the ground about the house. The nearest fire department Is at East Twenty-eighth and Everett streets. A new station in the locality was ordered as one of the last acts of Mayor Si mon's administration, but It has not been established. Several houses In the district have been burned within the past two months. WEST ILL; DEFENDS ACT Parole System Xot In Disgrace, Says Tiovernor From Bed. SALEM, Or., Aug. 15. (Special.) Al though ill in bed today with a threat ened attack of pleurisy. Governor West strongly - repudiated any intimations that his honor system Is at stake, and that recent assaults again women by a paroled prisoner would create public sentiment against the parole system as it is now exercised. Governor West's condition is such that he probably will be compelled to remain' in bed tomorrow and possibly longer, as It is difficult to ascertain how severe the present attack might be. His Curry County trip will be post poned. WOOL BILL GOES TO TAFT Senate, 38 to 2 8, Adopts Report of Conferees. WASHINGTON". Aug. 15. The Senate by a vote of 38 to 28 adopted the con ference report on the wool tariff re vision bill already adopted by the House. The bill will now go to the White House for the expected veto of Presi dent Taft. HOUSE AMENDMENTS LIKED Settlers' Absence Bill; Affecting Ore gon Sections, Goes to Taft. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15. The House amendments to the Warren bill, grant ing leave to homesteaders in drouth districts, was adopted In the Senate to day, and the bill goes to the President for signature. If includes Burns, Vale. La Grande and The Dalles districts. Oregon. Hat, Shoes and $500 Taken. John Crook, a wealthy farmer living rear Baker, was robbed of a check for $500, his hat and shoes, last night by three men, one of whom he Identi fied as Thomas Jones, who had worked for him. He said the three men asked him to tako a walk and when they ar rlvd in a railroad yard on the East Side Jones held him while the other two robbed him. A new hat was taken from his head and his new shoes re moved, but the robbers left him an old hat and pair of shoes in exchange. Liverpool Still Center of Strike Violence. LONDON HELD IN FIRM GRIP Waterworks Compelled to Get Permit From Leaders. RAILWAY TIE-UP ORDERED Delay in Delivring Telegram Saves Passengers on Lusltania From . Serious Inconvenience Ex- " ports Are Falling: Off. LONDON, Aug. 15. The British workmen's strike developed new seri ous features today. A3 waa the case yesterday, the center of trouble waa at Liverpool, where mobs again at tacked the soldiers, who fired, killing at least one man and severely wounded several others. At a meeting tonight of the executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, and the Gen eral Railway Workers Union, at Liver pool, a resolution was unanimously adopted declaring a general railway strike throughout the United Kingdom. Waterworks Gets Permit. The London water works authorities were compelled today to obtain permits from the strike leaders In order to ob tain a coal supply and avert a water famine. Today's sailing of the White Star liner Zeland, from Liverpool to Boston, was canceled. . The Atlantic transport steamer Minnewaska, which should have sailed from London for New York last Saturday, Is expected to get away tomorrow. The St. Paul, of the American line, will sail tomorrow. The delay In the delivery of a tele gram saved the passengers of the Liis itanla from personal strike experiences on their arrival at Fishguard last night. It had been announced that the steamer woulu unload her passengers and as much of her cargo as possible at Fishguard, and the headquarters of the strike committee forthwith sent a telegram to the Seamen's Union Branch at Fishguard, Instructing Its members not to touch the Cunarder's cargo. Delayed Message Saves Passengers. The telegraph office at Fishguard closed at 8 o'clock last night and the message was not delivered until thla morning. In the meantime the pas sengers had disembarked and part of the freight had been landed. American importers who rely on Lon don for their Autumn stocks, will In many cases suffer from a serious de lay in the delivery. Since the dock strike began the exports for America have been cut down to less than one fourth their usual quantity. Usually during the few days previous to the departure of the steamers, the Ameri can Consulate issues 300 to 400 in ' voices. On no day since the strike waa declared has there been more than 80 invoices presented by exporters. DISPATCHERS LAID OFF. Union Paciric Makes Reductions In Telegraph Force at Laramie. LARAMIE, Wyo., Aug. 15. Still further reductions In the telegraph de partment of the Union Pacific Railroad were ordered today when the day and night telephone operators were laid oft indefinitely and the telegraph office was reduced to three operators, work ing eight hours a day each. The report here Is that arrangement) are being: made to house machinists in the Union Pacific shops at Cheyenne In anticipation of a walkout and the sub stitution of strikebreakers. The Lara mie shops are working with less than a normal force of machinists. . OIL PAYS $6 DIVIDEND Standard Payment Will Be Last One. Before Trust Is Dissolved. NEW YORK. Aug. 15. The directors of the Standard OH Company declared today the rtgular dividend of 16 a share for the period. This will prob ably be the last dividend the company will pay before it distributes the stock of 33 of Its subsidiary companies to the stockholders In accordance with the de cree of the Supreme Court. Since the beginning of 1905, the Stan dard Oil Company has been paying J40 a share annually. Retired Farmer Found Guilty. ! WOODBURN. Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) John Lentz, a retired farmer and a member of the Bachelors' Club, was arrested Sunday evening on the street for drunkenness. He pleaded not guilty before Recorder Stangel, was tried by a Jury today and found guilty. Fruit Shipments Begin. MEDFORD, Or.. Aug. .15. (Special.) To handle, the large fruit shipments now made from here, the Southern Pa cific has added a switch engine to the equipment of the local yard. Cars are now loading at various convenient side tracks throughout the valley. Six fruit cars have been shipped to date