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I v PnnTT.AVT). OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IO. 15, oil). . - Ion two bwe, kt&yIbhttie in tears mm federation idea ISKrIS August s regords m tift ..JIL IT. CBIFF HF. SIBF aeSr " CHANGED 1 FORM s SIM SUPREMACY Mill II I III I I - I r" notiiixg to chance. f ft Be Ready nd Take. FOR TREATY Senate Commit- nswered. EED REFORMS k Told New Rules of 111 Mark Distinct 'ard Judges Not ently Paid. Aug. SL "Arbitration of disputes between nations Is coming llowlr but surely." said President Taft his address today before the Amerl- n Bar Association. The president 'leflr reviewed the proposed general -rbltratlon treaties with Great Britain nd France, and made It plain that In lis opinion the objections made to the reatles were Invalid. . Tk. TH-irtpnt dnclaxed emphatically j that there was room ior mipiu.i 1 u procedure In the Federal courts. V The Chief Justice of the Supreme I ourt of the United States, he said, had Vv .ken the matter In hand with his I isociates and the district Judges, and art rolled a. conference In Washington, There they would formulate new rules t procedure. Judges' Salaries Too Low. Tk. Priini declared this to be a great step In the direction of practical reform. He said that tnere was neeu of increasing Judicial salaries so that "the best men of the bar might be en ' gaged for the various courts. iru. -r-r :a.t motored from Bev- r ,-iy, and when he appeared In tne oon Jf. entlon hall he was welcomed with a I hearty cheer. No formal Introduction as spoken. President Farrar of the .r Association, one of the largest men t the convention, merely expressed his iirpose to retire In favor of a man iho was bigger than he in all d'lmen f .ons. - SMrs. Taft came with the President on e 20-mlle ride through the rain, but ayed In the White House automobile ilIde Huntington Hall, and did not ar The speech. Immediately after e address they motored back to Bev- k Senate Committee Criticised. The President 1 aimed his argument the arbitration treaties at the Sen foreign relations, which he said ok exceptions to the part which pro des that the Joint high commission all determine whether a question is ustlceable," and, therefore, one to be ttled by arbitration. The committee lid thin Dart of the treaty a delegation at cowers of the Senate, the President said, and, therefore, it objected. "There were not," he said, "any more powers conferred by the Constitution on the Senate than there were con ferred by the Constitution on the Ex ntin. T think this is nretty plain. because the Executive has to Initiate and the Senate has to agree to the . .reatles before they can go Into force, nw. mv nroDOsltlon is this: That. If tae Senate has power eo ratify an agreement which shall bind It and the Government, or rather which shall bind the Government, and, therefore, bind It to consent to the adjudication of any ia nf nutations arising in the future y a board of arbitration, then, it neces sarily follows that it has the right to consent to this treaty." Medicine May "Bite." Referring to his hope that the Sen ate would not modify the treaties, the President compared the Nation to a sick Indian. "Tun know thrv sav the Indians twhen they are sick don't like any med- cine," except something mat bites, ' iomt hlnc- that la had to take." said the President. "1 don't think that we shall ' -eally get ahead with this arbitration justness unless we are willing to as sume an obligation to execute a Judg nent that may bite and may be bad for .' a to take. "If we are coins- to take the nosltion that we will wait until the question arises, and then conclude (because we don't think we can win in the arbitra tion case) that it is not a Justlceable question, then, we have written our promises In water, and we have made agreements that dissolve under the test of experience. As a result, instead of promoting the cause of arbitration, we , will have lnterferred with it. obstruc ted It, and made it a laughing stock with all nations." Learning Should Be Rewarded. Before turning to arbitration, the President spoke of the efforts the Su preme Court is making to reform the rules of equity procedure in the Fed eral Courts and declared that the sal aries of Circuit Judges should be In creased so as to be more commensurate with those paid District Judges. "Of course," he said, "the salaries of the Supreme Court members ought to f BOSTON (l be increased. We have got them up to $11,500 or something like that. They ought to go up to 825,000. Members of (Concluded on raft 3.) Bridegroom Is "Party of First Part' in Prenuptial Agreement Filed Soon After Wedding. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (Special.) More than usual caution was shown by Edmund, Hutchlngs and Esther Han son , before their marriage ceremony was performed. They obtained a mar riage license March 8 last, but were not united In wedlock until last Tues day, when Justice of the Peace Tread well declared them husband and wife. The agreement which they made before the Justice pronounced the binding words was filed for record in the City and County Recorder's office yesterday. In this agreement, dated August 29, 1911, Hutchings Is referred to as the party of the first part and the bride as the party of the second part, and she specifically waived her right to alimony. If at any time they should be separated. She agrees that she will never, under any circumstances, apply to any court for any allowance for her support or for counsel fees or costs of suit. The agreement was formally wit nessed and acknowledged before a notary and then Hutchings, who was divorced last year, concluded that It would be safe for him to try matri mony once more. It is said that he is a professional clairvoyant or medium, but apparently he could not peer far enough into the future to feel certain about the alimony without a written agreement. . MILLS SAILS FOR WEDDING Bride's Parents to Choose Every thing but Best Man, Who Is Iselln. NEW TORK, Aug. 81. (Special.) Ogden I Mills was among the passen gers sailing on the Hamburg-American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victorit today, He will go directly to Deauville, France, where his fiancee. Miss Margaret Ruth erford, is living with her mother, Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt. The wedding will take place September 20. Mr. Mills' parents bade .him good-bye at the pier,' and will sail a week or so later for the wedding. Mr. Mills said all arrangements had been left to the bride and her parents, except the choice rt "Jit- J.'.l. '.'. VV ,1,'liUm Iselln, Jr., of Philadelphia. Ex-Senator Aldrich and family were also passengers on the Auguste Vic toria. Mr. Aldrich refused to talk upon any political subject, and said the trip was entirely for pleasure, and that he would return by October 1. ASTOR WEDDING IS NEAR Cost of Bride Believed Between One and Two Millions. NEW YORK. Aug, 31. (Special.) Announcement of the date of the wed ding of Colonel John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Force Is expected mo mentarily, in view of the fact that Colonel Astor and Miss Force have aimed the marriage agreement, in which a sum between 11,000.000 and 82.000,000 has been settled on the bride. . It was learned definitely today that the aereement was signed while Col on! Astor and Miss Force were In Newport last Monday, immediately fol lowing their arrival there on board Colonel Astor"s yacht, the Noma. The terms of the settlement are be ing kept secret. WOMAN CURES SNAKEBITE Kerosene and Salt Applied to Opened Wound Save Little Girl. PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 81. When Myrtle- Olson, a 9-year-old girl, was bitten by a rattlesnake yesterday, her mother, after tying a ligature about the wound, slashed with a table-knife the place where the fangs had entered and washed out the cut with kerosene. Later she covered the wound with salt, then waited for a physician. As a result of this treatment, there was little swelling from the bite, and the child Is walking about today, lit tle the worse for the experience.' BIGGEST CATCH 23.5 TONS C. Shogren's Boat Nets Owner $8290 for-Season's Salmon Work. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 81. (Special.) According to the reports' thus far available, the "high boat" among the gHlnetters during the past fishing sea son was operated by C Shogren, who fished for the Tallant-Grant Packing Company. His catch for the season was 23 tons of salmon, which netted him and his boat-puller 83290 for their season's work. COURTESY WINS MILLIONS Hahnemann Hospital Head, Polite, Visitor Bequeaths $1,146,820. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. August W. Weissman, superintendent of the Hah nemann Hospital, is a most polite man and this brought the hospital an unex pected legacy today of $1,146,826. Because of Weissman's courtesy to Mitchell Valentine, who, as a semi casual visitor, made an Inspection of the hospital some time ago, Valentine provided for the hospital to that amdunt In his will. Aged Father Tells of Happy Wedded Life. SON'S WIFE LIKE DAUGHTER Prisoner Weeps at Last as Voice of Parent Quivers. COUSIN'S WORD ASSAILED Grandfather of Paul Beattle Tells With Sorrow That He Cannot Be Trusted Another Witness Says Paul Carried Gun. CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE, Vs., Aug. 81. Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., in dicted for tne murder of his wife, sobbed like a child today when his gray-haired father, in a low, tremulous voice, told of the domestic felicity of his son and the slain woman, Louise Owen Beattle. It was the first time that the stoical calm of the prisoner had given way since the trial began. The testimony of the father came as the dramatic close of a long day's bat tle by the defense against the evidence heaped up by the prosecution. Tomor row the accused will go on the stand, and the defense will rest Its case. Battering constantly at (Inst the tes timony of Paul Beattle, cousin of the prisoner, as to the purchase of the gun, his delivery of it to Henry and his subsequent conversations with the ac cused, the defense introduced several witnesses to cast doubt on the veracity of Paul. Paul's Shortcoming Told. It emphasized.-the point when it pro duced David D. Beattle. Paul's grand father, and uncle of Henry, who testi fied that -Paul's - character was not good. It was another Intense period in the' trial, for with -apparent regret the aged man told of his grandson's short comings. - , - . ' On cross-examination it developed that the witness, though grandfather of Paul Beattle, did not know where his grandson had been living within the last two years. "Do you appreciate that your evi dence has a tendency to blacken your grandson's reputation?" "I do not appreciate it." "But do you know you are blacken ing his reputation?" "Yes." The witness was excused. Gnn Story Is Attacked. The most surprising refutation of the day against Paul's testimony came when Ernest H. Neblitt said that on Sunday, July 10, he saw Paul Beattie on the bridge where he worked hand ling a single-barreled shotgun.- Paul had maintained ever since the Coroner's Inquest that he disposed of the gun the same day he bought it, Saturday, July 1 by giving It to Henry. Subsequent ly the defense brought many witnesses to tell of Mr. Neblltt's good character and brought others to attack Paul's veracity. E. H. Lewis, an employe of the Beat- (Concluded on Page 2.) The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 85 degrees; minimum, 01 oegreea. TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly 'winds. - - - - Foreign. New Japanese Premier in favor of close amity between nations. Page 5. Madero promises he will not be radical in t reforms. . Face 2. Domestic. Clyde liner makes thrilling rescue of crew ot achooner. Page S. Bride in prenuptial agreement waives ali mony. Page X. Southern Paclflo dismisses 160 train auditors. Page 2. Shopmen ask recognition of Joint unions; abandon use of word "federation." Page 1. Government charges retail lumbermen with enforcing trade boycott. - Page 2. Taft says arbitration must be two-sided to . be effective. Page 1. Beattle weeps as aged father tells of son's happy wedded life; many witnesses assail veracity of cousin. Page 1 Callfornla girl, accusing dentlat of keeping her prisoner IS months, says klaaes led to downfall. Page 8. Doctor's wife horsewhips Countess to pro tect home. Page 2. Chicago Judge refuses to attempt to punish man about to marry. Page 3. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland . Oakland 1; Vernon 8, Sacramento O; Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 1. Page 8. Northwestern League results: Portland 7. Tacoma 6; Vancouver 11. Seattle 10; Spokane 10. Victoria 2. Page 8. Outlaw league talk takes on aerloua aspect with demands of American Association. Page 9. National Baseball Commission throws war gauntlet at American Association. Page 0. , Pacific Northwest. Portland Socialist and once leader In lodge work dies at Hoquiam. Page 7. W. P. Campbell, of Chemawa Indian School, resigns from service rather than accept transfer. Page 6. Runaway train batters trolley car after race - on hill at Salem. Page 1. Man In Seattle opens Are on woman who de nies him a kiss. Page 4. Bears on body fasten killing of man In Mis souri on Seattle prisoner. Page 6. West Coast Lumber Company Manufacturers' Association elects officers. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Portlandd leads Coast In cereal shipments for 1011-12 season. Page 18. Coast sugar markets now on parity with East. Page 19. Wheat higher at Chicago on stronger cables. Page 10. Stock dealings light and price changes nar row. Page 19. Portland and Vicinity. Man who kidnaped tot from courtroom re turns with youngster, then departs with him for Washington. Page IS. Ministers and laymen to ask that Portland be selected for assembly of conference in 1016. Page 14. Bad effect of legislation run wild pointed out by Howard Elliott. Page 13. Sixty-six changes. Including reduction and promotions, are made In police depart ment upheaval.. Page 12. Mayor would pave Kenton with Westrumlte If company charges city actual cost for repair material. Page 12. Property owners protest against ordinance ' establishing new oil tank districts. Page 13. Four Portland residents return from month's outing -In-Alaska. Page 9. Commercial Club to appoint committee of SO to arrange entertainment of Prestdcn Tafe here October 11-12. Page 6. - Gompera evokes hisses for Burns and cheers for alleged dynamiters in Armory speech. . Page 14. ' . FRANCE FEELS SUSPENSE People in State of Anxiety, Though Officials Are Calm. PARIS. Aug. 31. France remains in a state of suspense over the outcome of the negotiations between France and Germany, relative to Morocco. , While In official circles the attitude is maintained that the negotiations to be resumed shortly will lead to a satis factory settlement, there s a certain anxiety among the people because of the possibility of a rupture. SENATOR LODGE'S SON WED Young Man Marries Girl Who Nursed, Him Through Illness. BOSTON. Aug. 31. John Ellerton Lodge, son of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, today married Miss Mary Cath erine Connelly, who nursed him during an illness In a Boston hospital. - STUDYING THE ALASKA SITUATION. "Joint Union" Recog nition Asked. CONFERENCE SET FOR TODAY Shopmen's Representatives See Avenue to Peace. DEMANDS ARE NOT ABATED Hope Expressed That, With Offen sive Word Omitted, Employes Will Receive Substantially What They Contend For. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. One pos sible avenue to an agreement appeared here tonight following an all-day con ference of officials of the five unions of shop workers preparing to ask Julius Kruttschnitt, vice-president and director of maintenance and oper ation of the Harriman lines, for recog nition of the Federation of Shop Em ployes Following the announcement that a meeting with Mr. Kruttschnitt had been arranged for 11 A. M. tomorrow, It was given out that the general officers of thA iinlonn. In consultation with thelp advisory boards, had agreed that the demands of the men must be Insisted upon. "Does that mean recognition oi tne Federation-" President Kline of the Blacksmiths' International Union was asked. "It amounts to that," he replied, "but the word 'Federation' seems to scare a good many persons. What we shall inttlst -unon. according to our agree ment today, is recognition of a Joint committee representirg the., various unions." Mr. Kruttschnitt has declared recog nition of the Federation impossime, giving a list of reasons for this atti tude. ' - "What, will you do If recognition is -ofuaori hv Mr. Kruttschnitt- was asked of John Scott, of San Luis Obis po, secretary of the Federation. "That is problematical," Scott re-oriino- that he believed recogni tion would be gained peaceably. He wanted it to be understood that the Federation Is more than willing to meet Mr. Kruttschnitt half way. VETERAN MARINER IS DEAD Captain of Korea Passes After Long Career at Sea. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81. Captain James W. Saunders, until two months ago in command of the trans-Pacific liner Korea, died here today at the United States Marine Hospital. He was 61 yeas old and is survived by his widow, who was present when he died, and by a daughter living in Maine. Saunders held many important posts In the China and Panama runs and had a wide acquaintance among mari ners and travelers. - Speeding Electric Car, Overtaken as It Hits Switch, Is Battered by Impact. SALEM, Or., Aug, 81. (Special.) Running wild down the South Commercial-street hill, a rock train on the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany lines orashed Into a streetcar this morning, nearly knocking It from its trucks, Jarring out practically all of the windows and badly smashing the car. The crash came after the street car started on a wild attempt to elude Its pursuer down ths hill. Engineer Peck was driving the load ed rock train, carrying four cars of rock. The air brakes failed to work from the top of the hill and, gathering momentum, the train gained at terrific speed on the streetcar ahead. Blowing the alarm whistle repeated ly. Engineer Peck attracted the at tention of Motorman Wright, on the car in front, and Wright turned loose at full speed for a race against the rock train. At flying speed the car rushed onto a switch, where it lost its trolley and the rock train coming from behind smashed into It. Motorman Wright and Conductor Thompson had a narrow es cape from death. Two boys on the car received slight injuries. WOODLIFT TRAPS BURGLAR Tumult Created by Fettered Prowler Arouses Sleeping Family. Had it not been for a burglar get ting stuck in the wood lift of the resi dence of M. J. Jacobosky, a" jeweler, living at 958 East Everett street last night, he would have entered the house. As it was the burglar made so much noise in trying to extricate himself that he awakened the occupants of the house. They telephoned the police sta tion, but the burglar broke loose be fore Motorcycle Patrolman Royle reached the house, and escaped, leav ing a scrap of his trousers hanging on a nail which the officer took for a souvenir. . The burglar entered the house through a basement window about 11:30 o'clock, and tried to make his way upstairs via the wood lift. In do ing so his clothing caught on a nail, which held him fast. A loud scrap ing and kicking In the chute aroused the sleepers, who were not long In discovering the cause of the commotion- GATES GUARDS FRIENDS Family Learns of Two Wills, One Revised as Market Settles. PEORIA, 111., Aug. 31. How John W. Gates came to draw two wills became known today to relatives who are beneficiaries in the document. Two years ago he made a will, leav ing the estate of nearly 140,000,000 in trust for ten years, as certain stocks held by Gates were bobbing up and down. Friends of Gates, as well as the financier himself, had invested in these securities. As Gates believe'! that the stocks were due to attain final stability at a good advance eventual ly, Judge Gildersleeve, who drew the first will, advised that the will provte for a trust and Mr. Gates assented. Last March, however, on the eve of his departure for Europe, market con ditions were settled and Mr. Gates drew up a second will leaving his great wealth to his widow, Dolores Gates, and his son, Charles H.. PRISON HANGS IN MID-AIR Medford Keeps "Lucky" or "Un lucky" 18 Suspended for Days. MEDFORD. Or., Aug. 31. (Special.) Suspended in midair, 13 prisoners slept in their steel cage In Jail, yester day with nothing but two cables sup porting them. The cage is being hoisted to the top of the new Jail to make room for the $6500 cells that have been contracted for and which will be pu in soon. Two "long-eared, struggling mules lifted the cage, eight Inches at a time, until It had reached the top of the concrete structure. The prisoners busied themselves washing their dishes and singing songs while the work was under way and trusted implicitly to the mules, despite the fact that their num ber had been reduced to 13 by the pa roling of Crocker. The cell, with its human freight, will hang by the ca bles until the second floor of the Jail can be placed in position! HUSBAND DENIES THEFT Seattle Hotel Man Says He Xever Took Wife's $30,000 Jewels. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81. (Special.) G. A. Johnson, of Seattle, who was accused by his wife of stealing Jewels valued at $30,000 -vThich were her separate property. Immediately follow ing his disappearance from Los An geles on August 14," was today found at his old home in Manitowoc, Wis. Johnson emphatically denies that he stole the gems. He said that his wife knew that he was leaving for' the East and concocted the story of theft entirely out of whole cloth. He says that he will not try to elude the of ficers and will hold himself ready for arrest. Mrs. Johnson was the widow of a wealthy Alaskan and had inherited a large fortune when she married John son, a Beattle hotel man City's Development in Past Month Big. CEREAL SHIPMENTS CLIMB Portland's Totals 60 Per Cent ' Greater Than Sound's. BUILDING PLANS GROWING Postal Receipts ajjd Bank Clearings as Well as Livestock Trade Make Substantial Increases Tele phones Are Fnjtors. Portland's progress from month to month in all lines of activity has been of such a character as to substantiate the belief that this city is well toward the top of the list of American' cities in business prosperity. The industrial, commercial and building development of Portland has been steady and sus tained for the last eight months and there is every indication that the re maining four months of 1911 will round out the year with the best record In the history of the city. Statistics for August made a splen did showing. With the exception of building permits, every Important de partment made a substantial increase over the volume of business for the corresponding month in 1910. New Au gust records were made in bank clear ings, postal receipts, realty transfers, livestock shipments and flour and wheat shipments. Considering the dullness of the lumber situation throughout the country, the foreign and coastwise lumber shipments were exceptionally heavy. Portland's building development is remarkable compared with the show ing made by other Coast cities. The . record for the month Just closed Is most gratifying, the total valuation represented In permits exceeding $1,700,000. There are now in the of fice of the Building Inspector plans calling for the expenditure of nearly $900,000. Delay in submitting com pleted plans Is the only factor that prevented the totals for the month ex ceeding the record for August, 1910, when permits were issjied amounting to $2,556,375. Building Operations Expand. While the August business was most satisfactory, the showing for the eight months of the year ending yesterday was the best that has been made for a similar period In the history of the city. From January 1 to September 1 the total permits amounted to $12, 635,879, while for the same period in 1910 the total was $11,974,147, the in crease being $659,932. The average monthly showing for the period was $1,580,000. It is believed that the building operations for the four re maining months will nuike an unusual ly large showing, as there are under consideration now plans for several costly structures. That the financial situation of the city is healthy is indicated in the showing made in bank clearings for the month. The totals amounted to $44,377,625.66, while for the corres ponding month of last year the clear ings were $41,549,702.94. The 'increase was $2,827,921.72, or over 6.5 per cent. The dally balances yesterday were $5,008,280.28, compared with $4,428, 418.63 for the same day in August, 1910. According to weekly bank state ments published In August, Portland made a larger increase in clearings than any of the Pacific Coast cities. Los Angeles fell behind for a part of the month, but it Is probable the totals of that city will make a gain equal to Portland's Increase. PostHl Receipts Gain. Real estate transfers made a gain over the totals for August, 1910, both in number and valuations. Conditions of the realty market are growing stronger 'and a healthy movement is looked for this Fall. Postal receipts for August made a big showing, it being estimated by Postmaster Merrick last night that the Increase over the receipts for August, 1910, will be nearly 6 per cent The revenue from the sale of stamps and money orders amounted to $79,190.58 when the postoffice closed at 5 o'clock. This amount was swelled by stamp sales later. The sales for the corre sponding month of last year gave a total revenue of $74,976.42. Cereal Shipments Soar. The record in flour and wheat ship ments Is one of importance, as it dem onstrates that Portland shipped fully 60 per cent more cereal products than Puget Sound in August. There were shipped from this port 241,140 bushels of wheat to California, while from Pu get Sound only 17,367 bushels were dis patched south. The total wheat ship ments from Portland were 427,071 bushels, from Puget Sound 207,609 bushels. In flour exports there was a big -increase over the August trade of a year ago. During the month Just closed 68,726 barrels of flour were dis patched, as against 46,558 barrels in August, 1910. Coastwise lumber shipments made a (Concluded oo Pace 8.)