jiwititii Jill V PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V GOVERNORS CLASH, MR REFERENDUM Views of Wilson Are Called "Vagaries." COURTS LOWERED BY RECALL Alabaman Sees Independence of Judiciary Gone MODERN PROPHET FLOUTED Kw. Jersey Executive, Defending Position, Denies That Vote of Majority Is Caprice Suf fragist to Speak Today. 6PRINO LAKE. N. J Sept. 12. Gov ernor Wilson, of New Jersey, and Gov ernor O'Neal, of Alabama, measured swords over the Initiative and referen 3nm before the conference of Governors this afternoon, 1 Governor Wilson, as champion of the measure, replied to Governor O'Neal, who had previously denounced It as an "Insidious popular vagary. Tbe Southern executive was on his feet In a moment with an impassioned defense of his position. Governor O'Neal spoke vehemently for 10 minutes, bowed and. without a word, walked through a casement win dow to the piazza fronting; the ocean. Alabaman la Plain-Spoken. He did not re-enter the convention hall for IS minutes, and took no fur ther part in the discussion. When the conference . ended Governor Wilson grasped Governor O'Neal by the hand and remarked that he did not wish to be misunderstood. Governor O'Neal later said that he had stepped to the piazza to meet Mrs. O'Neal. There was no mincing of words in the Alabaman's denunciation of the initiative, referendum and recall. "There la a movement which seems to be gathering strongly in certain sec tions of the country," be 'said. th-t tends to weaken rather than strengthen executive authority, and that is the system of Initiative, referendum and recall. The Governor has no power to , veto or amend a law Initiated by the people and adopted by referendum, "Courts Wonld Degenerate." "If the law Is In violation of the Constitution,. Invades vested rights or destroys individual liberty, the only remedy, can be found In the courts: and where the system of recall of Judges prevails, overthrowing as It does the independence of the Judiciary, the courts would degenerate Into tribunals organized chiefly to register popular Judgment on all legal questions." It was pleasing to know, he added, that this "Insidious popular vagary" would meet with the almost unanimous opposition of the American bar. Governor Wilson did not reply until sereral Western Governors had spoken. "It seems to me." he said, "that on the auestion of the Initiative and ref erendum It Is necessary that we carry the analysis a little further than it has been carried. Source ef Law Scrutinised. "A very important thing, a funda mentally Important thing, is the source of the law. Some of the laws that we have are bad laws and they are bad because there is a suspicion as to their source. The people of the United States want their Governors to be leaders In matters of legislation, be cause they have serious suspicion as to the source of the legislation and they have a serious distrust of their Legisla tures. "What I would urge as against the views of Governor O'Neal Is that there is nothing inconsistent between the strengthening of the powers of the executive and the direct power of the people." He then spoke of the caprice of the majority. "I have known of Instances of the caprice of the mob," he said, "but I have never known of an Instance where the yote of the population was spoken of as a caprice. "I don't Velleve there is any distrust of the fundamental principles of demo cracy. I believe ,w are all Demo crats If we use a small 'd.' " ' O'Neal Repeats Belief. As Governor Wilson sat down. Gov ernor O'Neal sprang to his feet and reiterated his belief. "I would rather stand with Madison and Hamilton." he concluded, after out lining what he believed the menace of the measures, "than to stand with some modern prophets and some of our Western statesmen." The discussion following Governor O'Neal's address consumed the after noon session. Governor Cruce, of Okla homa, occupied the chair and those who snoke Included Governors Gilchrist, Mo Govern. Aldrlch, Kitchin, Burke, Hadley. Shafroth and Hawley. On motion of Governor Shafroth. of Colorado, the delegates voted to meet half an hour earlier on Thursday to allow Dr. Anna Shaw to address the meeting on "Woman Suffrage." Governors Expected to Lead. Governor Wilson, In welcoming the Governors to the conference. In the morning said There is no mistaking the signs of the times. The people of these United (Concluded on Fas a.) TOTAL VOTE SHOWS MAINE -STAYS 'DRY' MAJORITY AGAIXST REPEAT; OF PROHIBITION IS 695. Complete Returns Show Election on Liquor Question to Have Been Very Close. PORTLAND, Me, Sept 18. Revised returns on the question of repeal of the constitutional prohibition amendment at 1 o'clock this morning reduced the majority against repeal to 295. The total vote stood For repeal. 60,216; against repeal, 60.511. Late returns wiped out the majority for the "wets" indicated last night, the entire hue of the election changing today. Last night the license advo cates were Jubilant; today the other side was elated. The change from an apparent vic tory by 700 majority for the-wet side to S95 for the dry aide came after prohibitionists had conceded defeat and representatives of those wno sought to repeal the constitutional amendment had sent out numerous statements as to what would be done next. Frederick' G. Fassett secretary of the Maine Non-Partisan Local Option League, tonight said: "We do not concede that the amend ment has been re-affirmed. There has been so much contradiction In the re turns that we do not know what the result Is. We shall wait for the of ficial canvass of the vote and at that time shall decide whether to take steps to secure an Inspection of the ballots." SEX STUDY INTRODUCED Conrpetent Instructors Being Sougnt for Berkeley High School. BERKELEY, Cal, Sept.' 12. (Spe cial.) Sex education has been added to the curriculum of the Berkeley high schools and the Board of Education is engaged in looking for competent in structors. The instruction will be along biological lines, la conformity with the Ideas In vogue in Japan. Aus tralia and New Zealand. Sex education Is one of the avowed nrlnclDles of the Child's . Vteiiare Leasrue of Alameda County. The sub ject has long been under consideration by members of the league and the Board of Education of Alameda County. According to plans the little girls will be cared for by a woman who Is a com petent medical practitioner. The boys will be taken In charge by an efficient male physical director. .gieai education on the subject of sex," said Mrs. Carlisle, of the Berkeley Board of Education. "We want to present the subject to them in all mod esty. If we start early to teach the young certain Imperative laws of hy giene, they will absorb them without the shock which follows in after years." JEFFRIES BROTHERS FOUND James and John Reluctant to Aban don Chase, Though Mother Is 111. SEWARD, Alaska, Sept. 12. James and John Jeffries, who are hunting big game on the Lower Kena River, have been found by Guide Laubner, who carried to them the dispatch announc ing tho serious illness of their mother In Los Angeles. Reluctant to aban don the chase, they caused messages to be sent to California asking for fur ther news concerning their mother's sickness. If it continues alarming, they will sail for Seward on the 14th. If she is better they will remain in Alaska. They have killed several mountain sheep, a black bear and a brown bear and are eager to get a good moose head. However, the ant lers are still In the velvet and if they wish to obtain a first-class moose tro phy they must wait until the heads are ripe. 5000 TROOPS CALLED OUT Desperate Encounters Between Sol diers and Strikers Occnr in Spain. . BALBOA, Spain. Sept 12. The strike situation In this city is steadily grow ing worse. A state of siege has been proclaimed and reinforcements of 5000 troops are on their way here. Busine'ss Is at a standstill, stores are closed and the tramways and railways have stopped. ' Desperate encounters between strik ers and troops are of constant occur rence. The soldiers have fired on the mobs several times and last night the civil guards wounded eight persons, two fatally. Striking miners at Oviedo dynamited a railroad bridge to prevent the trans portation of coal from a colliery where the men refused to strike. Troops have been dispatched to that town. THEATER PATRONS REBEL Scalpers Have Best Seats, So People Stay Away From Dancers. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. (Special.) Be cause ticket speculators had a corner on the choice seats, theater patrons here rebelled and only a handful of people saw Gertrude. Hoffman and her bare-legged Russian dancers at a Chi cago theater tonight. Having obtained the best seats, the speculators proceeded to boost prices to an altitude patrons of the theater rhi unroajinnable. Conseauentlv fmost of them stayed away from the performance and Miss Hoffman and her cohorts pranced before vacant chairs. FOWLER T 1 ES BUT IS UNDAUNTED Flight Over Continent Is Interrupted. DARING 8IRDMAN UNHURT Machine Gets Beyond Control of Operator at Alta. AIR CRAFT HITS TREES Spectators and Mechanicians Rush to Assistance of Aviator Who Is Attempting Dart From Pacific to Atlantic. ALTA. Cal., Sept 12. Aviator "Bob" Fowler, en route from San Francisco to New York, met with the first mishap of his pioneer aerial voyage here at 10:30 o'clock this morning, when after a precarious quest of a convenient landing place, necessitated by a refrac tory engine, and steering gear, his bi plane collided with two trees, breaking both planes of the craft and hurling it to the ground with such force as to break the propellers and slightly In jure the dauntless blrdman. As a result of the mishap. Fowler will be delayed here at least two days before resuming his eastward journey. He said tonight he would continue his flla-ht with New York as his destina tion, within three days. Wire Pulls Out Before leaving Auburn this morning Fowler had his first trouble with his engine when a wire of the magneto cir cuit pulled out The wire was taped by Fowler and his mechanicians and after a preliminary test was believed to be in order again, but it is thought that It was this slight defect which caused the later trouble. Leaving Auburn at 9:37 o'clock this morning. Fowler rose to a height of about 400 feet and followed the route of the Southern Paclflo tracks through, the rolling approaches to the foot hills district For almost 40 miles he sailed along without mishap, easily distancing the special train and auto mobiles which had made the start from Auburn at the same time. ' Sometninar Goes wrong. I As he came Into view in this sec tion, however. It was apparent that something was wrong with his craft About a half mile from here his course suddenly deviated sharply to the left and as he approached tbe rising ground southwest of town, he appeared unable to elevate his machine; nor did he slacken his speed. The craft dashed full into two trees. At a height of about 40 feet the right plane of the machine struck the right hand tree with a splintering sound and the force of the blow sent the craft careening over against the other tree. This second blow crushed the left plane and with both wings thus crumpled, the great bird of human creation hovered for the fraction of a second and then turned turtle as it started on its fall to earth. , Fowler Remains In Seat. In falling the tall piece, was doubled (Concluded on Page 8.) WHEN INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS Th Weather. - YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 67 degrees: minimum. 48 degrees. TODAY'Showen; probably follow? by fair weamer uunus warmer; westerly winds. Foreign. Madera's opponents may secure postpone ment of election In Mexico. Page 5. Rebellion like that of Boxers Impending- n Western cmna. rage . Eleven Uhlans drowned In Saxony war ma neuvers. Pase 4. ? National. Radicals hold np West's progress. Page 2. Domestic. Governors clash over referendum and recall at Mnfawnrn . Pare 1- . , a-. CnrlM men as JUKI! OCTCTlOWl "J " , cleverest swindler in world arrested in Chicago. rage l. Total vote shows State of Maine stays "dry." Page 1. Mile. Gaby Deslys, charmer of Kings, to ap pear In New York vaudeville. Page 6. New dreadnoughts make United States seo- ona naval power. rasa - Aviator Fowler falls; flight to New York de- - Doer 1. West's position on land questions to be voicea ai ienver couvujuuu, c b Heartbroken over suicide of Baron Roths child. Olga Menn returns to home in Chl- ft Secretary Fisher opens National park con- venuuu, x cljeo , Paclflo Northwest Church wedding In Seattle saved by police. Page 1. Rains through Willamette Valley driving pickers home and harvesting stops. Page 9. Cowboys cantering In to Pendleton to com pete for prizes at Round-up. which be- Passengers who narrowly escape from sink ing steamer picaea up on spuioa Page 6. Fair In Southwest Washington shows many choice exhibits. Page 7. Addison Bennett tells of wonderful animals In livestock show at Salem State Fair. Page 1. Benton County again wins flrst award for Its exhibit at Salem State Fair; Portland Woodmen capture drill prises. Page 6. Officials of Hill railroads visit Salem State Fair preparatory to beginning campaign to exploit Oregon. Page 10. Sports. Old guard missing In O. A. C. football this season. Page 8. Racers wallow through mud In soggy going at Salem State Fair. Page 8. Pacific Coast League results No Port Ian d- Vemon game; Sacramento 5, Los Angeles 8; Oakland 2. San Francisco 1. Page 8. Morris favorite In betting as. against Jim Flynn. Page 8. Horan's men are confident Page 8. Commercial and Marino. Strong inquiry for Pacific Coast hops. Page 21. Wheat stronger at Chicago on bullish statis tics. Page 21. Europe a heavy buyer of stocks at New York. Page 21. Active market at Portland stockyards. Page 21. Activity In grain exports marked by char tering of vessels. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Farm train, will show Central Oregon farm ers tests in dry soil culture. Page 10. Seven days search for murderer of woman and child at Scappoose Is futile, page zo. Good Roads Commission to consider proposed model highway bill this morning. Page 11. Water Board to Insist that men employed on ditches know how to write or be able o Identify' themselves. Page 10. Hill and Harrimaa Interests sign 809-year pact for Joint use of Metolius-Bend tracks. Page 11. Civic Improvement League calls convention to discuss -City Beautiful plans tomor row. Page 14. Fall colonist rush from Eastern points to Oregon to begin Friday. Page 14. Charter Commissions almost unanimous for merger to prepare only one charter. Page 14. Rushlight would give all railways right to cross bridges and charge S cents per car. Page 14. Deputy Sheriff Archie Leonard to be candi date to succeed Sheriff Stevens. Page 8. Big merger of Oregon and Washington tide water sawmills discussed in secret at din ner. Page 16. Trail of C. W. Jones, fugitive hotefanan, grows warmer with Information that he is on way to Orient. Page 16, CHIHUAHUA JLL OWE. WAY Vote Is 48,7 74 for Governor Gon zales, With -None Against. EL PASO, Tex., Sept 12. A com plete count of votes In the recent election in the State of Chihuahua, Mex.. shows a total of 48,774 for Gov ernor Gonzales and none against him, constituting; the heaviest vote ever cast in the state. THEY THOUGHT MAINE HAD GONE 'BEST SWINDLER" IN LAW'S GRASP Big Prize Is Bagged by 'Secret Service. COMPANIONS ELUDE ARREST Big "Green Goods" Scheme Said to Be Thwarted. BOND IS PUT VERY HIGH Countless Farmers Said to Have Been Buncoed on Spurious Money and Foreigners Are Duped ; on "Salted" Mines. CHICAGO, Sept li'. (Special.) Charged merely with using: the malls to defraud, but accused of selling: count less "salted" mines to credulous for eigners and garnering the hard cash of farmers In Wisconsin and other states In exchange for "green goods," S. A. Potter, described by Government secret service men as the cleverest swindler in the world, was arrested today. The arrest was made by C. F. Dewoody, department superintendent of the secret service branch of the Department of Justice. Potter Is said to have made his head quarters In Chicago for months and to have cleared more than $1,500,000 dur ing the past two years through Illicit enterprises. Two Others Implicated, Two men are said to be Implicated with Potter, and Superintendent De woody laid traps today to capture them, but they were wary and eluded arrest He expects to have them In custody within a few days. The arrest today of Potter Is the culmination of months of work on the part of secret service men. Potter is a prize they have been seeking zeal ously. It Is said that a year ago they had Potter, together with Edward Stark loff, In custody In the United States Court of Philadelphia, but that they forfeited bonds of $23,000 and escaped. Potter offered to furnish bonds In the sum of $00,000 today but the authori ties declared that he must supply $150, 000 bonds. He could not raise the money and was 'sent to JaiL. Friends Are Wary. After making the arrest Superinten dent Dewoody remained for several hours In the luxuriously furnished apartment occupied by Potter and his wife, hoping' to capture Potter's com panions. Tbe telephone rang once, but when Superintendent Dewoody an swered, the man at the other end of, the line became suspicious and hung ira the receiver. Potter and Starkloff have operated In nearly every large city In the world under -numerous aliases, according to Mr. Dewoody. Potter and his companions came to Chicago early In 1910 and opened an office In the down-town district. By sending out literature, offering to sell paper bills printed from forms alleged to have been stolen from the United States mint at' Philadelphia, at a dls (Continued on Page 3.) WET. SEATTLE WEDDING SAVED BY POLICE DEPUTY SHERIFFS ARE ALSO CALLED AS GUARDS. Presence In City of Man, Infatuated With Brlde-to-Be Causes No End of Activity by Authorities. SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Unique was a wedding here to day when Charlotte De Wolfe Whittle sey became the bride of Walter Scott Fltz at Trinity Parish Church at noon under the protection of the Police arid Deputy Sheriffs. Police protection and all precautions were taken because one Chester Thomp son Is In the city. Thompson returned to Seattle from his father's ranch near Wenatchee on the eve of the nuptials of Miss Whittle eey, his longtime Infatuation for whom was tbe direct cause of his slaying Judge George Meade Emery, her uncle, five years ago. When the young woman was led to the altar at noon today, three detectives, two patrolmen and a police sergeant, two deputy sheriffs and Mau rice Thompson, a brother of Chester were on guard at the portals of Trin ity Church. Prosecuting Attorney Murphy, bear lng In mind a recent warning of his own to Thompson some weeks ago to cult the city and also recalling the young man's threat that no other should have Miss Whittlesey for a bride, warned the police several days ago to be on the lookout for Thompson. Maurice Thompson expressed a will Ingness to do what he could to get Chester out of the city. A search of the city was made by two policemen and Maurice Thompson last night but Chester eluded them. WHY IS AN AUTOMOBILE? Mayor and Water Board Members Worry Over "Big" Problem. Why is an automobile? This Important question occupied ten minutes of the time of Mayor Rush light and members of the Water Board of this great city yesterday. It was finally decided that the particular ma chine under consideration was really ourchased for use; that It was thought the department could use one anu that this, at least In a measure, was why it was annexed to the city for "3500 bones." However, after Its purchase. It was found to be covered with beautiful paint and varnish, and the heads of de partments, after a council of war, de elded upon no definite action, but "passed the buck" to the august Board. After due consideration, the members arrived at the conclusion that the motor was presumably bought to be used and It was ordered, turned over to Chief Engineer Clarke, who will. In future, direct Its destinies. It will be utilized for dispatching business in his branch of the water department $700 A MINUTE IS RAISED Oregon City Mass Meeting Comes to Rescue With $C 0,000 for Road. OREGON CITT, Or., Sept 12. (Spe cial.) In less than one-half hour $20,- 000, the money neoessary for oomplet lng the grading and building the tres ties between this city and Molalla, was subscribed for stock In the Clackamas Southern Railway Company at a mass meeting held In the Commercial Club .building today. It Is the Intention of the directors to bond the road at once for $350,000 to be used In laying the track and buying the equipment for tfie road. The bond issue was approved by the stockholders at the meeting. More than five miles of the grading has been completed and the building of the trestles at Fifteenth and Washing ton streets, this city, and Newell Creek will be begun within a week. These will be the only trestles on the road, the other depressions having been filled. The length of the road Is 85 miles, and, It Is thought that the track will be laid to Beaver Creek by Christ mas. Announcement has been made that tbe price of stock will be raised to $100 a share Friday. It has been selling for $50. POPCORN PAYS FOR TRACT Sale of 220,000 Bags at 5 Cents Aids In $11,000 Investment. J. w. Patlson, of Portland, known as the "Pop Corn King," has Invested his savings in an 87-acre tract in the Gar field district In Clackamas County, near Estacada, for which he paid $11, 000. The tract was owned by Stokes & Wooster. The land Is partly set ont to fruit 16 acres being In apples. It Is Mr. Patlson's plan to plant more apple trees at once. If Mr. Patlson had depended entirely on the sale of pop corn to acquire money to buy this tract It Is figured out that at five cents a bag it would have required the disposition of 220,000 bags. If he had sold pop corn at the rate of 500 bags a day. It would have taken 440 days to have enough money from this source to buy the place. TWO POLICEMEN IN JAIL One Seattle Officer Held as Thief, Other for Impersonating GlrL SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept 12. A police man was found guilty of grand lar ceny' by a Jury today for stealing a gold chain from a woman. Niece, who had been permitted to patrol a beat until his trial began. Is nrfw locked In a cell In the county Jail near that of Policeman Charles Pryor, who Is accused of abducting ana hold ing prisoner, a girl. 40 QUARTS DFMILK ONEBOSSY'S YIELD UnassumingCowGives 108 Pounds in Day. REMARKABLE ANIMALS SHOWN Addison Bennett Tells of Won ders of Salem Fair. BIG HOG BACON MOUNTAIN Stylish Horses, Sheep, Goats and Fowls of Every Degree Make Exhibit of Livestock Worth Coming From Far to See. BY ADDISON BENNETT. SALEM,, Or., Sept 12. (Special) T get into the fair grounds today I had to get over the fence, so I dumb, clomh or climbed over, with the assistance of several friendly persons to give me a push and some more to lend me a hand to .alight; for you see I did not dare pass through the tented city to the main entrance. Mayor Toiler and hla minions being there to intercept and pernaps incarcerate me In the munlcl- pal bastlle for contempt of his royal dignity. But I later sent an emissary,, a flair of truce, as it were, to his honor and then went out to meet him at the ex ecutive mansion. I found him much perturbed and very busy seeking the municipal monkey wrench, which soma miscreant had purloined In the previ ous night for he needed the afore men tioned article to wind the' town clock of his bailiwick. After a long search he found It In the possession of one Herb Priest who has a tent In one of the main thoroughfares; and the town clock will be wound and In, the tented city tonight curfew will ring, Mabel, curfew will ring at the appointed hour. I have passed the day looking over tho wonderful exhibit of livestock, the grandest aggregation of the kind ever brought together on the Paclflo Coast and it makes a fellow proud to view It It Is such a grouping of the best of sheep, horses, cattle, poultry and swine as our. dear departed friend, Mike Wisdom, dreamed of for the Port land Livestock Show, a dream he did not live to realize. Cow Gives 40 Quarts of Milk. Other columns will tell in due season of the prizes won and the names of the fortunate exhibitors. But some of the animals are worthy of many notloes. For Instance, there was a two-year-old Holsteln heifer that yesterday gave 10S pounds of milk, equal to 40 quarts, the Informant said, but If a "pint's a pound the world around," the amount would be more than 50 quarts. Think of that as the yield from one bossy," and only two years old! And why does not the owner of this or some other good milker try to work a revelation in the dairy business by feeding her on hops? Suppose the, re sult would be to chance the product Into a fair quality of beerl No longer would the cry "back to the farm" be an empty phrase there would be such a rush to the agricultural regions as never was thought of. And other dairy cows of various breeds, and calves and heifers not yet In business for themselves such splen did animals as to attract the attention of hordes of buyers. And fat Btock, beef cattle, some of them weighing more than a ton; think of tha steaks and roasts and stews from such ani mals. Cattle of every color, from those as white almost as snow, to others as black as coal from smooth coats and glossy to those with furry coats re sembling a shaggy Shetland pony. In the swine pens were such hogs as are seldom seen, lots of them with large families, and of all breeds known. There were numerous speci mens of the Hampshires, a black breed with white belts or saddles. Berk shires. JerBeys, Durocs and Just hogs. There was one old fellow that was a very mountain of flesh. I did not learn Its weight but If you should lay tho follow out on the Hawthorne bridge you might pinch Its tail In Water street to hear It squeal out about Mount Tabor. Incubator Chicks Bliss Fun. Think of such a hog cut up and cured into baconl At the price I pay for bacon at the palatial cafeteria where I take my sumptuous meals- getting two slices resembling two damaged two-cent postage stamps for 25 cents this hog would be worth $4000.49; and 98 cents more could be realized by selling the curled tall for a corkscrew and canning the squeaL Chickens I Great Scott! The immense building devoted to the poultry in dustry was running over with exhibits of every variety of the hen family known to this latitude. All washed and combed and primped Into the very best of show form and every one of them eeming to be proud to attract so much attention, seeming almost to realize the high praise given them. And incubators and brooders full of fluffy, downy chicks, from one day to a week or so old. How sorry I feel for these incubator-brooder chicks. Think of their reaching henhood and roosterhood without ever knowing the love of a mother. No one to seek out the choice tid bits for their delectation. (Concluded on Pas 10. J V