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RECIPROCITY WILL
LIVE OR DIETODAY
Canadian Voters Are
Ready for Ballot.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
OF JACK JOHNSON
FROM IRISH STRIKE
FOOD TRAFFIC 13 HELD VP ON
FOtH RAILWAYS.
SLAYS G IN BEDS
Tb Weather.
TE5TERDAT Miilfflum temperature, 6T
decrees: minimum. 46 deaieea
TODAY Talr. followed by lnoreaslng clood
Inema with lower temperature : win as
ehUtlng te southerly.
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LIBERAL CLAIMS ALTERED
Trouble May Ccme in Ontario
and Manitoba Provinces.
QUEBEC BATTLE GROUND
With Great Mass of French-Canadians
and Their Opposition to
Navy, Ieaders Are la Doubt
as to Result There.
TORONTO. Out. Sept. !0. (Special.)
-Canadians arc preparing to decide
wlta their votes tomorrow the fete of
reciprocity. Eleventh-hour news from
Quebec la bad for the Government and
Liberals are moderating their claims of
a Ursa majority.
It Is now admitted In Liberal circles
that the, combination of Conservatives
and Nationalists may carry up to 15
rat. In Quebec This would be a net
loss of 11 seats for Sir Wilfred
Laurler's government In the province
whlrh has been his stronghold.
If this reverse docs materialize and
the. government still holds Its own in
the rest of the country. Its majority
will be only about JO. That Is enough
to put reciprocity through, aa some of
the Nationalists, while elected In op
position to Government pro-reciprocity
candidates, also are pledged to support
reciprocity.
Xavr Objected Ta
That the value of previous forecasts
la largely off-set by this development
In Quebec, which Is not due to opposi
tion to reciprocity, but to the hostility
of the French-Canadian Nationalists,
led by Henri Bourbajtsa. -a- the Govern
ment's creation of a Navy. Information
tram the lominlon outside of Quebec Is
that tlie Government will bold Its own
la tae Interior, where It has now It seats;
In New Brunswick, where It has 11: In
Nova Scotia, where It has 11: In Sas
katchewan, where It has nine: In Al
ter to. where It has four, and In British
Columbia and Prince Edward, where It
holds two each. Prospects are good
Cor a Liberal gain of two or three seats
IB Manitoba.
reaaervattvea are Beeefal.
On the other hand. Conservatives
declare they will Improve their posi
tion In Ontario and New Brunswick If
not In the west. Reciprocity Is an Is
sue la the maritime provinces. Ontario
and the west. If the desperate anti
rectproclty campaign of the protected
manufacturers gains many seats in
these provinces, the Government will
be beaten out; otherwise the Laurler
Governments victory for reciprocity
will be purchased with the price of a
materially reduced majority.
rereraat la PlTlcelt.
Quebec la the big factor. With It
French population and Invisible Influ
ence of the clergy, which In this cam
palgn appears to be exerted against
the Government and In favor of tha
Nationalists. Quebee la aa hard to fore
cast aa India. Conservative predictions
of victory are based upon estimates
giving It. L Borden, who would then
he Fremler, a majority of 1. An es
timate made by the representative of
targe Interests opposed to reciprocity,
however. Is that the Government will
be returned with 2i majority and per
haps more.
One of the stortes tonight Is that In
Ontario and Manitoba there ia a Con
eenratlve plot to arrest a number of
Liberal scrutineers In doubtful con
stituencies. The result of this would
he te give the Conservatives a freer
hand to "plug" votes. Two arrests of
Ontario scrutineers were made today
at Markham. Both were balled out
ramedtate:y.
Ttsae Weald Be Vomt.
The general arrests. If made at all.
would tie up outlying dlstiiots. where
o- magistrate could be reached with
out losing half a !ay or mora. Once
Inside the polling booths, no arrests
ran be made without the returning of
ficers authority, and these officers are
all Liberals.
The contest has become exceedingly
bitter on both sides. It Is the hottest
campaign since ISSi. when the Lib
erals came Into power after It years In
pppoetilon.
Trouble Is anticipated all over the
rout try.
rOXSEKTATlVK CHANCES BEST
Liberals at Great Disadvantage In
British CohxmbLa.
VICTORIA. B. C Sept. 20. On the
eve of election. Premier McBrtde. of
British Columbia. Conservative, asserts
that his party wia win all the prov
ince a seven seats In the Canadian Par
liament. At present the Conservatives
have Ave seats, the Llberala two.
The Liberal party waa virtually annl.
Misted at tha last provincial election
and has only one member In the Pro
vincial Parliament, aa against two So
cialists. William Templemaa. Minister
Labor Strife, K Faulting From Trivial
Canse, May Spread Over Whole
d British Isles.
JDCBLTJf, Sept. 10. (Special.) Ire
land has been plnnged Into a state of
anarchy by the strike movement. Trade
and Industry are at a standstill over a
large part of the country.
Food traffic Is suspended on three of
the four main railway systems, and
food supplies cannot get through. In
Dublin, prtcee of bacon, butter and
other commodities are going up.
Importers are having a great oppor
tunity, as sea-borne traffla has not
been affected. Row soon It will be af.
fected nobody can tell.
The strike movement has been devoid
of Intelligent direction and tha slight
est mischance may cause It to spread
over the whole of Great Britain and
Ireland.
The desperate state of affairs orig
inated In an insignificant trsde dispute
among a few carters, laborers and
other employes of timber merchants in
Dublin. The cloud, no bigger than a
man's hand, haa now spread over the
country.
The situation Is far worse than It
waa a month ago. when the National
railway strike was proclaimed In Eng.
land.
RUGBY STARS SEEK HONORS
Canadians to Organize Team to
Lower Stanford' Colors.
PALO ALTO. CaL. Sept. 10. An all
star Ragby fifteen, chosen from the
crack players of the Victoria and Van
couver teams, will play Stanford and
the University of California for the
American championship In November.
Although both Victoria and Vancouver
have met the American colleges Indi
vidually, this Is the first time they
have combined forces to represent Ca
nada. The Canadians will meet Stanford
In two games here November 1 and 4.
The Stanford coaches are delighted at
tha chance to meet the Canadian
cracks and count on the two games to
put the final edge on their prepara
tions for the bfg game of the aeason
with California.
2000 CHINESE ARE SLAIN
Military Commander of Cheng-tu
Says Rebel, Rave Artillery.
CHENG-TC. Sept. 10. It Is estimated
that a total of :000 Insurgents besieg
ing Cheng-tu have been killed. The
foreign residents bavs not yet been
able to leave the capital.
Chao Ehr Feng, military commander
of Cheng-tu. reports that the Insur
gents have organised poeses of artil
lery and are numerically strong. As
fast as one force is disposed of others
appear, he said.
Refugees arriving here from the dis
turbed districts of Sse-Cbuen, report
that they received fairly good treat
ment while traveling.
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Rail Chief Devotes His
Speech to State.
LANDS HOMESTEADER'S GOAL
Passenger Agents Urged to
Further Western Travel.
WONDERS NOT DUPLICATED
President of Northern Pacific, In
Address to Convention, Declares
Pacific Northwest Offers Home
to City Oppressed Throngs.
ST, rACI Minn., Sept. 10. (Special.)
Urging a greater diversion of home
seekers and tourist travel to Oregon
and the other North Coast states. How
ard Elliott, president of the Northern
Faclba Road, tonight addressed the
American Association of General Pas
senger Agents, in convention here.
"Oregon Is a state of Immense extent,
containing 61,817,360 acres, or a greater
area than all Denmark, Holland. Bel
glum, Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg and
Switzerland, with the state of Maine
added," said Mr. Elliott.
"Until recently Its development was
confined chiefly to the eastern, west
ern and northern edgea of the state and
the great Interior, an area of 65.000
square miles, was virtually without rail
transportation." be continued.
Roads Take Reafoa. .
"Within a year, the Northern Paoiflo,
Great Northern and Union raciflo lines
have all built Into the central portion
of the stats, a region nearly as large
as the states of Ohio and Illinois, con
taining rich and fertile lands, capable
of heavy grain production, tha raising
of fine fruit and garden vegetables and
one which for many years haa been an
Important producer of livestock.
"This great area Is about to be given
the means by which to obtain a large
population prosperously engaged In the
development of Its rich resources. Port
land, already a metropolis of great
beauty and attractiveness. Is sltuatod
at the northern end of the Willamette
Valley, a rich and beautiful district
flaiked on the east by the beautiful
Cascade Mountains and richly favored
In soil and climate.
"Plowing may be done any month in
the year -and stock grazes throughout
the Winter. The Columbia River is one
of the scenlo gems of the West.
"Passenger and immigration men
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Portuguese folk fiercely defend ehurah prop
erty. Fag 8.
jack Jonnson's boisterous eonduet In Eng
land makes Brltocs haartlly Urad of him.
Pae 1.
Inland threatened with famine as result or
great strike. Pace 1.
Canadian voters to ballot today on reci
procity. Pare L
Warship stoves la lanrest lines, Olymplo,
which, however, makes port. Paae 1.
Howard KlUott, president of Northern Pa
cific, pictures Oregon as place for home
seekers In address to paasensar asanta
Pae 1.
Six persona hacked to pleoes with ax. Pass 1.
itr. Belmont's suffragist farm for girls as
failure. Pace S.
Wttneaa In McNamara aynamltlnr case
eludes agents of prosecution and dis
appears, Pace S. m
Iflchlcan woman loath to aoeept "lost son.
Page ft.
Btubbs levaee Harrlmaa lines service en
January 1. Pace 2.
Polities.
Retirement of Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson Is expected. Page .
Governor Harmon makes political capital
at Spring Lake meeting. Pace .B.
Sport.
Results in Paclfle Coast I.eague yester
day: Portland S. Oakland 2; Vernon .
Sacramento 2; 6an Francisco 5, Los An
geles 4. Page 8.
Results In Northwestern Learue yesterday:
Portland 4. Tacoma 2: Victoria 9. Spo
kane 8: Seattle-Vancouver same post
poned, rain. Pace 8.
Cold In pitching arm puts Vean Gregg on
shelf and stops Naps winning streak.
Pace 8.
be Attell up acalnst Impossible task In
trying to whip heavier Mat Wells, and
loses. Pace V.
Parlfle Northwest.
Methodists at Salem conference elect of
ficers, pace A.
Homestead land fight In Boise court is of
aensational order. Page 2.
Vancouver policeman shoots down fleeing
prisoner. Pace 0.
I .an n County fair opens with better show
ing that ever before. Pace T.
Commercial and Marine..
Sugar prices may have reached top limit.
Pace 18.
Chlcaco traders buy wheat on belief reci
procity will fall in Canada. Page 19.
Stocks drop on heavy sales, due to fear of
Government action acalnst corporations.
Page 19.
Port of Portland Commission takes two
hours to decide to build dredge. Page IS.
Merry rate war in towace service predicted
by which Portland may be winner.
Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Representative Clemens attacks Governor
Wesfs stand on special session for good
roada Page 13.
Bend will celebrate advent of railroad Oc
tober 6. Pace 11.
Chief of Police 8Iover urges preservation
of sanctity of home before county Wo-
man's Christian Temperance Union con
vention. Pace 9.
White slave trade centering In Portland Is
revealed to federal authorities by girl.
Page 12.
Administration determlntd to reward Po
lice gergeant Keller although ha pasted,
eighth In ezc-nlnailpb fur captaincy
Pace 12.
Selectlou of hotel headquarters for Flka and
meeting place now most vital Questions.
Pace 13.
Social Hygiene Society of Portland elects of-
f cars and outlines work. Page 4.
OH tank legislation threatens to disrupt
Council's organisation. Page 4.
MICHIGAN J5REETS TAFT
President Is Warmly Received on
Upper Peninsula.
MJLRQUETTE, Mich, Sept. 20. Presi
dent TaTt. tha first President of the
United States to set foot on the shores
of Lake Superior, ended his two days'
visit to the Upper Peninsula of Mich
igan today and tonight Is retracing his
line of travel. He Is due in Grand
Rapids early tomorrow and will deliver
there one of the most Important
speechea of the trip a defense of the
vetoea of the wool, free list and cotton
tariff bills.
The Upper Peninsula Is about as sol
idly Republican as any part of the
country, and the President has found
cheering throngs everywhere. Mr.
Taft's principal address today was an
appeal to the public for the support of
the arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and Prance.
He listened, however, to an old
fashioned Republican campaign speech
from Representative Young, In which
(he Representative made some pointed
remarks about different brands of
progresslveness. Senator Townsend al
so denounced Mr. Taft's critics as be
longing" generally to a class of "selfish
politicians."
Mr. T&ft, he said, was a statesman,
not a politician.
RAILROAD HAS BIG DEFICIT
Missouri Paciflo Faces $5,282,539
Loss in Tear's Expenses.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20. The annual
report of the MIesoutI Pacific Railroad
Company for the year ending; June SO,
1911. shows a deficit of $5,232,539. Gross
earnings decreased only 1242.544, the
total being 152.776.592. Operating ex
penses Increased 15.782,561.
Net income shows a decrease of
SS.C57.216. with a decrease In the net
surplus of .7,981,950. The surplus,
which was 216.655.587 a year ago, has
been reduced to J9.148.253 for the Mis
souri Faclflc. In the case of the St.
Louis & Iron Mountain road, an Im
portant part of the Missouri Pacific
system, the surplus Is cut from 11.425,
297 to 2111.968.
DETROIT CAR STRIKE ENDS
Carmen, by Arbitration, Get All but
Half Cent of Wages Asked.
DETROIT, Mich.. Sept. 20. The
strike of the Detroit United Railway
employes was settled by arbitration
late tonight.
The employee accepted a new wage
rate echedule of 22 cents an hour for
the first six months. 17 H cents for
the next year, and 29 H cents thereaft
er. The rate was within half a cent
of that originally demanded.
Olympic in .Collision,
but Makes Port.
PASSENGERS ARE ALL SAFE
Ram on British Cruiser Cuts
40 Feet Into Big Vessel.
2000 ON SEA GREYHOUND'
White Star Steamer, With Big Hole
in Starboard Qnarter, Limps to
Southampton, Eng., Under Her
Own Steam Warship Hurt,
SOUTHAMPTON. Eng., Sept. 20. The
groat steamship Olymplo, of the White
Star line, largest liner In the world,
which left Southampton shortly before
noon today crowded with returning
American tourists, lies tonight off Cal
shot Castle, at the entrance to South
ampton water, with a gaping hole In
her side as the result of a collision with
the British protected cruiser Hawke.
Fortunately no lives ware lost and of
the 2000 or more pasrengers and crews
of the vessels none was Injured.
The accidont occurred a few miles
from the spot where the American liner
St. Paul and the British cruiser Gladia
tor collided nearly four years ago, and
as In the previous case, the warship
came off second best. The extent of
the damage to the liner,' however, can
not be decided until It la docked.
Warahlp Made to Ram.
The Olymplo left her dock at 11:25
o'clock this morning for Cherbourg to
pick up continental passengers. It
already had on board nearly 1100 pas
sengers in addition to the crew. The
first cabin passengers were Just an
swering the call to lunch when atten
tion was attracted to the Hawke, which
was undergoing steam trials.
The warship, moving at great speed
followed the liner, but apparently was
clear. Suddenly it swerved and before
the passengers could realise what was
happening, struck the liner on the star
board quarter near the stern, tearing
through a section about 40 feet in ex
tent. The miracle Is that the Olympic was
not sunk, as the Hawke Is fitted with a
ram specially designed to sink a vessel
In spite of Its watertight compart
ments. The liner's frame stood the
shock well, and the watertight doors.
(Concluded on Pajs 4.)
GEEATEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD, INJURED IN COLLISION
WITH BRITISH WARSHIP.
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FOOT OF WAYS AFTER LAUNCHING.
World's Champion Puncher Misbe
haves So Sadly That Sporting -Chaps
Get Badly Vexed.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20. (Special.)
Dislike of large proportions has settled
on England against the world's heavy
weight pugilistlo champion. Jack John
son. 1A1 Arthur has been leading a frivo
lous life since his arrival on foreign
shores, and the popularity he first ac
quired has flittered away on account of
his nnathletio behavior. When John
son came to England he was received
with acclaim.
One of England's boasta is that there
Is no color line or prejudice .among
Englishmen. Consequently, the world's
champion found himself In a position
to conduct himself unrestrainedly.
After that, the London press says, he
grew careless, ditched dates with news
paper men, slighted Iondon newspaper
photographers and plunged Into a life
which would have put an ordinary man
under the weather In 'a short time.
In France, too. Johnson's actions
have made him anything but a popular
hero.
LOVE IS WORTH $10,000
Parents Deemed Guilty of Alienating
Woman's Affections.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 20. (Spe
cial.) C. H. Kealiher, a prominent
mining man ' of Coeur d'Aiene, Idaho,
today in Judge Myers department of
the Superior Court, obtained a judg
ment of 110.000 against Charles Ross
and Miriam Ross, parents of his wife,
for the alienation of the affections of
Mrs. Louise Ross Kealiher. Mrs.
KeaJlher's parents made no defense.
Ross for many years operated near
Nome and has yet to defend a $15,000
damage suit brought by Kealiher, who
alleges that Ross Injured him while
in Alaska.
Attorney P. "V. Davis, for Kealiher,
told Judge Myers that he did not know
the present home of the defendants,
who have Mrs. Kealiher with them. He
read several letters from the young
woman In which she expressed a desire
to return to her husband, but said
that she was being persuaded by her
parents lb keep away from him.
"DRUNKS" MUST WORSHIP
California Justice ' of ' Peace Will
Sentence Them to Church.
REDLANDS. CaL. Sept. 20. Church
once a week for six months is the sen
tence hereafter to be Imposed by Jus
tice of the Peace Mclver on Inebriates.
Justice Mclver decided today that the
jail did not do these unfortunates any
good.
He paroled several of them with the
admonition to attend divine services
every Sunday and offered to escort
them to church himself.
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2 Women, 3 Children,
Man, Victims.
BODIES HACKED TO PIECES
Neighbor on Social Call Finds
First Group of Dead.
KILLER CAUGHT, IS REPORT
Denial of This by Colorado Springs
Police Said to Be Prompted by
Fear of Lynching Murder
er's Ax Is Found.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Sept. 20.
Murdered in their own homes by some
unknown person, the bodies of six per
sons, three in each of two neighbor
ing houses, were found here this aft
ernoon. The heads of all the victims
had been smashed with an ax. The
appearance of the bodies Indicated that
they had been dead several days and
that death came while they slept.
A report says that the murderer has
been caught and that he has con
fessed, but that Is denied by the police
officials who. It Is Intimated, fear a
lynching might follow such an an
nouncement. An ax, which had been loaned to
Mrs. Henry F. Wayne, one of the vic
tims, by J. R. Evans, a neighbor, last
week,, was found by Mrs. Evans on
Monday near the back door of the
Wayne home. The Implement was
bloodstained. No attention was paid
to this fact, however. It being thought
that the ax had been used for killing
chickens.
Two Families Slain.
The dead:
Mrs. Alice May-Burnham, wife of A.
J. Burnham, cook at the Modern Wood
men Sanitarium.
Their two children, Alice, aged t, and
John, aged S.
Henry E. Wayne, a consumptive, un
til recently a patient at the Wood- '
men's sanitarium.
Mrs. Wayne and their 1-year-old
baby girl.
The Burnham home is back of the
Wayne home and close to It Is that of
Evans.
The discovery of the bodies was made
by a neighbor who called at the Burn
ham house to spend the afternoon sew
ing. Not getting any response, she
forced an entrance.
The bodies of Mrs. Burnham and
those of her two children were found in
their beds, which were covered with
blood. The walls and celling were also
spattered.
Woman Gives Alarm.
The woman rushed to the street and
gave the alarm. Instinctively a dozen
persons went to the Wayne house,
where there had been no signs of life
since Sunday, and the same terrible
scene was presented. In their beds
were the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
and their babe, all horribly mangled,
as in the case of the bodies in the
Burnham home.
Not even a footprint was found on
the floor of either house and not a
person could be found who had seen
anyone about the premises since Sun
day afternoon, when all the murdered
persons at different times were in a
neighboring grocery store.
There Is no known motive for' the
crime. Both the Burnham and Wayne
families were of moderate means.
Burnham Is Arrested.
Burnham, who lives at the sanitarium
where he is employed, about ten miles
from the city, was placed under arrest,
but there seems to be nothing to im
plicate him In the tragedy. His em
ployers say he was at work when ths
crime must have been committed. He
is a member of the Colorado Springs
Camp, No. 7226, Modern Woodmen of
America, and is a native of Michigan.
He was last seen at his home Sunday
afternoon and Is said to have left there
about 5 o'clock.
. Little is known of the Wayne fam
ily here except that Wayne came to
the Modern Woodmen Sanitarium about
ten months ago from Indiana as a pa
tient. One month ago his term In tha
institution was up and he brought his
wife and child to this city and rented
the house In which they were mur
dered. Neither has any relatives here.
When brought Into the morgue the
bodies were almost unrecognizable.
The head of every one of the six vic
tims was either cut or mashed open
and In almost every case the number of
wounds Indicated that the murderer
had cut and smashed until bo was sure
he had destroyed life.
FATHER SHERMAN INSANE
General' Son Makes Attempts at
Suicide In San Jose. .
SAN JOSE. Cal.. Sept. 20. The Rev.
Father Thomas E. Sherman, son of
General Tecumseh Sherman, who led
the march from Atlanta to the sea
during the Civil War. was committed
to the State Hospital for the Insane at
Agnew today, following an attempt at
suicide this morning at the Jesuit
Novitiate, at Los Gatoa,
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