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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1911)
TIIE MOKXINO OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1011 TAFT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SOIL HELD WHAT WILL THE BENCH DO? - Twaa Costs sell's .Boup That made at bold To breast the foaming sea. Hoieeer cold The wstsrs roll Twas warm In . side et me." . La,Follette President Delivers Address Be fore National Conserva tion Congress. JUDGE LINDSEY. SPEAKS Children's Bureau of Department of Commerce and Labor I Advocat ed by Jurist at Kansas City ConTentlon. KANSAS CITT. Mo, Sept. . R lurnins; to Missouri tonirtit. Pralont Taft addrsd th third annual Na tional Conrratlon Cona-reea, whioh opened lt connntlon her today. Tn door war thrown open to tha pabllo. after tn eont-ress waa seated, and th riant hall waa nnael to accommodate tnoae who truled to obtain admla eion. The President's speech waa etatlstloa In Ita nature and railed attention to the urgent need of eoneerrlns; the farm land. He predicted that the "back to the land" movement would be larsrer rti.rln. the next 1 years. Improve ment of aajrlrutlural education waa uri.d a a solution of the problem of ln-reaslnfr the food supplv. TVMl the soil I bein stripped of Ita fertilltr. under the present farm-Ira- melhoda. tlie President aald. be la no of the opinion that th tltm erer will roir.e when th Valted States will be unable to feed Ita own people. Ted- Mmm laterrwpta. Toward the end of the Prealdenfs address a man In the an!ience aroua and. wavtna- red handkerchief over hie head, snouted: "What the matter with Teddy?" Mr. Taft stopped his speech until the man had been quieted". CI tin the fart that mor than 1, SAt.in children are born In thla coun try every year. Judge Pen B. IJndsey. of Denver, told the delegates to the consrees that inn. ton children annual ly are broucht Inro the courts aa de pendent and delinquent and ipresed his belief that th duty of th Na tional Leslslatur waa enactment of a bill providing for th establlahment of a chlldren'a bureau In th Depart ment of Commerce and Labor. Th Government spends annually millions of dollare investlaratlns; th aiwaifi of animals." he said. "If w bave a aomewhat analooue bureau d-a!lnc with the welfare of th child life of the ration. It would b dolnr n more for them than w ar now dolnf f.r cattle and hojca." Xh Judre pointed out that th rloue actlvltlea that have rrown 4it of the cry. "bark to th soil.- promot the pleasure advantages, and oppor tunity of farm life hav not checked tli onward march to th cities. rtratiae rarwdnaj treed. In his openln apeech. Henry Wal lace, president f th congress, said that many farmers of th present dsy have more faith In moon signs than In agricultural colleges snd experiment stations: mor faith In ordinary poli ticians than In colleg profesaors and scientists: mor faith In yellow Jour nala than In th best agricultural papers, and that th lth century farm er was no farmer at all. but a robber of th soli. H urged scientific farming. Oovernor Hadley. of Missouri. In an address of welcome to th delegate, said that experts had ahown that vr a per cent of thjr farm lands of this country are cultivated In a manner tending to decrease, rather thsn to In rrease. their productivity. 8uch a pol icy must Inevitably result, h aald. la th Impoverishment of th Nation. Tomorrow night Dr. Harvey W. TVHev chief of the Bureau of Chemistry In the" Ierartinent of Agriculture, will i!lver an address on th subject. "Th Health of the People." Among other dlstlngulshsd . men rbdulej to participate In the proceed ings ars W. J. Bryan. Wslter I Fisher. Peccrtary of the Interior: Henry 6. r.raves. fritted Statea Forestry, and Walter H. Page, of New Tork. GIRL STOLEN, MAN BEATEN i:cort Pjlnnt. "our Thus Blamed for New York Kidnaping. NEW TORK. Sept. it. Th West fS!de pollc ar searching today for lren Weaeley. a comely 17-year-old girl, who was kidnaped by four un identified men early today as sh waa returning horn with James Kerns, an lS-year-old neighbor. Kerns was beaten into Insensibility by repeated blows from a beer bottl wielded by on of the sssailanta and Is dying In the New York hospital with a frac tured skull. Kt.ti was found by a policeman tymg unconscious on th porch of his West sixteenth-street home- In a brief period of consciousness, while th ambulanc doctor was bandaging bis wounds, he told all he knew of th sttack. He had been at a party wtth Miss Weselcy. he said, ani was escortlre her hon.e when h wss set upon by the men. none of whom b recogcued. Uot.1 he snd th' girl fought them, but after knocking him down they picked her up bodily and rushed off toward th river. BELL NEARLYJCILLS TOTS ISO Children In Panic When Light ning Strikes School. KANSAS C1TT Mo. Sept. iS Lightning struck the St. John's Cath olic Sobool in Kansaa City. Kan, to day, throwing 15 children Into a panic. Th belfry was shattered and t-:e heavy bell fell to ths ground, striking within IS feet of a group of children who had Just left th build ing Blinded bv th rash and frightened bv th trembling of th building, th rMldren rushed for th doors and win dows. None wss severely Injured. ' j ASSASSIN SLAYS 2 Daughter of ex-Governor of Wyoming Murdered. HUSBAND'S CORPSE FOUND Children of Partner Dlscorer Body or Rancher in Bed. While Hla Wife Lies Dead Cnder Tree. W. A. Ilk-hards Her Father. CHEYENNE. Wyo. Sept.. 25. Mr. Edna Richards Jenkins. youngest dsughter of ex-Governor W. A. Rlch" ards. of Wyoming, snd her husband. Thomas Jenkins, ssslstant manager of Richards ranch, near Redbank. Wyo, were found dead lata yesterday with bullet holes through their bodies. Jenkins' body was in bd In th ranch house, while Mrs. Jenkins was under a tree In th yard. The discov ery waa mad by children of ex-Stat Senator George McClellan. a partner of Richard In the cattle business. It la not known whether both wer murdered or whether Jenkins killed his wife and then committed suicide. Th theory of a sulcld pact Is not enter tained. McClellan tried several times Sunday to get the Jenkins rsnch by telephone, but could get no response. Toward evening Senator McClellan aent his children with a message to th Richards, asking Jenkins to answer the telephone. The children found the body of Mrs. Jenkins under a tree, lying In a pool of blood. They gave the alarm, and later Jenkins' body was found on th bed. A revolver with seversl empty csrt rldg shells was picked up nearby. A second gun from which two shots had been fired lay on top of the dresser. Husband and wife had been dead for some hours. It Is said that th domes tic life of the, murdered couple waa bar. monlous. Ex-Governor Richard has been In Idaho for some time, and telegrams notifying him of th tragedy war sent. DRAFTS FOUND !J0 GOOD COUSIN OK ARTIST GIBSON' IX HOOD RIVER JAIL. JOSEPH LEITER IS SUED Peavey Grain Company Would Col lect $300.0o) on Xote. CHICAGO. 8ert- SS. Charges that Joseph Lelter bad failed t mak pay ments on notea given for wheat In his memorabl attempt to corner the market In lt and 1 were made to day tn a suit for lte.S filed by F. l Peavey Co. the holding company of th Peavey Grain Company. Hopea of an adjustment delayed th suit up to now. according to Elmer H. Adams, of counsel for th Peavey Com. fany. Edward G. Gibson Arrested Charged With Cashing - Worthless Paper on New Tork Resident. HOOD RIVER. Or, Sept. 13 (Spe claLV A man who ssys hs Is Ed 1 ward O. Gibson, son-in-law of C J. Woodbury, a prominent dtlsen of Oakland. Cal. and a conaln of Charles Dana Gibson, waa arrested her todsy for having cashed two worthless sight drafts of lis eech drawn on W. H. Johns, a New Tork banker, last Satur day. Gibson came her last week with the avowed Intention of purchasing an apple ranch. H Is a tall, well-dressed man of about 4 and of pleasing ad dress. Hs msde known his plsns to realty men. a number of whom pasaed several days In showing him cholc tracts In the best sections. On several occasions, however, he Is reported to bsvs drank heavily. One of the drafts was cashed by the Butler Banking Company Saturday be fore th clos of banking hours and th other In th late aftternoon by th Mount Hood hotel. Because of th man's subsequent peculiar actions the hotel management and the bank tele graphed th New York man and re ceived the reply this morning that th drafta would not b honored. Gibson, who Is held In Jail here, maintains that friends will come to the rescue snd settle his accounts. FILM DISPLAY STOPPED Police Compel Majestlo to Withdraw Nlghtrlder Pictures. Th hand of the pollc fell yeatsrdsy on th management of th Uajestio Theater, where a 01m of movlng-plc-tures baa been on exhibition showing exploits of purported 'Night Riders" In th tobscco war of Kentucky. Pre pared by a personal visit to the thea ter and a careful examination of the law. Captain Bailey aent Sergeant Roberts to the theater yesterday, with Instructions to compel th discontinu ance of th exhibition. Before ordering th show stopped Csptsln Bailey went to the theater and thereafter communicated with membera of th unofficial Board of Censors. Complaints continuing, h took action. Th objectionable film shows lynch ing, burnings at the stake and other acts of violence, although omitting tha culmination of the horror. It Is held to be barred under the Oregon statute forbidding th presentation of th acts of criminals. A. 8. Phillips, manager of the Majes tic Theater, waa arrested late laet night after he had refused to change the films. He told Csptain Bailey that he could not on short notice get films to take the place of the night-rider films, and continued to show the objectionable pictures. He waa released on his own recognizance, Before I put the) Nlght Riders" film on." said Edward F. James, man ager of the Majeetlc. "I consulted Mrs. Colwell. of th local censorship com mute and ah made no objection to Its production. I make It a point to assist th censor committee In every way and I make It a practice to cut out all objectionable scene. Many prominent men saw th film and ap proved It. As produced the film and th lectur war entertaining and In structive." B. W. Washburn, agent for th film, saya th film has been shown In all of the largo cities and that this Is the first time any objection has been mad to th film. He saya the idea, of th film Is to Instill respect for law and order. pokerIST lure SAX FRANCISCAN OX WAT TO PORTLAND, BLOOD IX ETE. Bogus Job and "S. G." Check Spur Bay City Man to Rerenire After Fruitless Trip. SAN FRANCISCO. 6ept. JS. (Spe. clal.) A determined looking man. un sophlstlcated. but somewhat enlight ened as to th workings of a confidence man's mind, strode from ths Palace Hotel yesterday and headed atralght for th ferry. He was bound for Port land and announced that he had Just one object In that long trip. When he reachea th city on th banks of th Willamette he means to hunt up a certain "Mr. Brown." The unsophisticated on carried a piece of paper check for 1250. H declares he will make Mr. Brown eat that check, and Incidentally give him back the 1260 In good hard money he paid for th scrap of paper which he now knows is worthless. Th unsophisticated on pandered Into th Palac yesterdsy to ascertain If his friend Mr. v Brown had arrived there. Finding no such person, he asked on of th clerks if any member of the firm whose name was attached to the check had been in during the day. Th clerk glanced at the check, saw th signature. "U. R. Dunup & Co.." and Informed the stranger that no one of the Arm waa stopping at the hotel. Th victim while In Portland had met the affable Mr. Brown, who at once hired him to be foreman of his lumber yards In San Francisco. Later Brown took him to a room where a poker gam was in progress. Brown lost and then appealed to his new fore man for money. The unsophisticated on cashed the check with the firm's name attached for 250. Brown later purchased for th stranger a ticket for San Francisco. Th victim could not find th lumber yard and was looking for some of his employers at the Palace. Now he knows all about th affair and Is peeved. He refused to give his name. ENSIGN IS SLAIN Hostile Philippine Islanders Kill American Officer. 3 WOUNDED IN SKIRMISH Commander and Crew of Little Gun boat Hare Disastrous Encounter With Native. Whose Weapons -Are Poisoned Arrows. WASHINGTON. Sept. J5. Ensign "Charles E. Hoiey, commanding th lit tle gunboat Papanga. was killed by hostile natives yesterday at the Ta cans Islands, which form part of th Philippine Archipelago. Several sail ors of Ensign Hosey's party wer se verely wounded. Details of the affair have not reached the Navy Depart ment Commander Fahs, In charge of the naval station at Olongapo, cabled tha brief report from Commander Schoen feld. of the gunboat Qulroa, cruising in Southern Philippine waters. H re ported that there had been an action between tho force from the gunboat Papanga and hostile Tacans on the Rasllan Islands, which lie Just south of th town of Zamboango and between Mindanao and the Jolo group. JT H. Catherwood. ordinary seaman, was severely wounded; H. J. McGulre, hospital apprentice, and G. F. Henrtch en. machinist's mate, second-class, were slightly wounded. Naval officers expressed the belief that the party was on an exploring ex pedition In the Interior of th Island of Basilan and suddenly met the Ya cans, who are a primitive Malayan tribe and fanatical adherents of the Moslem faith. The Tacans are unusu ally poor and their principal weapon Is th famous "Sumpltan". or blowgun. with which they project poisoned darts to great distances. Ensign Hosey was graduated from the Naval Academy In the class of 1807. Next In kin Is his mother. Louis S. Hosey ,of 67 Stat street, Portsmouth. K H. RAILROAD CLERKS QUIT GEXERAL STRIKE OX ILLINOIS CENTRAL IS DECLARED. BLACK ATTACKS 2 WHITES Xegro Resenta Crowding on Street oar; Victims May Die. CINCINNATI. Sept. !5. Because they were crowding Into a seat on a crowded car here late Saturday night. Thomas Taylor, aged 26. and Floyd Easter. 21. wr9 attacked by an unidentified negro and sustained knife wounds that will prove fatal. Th negro escaped. The two men, both of prominent famillea. were hur ried to a bospttaL Octogenarian Woman Dies. Mrs. Amelia Squires, SJ years old. mother of Mrs. J. M. Lownsdale. of this cltv. died yesterday at 4405 East Seven tieth atreet. Arrangements for the funeral servlcea bav not yst been mad. Assistant General Manager of Road Says He Had Heard That "a Few of the Men Ilad Quit Work." MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. 25. A gen eral strike of all the members of th Illinois Central Federation of Em ployee her has been declared. Be tween $00 and 1000 clerks walked out 1 today. Besides the clerks, the strike 1 order includes the machinists, boiler ! makers and other shop employes. At I Memphis 2S0 clerks went on a strike. At New Orleans between 00 and 700 railway clerks employed by the Illinois Central and Tasoo & Mississippi Val ley railroads walked out shortly after noon. It Is said the strike resulted from the failure of th railroad of ficials to reopen negotiations with th clerks' organization. T. J. Foley, assistant general man ager of the Illinois Central Railroad, said today the railroads had had no re quests from the clerks for any nego tiations to settle any disagreements. "There are much fewer than 600 men employed as clerks in and around New Orleana. where I have heard that a few men quit work." he said. ORCHARD TESTS ARE MADE Expert Is Making Experiments in Hood RlTer Valley. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Sept. 25. (Spe cial ) The work of the Hood River Applegrowers Fellowship Association for the coming year should result In msny benefits for the local orchardists If the edvlce outlined by Professor W. K. Lawrence at Saturday's meeting Is followed. -As a result of the experiments I hav begun with commercial fertilizers It's like interest on your money You couldn't make a more truly profit able investment. You draw div) dends of enjoyment and satisfaction every time you eat PaF 1 sf ss aBaa ft IUHAIU And dividends of health and good digestion, too. For there'g nothing more wholesome and nourishing. Why not get the full benefit? Why not be one of the fortu nate profit-sharers today t 21 kind 10c a can Uust add hot water, bring to a boil, and serve. JOSETM CaMTBELL COMFAKT Osmosa X I Look for the red-and-white label and cover crops," said Professor Law rence, "we will In a year or so have a wide knowledge for tie uses of these soil aids. In co-operation with orchard lets In various parts of the valley w hav more than 1000 trees under a fertilizer test. We are using various brands In close proximity on similar trees and will be able to a large degree to ascertain the effects produced. "In this connection It Is Interesting to not th progress which Is being made In the cover crop experiments. Four tests on th four principal dis tinct types of soil found In the valley are being made. In each of which 182 different varieties of cover crops are being tried. We are using what Is known as' the row test methods, and already w can see that different cropa will prove best for various parts of the valley. -K cold-storage Investigation which Is to be conducted In connection with the United States Bureau of Plant In dustry will result. It Is believed. In more definite knowledge as to the best time to pick the several varieties of apples grown here. B. B. Pratt, a rep resentative of th Government bureau, has been -here during the past week arranging to have 150 boxes of local apples shipped to Portland where cold. storaga tests will b conducted. W expect' also to take particular notice of the effect of various fertilizers on th keeping quality of the fruit," 4 LOSE LIVES IN FIRE SCORE ARE INJURED WHEN CHICAGO TENEMENT BURNS. Woman AVelghing 354 Pounds Car ried From Top Floor to Safety by Spouse and Four Firemen. CHICAGO, Sept. 15. Four -persons were killed and a score Injured today when fire broke out in a double four story brick tenement hous here. The dead are Harry Eglovltch, his wife and Infant daughter, and Samuel Alpert. All were burned and suffocated. The Are, which Is believed by the police to have been of Incendiary ori gin, started In the basement and rapidly spread to th upper floors occupied by 11 families. Excitement followed the discovery of the flames, and dozens of women and children wer rescued with difficulty. Two babies were thrown from an upper window by their frantic mothers and were caught in the arms of pedestrians. One woman who lived on th top floor weighed S5 pounds, and was car ried downstairs by her husband and four firemen, after several unsuccess ful attempts had been made to rescue her by means of a ladder. Diamond Brodsky, a 12-y ear-old-boy, who lived on th first floor of one of th buildings, discovered the fir and after running through the structure rousing the sleeping occupants, turned In an alarm. Stolypln-. Slayer Hanged. KIEV. Russia. Sept. S5. TMmltry Bogroff. the assassin of Premier Stoly pln. who was condemned to death by court-martial, was hanged today. Be fore his execution the young man asked fliat h might see a rabbi, but refused this consolation, when Informed that the Interview must be In the pres ence of officials. The library at Cambrlflf Cnlverslty. Enr lsnd was founded In 1475. and the famous F od lei an St Oxford was instituted In 15DT. Etanyafli'ol Natural Laxative fej . Water Recommended by Physicians Refuse Substitutes Best remedy for CONSTIPATION m Portland Printing House Co. J. 1 Wright. Pres. and Oen. Manager. tMk. Catalog and Commercial PRINTING Btetlla and Blank Book M Koom: It tun e20U A 221. 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