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' ! nAMwirTr i iMnrn nrr pwia artrt 7
EVENTS MAKE TAFT
m OPTIMISTIC
780 Votes on First Bal
lot Predicted.
M'KI.MEY IS EARLY AT WORK
Both Insurgents and Demo
crats Disaffected.
CAUCUS "GAG" UNPOPULAR
Many Changes Have Been Noted In
Part Month, All to Advantage of
President Movement Toward
Rand-wagon Ilrxlns.
BT HARFtT J. BROWN
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. . There li no disguising
tli fact that friends and supporter of
President Tft are looking a bead with
much more optimism than prevailed
during January. Several causes hare
brought about this change, but nothing
has clone more to inspire hope than
the apparent slump of Koosevelt senti
ment in certain quarters. Coincident
l:h this, however, comes evidence of
K'"ini( illsafTection in the Democratic
rr.n. with a fair prospect that the
I mocracy. when the Presidential cam
l .if. opens, may be split as wide open
n . the Republican party a year
M n I t.
Majority ' 341 Predicted.
l;-presentat!ve McKlnley. of Illinois,
loan.ieer of the President's campaign,
inferred today with Secretary Hlllea
-. I W. Murray Crane, of Massachu
setts, and the three agreed, after a
ireful canvass, that the President
would have 7s0 votes In the conven
tion on first ballot, or 41 more than a
majority.
McKlnley began work early, and
planned to see many of the party lead
era In Washington. Quarters for the
Taft boomers have not been secured,
but within a few days McKlnley ex
pects to open offices.
Although Republican leaders said to
day that It waa too early to talk about
the plans of campaign after the Chi
cago convention, many friends of Mc
Klnley were of the opinion that If
President Taft Is renominated. Mc
Klnley will be his choice for chairman
of the Republican National committee.
McKlnley probably would be acceptable
to all the old-line party leaders. Some
of these leaders objected to Postmaster
General Hitchcock and to Hllles. both
prominently mentioned" heretofore for
National chairman.
l ittle Multiply.
From various quarters come little
indications that the Roosevelt strength
has been over-estimated. First was
the Oklahoma convention; then came
the reversal of opinion on the part of
the Republican city committee of St.
Louis; then Senator Scott, of West Vir
ginia, after declaring that Roosevelt
would sweep West Virginia, gave out
an Interview saying that West Virginia;
would be for Taft. and most of the Re
publican leaders of that state have
come to Scott's support, leaving Gover
nor Glasscock the only active Roose
velt booster In the public rye.
Three are only a few of the Incidents
that have served to encourage the
President and his friends, so far as Re
publican sentiment Is concerned. The
quarrel among Republican Insurgents la
another thing that has brought them
cheer, and It Is now asserted, with some
show of foundation, that a large ele
ment In the Insurgent faction Is favor
able to President Taffs renomlnatlon.
It will be recalled that 14 out of 34 In
surgents In the House recently voted
In line with the Taft view of the Demo
cratic steil tariff bill, and refused to
stand by the radicals for popgun tariff
legislation.
Isaargrits H ot Agree.
The grvitrst cause of friction In In
surgent circles, however. Is the multi
plicity it candidate for the Preslden-
.il nomination. I-a Follette. who onre
had tie bulk of this fsrtlo.i with him.
now l-jllrc a hopeless little bond,
sn.l to no apparent purpo. other than
aavertmni;. ! Follette Is sore at
H"if!l. who really "busted" the Ia
K.-IIett- boom, and almost as sore at
'.'ummlr.s because the Iowa man as
v.iine to enter the rare against him.
l:o..velt Is tired of La Follette. and
r'Rirds him as too rsilir.il for serious
ir-nf. deration: Cummins ho'xls a similar
pinion of "KIkMiuk Hol." inl the
KiMuevelt part:an and the Cummins
partisans share the views of their
.i..f.
It is therefore safe to say that the
Insurgent ranks are "all shot to pieces."
nnd out of ths chaotic condition Presi
dent Taft is i:ly gaining recruits. For
the opinion Is growing that a three
cornered insurgent tit; lit will only re
sult In the defeat of all Insurgent can
clUates. and make certain the renoml
cation of President Taft. And after all.
Insurgent politicians are only human.
They want to be on the winning side.
Hence the trend towards the Taft
bandwagon.
naadwaaoa Seats Popular.
Senator Norris Brown, of Nebraska,
waa the first to climb aboard. Others
less known have followed, and It la
generally believed that ultimately the I
strength of Senator Cummins will be
thrown to the Administration, for Iowa
(Ceaciud.d ea rase 2.) i
unnccuUlDQ AWAIT
"I. W. W." INVADERS
SAX DIF.GO PKTKRMIXED TO
ENFORCE ANTI-SPEECH LAW.
Vljrllanc Committee Will Be Organ
ised to Turn Back 10,000 Said
to B on Way to City.
6 AN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. . Another
demonstration by persons opposed to
the enforcement cf an antl-freo speech
ordinance which went Into effect here
yesterday wss held In the business sec
tion of the city tonight. About 1000
persons were held In check by force
of 700 regular and special policemen !n
uniform.
As rapidly as speakers mounted their
platform they were marched off to Jail
and held in detention without ball. A
dozen were arrested In this way. This
makes tS arrests since last night. The
prisoners will be charged with conspir
acy under the state law.
It was announced that between tOOO
and 10.000 members of the Industrial
Workers of the World soon will be
headed this way to protest against the
new law. willing. If necessary, to go to
Jail. As a resist, plans are being made
tonight to organize a vigilance commit
tee armed with horsewhips to turn the
Invaders back when they reach the out
skirts of the city.
MORSE MAY SAIL TODAY
Report Financier Will Seek Kerens
on Enemies Denied by Son.
NKW TORK. Feb. . Reports were
current today that Charles W. Morse
would sail tomorrow for Bad Neuhelm.
perhaps on the Oceanic, having de
cided that It was best to start for
Europe at once, instead of remaining
here for a week or 10 days, as he first
proposed.
Regarding a report that Mr. Morse
might re-enter Wall street, his son.
Harry, made this statement:
'My father has never said a word
not even to my mother about going
Into business again. The stories that
he Is planning revenge upon those who
fought him In the financial world are
ridiculous. He Is too sick a man for
anything like that."
HOME BANKS STILL GAIN
Portland Clearings for Week Are
910,418,000 Four Decline.
Substantial gains were made in bank
clearings this week by nearly all large
cities In the United States. According
to Bradstreet's report there were only
fcur out of 60 cities that showed a
decrease, these cities being Kansas
City. St. Louis. Indianapolis and Fort
Worth.
Portland made a gain of 16.4 per cent,
the total clearings being $10,413,000.
The clearings at Seattle were $11,032.
U00, with a gain of !5.1 per cent. Both
Tacoma and Spokane showed small
gains.
The total bank clearings In the
United StaUa were 13.460.999.000 as
against 13.165. 948.000 last week. The
gain over the totals for the correspond
ing week of last vear was f 150.87S.000.
PRICE OF SILVER SOARS
Eust Indian Syndicate Preparing to
Sell for Needed Coinage.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9. The price of
silver In the New York market touched
60 1-8 today, the highest since Novem
ber. 3907. the quotations having ad
vanced fractionally over those of last
week. A quotation of 69 cents an
ounce In February. 1907. was the rec
ord price 1 recent years.
Authorities la the financial district
credit the rise to the activity of a
powerful syndicate in India. The
Indian government's supply of the
metal for coining Is believed to be low,
and large pooling operations are said
to be under way with the purpose of
selling to the mint when demands of
coinage become pressing.
PREMIER YUAN IS AGREED
lleport fay lie Will Karor Repub
lican' Plan for Abdication.
I1NDCN, Feb. 10. The Times says
that news received In London Is that
Tremler Yuan Shi Kal, after having
consulted with the Dowager Empress,
has agreed to most of the modifica
tions made by the Nanking govern
ment to Yuan's proposals lor the abdi
cation of the Kmperor.
The newspapers in Pekln report that
Wlllard Straight, acting on behalf of
an American group of financiers. Is
concluding the details for a $3,000,000
loan to the revolutionists in Nanking,
taking as ee.-urlty therefor the Canton-Hankow
Railway, says a dispatch
to the Dally Telegraph from Pokln.
HOWELL ANSWERS CHARGE
Bridegroom Denies He Wedded Miss
AmiMrons Tor Her Money.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. (Special.)
George Howell, whose matrimonial al
liance with Margaret Armstrong, of
Spokane, led to the Probate Court,
where she petitioned for a guardian,
and to her petition for annulment of
marrlege. filed his answer today to
the annulment proceedings.
He denies the various allegations set
up In the complaint, among others that
he threatened to kill himself unless she
married him. and that his 0bjet In
contracting the marrlase was to gain
control of her property, a paying f'.ower
store In Spokane.
CAVALRY
REDUCED
BY VOTE OF HOUSE
Army Bill Cuts Off Five
Regiments.
FIGHT IS NOT YET ABANDONED
Friends Will Renew Effort on
Measure's Final Passage.
3980 MEN ARE AFFECTED
r.'nllMrd Force Would Be Mu.tcred
Out, but Officers Transferred
to Other Brandies Pica for
Aeroplanes Is Made.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. A reduction
of the cavalry force of the United
States Army from 15 to 10 regiments,
with a consequent reduction of the
enlisted force of the Army by S9S0 men,
waa voted Into the Army appropriation
bill In the House late today after a
bitter fight.
The cavalry reduction amendment
was presented by Chairman Hay, of the
military affairs committee, who was
In charge of the $88,000,000 appropria
tion bill, but It did not bear the in
dorsement of tiie committee. It was
vigorously opposed by the Republican
side and it probably will be the cause
of another fight when the bill Is put
on final passage. If retained In the
bill, the amendment would become ef
fective July 1. 1912.
Tea Regiments Made Maximum.
Mr. Hay declared that the United
States Army was too heavy with cav
alry. Where the British army had a
cavalry force equal to one-sixth of the
Infantry, he said, the American cav
alry was equal to one-half of the in
fantry strength. N
The Hay amendment would estab
lish a maximum of ten regiments of
cavalry. The enlisted men in the five
regiments thus to be dropped would bo
mustered out. but the officers would
be retained and absorbed Into other
regiments of cavalry, or Into other
branches of the. Army without reduc
tion of grade. Chairman Hay esti
mated the amount saved by the reduc
tion would be $4,376,253.
Opposition ! Vigorous.
Representatives Prince of Illinois.
Kahn of California, Butler of Pennsyl
vania, Anthony of Kansas, and other
Republicans attacked the amendment.
They declared that If any change In
the proportion of cavalry was to be
made. It should come only after the
Army authorities had reported a com-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TBSTERDArS Maximum temperature, 00
degrees; minimum. 4a decrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly wtnds.
Foreign.
Visit of British War Secretary to Germany
watched wrth interest. Pass 5.
National. .
Monev trust" investigators to call Bryan
as first witness. Psse 2.
Public hearings of Lorlmer case end la
love (east. Pane 2.
Rouse votes to abolish five regiments or
cavalry. Pace 1.
Cortelyou denies Piatt Influenced Wn in
Lewis case. Pace 5.
Texas' protest halts State Department's In
tended permission . to Mexico to move
troops. Pace 1.
Adjudication of land claims are ordered
reported upon wiihln year. Page 1J.
Polities.
Taft supporters declsre President's re-eleo-tlon
is assured. Pace 1
Domeerto. Captain of Uner Persia loses command be
cause of soandal on ship. Pace t.
Ban Diego vigilantes will meet "L W. "W."
hosts wlta horsewhips. Pace L
"Count" and "Countess" Raihlou, known
In Portland, In Jail at Colorado 6prings.
Pacs 5. .
Jack Johnson admits he seretly married
white woman year aco. Pag 4.
Pport.
McCredie lands clever twirler In trade for
Murray. Pace '
Purses amounting to 300.0OO are up In
Inter-Mountain Racing Circuit. Pace 7.
Venn OreKc says he will not play as out
law, l ace 7.
Pacirio Northwest.
Orchard Company receiver discharged and
Blehl, of Portland, fails to keep promise.
Pace 8.
Subcontracts let for Harrlman extension
west from Ontario. Paxe o.
Washington penitentiary warden would ed
ucate all vconvlcis under 25 years of
ace. Page 1.
Mrs. May Arkwrluht Mutton scores sx
presliient Koosevelt. Pace S.
Passencsr fare discrimination alleged ex
isting on Southern Pacific. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Hops now 10 cents under hlch point of
season. Pace 17.
Profit-taking rertuces early calns In wheat
market. Page 17.
Undertone of stock market firmer anfl hears
cease attacks. Page 17.
Plglron production Is steadily Increasing.
Page 16.
Robert Wakefield notifies shlpmen that he
will keep bridge Interference at mini
mum. Pegs 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Elks' convention leads to great advertising
of PortiBnd and Oregon. Page 10.
Governor asked to name committee to in
vestigate Multnomah County affairs,
pane 12.
Eset Side business men want commrm-user
on East First street Southern Pacific
tracks. Puge 10.
Walter M-Tedie. Beaver manager, secretly
weds ilrs. Etta Kelts at Vancouver.
Wash. Page 10.
Circulators of Taft petitions meet great suc
cess. Page 12.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ayer are hosts at dance,
first to be given in Multnomah Hotel.
Page 4.
Governor West tells Central Labor Council It
made reinstatements In letter warning
settlers away. Page 4
ALLIES COMMAND COASTS
Italians Hampered In Action by
Turks and Arabs.
TRIPOLI. Feb. 9. The coasts of
Tripoli and Cyrenaca still are com
manded by the Turks and the Arab al
lies to such an extent that Italian ac
tion Is greatly restricted. The Italian
crulsei Cltta dl Catania, which re
turned here today, reports that she
bombarded seven small posts and Turk
ish camps near the shore and that
large numbers of armed Arabs were
observed.
TJNCLE SAM "STOP IT! OR I SHALL HAVE TO
STAND OF TEXANS
BALKS MEXICANS
Plan to Move Troops Is
at Standstill.
WASHINGTON HEEDS PROTEST
State Department Stops When
Governor Colquitt Speaks.
EL PASOANS FEAR BATTLE
Madero Reported to Contemplate Reinforcing-
Himself In Xorthern
Chihuahua, to Which Reb
els Might Object.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Diplomatic
complications arose today between the
State of Texas and the United States
Government on one hand and the Mexi
can government on the other, which
temporarily, at least, will not allow
Mexico to move any troops over Ameri
can territory In connection with her
revolutionary disturbances.
Secretary ot State Knox tonight
made further inquiry from Mexico
through the American Embassy at Mex
ico City, asking the specific purpose
of the military expedition for which
permission Is sought to travel from
Eagle Pass, Tex., to El Paso, Tex., In
order that points In Northern Mexico,
to which the rebels have out Interna
tional railroad communication, may be
reached.
Texans Fear Conflict.
Governor Colquitt, of Texas, pointed
out to the State Department in his
message today that residents of El
Paso were apprehensive that rebels at
Juarez might resist the entry of Mexi
can troops from American territory and
precipitate a battle endangering Amer
ican lives and property.
Secretary Knox assured Governor
Colquitt that no permission would be
granted until the matter had been
studied carefully and Indications to
night were that it would be adjusted
in a leisurely, diplomatic manner. Ad
vices reached here that no troops had
started on the proposed expedition and
none would do so until the question
had been decided. '
Arrangement curly Completed.
The State Department practically had
completed arrangements for the expe
dition. Instructing the Treasury De
partment to notify the customs , of fl
eers and' the War Department Its' bor
der patrol, that the troops might be ex
pected in a few days.
The orders were similar to those is
sued last year in conjunction with the
safeguarding of the Irrigation projects
(Concluded on Page 6.)
USE THIS CLUB.
CONVICTS UNDER 25
WILL BE EDUCATED
WASHINGTON PENITENTIARY
WARDEN PLANS NIGHT STUDY.
Novel Plan Announced From Walla
Walla Institution if Board of
Control Sanctions Proposal.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb. 9.
CSpeclal.) Providing the Board of
Control sanctions the scheme, . Warden
Reed, of the State Penitentiary, an
nounced his intention today of establishing-
a nlgnt school at the penal In
stitution of which he is the head', edu
cating in all branches up to and in
oludlngr the eighth grade all convicts
under the age of 25 years.
According to Mr. Reed's plan, the
school will have Its quarters In the old
dormitory formerly used by the wo
men, and capable of accommodating
12S to 150. Convicts over 25 years of
age; who desire will be allowed an
opportunity of attending the schools,
but no convict under 25 will be ex
cused from attending unless he can
show he Is proficient in the studies
taught In the eighth grade.
The plan of securing Instructors has
already been arranged but this por
tion of his scheme Warden Reed does
not care to make public at present. He
Is now engaged In ascertaining the
convicts who will be enrolled as pu
pils and is confident that the opening
attendance at the school will be be
tween 75 and 100.
MEETING 25 OVER CENSUS
Sherwood Grows Beyond Railroad
Tracks Since 1910 Count.
"Although the official census for 1910
gives Sherwood a population of only
115. including men, women and chil
dren, the attendance of men at the
meeting of the Sherwood Commercial
Club Thursday night was 140 and all
were bonafide Residents." said C. C.
Chapman, who returned yesterday from
a visit to the meeting in Sherwood.
The official city limits of Sherwood
end at the railroad track and the town
has grown across the railroad track
until now Its population Is larger out
side the city limits than Inside. The
meeting Thursday night was held for
the purpose of taking step3 to increase
the city limits and to inaugurate a pub
licity campaign.
The Inspiration for the new move
ment Is the approaching electrification
of the Southern Pacific line through
the town and the Duslness men are pre
paring to enlarge and beautify Sher
wood and make It one of the best of
the suburbs of Portland.
BRIDEGROOM IS STRICKEN
Naval Ofricer, Married on Sick Bed,
Ivives but Few Hours.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. Lieutenant
Commander Samuel B. Thomas, United
States Navy, son of the late Rear-Admiral
Charles M. Thomas, and attached
to Mare Island, died at the California
Club at 6 o'clock this afternoon of
pneumonia.
Lieutenant Thomas arrived In Los
Angeles January 5, in readiness for
his marriage to Miss Grace Melius, a
prominent society girl of Los Angeles.
When talking with friends at the Call,
fornia Club that afternoon, he was
stricken. Lieutenant Thomas' condi
tion was so materially improved on
Wednesday that it was decided the
marriage should take place as at first
planned. Accordingly, In the presence
of the parents of thebride and a few
intimate friends. Lieutenant Thomas
and Miss Melius were married Tuesday
night. Bishop Johnston of the Pro
Cathedral officiating. .
NORWEGIAN CABINET OUT
Proposal to Make Peasant Dialect
Literary Tongue Angers.
CHRISTIANA, Feb. 9. The resigna
tions yesterday of the Ministers of For
eign Affairs, Justice, Commerce, De
fense' and Public Instruction were due
to their opposition to the movement to
make the peasant dialect Norway's
literary language.
This movement has been enthusi
astically supported by Premier Konow,
who. in a recent speech, characterized
opponents to the change fanatics.
This incensed the Conservatives and
Liberals in the Storthing, who, with
a majority of authors and scientists,
favored retention of the modified Dan
ish tongue as the literary language of
the country. They asked the Premier
to resign, and when he refused they
requested their representatives in the
Cabinet to give up their portfolios.
NEW SERVICE LUMBER BOON
North Pacific t'oa.'t to Benefit in
Deal Through Soo Line.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) With the agreement recently
reached between the O.-W. R. & N. and
the Soo Line, a new transcontinental
railway service from Grays Harbor.
Portland. Tacoma and Seattle and all
Intervening points to the Minnesota
transfer, will be opened within a few
days, according to a statement made
today by L. E. Paskill, freight agent
of the Soo Line, who is In the city to
day. '
The agreement means that lumher
manufacturers south of Seattle will be
able to invade the vast market existing
In Southern Canada and at the same
time, can route through to Minneapolis
at a rate no higher than other com
peting lines which cover the Southwest
Washington territory.
HAM'S WARD IS
SEEKING FORTUNE
Girl Betrothed of Late
Railroad Wizard.
SEARCH FOR WILL IS FUTILE
Wife of Heir to $2,000,000 Is
Released From Workhouse.
SPOUSE IS "CELEBRATING" '
Millionaire Whose Death Has Caused
Scramble for Money Is Said to
Have Planned to Marry His
"Niece" This Month.
NEW TORK, Feb. 9. (Special.)
The villa of Edwin Hawley, in Babylon,
L. I., was practically turned Inside out
Wednesday in a hunt for a will by Miss
Margaret Cameron, the young woman
who for years presided over the rail
road financier's Summer and other
homes.
The young woman was known in
Babylon as Hawley's niece and ward.
It was positively asserted that when
Edwin Hawley was stricken with the
illness that ended his career he was
making elaborate plans to marry his
protege.
Wedding Plans Made.
The wedding was scheduled to take
place this month, also runs the rumor.
It was for this reason, it is alleged,
that Hawley neglected to execute the
will that had been tentatively drawn
by his counsel. Attorneys for Miss
Cameron have put In a claim for part
of the estate. It is said she will be
provided for.
Mrs. Alice McAllister, housekeeper
for Hawley, said today she had been
Informed by Hawley's ward that the
couple would marry in February. Miss
Cameron was still at the Hawley home
today with Mrs. Walter S. Crandell,
wife of one of the nephews and sev
eral other members of t lie family.
ltelatlve Is lteleased. ;
Mrs. Adeline Crandell, wife of Fred
erick H. Crandell, who is heir to one
fifteenth of the Hawley estate, was re
leased from the county workhouse on
Blackwell's Island today after spend
ing almost three weeks as a prisoner,
convicted and sentenced for disorderly
conduct and malicious mischief.
Mrs. Crandell said she had not heard
a word from her husband. She had
been Informed, though, that he had
borrowed $100 to' buy a suit of clothe
Immediately after he had learned of
his Inheritance. None of Mrs. Cran
dell's people had been able to trace him
beyond the point where he got $100.
Their explanation was that he was
celebrating his inheritance.
Frederick H. Crandell was a castoff
nephew of the financier and husband,
who comes Into a $2,000,000 share of
the estate through the failure of his
uncle to make a will.
In his unexpected absence, therefore,
Mrs. Crandell sought a lawyer to secure
protection for her interest In her hus
band's inheritance and that of their fiva
children, now in Chatham, N. Y.
HAWLEY HEIRS IN HARMON 1
Agreement Is Made to Creiite Hold
Ins Trust of Securities.
CHATHAM, N. Y., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Another conference of the Hawley
heirs waa held here today. It was at
tended by the heirs living in Chatham
and Charles Seymour, of New York,
nephew of Hawley. It was practically
decided to create a holding trust with
the agreement that none of the securi
ties shall he dispose! of within five
years to protect railroad Interests and
the securities themselves. Tho heirs
are working in harmony and the plan
also has the sanction of 3rederirk H.
Crandell, of New York, the cast-off
nephew. '
The provisions of the will niado by
Hawley in 1009 but not executed, are
known. It provides for a division of
the estate into five portions, one each
for his two brothers and three sisters,
one sister. Mrs. Homer Orandoll, of
Chatham, having died years ago. Her
portion will be divided among her three
children, Mrs. J. H. Puge, of Chatham;
Walter and Frederii-k Crandell. of New
York. There were no charitable be
quests or bequests to any one In his
office. Neither did lie will anything
to his ward. Miss Margaret Cameron,
or $1,000,000 to Mrs. Frederick Havilaml
of New York, formerly Miss Florence
Hanor, of Chatham, to whom he is re
ported to have been engaged while she
was a school girl.
Had the wMl been executed the es
tate would have been practically as It
will now be disposed of under the in
heritance law of the state.
INAUGURAL DATE CHANGED
Arizona Will Now Knler Vnfon on
St. Valentine's Day.
GLOBE, Ariz., Feb. 9. Inaugural day
in Arizona lias been changed from Mon
day, February 1. to Wednesday, Feb
ruary 14. according to a statement
made by Governor-elect Hunt here to
i