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fiMM r il PORTLAND, OREGON,. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI I NO. 15,981).. PRINCESS LOUISE "MY HAT'S IN RING" 1ST LIES DEEP SNOW INDIAN STUDENTS TO RULE SELVES AND SPOUSE WAR SAYS ROOSEVELT EACH WAXTS DIVORCE DECREE THIS IS COLOXEL'S ANSWER TO CHEMAWA SCHOOL HAS PLAN" LIKE JUNIOR REPUBLIC. COCKT WILL DECIDE. CLEVELAND THRONG. RAY ORDERED HOME UflDER "DIRECTION" HOUSTON SCORCHED I!! 7,000,000 FIRE IDLE UNDER JAPS HINDRANCE, SAYS PAULHAHUS Cablegrams Found Bell's Effects in ROOSEVELT ORDER HINTED AT Committee Seeks to Complete Correspondence Chain. INQUIRY ONCE AVERTED Mesmge Tells of Satisfactory "Ad Jatment" and of ProwpeottT Transfer of Officer to Save "Embarrassment.'' WASHINGTON. Feb. It. Born of tho documents In tha case of Major Beecher B. Ray. which were ld to bo missing from the War Department f Ilea, turned r today and were lent to the Helm rommlttM by Secretary Ftlmson. who aid the papers bad been found In some personal effect of 3. Franklin Bell, formery chief of staff. The committee already bad sub rinsed General Tasker H. Bllaa, wbo was said to bare copies of the docu mnt. Major Ray. who Is an Army pay master, had been under Are before the committee on chargea of political ttvlMes. particularly about the time the Chicago convention of 1J0I nomi nated President Taft. Or- luaei r Dlreeltva." The records show that Major Ray. when under Investigation In the Phil ippines on charge of signing a false certificate, used a character recommen dation from Mr. Taft. then President Meet: that on another occasion Ray (it ordered to the Philippines at bis own expense) by President P.oosevelt and that later ha was ordered back to the United Ftates at his own expensa sy General Bell, who cabled that th order waa "by direction." By whose direction la not disclosed In th record and th committee con siders calling; General Bell. After Ray had been on leave from th Philippines before th convention of 105. General Bell ordered him back to th Islands and wrote General Funston at Ean Francisco that President Roose velt bad directed him (General Bell) to authorise Ray to sail on a Pacific liner. Coart-Martlal la Avoided Th record Indicates that something shanged th plan and that Ray had applied for an extension of leave. Soon after Ray returned to th Phil ippines charges against him resulted n no court-martial. Th following- In terchange of messages Is shown In th paper turned over to th committee: "Washington. D. C Dec 19. 108. Bliss. Manila: Will send Monday con fidential message. Pleas decipher per sonally. Bell." "Washington. D. C. Dee. SI. ISOi. Bliss. Manila: Personal and confidential. If possible pleas meet requirements of discipline In Beecher B. Ray case with out reference to court or War Depart ment. Will support your action. BelL" The following evidently waa a reply: -Manila. Jan. I. 1S0. Staff War. Washington: Referring to your per sonal and confidential telegram of De- -ember 21. I have no doubt matter will he adjusted satisfactorily, as suggested by you. To prevent further embarrass ment. I shall In dua time recommend transfer from th division of officer concerned. -Bliss." DIxHpllae la Reevsssseaded. On January 11. lo. General Bliss cabled to General Bell further, saying that Major Ray was under orders and shout to sail to Honolulu. -raymaster-General charges Beecher B. Ray knowingly slimed false vouch ers." th cablegram read In part. "Rec ommends appropriate action. Th Judge Advocate-General recommends disciplinary measures as may be deemed best. Beecher B. Ray under orders to proceed to Honolulu. About to sail rommrrclal liner January If, at his swn eispens. Orders War Department referred to necessitate another Investi gation, probable trial, general court martial. Will retain Beecher B. Ray -cordlng. General Bell answered th cable gram th same day. saying: -Send to me personally all papers re Uting to three cases mentioned In your telegram. Further Investigation un necessary at present. Beecher B. Ray to proceed to Honolulu, pursuant to jrdera." This communication. It appears from l! e disclosed correspondence, did not reach General Bins for some days, and on January J General Bell sent the cablegram In which he referred to "di rection In the rase from som source." The cablegram follows: -Washington. January 2., 1903. 7nnel Stephen C, Mills. Manila: If Tasker H. Bliss absent, communicate Immediately with him and aay my ca blegram to him. January 11. relating to Investigation and papers. In th esse f Beecher B. Ray was not personal, tut waa sent by direction and If It has not been complied with. It should be lone at one. Bell." raster Smf fa I alt Stale. On February 1. Colonel Mills cabled '.hat General Bliss had not received the iCoaciiided ea rase 2-t Urmhrr of Saion Rojal lionise Charires PlanlM Hatband Enter tained Other Women at Home. FLORENCE. Italy. Feb. 21. (Spe elal.) Princess Louise of Saxony, now known as Countess Montlgnoso. will shortly ba separated from her husband, the nlanlst. Toxlll. Th casa will b h..r kefnre the Florence court March S. Toxlll has begun legal proceedings against his wlfa on th plea that sh published her memoirs without his con sent. He has asked th court to sane tlon a separation and glva him th cus tody of their only child. Th Countess has petitioned that a separation be granted In her favor for tha following; reasons: Incompatibility of temper; obtaining- from her of money under falsa pretenses and spending; it In Indulgences of vice; the granting of permission in her absence by her hus band to women to enter her house and wear her dresses; th appearance In th streets of Florence of Toxlll in com pany of these women until lata at night and other Insults offered ber by her husband. Th Countess also asks the court to give her th custody of th child until th child Is 17 years old. RUEF STICKS TO DEMANDS Schmtta Trial Cannot Go On Cntll Indictments Are Quashed. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 21. Th re fusal of Abraham Ruef. former political boss, now serving a sentence of 14 years in San Quentln Penitentiary, to testify until the Indictments now pending; against him in the Superior Court are quashed baited today's session of th trial of ex-Mayor Schmltx, accused of bribery. After four witnesses had tes tified. District Attorney Flckert told Judge Lawlor that It would be useless to proceed until Ruef consented to take th stand. Tha case went over until Monday. Ruef was brought from San Quentln to testify for the state against his for mer political associate. Ruef la seek ing release on parole, and therefor demanded tlie dlsm'ssaJ of the Indict ments pending agaJn-t him In two de partments of th Superior Court. Judge Lawler dismissed those In bis court sev eral days ago, and th attempt to have Judge Dunn do th sam was mad to day. Judge Dunn took th case under ad visement. RICH WIFE ONE OF TWO Mrs. Blanch Dean Welsh Finds Husband Already Married. NEW YORK. Feb. 21. Mrs. Blanch Dean Welsh, aald to be a daughter of th lata John Dean, a millionaire of Chicago, mad application In th Su preme Court today for th annulment of her marriage to Oliver J. Welsh. whont sh married in New Jersey a year ago last October. Sh charges Welsh has another wife. Melvina E. Welsh, from whom he waa never divorced. ' Mrs. Melvina Welsh was in court and confirmed this state ment. She said she married Welsh three years before the ceremony In New Jersey had united Miss Dean and Welsh. Justice Gerard reserved de cision. Welsh did not contest th action. ONE BATTLESHIP POSSIBLE Democrat Wavering; In Resolution to Oprioso Any Appropriation. WASHINGTON. Feb. St. The build ing of two first-class battleships to cost 14.000.000 each, exclusive of armor and armament, with an Immediate ap propriation of $10,000,000 toward their completion, was proposed In a bill In troduced today by Representative Foss of Illinois. Th Houm Democrats In caucus re cently voted against any battleship Pproprlatlon. but many Democrats are said to have changed their views n1 one battleship may be provided for. DOGS TO RUN AT 20 BELOW Annual Solomon Derby for Canine Teams on Today at Nome. NOME. Alaska. Feb. 21. Th annual Solomon derby for dog teams. S miles, from Nome to th Solomon River and retuia over the snow trail, will be run tomorrow under excellent conditions and with a large list of entries. Th temperature today Is 20 degrees ba- low sero. Following Is a list of th entry men: I'stough. an Eskimo; Sing. Cowden. Charles E. Darling and Scotty Allen. Oliver Hanks, C. Johnson, two teams. Tha race Is for a purse of 110.000. 'EARTHQUAKE SAYS CABLE Costa Riean Minister Alarmed Receipt of One Word. by WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 Senor Cai ro, the Costa Riean Minister, received a cable message tonight from San Jose, the capital of Costa Rita, with th sin gle word. "Earthquake." in It. lis fear another catastrophe has taken place.- Flames Eat Path Mile and One-Half Long. 1000 RENDERED HOMELESS Fortune In Cotton Devoured by Fiery Avalanche. BIG INDUSTRIES SUFFER Firemen .Make Their Last Stand on Banks of Bayou, and Stream Prevents Destruction of Entire City Gnle Fans Blaxe. HOUSTON, Tex.. Feb. 21. In the wake of tha most destructive fir In th history of Houston, smoldering wreckage tonight covers an area about one and one-half miles In length and varying; in width from 200 yards to half mile In the northeastern section of the city. More than a doxen of the city's most Important Industrial enterprises are in ruins; 200 or more dwellings and store buildings are in ashes, and approxi mately 1000 persons are homeless. An accurate statement of the mone tary loss is not yet possible, but the most conservative la that it will reach $7,000,000. while the Insurance carried will not exceed 40 per cent. Net I.lvea Are Lost. Except for a few minor burns and bruises, no casualties attended the fir. Breaking forth In an untenanted rooming-house, known locally as "the madhouse," shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, and at a time when a fierce gala was blowing; from tha northwest, the fir made rapid headway. The flames swept toward the southeast. generally making a clean sweep of its path. Four hours later the area of destruc tion had been, defined, but the work of th flre-f Ighters was not then, nor is yet ended, for all over th blackened districts are piles of debrla still burn ing. Bares Checks Fire. Buffalo Bayou, which extends across the city east and west, checked tha fir and except for an occasional dip across th stream, the line of destruc tion ended there. In the early morning th gale con tinued and at times burled clouda -of burning shingles great distances. Two of the planta thus threatened were those of th Texas OH Company (Concluded en Pace 2.) I DUMPING THE LID. I I . lt cia &noate. I i '.M womg&sm Ex-President Tells Friend He Will Reply Monday to Query as to Whether He Will Run. CLEVELAND, Feb. 21. "My hat is in the ring." That Is what Theodore Roosevelt said here tonight when an admiring Cleve land crowd sought to learn whether he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the President. In the course of the brief stay of Colonel Roosevelt in Cleveland W. F. Klrlck. well known locally in politics, areeted the ex-President, whom he knows well. "I want a direct answer. Colonel, said Mr. EIrlck. 'A11 your friends want to know and want to know now, whether you are to be a candidate." "My hat Is In th ring," replied Colo nel Roosevelt. "You will have my answer Monday." HEARST BARS CIGARETTES Ban Put on Smokers in His Build ings Following Equitable Fire. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. (Special.) An order haa gone forth from the New York office of William Randolph Hearst that no cigarettes shall be smoked in ny of the Hearst local rooms. Those who pretend to know say tha' the same rule will be speedily adopted in many business houses where the free and easy system allows the clerks to take an occasional puff: Thia ar on the cigarette is directly due to the big Equitable flra In New York. That expensive blaze was traced to a cigarette carelessly flicked Into a pile of rubbish. The actuaries got busy and calculated the number of fires due t- cigar ittes. The Immediate result was the ban on cigarettes In countless New YorK oi- fices. Hearst has promulgated the rule In London. New York, Boston. Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Atlan ta, where he owns papers. In conse quence, the cigarette smokers of the Examiner are having a hard time, but they are heroically trying to accustom themselves to pipes or cigars. TUNNEL STILL BURNING Intense Heat of Hoosac Bore Warps Ralls Outside of Portal. NORTH ADAMS. Mass., Feb. 21. The intense heat, sr.toke and gas from the burning frelghtcars in th. Hoosac Tun nel tonight still prevented Inspection of the scene of last night's train col lision. A special train carrying railroad of ficiate and newspaper men. which went into the tunnel late today, was forced to turn back without approaching the wreck, and it Is probable that no train can ba run through before the end of tha week. So Intense was the heat that track rails were w-rped for 200 feet outside th portal, wblfe Inside they were bent and twisted. 40-Mile Gale Sweeps Over Three States. TRAINS STALLED IN DRIFTS Rush of Water Down Missouri Threatens River Shipping. THAW TODAY IS PREDICTED Three Feet of Snow Falls in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. Traffic on Railroads Is Demoralized. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 21. Sixteen inches of snow, driven by a 40-mlle wind, with a minimum temperature of 24 degrees, were features of a storm which swept Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky today. The wind drifted the snow to a depth of several feet, hampering traffic on all transportation lines. Streetcar and rail road traffic at Taylorvllle. 111., are at i standstill. Baltimore & Ohio passenger train No 125. which left there at 9:30 P. M.. has been stalled in a drift since 1 A. M. five miles west of the city. The pas sengers have no food, but are making themselves as comfortable as possible and are keeping warm, as the train car ries plenty of coal. Train and Rescuer Stalled. Passenger train No. 1, on the Chicago & Illinois Midland, has been snowbound 11 day at Kincaid. six miles west of Taylorvllle. A relief train sent out from Taylorvllle failed to reach the pas senger train and it, too, is snowbound There was a break In the ice gorge in the Missouri River at Kansas City causing a rush of heavy floes down the Missouri River, sinking the tug Omaha and caving In the sides of a large barge. Three river men narrowly escaped death when the tug was sunk. Colder weather north of Kansas City Is believed to have lessened the danger to boats moored in the river. Higher Water Expected. Unless there is a further rise in the river there, sending more ice against the piers of the James-street bridge, closed to traffic two days ago. It Is be lieved the' structure will stand. The weather bureau predicts warmer weather for Kansas tomorrow, and if a thaw comes higher water Is certain. . Men were stationed at the bridge with long poles and dynamite to protect the (Concluded on Page 4.) ' ..,........,... i .... Government Supervisor Seeks to In terest State In Scheme Redskins to Make Own Laws. SALEM, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) Self government to a certain extent among the student body at the Chem awa Indian School, plans something along the line ot a Junior republic, but possibly not so generally radical. Is a scheme which will be perfected at the Indian school and an effort will be made to Inculcate tire same principle throughout the state schools. Wilson L. Gill, Supervisor-at-Large for the Indian Department and presi dent of the Patriotic League of Amer ica, arrived at Chemawa today to in augurate the work. He will remain there for several days. He held a conference with Governor West today to Interest the executive in the plan for the state schools. It is probable the general scheme outlined will be to establish a system of laws for the student body. In add ition a health department will prob ably be formed for promotion of gen eral cleanliness; a court will be estab lished and a system of policing, largely carried on by the students themselves. Virtually every important branch of civic government will be adopted and put Into practical use. Mr. Gill, under General Wood, estab lished a similar plan throughout Cuba. He also organized a colony of Russian Jew children In the slums of New York. He saya that the plan almost in stantaneously brought forth remark able results and that Commissioner Valentine bad adopted the plan for a permanent policy among tha Indian schools. HERMIT ENDS HIS LIFE Man Grieving for Dead Wife Shoots Self After Four' Years. After four years'' voluntary hermit life in a house at 190S East Mill street, where he went following the death of his wife, Bertha, John C. Hansen, aged 65 years, Tuesday night shot himself fatally. Neighbors who heard the shot did not notify the police until last night, when investigation showed the body in the deserte-d house. A lamp, which was upon a bureau beside the body, burned all day yes terday, and the sight of this caused inquiry. City Physician Ziegler and Patrolman Cooper found the body of Hansen. According to Mrs.. Carl Schrum, of Independence, a relative, grief over his wife'a death caused him to buy the little plot of ground in the woods where he could live alone. Hansen, who is said to have been an officer in the Danish army, had worked as a car cleaner at the terminal yards. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWC The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61 degrees; minimum. 4U degrees. TODAY'S Showers, variable winds. Foreign. Princess Louise of Saxony and hdaband to separate. Page 1. National. House passes chemical tariff bill by party vote. Page B- Cable messages throwing light on case or Major Ray are discovered. page l. Knox will board cruiser at Key West in stead of Palm Beacn. page a. Politics. La Follette realizes chance Is small, but will take "gambler's chance." Page 2. Roosevelt reiterates "progressive ideas in Ohio. Page 2. Roosevelt toils Cleveland crowd "my hat's In the ring," In answer to candidacy query. Page 1. Ben Selling to start Senatorial campaign to day. Pago 14. Domestic. Coasting vessels lose deckloads In galea Page S. Houston visited by 17,000.000 fire. Page 1. Ex-Valet Brandt to get new trial. Page 3 John Armstrong chaloner . tails to regain control ox fortune. rage o. Senators wrangle over Lorimer-Stephenson cases. Page S. Slides of earth cause alarm at Panama Ca nal. Page 4. Enow storm sweeps Middle West. Page 1. fcport: McCredle spends $9800 on recruits for Beavers. Page 8. Attell will defend feather-weight title against Kilbane today. Page 8. Columbia charges unfairness In lnterscholas- tic League schedule. Page tt. Pacific Northwest. Self-government plan to be established among Indian pupils at cnemawa. page l. Japanese farmers are hindrance to ?orth- weft di:. lares state senuior x-auinuiuuB. of Washington. Page 1. Labor men lose as Socialists win in Seattle primary election, page 7. Clackamas County sees off year In politics. Page T. Lebanon's Mayor resigns over dispute with City Treasurer concerning bonds not drawing interest. Page 6. Salem organisation would have "blue law" Sunday at Capital. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Apples selling freely and storage stocks low. Page 19. All grains higher at Chicago on storm news. Page 19. Stock prices forced down on moderate sell ing. Page 19. Charles R. McCormlck declares Oregon fir is staunch as California growth for ship material. Page 18. Portland and Ticinlty. Jury trying ex-pollce sergeant for alleged graft is discharged upon failure to agree. Page 18. Portland pays tribute today to. memory of George Washington. Page 13. Two states to unite in planting roses in new Peninsula Park. Page 13. Board's findings puts end to all wrangling over reclamation projects; all delegates unite. Page 18. President of Child's Welfare League replies to charges. Page 12. Ex-pollceman who quit under charges la re Instated over rolice Chief s head. Page li. Meterman Murphy's case causes tilt between Mayor and Civil Servlee Board. Page 20. Admen pledge support of Northwest to Panama-Pacific Exposition. Page 6- Carapalgn for members to Greater Portland Plans Association to be initiated today, rage 14- Immigrant Problem Is Big for Northwest. CANAL MEANS INFLUX GREAT Plea Made to Raise Foreigner Farmer to Standard Here. TAC0MA IS CONGRESS HOST First PaciTic Xorthwest Immigration Meeting Opens With 188 Dele gates From Three States and British Columbia. TACOMA. Feb. 21. The problem of making American citizens out of the great Influx of Immigrants expected to fellow the opening of the Panama Canal was touched upon in more than a dozen addresses at the first day's ses sion of the Pacific Northwest Immigra tion Congress here today. Delegates from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia were in at tendance, with several speakers from California, to the total of 188, repre senting 41 cities. Six Mayors were among the delegates. Governor Hay, of Washington, will attend tomorrow. Committees were named and a resolu tion introduced indorsing "A domestic immigration policy which will give aliens authentic information about un occupied lands and assist them in get ting homes." Assemblage Most Important. The address of welcome by Mayor Seymour was responded to by dele gates who declared the assemblage the most Important ever called in the Northwest. Speaking on "The Immigrant Wanted and What We Want Him to Do," State Senator Faulhamus advocated the clearing of tho logged-off lands by the state and giving tho immigrant 25 years or more to pay for It. Under present conditions, ho said, Japanese farmers are a hindrance to proper development of farming in the Northwest. He said the. Japanese must be raised to the standard of the Ameri can farmer. V, SI. C. A. Secretary Talks. John A. Goodell, industrial secretary of the International Young Men's Christian Association, spoke on "The Pacific Coast Immigration Problem in tho Light of Atlantic Coast Experi ence." Both the immigrants and the public at largo will benefit if as much in fluence as possible is brought to in duce our immigrants to settle on farms, declared H. W. Stone, general secretary of the Portland Y. M. C. A., in an address before the conference in the afternoon. Mr. Stone spoke on the subject, "How the Y. M. C. A.'s Com mercial Clubs and Other Organizations Can Help the Immigrant to Engage in Agriculture." The process of assimilating immi grants is much more easily carried on in the country than in the city, said Mr. Stone. He then explained the work of the Y. M. C. A. along this line. He said the organization keeps secretaries at leading ports of debarkation, who, by giving immigrants letters of intro duction to secretaries in America, help to give them a start In the new land. Work Is Most Complete. Other secretaries are kept on some of the big ocean liners to advise the Immigrants In the steerage. On this ide of the ocean the association s sys tem for keeping in touch with the re cent arrivals is complete. The special part that commercial bodies may take, Mr. Stone, suggested, is to see that tillable land is made available to the Immigrant on terms that he can meet Some system of lending money needed by the Immi grant to meet his Initial expenses might be worked out, he said. Above all, ho concluded, the immigrant should bo protected from men and firms who would rob him of his savings. Among the prominent-leaders in the new Immigration movement are Dana Bartletts of Los Angeles; i. A. Good ell, industrial secretary of tho Y. M. C. A. International committee; M. P. Hayward, Speaker of the British Co lumbia Legislative Assembly; Waldo G. Payne, of Spokane, and Governor M. E. Hay, of Washington. FORCED OUT,' SATS CARTER Diplomatic Service Man Denies That He Resigned From Post. BALTIMORE, Feb. 21. John RIdgely Carter, of this city, who for 16 years was a member of the diplomatic serv ice but was reported to have resigned last October, after declining an ap pointment as Minister to Argentina, in an interview today said he was forced out of the service. Mr. Carter said: "It has been given out in Washing ton that I resigned. Nothing was a greater surprise to me than when I received news that I was no longer in the service. I was forced out; I was not given a fair show." Mr. Carter explained that he was forced to decline the Argentina post because he could not meet the expenses with the money allowed him by the Government,'