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TORTLAXD, OKEUOX, TUESDAY, 31 ASCII 19, 1912- PRICE FIVE CENTS. WINDOW SMASHING FAMILY REUNION 3 SLAIN AS LAW MOTHER LOVE IS 238 DEVELOPERS IDEA IS APPROVED ronTi.,xi womkn condone METHODS IX KNGLAXD. HELDINPOORHOUSE SHOWN IN COURT BJG LUMBER MILLS TO REMAIN CLOSED LAWFUL PRIMARIES W1HS OVER FELONS Fierce Battle Is End of Nebraska Tragedy. FAVORED BY TAFT CAPTURE PORTLAND WOMAN" GREETS HER WOMAN" REFUSES TO TESTIFY AGAIXST HER SON". MOTHER, AGED INMATE. PORTLAND Idaho-Washington Folk Are Welcomed. FRIENDSHIP IS CEMENTED Excursionists Arc Feted From Moment of Arrival. CITY'S STREETS PARADED Party of "Mtc Wlre" from Inland Kmptro ToJn. tirerl Portland as Cnmmrrrll Center of Pacific Northwest. runoMnwK or m wio-wami- l.TON f.f WMON AT WWT. LtMl I MIX KTWK AKI Ttl. A. M I'srtjr f"r y.tr4a on j'Ij1 lrlo from Thlnl ml TjmhUI s-r-cta. 1,-. a. Al. Itcreption of Ilho Wsshiiisfn dt-tion by members of l.i'rork Kchn nd Factor rth...t Uvrstots, ASMclatl.'ll act )Urf band. A. M. Sal., of priswlnelns: fat ,lk l-ll In Hit parlllnn until liiwtn. IS men l.tinrh at Tranalt IlntrL 1 p m --V..U t various exhibits In the livestncs, slio". 2 Z P. M. l.lvelock re inmxl and continue throuhoat f trrooon. Relations between Portland and the ereat Inland Kmplre of Central Idaho and Eastern Washington, which haTe been fast and seure. commercially as well a socially, were linked mora firmly than ever and cemented by bonds of perfect understanding yesterday by a Joyous and enthusiastic party of In land Kmplre residents, who came to loan on a special train, primarily to attend t'le livestock snow, but who were taken In custody by the entire popu lace and made to realise that they are the city's welcome iruests. The people of Portland, as repre sented by the Commercial Club and tha livestock Interests. expressed them selves freely on tfie prldo and the honor thai they feel In the Tlslt of the greatest party that haa ever coma to the dry on a single special train. Hmmm af Pleaaare Provided. An Informal reception yesterday morning, a luncheon at the Commercial Club at noon, an automobile tour of the city In the afternoon, a banquet last nisht. with Intermittent visits to the stock show, were some of the fea turea of entertainment the Portland committee provided. More la In store for today. There are IJI men. women and chil dren In the crowd and they broke' all record for number and the slsr of the train that brought them here. The, excursion a as handled over the North ern Pacific and North Bank roads and arrive 1 here at 1 .30 in the mornlnc. belnr met at ttia'North Bank depot by a dels-cation of 5 business men. head ed by ". C. Chapman and Tom Richard son, of the Commercial Club, and offi cials of the livestock exposition now n prores here. A. the train passed through the northeastern part of the city many of the passengers left It and made their way direct to the show grounds. Those that did missed a large portion of fun that was provided for the other members of tha party yes terday mornlnc. 1 Ulfor re Mrlntawa, Waiting automobiles took the entire delegation to the Multnomah Hotel, where headquarter will be maintained aliile the visitors remain In Portland. Breakfast, vu served .there, soon after which the party was given an Infor mal reception at the Commercial Club. Thero they met many Portland busi ness men. who expressed warm words of greeting and who declared them selves glad of tha opportunity of wel coming tha representatives of the In land Kmplre. Included In the crowd are many cat tleman and ranch owners from- tha ptatns. many of whom heretofore have visited Portland only at Infrequent In tervals. Bankers, merchants, millown ers. real estate men and people of all classes are with them. They are seek ing a closer relationship with Portland, they say. and the people of Portland declare that they are eager for them t have It. "In Portland we recognise the com mercial center of the Northwest." Is the announcement borne In official greeting extended by the excursionists to the people of Portland. "In the territory embraced by the Idaho- Washington Development League Portland recognizes one of the pillars of Its past, present and future pros perity." said Tom Richardson at the Commercial Club luncheon yesterday afternoon. "1 believe that this is the hvest bunch that ever has come Into Pnttlard in a single party." i'aradr Attracts latereat. From the time the train arrived until late lavt nlcht. the Inland Umpire party proclaimed Its orig inality. Its generosity and its pros perity oy many dclichtfnl and attractive methods. The parade throueh the prin tCoDcludrd CO l ass 1 Mrs. Hidden and Mrs. KlirpoM, Suf- Irao U'orkrrn. Say Conditions Warrant Extreme Arts. What about the Boston tea party?" la the way Portland women who favor woman suffrage answer allusions to tho window-smashing crusade of the Eng lish suffragettes. Mrs. M. U T. Hidden, president of the Women's Political Kuuatltv league, said at a meeting- In the Olds. Wortman & King auditorium yesterday tha,t she "might carry a lit tle stone- In her pocket, too. If she lived In England, and confronted with tha provocation Klgllsh women have- been obliged to endure. Mrs. Albert Ehrgott. wife of the pas- t ik. v-. siitn Baotlst Church. whose resignation has been requested, said "every newspaper In England l against suffrage." and that "backed by the money power they said. 'We will crush the Idea by contemptuous si lence" She said the women resorted to window smashing- In desperation to get Into the press. Another declara tion she made was that "the reports you read are greatly exaggerated." Stilt another suffragist would recall the judges of the Supreme Court, be cause, she said, tiiey did not construe tha fnlted States- Constitution In fa vor of suffrage. Mrs. III. I. Ion. In a paper, said "the church Ignores twot-thirds "of her strength and thus permits tha exten sion of the liquor traftice." LINE TO SEA IS PLANNED Rumor Sa Road Will Bo Started from Metlforil. liOLP HILL. Or.. March 1$. (Spe cial.) Krom Medford to crescent City via Jacksonville, up Willow Creek and across Blackwcll Hills to Kane's Creek, at a point two and a half miles south of Gold Hill, on to the great Blue Ledge copper mine and through heavy timber all the way from Kane's Creek to the sea. Is the route of a proposed railroad, surveys for which are re ported to have been made and rumors of which are rife today. It Is understood that the line as pro posed touches no town In the Ilogue Klver Valley except Medford and Jack sonville, between which points the present Barnum line will b used. COTTON MILLS GRANT RISE Rhode1 Ilnnd Manufacturer?. In crease Wanes of 25,000 Workers. PROVIDENCE. R. L. March 18. An Increase In wages was announced by the large , cotton manufacturing com panies of Rhode Island today. The millmen would not say, however, what the amount of the Increase, which will go Into effect March IS. will be. The mills employ about 15.000 operatives. BOSTON. March IS. The upward wage movement In the cotton mills of New England became general today by the action of the Rhode Island man ufacturers posting; notices announcing an advance on March 25. The Increase Is expected to be at least S per cent. OVERTURNED BOAT SEEN Di-srlli-t Hcnortod by Wlrelcs-s Is I'nldcnlifled. MA RSI I FIELD. Or.. March !. (Spe cial. The derelict reported by wire less from passing steamers to be float ing off this coast has not been Identi fied. The last report was from the steam er Carlos, which merely states that the boat as bottom-side up and her stern waa painted green. Nothing; could be swen to Indicate her name. If the derelict la near this shore the wind tonight Is In the right direction to drive her to land. None of the boats out of this port recently la reported missing. JUDGE LAUDSB0Y SCOUTS Juvenile Court Ioes,ti't Have to Ieal With Single Member In Year. KANSAS CITY. Mo,' March 1. "Not one member of the Boy Scouts has been In the Wyandotte 'County Court since I became Judge," over a year ago. The Boy Scout movement Is today the great est aid of the Juvenile Court." John T. 81ms. Judge of the Wyan dotte County Juvenile Court, thus summed up the result of the scout movement at a district meeting of the organization at Kansas City. Kan., to day, lie said tho scout companies are "good gangs" of boys hat offset the "bad pangs" that gather on the street corners. YELLOW 'SNOW REPORTED Mimw Residents Witness Volcanic Shower. 'MOSCOW. Idaho. March If. Spe ciaL) An unusual phenomena occurred near Moscow 'this evening about 5:30 o'clock when, during; a snow storm, the ground seemed covered with a pe culiar yellow substance mingled with snow. Different persons tasted II. found it wss decidedly like sulphur and that it contained crlt. like dust or "sand. It was evideutly a shower of volcanic or meteoric dust. The fall of snow and dust amounted to about a quarter of an inch. Boston Loudly Cheers Nation's Chief. GREAT PARADES REVIEWED President Declares for Good Preference Laws. SOAP BOX KIND SCORED Chief Executive Rellerates Ills Op position to Proposal to. Recall Judges or Overrule Decisions Made by Them. BOSTON. March 18. President Taft ended his part In Boston's belated cele bration of evacuation day and St. Pat rick's day by an address to tho Charit able Irish Society and "looked In" on the diners of the Bank Officers' Asso ciation, tho Boston Paper Trade Asso ciation and the Yale Club of Boston to night. The President's reception by the Gen eral Court of Massachusetts this after noon was one of the most remarkable In point of enthusiasm that most of those prcront ever witnessed. In Kouth Boston for more than two hours he lis tened to the cheering of thousands of BoBtonlans. saw thousands of flags waved In his honor and reviewed one of the largest parades ever arranged In honor of Ireland's patron saint and "Evacuation day." Before the Massachusetts Legislature he spoke on Presidential primaries, pointing- out that he favored such reg istration of the popular will In regard to the Presidential candidates where the law safeguarded the ballot. Irish Race Praised. In his address to the Charitable Irish Socloty tonight the President praised the Irish for their adaptability in be coming Ai:ierlciii and addad a word about the evident belief of that race In the stability of American institu tions. The President will leave for New Hampshire tomorrow to keep engage ment at Nashua, Concord and Manches ter. In his addre.is on Presidntlal pri maries. President Taft eald In part:. "Tou recently have passed what Is called a Presidential primary law for the election of delegates to the National conventions, upon wl-.ich will fall the duty of selecting the Presidential nom- .ses,,,,'' .................... j PORTLAND GREETS INLAND VISITORS. I i '- TTT . j9 "Pp - I ' jP : ' ' JU09iri(r8ALL(ZP0aTS,HERESAN ' Sji EXGUO.SJOH THAmpoHS UH &BAOYMOHBY : ' 7" ",,,r ----- I Mrs. Sarah Cornwall and Mrs. Lucy Sturgeon Had Believed Each Other Dead for 31 Years. FRESNO, Cal., March IS. There was a Joyful reunion In tne county alms house today, when Mrs. Lucy Sturgeon, an aged Inmate, waa visited by her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Cornwall, of Port land. Or, whom she had not seen for 36 years and whom she had believed dead for SI years. .. Mrs. Cornwall had believed her mother dead for 31 years and the meet ing waa brought about by the merest chance. The daughter, who had located In Oregon, read that hex mother . had been burned to death in a fire that destroyed her Stockton. Cal., home. Soon after Mrs. Sturgeon received news that her daughter had been killed In a runaway accident. Coming to Stockton a few days ago. the daugh ter learned that her mother wss alive. CLARK FACES SUGAR ISSUE Speaker Takes Floor and A.-ks That Ills Favorable Vote IVUecorded. WASHINGTON. Mac-P J 8. Speaker Clark turned the travel over to Repre sentative Bochne, of Indiana, today and took the floor to ask the consent of the House to have his vote on Friday against recommitment of the free sugar bill recorded for Its passage. Supporters osome of the rival can didates for the Iemocratlc nomination for the Presidency are said to have insinuated that the Speaker had elim inated his vote from' the record Satur day to curry favor with delegates from the sugar-producing states which had fought the bill bitterly. BALANCE OF TRADE IS HUGE Export- $562,158,067 Greater Than Imports In Year Ended Feb. 2 9. WASHINGTON. March 18. The balance of trade in favor of the United States for the year ending February 29 was 1562,168,067. Imports and exports of February exceeded those for the same month of any previous year. The totals for the year ending February 29 were higher than had over been recorded by the bureau of statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. NEW MEXfCO HAS SCANDAL Four Members of State Legislature Arrested-as Bribe Takers. i ALBVQCKRQUE. N. II.. March 18. Four members of New Mexico Legis lature were arrested tonight at Santa Fe. charged with accepting bribes to vote for certain candidates for United States Senator, first .vote on which will be taken by the Legislature tomorrow. Bribes amounting to 300 each, are said to have been paid them. INNOCENT YOUNG MAN KILLED Two Convicts Pay for Deeds With Lives Third Gives Up. COUNTRY ROAD WAR SCENE Hunt for Jailbrcakcrs W ho Assassin, atcd Penitentiary Warden and Two Aides Has Dramatic Finale Xcar Omaha. OMAHA, Neb, March 18. Two of the convicts. John Dowd and John Taylor alias "Shorty" Gray, who escaped last Thursday from the state penitentiary at Lincoln, and Roy Blunt, an inno cent victim of the murderous attempt to secure liberty, are dead as the re suit of an exciting battle between tlv MTivi-ti and officers thi3 afternoon. Charles Morley. the third member of the trio which escaped from the state prison, after killing three officials of that institution, saved his lite by sur rendering after a running battle over two and a half miles of country. The three convicts wero within atrikinir distance of the goal which they hoped might secure their safety when the final desperate struggle for iihrtv occurred. They had covered the stretch from Lincoln to within ten miles of the Omaha limits, where thex had expected to- receive the protection of friends. Several Posae Out. Early In the day the telephone op erator at Gretna, about 15 miles south of here, gave notice of the presence In that vicinity of the desperate men. This message brought out several poeaea. one from Omaha, composed of detectives and police officers; anotner composed of Sheriff Mcbhane ana aepu- r-t thi. coentv: a. third made up of Sheriff Hyers and his deputies, from Lincoln. sheriff Chase, of Sartjy County, and his deputies also were within striking distance, and South Omaha sent two nnses tinder Chief of Police Briggs. The Gretna company of militia was early on the scene. Sooth Omaha Police Victors. Chief Briggs, of South Omaha, and his deputy. John C. Trouton, were lead- I (Concluded on Paga 3.) Seattle Judfre Holds Witness in Con- tempt and Imposes Jail t Sentence. SEATTLE, Wash., March 18. (Spe cial.) Her refusal to testify against her own son, who is pn' trial In tho Superior Court on a charge of having planned a robbery of which she was the victim, this afternoon resulted in Mrs. Lottie Kramer being adjudged in contempt and sentenced to a term of not more than seven days in the County Jail. The son is L. M. Johnson, and he was brought before a jury in Judge Mitchell Gilliam's department this morning to answer a charge of having acted as the accomplice of a robber who held Mrs. Kramer up in her own lodging house on IMne street on Janu ary 17 last and took from her diamonds and other jewelry valued at $1385. Mrs. Kramer was relied upon by tho state as Its star witness, but when called to the stand this morning, sho refused to testify and Dudley G, Wooten addressed the court in her be half, stating that It was by his advice that she refused1 to do so. Mr. Wooten announced that he would take an appeal to the Supreme Court from the sentence, and Mrs. Kramer will be released on bail pending the ap peal. In tho meantime the Jury will be excused and the trial postponed. HILL SHOOTS WILD GOAT President of Great Northern Road Bag Bis Fellow. AV'ALON, Cal., March IS. (Special.) Reports come from tho Middle ranch that Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, shot and killed a wild .goat which had a span of horns measuring 31 inches across, yesterday. Mrs. Hill left on horseback for a ride to the west side of the 1st and. Immediately after the news was received here, Louis Hill, Jr., the oldest son of the railroad magnate, commenced his plans to best his father's reported record. It had been arranged to take the little fellow horseback to Middle ranch Tuesday. Several times while practicing with the rifle the boy has proved himself, an excellent marksman, The" hoy believes that he will be suc cessful in getting a great head. During their stay on the Island Mr. and Mrs. Hill have planned some Inter estlng. trips for themselves and their children. When visiting the Island two years ago, Mr. Hill, who Is a landscape artist of ability, painted several local views of tho island and some of them now hang In his privato studio at Santa Paula. BIB BATTLESHIPS PLANNED 30,000-Toit Sea Fighter Is Hone of American Naval Officers. WASHINGTON, March 18. The 30,-000-ion sea monster, which has been the dream of American naval architects ever since the British shipbuilders be gan the struggle for supremacy in size and power in battleships with the launching of the original dreadnought, already is being planned on paper at the Navy Department, in anticipation of the allowance by Congress of the department's estimates for two new bat tleships. The plans call for a ship about as large as the New York, with a good sistcd cruiser like tho Olympia, Admiral Dewey's old flagship at the battle of Manila, added to her bulk. If Congress permits them to be built, the new ships will present some un usual features. Possibly they will have 15-inch guns, eight for each ship, which will be by far the most powerful ord nance afloat in any navy. LIABILITY LAW SWEEPING Employes In Car Repair Depart ment Cnder "Fellow-Servant Act." WASHINGTON". March IS. The Su preme Court decided today that em ployes In a car repair department of a railroad were follow servants of em ployes in the operating department, thereby excusing th"e employing rail road from liability for negligent in juries to the former class by the latter. "The doctrine of fellow servant Is es tablished," said Justice Holmes today, whatevpr may be thought of It." He added that it was for Congress to change the law, If bad; not for tho courts. TYPEWRITINGGIVES CLEW Helen Taylor and Judge Kosalsky Bombs Bear Similar Labels. NEW YORK. March IS. Every available detective at police headquar ters Is searching today for the man who attempted to kill Judge Otto A. Rosal sky on Saturday night with an infer nal machine, sent him through- the mails. Similarity of the typewriting on the package and the manufacture of the missile to that which caused the death on February 3 last of Helen Taylor at her home on Seventy-seventh street has led to the opinion that the same man sent both bombs. BARGE SINKS; FOUR DROWN Captain and Three of Crew lose Lives in Long Island Disaster. FALL RIVER. Mass.. March 18. Word was received here today of the foundering of the barge Thaxter, off Shinnecock. L. I.. Saturday, and tho drowning of Captain Clarence Grinneli, of Fall River, and three members of ew. Demands of Strikers Are Refused. MEETING HELD AT ABERDEEN No Attempt to Be Made to Im port Outside Help. PICKETS CLUB ONE MAN Arrest of Five Greeks Follows Fight. Situation at Hoquiam Far From Bright and Knd of Trouble Cannot Be Predicted. HOQUIAM, Wash.. March IS. (Spe cial.) With three Grays Harbor lum ber mills now affected by the I. W. W. Greek strike of common laborers, and one of the number shut down com pletely for an indefinite period, the situation is not considered bright. Indications are that the strikers will carry their fight farther and will at tempt to call out the crews of other plants in Aberdeen, but probably no others in Hoquiam will be affected. Mills May Close Indefinitely. A conference of the mill owners was. held this afternoon in Aberdeen and it was decided to let the mills remain closed whenever they are shut down and to let those unmolested continue running. All owners at the confer ence were willing to close down for an indefinite period, but this plan was not agreed to. The mill owners decided also not to import men. They say that under tho present condition of the market they are not particular whether they run or not. , A big mass meeting of the strikers was held this afternoon, at which Mayor , Harry Ferguson was a promi nent figure. Another meeting is be ing held tonight. The men are Jubi lant because of their success in calling out about men from the Slade Lumber Company's mill in Aberdeen this afternoon. One Owner Grants Advance. 'The E. K. Wood mill today raised wages 25 cents a man for some of the cheaper classes of labor. The Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Company's plant closed down this morning when a num ber of its employes who had previously remained loyal walked out, and Robert Lytle, the president, declared he had no idea when it would be started again. All day today the I. W. W. workers were' going to Aberdeen by twos and threes in order not to attract atten tion of the police of that city. This morning just before starting time a fight occurred at the entrance to the Northwestern mill, when employes at tempted to pass the strikers' pickets in going to their work. One striker, it is charged, used a clubbed gun. Five Greeks were placed under arrest. WOMAN ADVOCATES BOMBS Jessie Murray Says London Stif frogcttcs May Use Them. CHICAGO, March 18. Bombs soon may be substituted for window-smashing bricks in England, Dr. Jessie Mur ray, of London, told a meeting of the woman's part' of Illinois here today. "You In America do not realize to what economic straits women of England have been reduced," said she. "We are fighting for life and honor. Men there are taking away our means of liveli hood by legislation. They are robbing our working women of the privilege to work when they are willing and eager to work to support themselves. Men are crying for their places. "It has reached the stage of a civil war. People have askel wny we con t substitute bombs for bricks. If our demands are not acceded to soon, I assure you bombs will be used." WORSHIPERS FIRED UPON Aged Man Wounds Only Himself. When He Bombards Church. LOS ANGELES. Cal., March IS. Hob bling on crutches into St. Vincent's Church at noon today, an old man who later- gave his name as Mathew Kelley fired seven shois at persons attending the services. He shot himself in the finger and was the only one wounded. Kelley was declared by physicians to ebe suffering from senile decay. He re ferred to himself at the "new com mander." CONGRESS TO HONOR DEAD Taft Asks Senate and House to Ad journ to Attend Maine Memorial. WASHINGTON. March IS. President Taft- sent a letter to Congress today asking that the House and Senate ad journ Saturday and attend in a body memorial services to be held here for the dead of the old battleship Maine. The President said he desired .the ceremonies to be as National in charac. ter as possible.