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mitTLAM), OREGON, THURSDAY, 31 ARCH 21, 1912 PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL MI-NO. IG.OI.i. MOTHER IS VICTOR IN FIGHT FOR SON TAFT FORGES SEE IS BLOW PORTLAND LEADS IN WHEAT TRADE TAFT GAINING AT EXPENSE OF T. R. DEPUTIES KILLED; DEATH-TRAP FOUND SUGAR TRUST WOMAN" M-XlKriS LADS FTtF.E lOM BIT liOES TO JAIL. railtrAKY KX PORTS MORE Til AX ALL OTHER PORTS. rRKSIDKXT'S MANAGERS SHOW HOW COLONEL IS L.OSIXG. RULING moqliiam mm - HALTS MOB B GUN FO IDEA VINDICATED "Soap-Box" Primary's Evil Illustrated. PARTY ENROLLMENT LACKING Without Law, National Scan dal Would Result. LA FOLLETTE MEN JOYFUL f.lonm l IM-.pcllrd for First Time Since Senator Made H Speech la Polllter. and Wider Flan Arr Matte. WASIIIMJTOS. Marrh 10- 'Spe cial.) There was no pl"m In Taft beadqunrtrrs today over the result In North Wkola. where Senator l.a Fol lette carried the primaries. Instead, the supporters f thr president found in t hf result a vindication of his position on the subject of the so-called "soap Iiuk primary." Chairman McKinley. of the Taft committer. In a statement today quoted John S. lta.-. manner of the Roose velt r.miulkii 4n North Dakota, who said the Iemocrat Toted for I .a Fol-l.-ite in the Republican primary yes terda) . Tail Mrm Pfl Moral. "This is exactly what the managers .f the Taft bureau liav. attempted to Impress upon the country from the ..utsct of tills campaign." aald McKIn lf. "In this Instance there waa a lute law. but without tne party enroll ment feature. Ti'.e assertion now la made by the Roosevelt managers that !t was not a Republican primary, bat one o;en to all comer. "In the absence of a state law It Is easy to foresee that 'soapbox primary rules would prevail and a contest for Republican nomination for President ould degenerate Into a National scan dal. In which the Ki-p-.rbttcatt party Itself would play a minor role." Ramtrlt Mrm Keep I I beer. At 1'ie Roosevelt headquarter there j li. appearance that anything had happened to damirn the enthusiasm of the. Colonel's lieutenants. They Inti mated two days ng-i that they "might be d 'fealcd" In North Dakota and said that the thins chiefly desired was an ariti-Taft ctor. whether It was to be a- hleved by Roosevelt nr ln Kollette. Men In the Roosevelt hcadquartera said It was pitiful t:iat the President r-f t h t'nitcd States desiring re-plec-lion could ie. iirr In a state primary less than 1 per cent of the total votes tart, and this In North Dakota, where t'-e Republican purty is tloiiilnant." The President's friends replied by allnc attrnti'n to Die fact that the Taft forces made no effort In North Dakota, and that it was a victory by lefault. so far aa they were concerned. lot Kollette Mrs Raaiaal. Joy dispossessed the gloom of Its ocoipam y of the lot Kollette headquar Iters In js iirmton today for the first lime since the Senator made his speech to the publisher- In Philadelphia. The place was radiant because of the news from North Dakota. 1.4 Kollette men said that the Sena tor's vtt tory was due flr.t to l is com manding position as a renl "progres sive." They added that Colonel Roose velt's support by some of the "stand patters" in North lakola had weak rned his contention In the eyes of the people of the Halo that he waa the real leader In the Krnutne forward mo ement. A statement today from the lot Fot Jrtte National headquarters sava that In V Ix-onsin. Nebraska. Orrson. Call fornia and In other states Mr. t Fol Irtte'a candidacy would be submitted as It was in North Iakota. laels ampalaa Attacked. 'Tie only Republican who thus far l as demututrated In a statewide eon- test that be has a substantial following ur.l can win la Mr. U Fnllette, the 1 statement reads. "The decisive char acter of the victory la the more lm pres;ve when It la borne In mind that In North Dakota the Roosevelt can dl.lary united the "standpatters' and all of the -procrrsal ves" that the mislead ing character of the Colonel a cam paign in tie state cou'd Induce to desert tne lot Kollette standard. "Tl'ai this unholr a'.II.mce was so s xnaltv defeated In North takita may i be tak-n aa an Indication of wiiat t would le i:.ne In other popular prl- ! mary states " JAP SWEETHEARTS DIE Voanj Allow Man's Father llrfu-lng to .Marriage: Suicide lieu It. fKATTI.K. March : rSluci Na ka. aged and Mrs. Kulul Marutanl, :'il 21 c nimltte,i suit l.ie last night at Kept, near Seattle, bv taking poison. Tt ry had been sweet:. ea.'t In J.ipan. but Satstiica's fith-r would not rml' f ern to marrv. sn.l Klul. still lovlnr .ti't;i. mnrrle.l neither man. It niz'tt s 11 a f,um n ? 1 n ir ;n cn ulhfis In his caMn. an soon -ificrisai ii. In her own hine, the woman as lci errl also dvlng. It Is up r,sed the couple entered Into a suicide agreement Mr, krimrr scnleni-rd 1o 30 Pays Imprisonnirnt for Itof using to Tt-H.y: Vouili Viit fcattlc. SKATTUC. Wash.. March 5". Mrs. Ittle Kramer, who waa sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment for refusing to testify acainst her 24-yeur-old aon, I M. Johnson, better known as Kramer, accused of coniplldty In the theft of his mother's Jewels, today won her con tost with the law for the freedom of her boy. TonlKlit yountT Kramer la free and 1:1s mother Is occupying a cell In the county Jail. The court Instructed the Jury to re turn a verdict of not guilty, because of lack of evidence, and at the same time remanded Mrs. Kramer to aerva tha contempt sentence. Mrs. Kramer was brought Into court for the third time toduy and waa ques tioned regarding event on the night of the robbery. When she refused to testify Judge Mitchell Gilliam ended the case, declaring that the eourt could not tiolil the Jury together Indefinitely. Young Kramer and his mother left the courtroom together, the son aid ing hi mother to her cclL Then the boy gaily packed his belongings and hur ried away, lie told the Jailer that ha would go to Spokane tonight to avoid further trouble In Seattle.' lie Is son of Mrs. Kramer by a first mar riage. Mrs. Kramrr looked upon th release of her son as the matter of first Im portance. Iler counsel will apply to morrow for her release on a writ of habeas corpus. WOMAN GEARIN'S OPPONENT Wood horn's Fair Attornpjr Arsuea C'as IW-fort State Snprr-me C'onrt. SALKM. or.. March 20. (Special.) Miss Frances Kemp, of Woodburti, la the first woman to have the honor of arguing a case before the Supreme Court, according to the memory of those now connected with the court. Today she appeared before the Justices, with no less an adversary than ez t'nlted ftates Senator Uearln and pre sented an able argument for her clients. The case involved la that of Fred lHi.se versus R. H. Beattle, and the sub ject matter of the dispute Is a ault for conversion of a certain number of onion sets. In tho lower court Miss Kemp and her associates were defeated and alia jp&ax aa cuuoael for the ap pellant. Members of the Supreme tench pave close attention to her argument and several of the Statohouse attaches were attracted to hear her argument by the novelty of a woman appearing before the wearers of the woolsack who alt on the bench of the "court of last resort" In Oregon. SHEEPMEN TO CLIP ANEW nock- lo He Driven lo River ItalMne, Wliere Sliearin? Will He Hone. J.r.WISTX. Idaho. March 20. (Spe rlal.) An entirely new feature will be Introduced this year when the sheep men tributary to the Snake Klver com mence their shearing. Instead of clip ping their flocks In tho mountains, they will drive them to the river basins, where shipping facilities can be ob tained more easily. With the completion of the new 100 horsepower motor boat, now being con structed by Clover at MacFarlane, of Aaotln. all tho wool tributary to this navigable stream will bo shipped to Uewlston for storage and later for ship ments down the river. All woolmen In Oregon. Washington and Idaho situated to take advantage of this new boat will be accommodated days earlier than in former years. Prospects are most favorable for as large a crop as was clipped last year. The number of sheep t greater mis year and the average yield will be as heavy as In lll. POSTAL SAVINGS PILING UP Pcpoa.lt Now Kxpected to Become X I.OOO.OOO by Knd ot Year. Net deposits of th Portland postal saving department reached the 4o.l)00 mark yesterday and are Increasing at about $1500 a day. Custodian Carr had long ago pre dicted that they wouM reach io,000 by the end of the fiscal year. Juns 3a. 1 but now ho has another prediction that I at that time the ret amount tif deposits J pp Dearer ', .,i,nii m year of the bank's existence Its net lrposlts will he fl.OOO.11OO. The bank has b.rn In existence since September last. STUDENTS TO BOSS SELVES Man ford Men Will Take Iis lilln ur Powers From Faculty. I I STANFORD I'NI YF.RSITY. Cal- March I S. My a vote of S3 to 7. the men students of Stanford University voted today to assume complete self govern mert. In so doing they availed them selves of the privilege offered some time it by President Jordan. Heretofore the disciplinary powers of the university have been In the hands of the faculty. FORTIFICATIONS CUT DOWN Senate Passes Bill Appropriating Only 9I.I8S.S35. WASHINGTON. March Jo A bill making appropriation for fnrt'ficationa ' passed b- tins, 8-nate today. It carries ll.ls2ii. about a million and a quarter than the appropria tion of last year. to TRIAL IS GREATLY PROLONGED Millions Voted to I ies, Then Shut Them Down. MINUTES READ IN COURT Prn-ortUor Ieelarci lie Will Prove IteffntlMiils "Stood Together and Robbed Sepal" by Saddling Hint With Pebts. NEW YORK, March 20. The trial of John E. Parsons. Wsshlngton H. Thomas and other officials of the American Sugar Refining Company, under the criminal clause of the Sher man law. took a turn today tiiat may prolong It for many months. This prospect came to view when District Attorney Vise began lo introduce evidence Intended to show that for a long period 4he policy of the "trust" had been to buy and close rival sugar plants, to monopolize the Industry. Charles M. llelke. former secretary of life company, whose conviction for underweighlng frauds is no wunder appeal, was the witness through whom the Plstrlct Attorney began an effort to prove this policy. Counsel for the defense Immediately raised a storm of protest. lateat ta He Dhsiti. The prosecutor declared his right to offer such evidence In orde rto show the intent o'f the "sugar trust" In ob taining control of tho Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company, tho ac quisition and closing of which form the J basis of tho Indictments In the present trial. He Intended to show by Helke. he said, that tho American .Suixr lie fining Company closed refineries when ever rthey interfered with Its business, and that it gathered In between 40 and 40 refineries and operated only four. James If. Beck, counsel for the de fendants, after asserting that the plants ie- question had not in effect been dis continued, as their machinery simply had been moved "to a move concentrat ed point," declared that to admit the evidence would prolong the case six months, and served notice that every point would be contested. Teatlraoay Is Admitted. tic offered to furnish the Govern ment a completes list of refineries bought and owned by the American Sugar Heflninij Company or in which the company had a stock Interest. ' Mr. Wise finally oHaalned the consent lOincltiiled on I'sse 3. ) Closing of Plants Be Gone Into r y m -"wj(-z- 7jftK. x x . " i . 1 i ti - - i k yip MORT&c.y Reword for F1?o! Yrnr Will Be Won If Increase Now Indicated Is Maintained. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 10. Portland exported more than SO per cent of all the wheat shipped from the United States In Feb ruary, according to monthly statistic of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Portland's wheat exports for last pionth amounted to 612.133 bushels, the rx or tna wnoie cruica nimco New York holds the lead for wheat shipments for eight months ended with February. 1915. with Portland a close second; but as Portland rounded out the last calendar year ahead of New York and had been leading New York since November, indications aro that Portland, by the end of tho fiscal year, will be In first place again. The total wheat export from Portland for the past right months was D.fi9."..lS3 bush els, a slight decline since 1911, when tho export from Portland for eight months was (.053,393 bushels. Puget Sound last month exported 25C.KJ3 bushels of wheat, and for the ejght months ended with February ex ported 5.734,740 bushels. This is about I 740.000 bushels less than Puget Sound i,exponea in ine corresponaing monins of last year. During February Port land exported 60.478 barrels of flour, a slight Increase over the export of Feb ruary', 1911. The whole export of flour from Port land for the last eight months waa 501. 322 barrels, as against 317.420 barrels last year. Pugct Sound, next to New York, was the leading exporter of flour In February, alone ahipping 306,144 bar rels, and for the eight months export ing 1.7SK,0.r,S barrels. CAP AND GOWN SHUNNED Xnlverity of Washington Senior Class of 112 Hecoino Democratic. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se attle. Washington, March 20. (Spe cial.) Because of tbclr belief that "the cap and gown Is a regalia used to cover Incompetence with the clothes of dignity." the senior law students here have refused to dress In such garb to have pictures taken for the big annual student publication, the Tyee. If the seniors remain firm in their democratic attitude they will have no place In the souvenir book. $1,000,000 PAID FOR ART Pry Ctood .Merchant Huys Famous Portraits by Velasquez. NEW YORK, March 20. Benjamin Altman, a New York dry goods million aire. Is now named as the purchaser of two famous portraits by Velasquez, which recently came to this country. The pictures, which have heretofore hung in the Villa Hermoa Palace, cost Altman something over 11,000,000, it Is said. The paintings are of King Philip IV of Spain and his Minister, the Duke of Olivares. They bear the dato of 124, and fare the most expensive canvasses by tills artist on record. FIRST BLOOD FOR LA FOLLETTE. Greek Striker Felled by Thrown Brick. WOULD-BE ASSAILANT DROPS Old-Time Citizen, Fearing Mur der, Hurls Missile. JURY TRIALS NOT ALLOWED Managers of lills Affected Furnish Grocers With List of Xanies ot Men Now Striking; in Grays Harbor District. HOQUIAM, Wash., March 20. (Spe cial.) When a delegation of I. W. W. labor agitators arrived at the Coates shingle mill today to Induce a strike they were met by J. A. Lewis, manager of the mill, who waited until the lead er was within five feet of him, and then drew a revolver and stood off the whole gang. The Coates mill Is still running, al though short-handed. As a result of a free-for-all fight be tween Greek strikers and American non-strikers at the Northwestern plant. charges have been preferred against City Attorney Callahan by tho Ho- quiam Trades Council. Brick Stops Hammer's Blow. In the fight a Greek was about to hit a special police officer on tne neaa with a hammer when Lon Miller, an old-time cltisen, threw a brick which put the Greek out of commission. Miller says that he tried to do the Greek a favor by preventing him from com mitting murder.- City Attorney Calla han Issued a warrant for the arrest of the Greek but refused to Issue one for Miller. Tli)s is the basis of the charge against Callahan, which will be threwhejd out tomorrow by tho City Commissioners. The making of the charges marks the Introduction of the Trades Coun cil into the I. W. W, fight against the mills. Heretofore the Federation of Labor has not had a hand In the affair. 'o Jury Trials Allowed. For three days Pollco Judge Coghlan has been trying Greeks on misdemean or charges. He has been refusing theni trial by jury and fining them $5 and 110. Judge Coghlan's refusal has brought up the question of the consti tutional right of trial by jury, and has resulted in a declaration that Coghlan's business will be boycotted, and the commissioners who placed him there recalled. The recall of the commissioners is also threatened if City Attorney Calla han is not dismissed. So Hoqulam for the present has no (Concluded on Page 3.) 5 i Prcdiclion .Made That in Five Weeks Roosevelt Ijrccs W ill Begin lo Desert by Wholesale. WASHINGTON, March 20. (Special.) Mr. Taft's campaign managers say that In five weeks their column of delegate strength will be towering and substantial enough to shadow tho Roosevelt camp and to take all tho heart out of it. They predict the dis integration of the enemy's forces for mid-April and wholesale desertions Immediately thereafter by which the President's following will profit. Tho Administration chieftains are con temptuous of threats of contests in convention. Mr. Roosevelt's lieutenants say they will contest the South. The Taft table for Alabama shows 1 delegates in structed for the President. The Roose velt tables show two Alabama dele gates In hand with 11 open to contest. The Taft table shows 14 Tennessee delegates instructed for the President and the whole Roosevelt table gives two to the Colonel and 12 to be in structed. So It runs virtually all through the Southern list. SECRET WEDDING LEAKS Vancouver Union of February 20, Is Xot "Sews" Till March 19. SEATTLE. March 20. (Special). That a well-known Seattle man and a popular young Seattle woman procured a marriage license on February 19 and went to Vancouver, Wash., the same day and were married the next would not under ordinary circumstances be classed as news on March 19, but if the contracting parties had sworn to eternal secrecy all of those who were acquainted with the facts and the wed ding had not since been announced well, that's different. It was in this manner that Charles Cowen, the big real estate owner In the University district, with a park named after him and a streetcar named after the park, and Clara Gosling, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George II. Gosling, of 507 Eighteenth avenue North, con cluded a romance which, according to varvinir testimony was from two months to five years long. According to Mr. Cowcn he had known Miss Gosling no more than three months, but according to Borne of his' intimate friends he iiad admired the present Mrs. Cowen for not a few years before he met her. Mrs. Cowen Is a popular young woman and lias a large number of friends, but few of whom knew that she Is not still Miss Gosling. FOUNTAIN IS DEDICATED Albina Temperance Union Presents Drinking Place to City. The drinking fountain erected at Killlngsworth avenue and Borthwick street in North Albina by the Albina Christian Temperance Union was dedi cated last night to the use of the public by Mrs. Adah W. Unruh. state presi dent, who also gave an address on equal rights. A short service was conducted by the side ot the fountain in the street Mrs. L'nruh spoke in high terms of Mrs. Marion Gilbert, president ot the Albina Union, and said that it was through her efforts the money for the fountain was obtained. Following the street services, further exercises were conducted in the Brethren JChurch. Resolutions were adopted thanking all who had con tributed toward the erection of the fountain by money or labor. The Albina Union has been about two years raising funds for tho fountain which cost about J 2000. It has places for horses and men to drink, the latter being a bubbling fountain. In her talk on equal suffrage Mrs. Unruh pre dicted success at the next election. NEWLYWED IS MURDERED Police Search for Bride of Toting Husband Found Dead. PITTSBURG, March 20. Enoch Som- mers, a young man recently marriea, died under mysterious circumstances at his home here today. A Coroner's jury decided that his death was caused by chloroform, administered by an uniden tified person. Sommers body was round in nis Dea lt is believed the poison was admin istered while he slept. The police are trying to learn the whereabouts ot Mrs. Sommers to get her testimony. Sommers, who was 25 years old, mar ried Clara Anthony, a school teacher. here. A few weeks ago they went away seeking employment. At Terre Haute, Ind., having spent their money, Mrs. Sommers donned man's attire and they started to walk from that city. Xater they were found in the open country. almost frozen. Friends sent them money and they returned. QUARREL CAUSES SHOOTING Indians on Upper Sileu Farm In - Trouble; One May Die. NEWPORT. Or.. March 20. John Aiken was shot and mortally wounded late last night at Upper Siletz farm by Charles Johnson. It appears they be came Involved in an altercation over a tree that each had sold to different parties, one of whom had paid for it, while the other who had not, was pro ceeding to cut it up. Aiken was trying to stop it when Johnson pulled a 44 caliber pistol and fired twice, shooting Aiken through the back. Johnson was arrested and taken to Toledo. Both men arc Indians. Aiken came from Grande Ronde a few months ago. He has a w)fe, but no children. Murders of 4 Now Laid to John Turnovv. SEARCHERS WALK ON GRAVE Grewsome Discovery Made in Oxbow Country by Officials. TRAPPERS LEAD TO FIND To Locution of Carcass of Female i:ik Is Traced Camp of Out law Who Slew Nephews. Posse Being Organized. MONTESANO, Wash., March 20. (Special.) Tho lifeless bodies of Dep uty Sheriffs Colin McKenzle and Al A". Elmer were found by the searching part- today 30 miles north of here, in the Oxbow country, buried in a shallow grave, and so well wero the remains hidden that only the soft earth beneath the officers' feet led to the grewsomo discovery. The men were lying on their backs and a hasty examination developed that both were shot and John Tornow, the alleged slayer, is still at largo. Deputy Sheriff Fitzgerald believes that the men walked into an ambush and got within 25 feet "f the camp when they were murdered, without a warning. Murderer'a Camp Found. The murderer had built a camp se curely surrounded by windfalls and In his stronghold had built a fire and smoked the meat of an elk, killed sev eral days before. It was the fact that trappers had found the carcass of a female elk that brought the officers Into this country to look for Toriiow, who was wanted for the alleged murder of his twin nephews, John and William Bauer, whose dead bodies were found buried under a log last September. That Tornow Is still in the vicinity of the murder is the opinion of tho of ficers, who heard a shot ring out in the canyon not far from their camp last night. During the day the dog had taken up a trail and, slipping out of his har ness, was soon lost in tho woods. Offi cers thought that the animal had been killed, but it returned early in the morninpr. Tornow Takes Victims' C.uns. Every indication at tiie camp showed that Tornow had been back that day and it is thought that he came after the smoked elk meat and that ho has another camp. Tho officers found a quantity of elk meat wrapped up In an old hide and hidden away. None of the guns of the officers were found, but in his camp was fonud Hour, which is evidence that he has been getting out side assistance. Sheriff Payette will leave in the morning with a posse of 21 men to bring out the remains of the dead deputies. It will require two days to get the bodies out and pack horses will be used and a trail blazed. Deputy Sheriff Schwartz Is danger ously ill at the. cabin In the mountains with an attack of fever and will have to be carried out. The Commissioners of the county will meet tomorrow and reward of $5000 will be offered and It is expected that Governor Hay will add to the reward. The late murder lias caused a sensa tion here and a posse may leave ut once for tho scene. Tornow has lived In the woods all his life and it is doubtful if he will ever be taken alive. DRUGGIST IS IN TROUBLE Sale of Morphine May Cost Him His License. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 20. (Special.) O. F. Fecker, a druggist, at Sixth and Washington streets, will have to show cause why his license should not be revoked on account of his pleading guilty to selling morphine without a doctor's prescription. James Lee, secretary of the Washington State Board of Pharmacy, has made com plaint and Fecaer has been cited to appear for hearing April 5 before the Superior Court. Fecker was arrested September y, 1911. on a charge ot selling morphi.'e without a prescription from a doctor, and also for selling morphine without putting the proper label on it. He pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined 2i0 for the first and 50 for the second charges. The fines were paid. His license was granted to him June 20, 1901. He has been before the police court and Superior Court a number of times for violation of the liquor laws. CAPTAIN STILL .MISSING Wife and Children of Army Man Unable lo Find Clew. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.. March 20. (Special.) Not a clew has been found of Captain Augustus II. Bishop, of G Company, First Infantry, who mysteriously disappeared in Port land last Tbnrsday. His wife and children are here with friends,