Morning Oregonian., March 22, 1912, Image 1

PORTLAND, OREGON', FRIDAY, 31 ARCH 23, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LII NO. I(i,014.
MAN T. R WHIPPED
MAY "COME BACK"
MORRIS' CHANCES
FOR LIBERTY SLIM
PLOT
LEAP-YEAR BRIDE
INSISTS ON "OBEY"
N
IT ACTS
NEW YORK STATE
TOLD IN
LETTERS
AS UNIT AT FAIR
STRONG FOR TAFT
COLLLtiK BOXING U1VAL
POLITICAL. IlIXG.
GOVERNOR VIRTUALLY REFUSES
' TO INTERCEDE IX CASE.
HUSBAND IS ONE WHO MUST DO
AS TOLD.
SUGAR TRUST
ORTHWH
GOVERNMENT WINS
ON fiilliUr,l WAGE
Majority of Delegates
for President.
ROOSEVELT TO GET 20 VOTES
Rest of 90 in Representation
Administration Allies.
PRIMARIES WEEK AHEAD
lot of Fichl C oloncl Will rut Up
Will B In Manhattan lp-.xuto
FolL- Arc Not Knthuwlasllo
frvrr Oyster lUjr Man.
BT l,UTD V. LOSE HO AN.
NEW YORK, March II. Special)
With the primaries less than a week
my Itney are to be held on March
;) It can t said with confidence that
I rrfldrnl Taft will have an overwhelming-
majority of the. 90 National
delegate from the Empire Ftato.
Roosevelt mar bare 10 votes; he
will probably hare lens, but It la ex
tremrlr unlikely that he will have,
more. Fren his home Congre sstonal
IItrlrt. the Klrst. whl b. Includes Nu
lla County, la not for him. One of
the stated delegate. Smith Cox. says
lie will Tote for the. Colonel "a a
matter of local :prlde. an. I only for
iiiat reason. The other delegate re
fuses to so that far. He will not come
out for Taft. but he will not cheer for
Roosevelt. Friends say that he will
be found with the aupporten of the
President.
tight la la Maakattaa.
The bulk of the Roosevelt fight, in
fact practically all of It. Is right here
In Manhattan. The men enrolled under
i he banner of the man from Oyster
Bay are enthusiastic, but pitifully In
experienced. Their campaign has been
principally of the mud-sltnglnir knd,
which does not tend to win Totes.
Tenons who figure that Roosevelt
will carry the state. bae their opinion
In part on the fact that In 1910 he
"licked the state machine to a frazzle."
They entirely overlook the fact that
at that time Roosevelt had the sup
port of the Taft men and many county
and district leaders who are now
against him.
Sap-port (Greater Taea.
For example, he had the support of
all but one assembly district In New
Tork County; he had the Erie County
Buffalo) organisation: Stat Superin
tendent of Prison Collins, the boss of
Troy was with him. Many up-state
m-n supported him for personal rea
sons. Conditions arc different nw. The
New York County organisation, with
the exception of the leader of ono
f the smallewt distrlt-ts. Is for Taft;
o is the nlH l'rie delegation; Col
lins has lost hi Job and much of
his enthUKlasm. The up-state leaders
Mho are nH for Taft are thoroughly
Indifferent as t Roosevelt.
In lt Roosevelt fou.-lii with a dis
ciplined army at his tack. This year
he has only a corporal's guard of poorly-drilled
militia, v. ho tin nt know
which end of the Run Is nded.
Braskhl la .trad IC
Brooklyn will send 16 dleeate to
Chicago. There Is no opposition to
the candidates named by the oranlsa
tlon. and II of them are ptesieed to
Tafi. Controller Prendersa.it Is for
Roosevelt and says so. The Roosevelt
men made eivery effort to Induce Tren
lcrgast to lead their forces In the
Roroarh across the river. Had he
done so. and used the patronage of his
office with skill. he might have
. han.-d the situation. rrendrrsast.
however, has gubernatorial aspirations.
Just at the presont time he does not
tare to make any enemies. Therefore
hn told the organisation men that If
they would send him to Chicago as
lelrcata. and raise do objections to
his votlna; for Roosevelt. he would
do what he could to prevent an op
position ticket. They accepted his
terms gratefully, and now Preodergasl
believes that he has satisfied every
body. TMe lth delegate comes from East
New York, and has Intimated recently
that he will vote, for Roosevelt. Ills
district leader, however, says that the
man a 111 be all right when the time
comes to Tote.
eleael III tie Tot at Beat.
nut even If he Isn't. Roosevelt will
receive at the best only two votes to
t 14 for Taft In Brooklyn.
New York County, which comprises
the boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx, will send SI delegates to the
convention. County Chairman Koenlg.
on of the most resourceful politicians
in the state, says that Taft will get
every one. In fart so confident Is Mr.
Koentg that while he could have kept
the Roosevelt ticket off the ballot In
several districts, he declined to do so.
(Announcing publicly that he maa will
rns that the ex-President should have
a, chance thoroughly to demonstrate
his weakness.
Tha Roojwvelt men assert that they
mill art more than half of the delrgu
t'on front New York County, but their
predictions are based on hone, rather
than on conditions.
A careful study
(Corel mint e Vasa )
Though Vanquished In Three)
ICound in 1H7, CoolidRO F.x
pects lo Win as Tnft Delegate.
ROSTOV. March SI. (Special) Wil
liam W. Coolldtre. city solicitor of Sa
lem, who was defeated In the prelimi
naries of a college boxing tournament
by Theodore Roosevelt when both were
students at Harvard, Is going to do
all he can to knock the Colonel and
his hat out of the political ring.
Coolldge Is out for Colonel's scalp as
a Taft delegate In his district.
Records show that In March, 1879. a
boxing tournament for the llgbtwelgh ;
championship of Harvard was run
ducted. Cooltdge was matched against
Roosevelt In the preliminaries, but
that was as far as he got. Roosevelt
showed his superiority In a three-round
bout. Roosevelt, however, was In the
semi-finals and was defeated by
Charles M Hanks, who won the final
from L. Cushlntf.
Cool I.Ik then weighed 1 23 Va pounds
and Roosevelt welched 135.
GILL TO PROBE ELECTION
Seattle Attorneys Declare Student
Vote Illegally Cast.
FKATTLn, Wash.. March St. (Spe
cial.) Headquarters will be opened
this week by Krlghtman c Tennant
and Ocom K. Vandeveer. as attorneys
for the UIU campaign organisation to
Investigate reports of Irregularities In
the last municipal election and to com
pile evidence to Justify the beginning
of quo warranto proceedings to force
a recount.
It Is likely that the proposed offices
will bo opened tomorrow In the Hoge
building, where all the attorneys in
terested In the Inquiry have their own
office. Heretofore such evidence as
has been presented has been given one
of the attorneys, but It has been found
Impossthle to conduct the Inquiry In
that man nor and the attorneys them
selves are anxious to complete a more
thorough Investigation before advising
legal proceeding".
A rigid Investigation is to be made
Into the student vote, which attorneys
declare) was Illegally cast.
BOY HELD HEAD OF FAMILY
Washington Tax Commilnn Rules
on Lad Sole Support of Mother.
OLTMPIA. Wasfv, March lU (Spe
cial.) When a boy Is the sole support
of bis mother, under the law he Is the
"head of the family," holds the State
Tax Commission today in a ruling for
the benefit of the Assessor of King
County. The Commission says that,
therefore. It Is right that he should be
given the benefit of the $300 exemption
allowed for the head of a family under
Washington's tax laws.
It Is stated, however, that In event
a mistake has been made, and the ex
emption Is not allowed by the Assessor,
the County Commissioners have
no right to remit the taxes, as they
have no right to set aside the work of
the Equalization Board.
MOTHER LOVE REWARDED
Woman Who. vRefusel to Testify
Against Son. Released.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 21. Mrs.
Lottie Kramer, who refused to testify
against her wayward son. on trial for
complicity In stealing Ms mother's
Jewels, and who was sentenced to 30
days In the County Jail for contempt
of court in rcfu.-ln? to testify, was re
leased today by Judge Mitchell Oil
Ham, who had sentenced her.
The Judge spoke feelingly of the
mother's all-sacrificing love and f
the harshness of the law which had
compelled lilm to Imprison her. Mrs.
Kramer's son was discharged yester
day for lack of evidence and departed
for Spokane on advice of counsel, who
feared the police mlcht rearrest him.
POLICE HEROES IN FIRE
Thrilling- Rescue Matin When North
west Force's Barracks Burn.
REGIXA. Sask.. March 31. Scores of
lives were endangered snd many
thrilling rescues wwe made today In
a Are which destroyed the barracks
of the Northwest Mounted Police here,
including drill halls, stables and other
buildings.
One hundred and fifty men were
asleep In the barracks when the Are
broke out and many were overcome
by smoke. Only heroic action on the
part of their comrades saved them.
Many of the police force sustained
broken legs and other Injuries. The
loss Is $173.000..
LAST BRIDGE CASE ARGUED
"Thank God." Audibly Kays Justice
Mellrl.lc When Told "News Airaln."
SALEM. Or.. March 21. (Special)
"Your honors, this la the, last of the
Klernan Broadway bridge cases that
will come before thla court." declared
Attorney Ralph Dunlway In opening
his argument before, the Supreme Jus
tices today. "Thank God!" breathed
Justice, McBiidge fervently and audi
bly from tho bench.
"Amen." quickly responded Dunlway,
and he proceeded with his argument.
The ciuse argued today Is the case
In which Klernan la questioning the
right of the City of Portland to sell
Broadway bridge bond below par.
Balfour Is Beaten in
House of Commons.
BILL IS READ SECOND TIME
Unionists Will Not Oppose
"vi v.P'"3' Passage,
""'uri ,, , (
LABOR LEADERS SATISFIED
1ehate Will Continue hut Tension
Has Been Relaxed and Measure
May Become Law of Brit
ain by Saturday.
LONDON. March 21. Arthur J. Eal
four's motion for the rejection of the
minimum wage bill was defeated and
the government measure passed Its
second reading: In the House of Com
mons tonight by a majority of 123
a larger majority than the ministerial
leaders themselves had hoped for. The
vote stood US to 225.
The Laborites and Nationalists
voted with the government. The
Prime Minister formally moved the
second reading of the bill and Imme
diately cleared the floor to Mr. Bal
four, who, in moving Its rejection,
temporarily sssumrj the leadership of
the opposition. .
Debate waa Interesting and servod to
dissipate much alarm caused by the
announcement last night that the
Unionists Intended to oppose passage
of the bill.
Balfour Folate Out Crisis.
Mr. Balfour pointed out the gravity
of the crisis that had been brought
about by a "single organization, act
ing within Its legal powers, threatening-
to paralyze the whole trade of the
country."
He declared that the government. In
endeavoring to pass the bill, was de
ceiving both Itself and the House of
Commons.
"Was there ever an American trust
at any period of Its existence which
had used or misused the powers given
to It by the law to the detriment of
private Interests and general trade to
the extent we are now witnessing?"
Cries of "yes" from the Labor
benches greeted Mr. Balfour's ques
tion. Cry of Revolution, Raised.
The former Premier complained that
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IH OGe&OHTHlS IS SUft 1 VLr 1 -sW V TJ'flWAtUi
SIGN oe SPKIHG- AS . ! V f h. fM.Kv
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West Says Re Sees No Reason Why
It Should Not Be Settled by
Statc Parole Boitrd.
SALEM. Or.. March 21. (Special.)
Chances for W. Cooper Morris to se
cure a parole or pardon seem to bo ex
ceedingly slim from the present out
look. Governor West' today virtually
reached a definite conclusion to leave
the entire matter up to the State Pa
role Board, and at Its lust meeting- the
Parole Board refused to take cogni
sance of letters in favor of Morris
which had been turned over to It. Gov
ernor West has sent the letters from
A. E. Clark, special prosecutor in the
Wilde case, and District Attorney Cam
eron, of Multnomah County, to the I'a
rolo Board. Clark and Cameron both
asked that Morris be shown executive
favor because of the attitude which he
took in testifying at the Wilde trial.
"I can see no reason why the case of
Morris should not be referred to the Pa
role Board," said Governor West today.
"There are hundreds of Jotters coming
into-this oftlce almost dally asking that
I interfere in behalf of different pris
oners at the State Penitentiary. I am
at a loss to see why questions in re
gard to these cases are not dlrcctod at
me as well as questions In relation to
Morrlp.
"Some time, ago the announcement
was made from this offlco that applica
tions for pardon and parole would be
turned over to tho Parole Board for
their recommendations, whether unoffi
cial or official, and that I would act on
these recommendations. The case of
Morris Is no different from the cases of
the others, as far as I can see, and I
will refer these letters to the Parole
Boa rd."
The Governor refused to commit him
self absolutely, however, as to whether
he would take Individual action in the
Morris case, regardless of the Parole
Board.
Repeated direct questions were asked
him and each time his response was that
he could see no reason why tho Parole
Board should not have the eventual rec
ommendation In the case, but he refused
to commit himself as to the possibility
of his taking the matter from the bands
of that Board.
INLET OPEN ALL WINTER
Navigation Record Broken When
Mearne Sails for Knik Arm.
SEATTLE, March 21. The steamship
Bertha sailed tonight for Knlk Arm,
the head of navigation on Cook Inlet.
This Is an unprecedentedly early sail
ing. For tho first time in the memory of
man. Cook Inlet has been open through
out the Winter. Owners of mines and
canneries are able to ship machinery
and supplies several weeks earlier
than anticipated, end the mining sea
son will be lengthened accordingly.
The warm weather in the North con
tinues. SPRING HAS CAME.
Sure,
. VXyZ I f?AB9lTS ARE- rVOtv PR E PfR. IHG-
Famous Missives Find
Way Into Record.
PROSECUTION WINS VICTORY
"Dear Wash" and "Cousin
Dave" Work Hand in Glove.
LOAN PART OF CONSPIRACY
Refinery Forced to Close When by
Operating Indebtedness Could
Have Been raid Offers Re
jected by Haveineycr.
NEW YORK, March 21. The fa
mous "Cousin David" . letters that
passed between Washington B.
Thomas, head of the sugar trust and
his cousin. David S. Stetson, contain
ine- confidential information gained by
Stetson from Adolpli Segal about the
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Com
pany, became part of the record today
In the trial of Thomas, John E. Par
sons and other officials of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company for al
legod criminal violation of the Sher
man law.
Judge Hand's decision to admit the
letters originally made public at the
Congressional sugar investigation was
hailed as a strong point scored by the
Government In support of Its conten
tlon that the "trust" conspired to close
rival plants.
Receivership lit Forced.
The letters were Introduced after
Samuel Untermyer had told how the
"trust" refused to allow the Pennsyl
vanla plant to run until Segal paid
Gustave Kissel's 31,250,000 loan to him
of what is alleged to have been the
"trust's" money; how the plant went
Into the hands of a receiver and how
the "trust" had compromised tor 2.
000,000 a suit for damages brought by
the bankrupt company's minority
stockholders.
The first letter read by Attorney
Wise was from "Dear Wash." to
"Cousin David," In which Stetson was
requested by Thomas to get all the
Information he could about Segal.
Cousin Dave" replied that he could
get It, but must do It In such a way
that Segal would not suepect him of
trying to find out anything.
Control Planned Ahead.
In another letter Stetson wrote:
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Couple Save Marriage Fee by Con
fession That Younjr Woman
Has Done Proposing.
OROVILLE, Cal., March 21. (Spe
cial.) By confessing that she exer
cised her leap-year privilege by "pop
ping the question" to the man she
loved, Lillian Ethel Carter, pretty and
lovable, saved John Norville Stetler
the amount of fee that would have been
paid to Justice Parks.
The Justice announced some time
ago that in all cases where it was
shown that the woman in the case had
done the proposing he would perform
tho marriage service free. Stetler and
Miss Carter were first to take advan
tage of the offer.
Miss Carter said she had laid par
ticular stress upon the word "obey,"
asked Stetler to love, honor and obey
her. Stetler says she was just a wee
bit too formal in making her proposal,
but he was glad to say yes.
BABIES TO POLLS PLAN
Fither Do That or Make Husbands
Care for Them, Is Urged.
KANSAS CITT, JIo., March 21.
"There are two ways to care for baby
while mother goes to vote. Either leave
father at home to look after him while
mother Is at the polls or take him
along and break him into the way
things should be managed In politics."
This suggestion was made by Mrs.
Sena Hartzell Wallace, state organizer
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union in Kansas, before the Kansas
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In session In Kansas City,
Kan., today.
"It has ever been tho contention of
those who oppose woman suffrage,"
she continued, "that as soon as women
get the ballot the children of the coun
try would be allowed to shift for them
selves, while the mothers flocked to
the polls. This attitude is altogether
wrong."
DR. MARY WALKER BETTER
Patient Declares Obituary Will
Grow Stale If Written Sow.
NEW YORK, March 21. Dr. Mary
Walker, who has been seriously ill
here .for several days, was reported
much improved today. She asked for
pen and paper and wrote this state
ment regarding her condition:
"Don't waste your time writing my
obituary now. It will be stale before
you have occasion to use It. I expect
to add a long record to my life's work.
I am not dead yet. I have never sent
for a doctor In my life. I always
have been my own physician. I have
got so few brains that I always know
where to find them and how to use
them when I need them. I only went
to the hospital for one night to rest
up."
FILIPINO STRIKERS HURT
Dissension Arises Over Contract to
Work In Alaska Canneries.
SA.V FRANCISCO, March 21. Thrco
Filipinos are at the receiving hospital
and a score of others sustained broken
heads in a riot on tho waterfront to-
dav caused by labor dissension.
When the Star of Russia was about
to sail, 50 Filipino laborers who had
signed to work in Alaska canneries
went on strike. When an attempt was
made to obtain other men to fill their
places the men began a fight which
was quelled only when three riot calls
had been sent In. Several of the dis
turbers were arrested.
SEDITION CHARGE PRESSED
British Labor Leader Accnsed of
Advising Mutiny. ,
MANCHESTER. England. Starch 21.
Tom Mann, the well-known labor
leader, was remanded today bv the
Salford magistrates when brought up
on the charge of "feloniously, mali
ciously and advisedly publishing cer
tain printed matter, called tho "Syndi
catist." endeavoring to persuade the
persons serving in the forces of His
Majesty the King, on land or sea. from
their duty and allegiance to His
Majesty and Inducing the said per
sons to commit traitorous and muti
nous practice."
Bail was furnished.
POPCORN CROP CORNERED
Walla Walla Vender Buys Kvery
Pound in County.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 21.
L. L. Stansbury, popcorn and peanut
king of this city, has bought every
available pound of popcorn in this
county.
He has 1000 pounds, only one-tenth
what he expects to use during the year.
The cereal has already raised 100 per
cent In price since the establishment of
the "trust."
DIVIDEND IS $29,000,000
Standard Oil of Indiana Investors
Get It in Stock, However.
'NEW YORK, March 21. The Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana today de
clared a stock dividend of 2900 per cent
payable to stock on record April 1.
This action follows a recent increase
in the. company's capital stock from $1.
000.000 to t30.000.000. the additional
$29,000,000 being given to shareholders
as a stock dividend.
Sites Chosen Adjoin
That of Oregon.
GROUP PLAN IS COMMENDED
Governors of Three States
Guests of San Francisco.
HARMONY TO BE STUDIED
Washington, Idaho and Montana
Buildings Will Form Lino
With Those of Oregon and
Xcvada in Presidio.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. (Spe
cial.) Governors Hay of Washington,
Nprrls of Montana and Hawley of Ida
ho, accompanied by Panama-Pacific Ex
position officials and the Fair Commis
sioners of their respective states, this
afternoon visited the proposed sites of
Northwestern state buildings on the ex
position grounds.
The Governors and Commissioners
met with President Moore and other ex.
position officials at 11 o'clock this morn
ing at the exposition building and for
an hour examined maps and discussed
building Bites.
The ground under examination was a,
tract of SO acres In the Government res
ervation, facing directly on the bay.
Group Plan Ie Approved.
After the examination and discussion
of the plans, the Governors and their
companions were the guests of the ex
position officials at luncheon at the
Commercial Club. The plan of the rep.
resentatlves of the Northwestern state?
to group the fair buildings of those
states was submitted to the fair officials
and met with their instant and hearty
approval.
It is the wish of the Washington rep,
resentatlves to erect a building costing
$500,000. The other states are said to
desire buildings of the same class,
which will assure one of the finest
groups In the entire exposition.
In the afternoon they went to the ex
position site to look over the ground
Informally and make the selection of
sites for the buildings of their respec
tive states. The sites they chose adjoin
those selected by Oregon and Navada,
making a continuous line on the water
front in the Presidio.
Harmonious Effect Desired.
It was suggested that the architects
of the various states should come to
this city at the same time, so that each,
could be In possession of the general
plans decided upon, in order that the.
desire of the Commission for the erec
tion of a harmonious group of buildings
may be realized.
"The great Northwest, speakinpr to
the whole world through its associated
bulldinsr, industries and resources,
grouped harmoniously at the Panaina
Paclfic Exposition," is the basis upon
which tho Commissioners from Wash
ington, Idaho, Utah, Montana and the
Dakotas are laying their plans.
Governor Hay said that the purpose
of the meeting was to make clear to
all the Commissioners present the
general design that had already been
submitted to them by correspondent
from the Governors of the various
states.
Northwest to Be t'nlt.
George E. Atwater, or Idaho, said;
today:
"The Commissioners of tho North
western states agreed among them
selves some time ago that they would
like to secure sites adjacent to each,
other at the fairgrounds, so that tho
states that are so closely associated
by nature, and tho Interests of which
are so closely interwoven, could speals
to the world, through their exhibits,
in the voice, so to speak, of the groat
Northwest.
"We recognize the. fact that Eastern
people of our own country and peoplo
from cvery&'here else will want to
see the products of our part of the
United States. In order to obviate tha
necessity for visitors to search out one
building after another, we want to
place all the buildings as nearly to
gether as we can. In this way, wa
can produce not only state exhibits,
but present a composite picture of tho
Northwestern portion of our great
country. Now I feel that -the educa
tion to be derived from such an ar
rangement will more than compensate)
for any difficulties that may lie in tho
way of carrying the plan into effect."
All Partners in Oreat Work.
Allan Chtckerlng acted as toast-
master at the luncheon which was
given In the rooms of the Commercial
Club on the upper floor of the Mer
chants Exchange building. He ex
tended the welcome of the club and
the greetings of the Chamber of Com
merce to the visitors and called upon
President Moore of the Exposition
Company.
"These are the men who made pos
lblo our success when we were con.
tending with our great rival. New Or
leans," said- President Moore. "They
shared our anxiety at the moment ami
they shared our joy when the decision
was announced. If ever men rould ho
called partners, these men arc our part
ners of the great work of which we in
tConoludad en rags a.)