VOL. LII XO. I CO 15.
POKTXAXD, OKEGOX, SATURDAY. MARCH 23, 1912.
rillCE FIVE CENTS.
CITY LIFE PALLS
ON HETTY GREEN
CLUB IS
FOR TAR
CONFERENCE MAY
DALZIELL WANTS
GERMANY'S REPLY
MADE TO ENGLAND
ALLEN RAIDER IN
HILLS1LE CELL
REID TO EXPLAIN
YET END STRIKE
RICHEST WOMAN RETIRES TO
FLAT IX HOBOKEX.
ALLEGED REMARKS OF AM CRT
CAN ItOIL SIR HENRY.
BRAND NEW FLEET AND TWO
ARMY CORPS PLAXVED.
THREE GOVERNORS
SIGN FAIR DEEDS
HEW YORK
STRONG
Roosevelt Idea Finds
No Favor at All.
REMARKABLE MEETING HELD
Rcnomination of President for
Second Term Demanded.
COLONEL FORCES GLOOMY
It's Cut In Expense Made at Head
quarters Outro or $!00
Week Reduced to SIOO a
Ia by Command.
fllTVELOPMIOT OK DAT FAVOR
TAfT CAM'IHAtv.
New York Republiean Club In-
a dnrMa President .-and diiAancea
ltnnaev.lt theorte.
J Taft f,re,a win noteworthy victory
9 In Indiana.
tl-WT!t miM.n cut niwuwi
at h'atfcioxnor heTi!v. and ara
Bloomy n r,.pee1 ef defeat.
Montana wtll refuse CMma'a !-
maml f.- Rooaovelt primary and hold
fl4:r rcntentl'm.
Cirra. (.al forma Taft elub mm
J r-.-.l of tares proportion of laadlnc
ciiiarnai.
Two limn to run for 1liate
t ai-larza on Taft tlrk.t in a:tfm-n'a.
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NEW YiRK. Manti 22. (Special.)
tirsoiutton favoring the nomina
tion of ITri.LI.nl Tafl. condemning
the doctrine of the recall of Judges and
JiidmUl derisions as "popullstlc to an
extreme degree." and declaring against
a third Presidential term for any In
dividual, all of which were Intended
as a direct slap at Colonel Roosevelt.
were passed without a dissenting vote
tonight at one of the most remarkable
meetincs held In the history of the
itepubliran Club of the city.
These are the resolutions:
"Whereas. William Howard Taft, the
rr.-sl.lrnt of the United States. Is
candidate for renomlantlon by his par
ty, after four years of efficient and
successful administrations of the af
fairs of the Government: and.
(rally Beaek 1 arid'
"Whereas, upon the subject of recall
of Judges and of pudlclal decisions he
has consistently. wisely and ably
maintained the integrity of the tench,
the Independence of the Judiciary and
the finality of decisions of courts of
lAst resort:
"Resolved, that the Republican Club
f the City of New York hereby in
dorses the Administration of President
Taft and his candidacy fur rrnomlna
tlon by the Republican party, and
"Hesolvor. That the Kepublican Club
hereby expresses Its unqualified disap
proval and condemnation of tho doc
trines of recall of Judges and of Judicial
decisions. Such doctrines arc contrary
l'j the settled polley of the Government.
They are ponulistic to an extreme de
cree. Thry aubstltut Impulse and pas
sion for the well-considered Judgment
of courts of last resort, reached after
careful research and study by Judges
of rxperlrnre. trained and best quali
fied to determine grave constitutional
rights: and
Talrd Terns In Opposed.
Resolved. That In the Judgment of
the Republican Club It has become and
should be the wise policy of this coun
try that no sin die lntdvldual should fill
the treat office of ITesident more than
two terms; and
"Resolved. That the prvaldcnt of the
club appoint a conimittoe of :i with
power lo add to its membership, for the
purpose of co-operating with other or
ganizations to secure their adoption of
similar resolutions and their Indorse
ment of the principles herein, ex
pressed." Gloom prevailed today In Roosevelt
headquarters In the Metropolitan tower.
Word has gone out that the bank roll
man has given orders for radical re
trenchment and that the payroll and
other expenses are to be cut from $720(1
a week to fS0 a week or less,
(rent Korce to Be Dtaeharard.
Nearly all the employes are to be
dropped, and they number about 300.
Several high-priced political workers
re to be retired. Wailing and gnash
ing of teeth are In order In the tower,
for confiding and enthusiastic tollers
for the Roosevelt boom felt that their
Jobs would last at least until the
June convention and salaries were
liberal.
Roosevelt headquarters occupy all the
rooms but one on the 24th floor and
a suite of five rooms on the 21th floor
of the Metropolitan tower. (Jh next
Wednesday morning the day after the
primaries all the rooms on both floors
but four or five will be given up and
the furniture wtll be shipped away
INDIANA IS STRONG FOR TAFT
One Ward in Indianapolis Give
NlooM-iielt Majority.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 22. (Spe-.-ial.
iH-lerate lo the Republican
late convention, which will meet here
jn Tue.sd.iy to name four delegates and
twociiMUd va l'g I
IlTownstonc Mansion Left to Care of
Stn Eddie. Wlille Mother Enjoys
9IO-a-Monlh Home.
NEW TOKK. March 22. Mrs. Hetty
Grrcn, whose fortune, mostly self
accumulated, la generally estimated at
f5.000.000. has gone back to her flat
In Hoboken, leaving" the care of the
brown-stone mansion at 8 West
Ninetieth street to her stalwart son.
Colonel Eddie.
The explanation given by Colonel
Green today was: " "Mother never
wanted to live In the city. I got her
to come with me In the uptown house
last August, and at first she seemed
pleased and contented. But she soon
grew lonesome for her old friends In
Hoboken. and all this Winter she h
been looking- forward to the first days
of Spring for going back. There Is
nothing In New Vork life to interest
my mother, sue pretcrs simplicity oi
her apartment and loves to have old
neighbors around In the evening to sit
tnd chat In a good old-fashioned way."
Mrs. Green's Hoboken home Is not
the first one she occupied there. For
many years she lived In a $ 19-a-monlu
flat, but a few years ago she rented a
$10 flat In the same neighborhood and
had It furnished. It is a little larger
than the first flat and much more com
fortable. She entertains her old neigh
bors at tea two or three times a week.
and In the evening she Is either receiv
ing callers or visiting at neighboring
homes.
CITY ATTORNEY COLLAPSES
Strain of Work Thought Too Great.
Condition Is Serious.
Broken down under the strain f
work In the City Attorney'! r,Tk. in
the opinion of his physician.' -tty At
torney Grant wu last night removed
from his horn', to Good Samaritan Hos
pltal. He : under the care of Dr. Alan
Welch F.nlth. and Is suffering from
combination of nervous trouble and
other ailments. His condition, while
serious. Is regarded hopefully by lr.
Smith.
Appendicitis, at first thought to be
the trouble, was found to be not pres
ent, and Ir. Smith blames chiefly the
largo amount of work done by the City
Attorney In the past several months,
for his condition. A breakdown was
threatened some time ago. put in city
Attorney managed to remain at work
Absolute rest for some time Is now
cecessary. Ir. Smith says.
CANDY IS WINE FLAVORED
Market Inspector Has Analysis Made
of Confection Sold In Store.
Analysis of chocolate candy made
by Chemist Wells, of the Dnlry and
Food Commissioner's office, yesterday
showed a smsll percentage of alcohol.
The car.dy, obtained from a downtown
drugstore, consisted of a hard center
composed of sugar and chopped nuts,
flavored with wine and covered with
chocolate. When broken the aroma of
alcohol was unmistakable.
The analysis was made at the request
of Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, market In
spector. who has held the opinion for
some time that the sale of such candy
should not be allowed.
IMMEDIATE SUIT CALLED
Pefy of .1. K Morwn Taken Vp by
Desert Ij-nd Hoard.
SALEM. Or.. March 15. (Special.)
Hurling back at the defy of J. E. Mor-
son, of the Deschutes Land Company,
Just what he requested, tho Desert
Land Board today passed a motion to
bring suit against the company to re
strain it from further selling any op
tions, assignment of liens or anything
similar and the Attorney-General was
so Instructed Immediately to bring
such suit.
In addition the Attorney-General was
instructed to Investigate the stability
of the bondsmen on the company's
130.000 bond.
ADMIRAL Rl'.MEMBERS POOR
Fund of 9150,000 Set Aside
by
Terms of Melville's AVI II.
PHILADELPHIA. March 22. The
win of the late Rear-Adullral George
W. Melville, probated here today, sets
aside a fund estimated at 1150.000 for
placing deserving poor and aged per
sons in institutions where they can re
ceive proper care.
All medals, swords and other articles
received by the Admiral during his
naval and Arctic careers are given to
the Pennsylvania commands of the
Loyal Legion.
The Admiral's estate is valued be
tween Jioo.ooo and 1400.000 and rela
tives and friends are liberally pro
vided for.
PENSIONS LID REMOVED
Senate Votes Xot to Ite Hound
Rule Fixing Limit.
by
WASHINGTON. March 22. By a vote
of 19 to 17. the Senate today decided
not to be bound by the rule of tho
committee on pensloaa fixing S5p a
month as the limit to be granted In
private pension bills.
Senators M.-Cumber. Gulllnger, Borah
and Lodge contended for a tlxed limit,
while Senators Bradley. Ileybum;
Brown and Kmith of Michigan ad
vanced the idea that pensions should be
determined by the condition of Indi
vidual beneficiaries.
Miners' Demand Halts
Bill in Commons.
ASQUITH RAISES OBJECTION
Proposed Wage Stipulation
Opposed by Government.
LABOR LEADERS AROUSED
They Sny.,Prlme Minister Has Shut
Poor Opened to Pence by Re
fusul to Specify Minimum Pay.
Meeting- Duo Monday.
LONDON. March 22. The settlement
of tho British coal miners' strike seems
to depend on the results of a conference
between representatives of the coal
mine owners and miners, which has
been summoned by Premier Asquith to
convene on Monday.
Meanwhile the House of Commons
Will proceed no further than the com
mlttee stage with the government's
bill, which was Introduced In an en
dcavor to settle the strike.
This was the outcome of a day of
kaleidoscopic changes fn the strike
situation.
Mlaera Make faggeatlnn.
In the debate In the Commons the
minors' representatives Intimated that
If the government's bill were amended
In the committee stage to provide for
dally minimum of SI. 25 for adults and
CO rents for boys working underground,
the miners would not insist on the
Inclusion of their entire schedule and
the way would be clear for tho speedy
passage of the measure and the settle
ment of the strike.
It had been generally believed that
the government would make this con
cession to the miners, but Premier
Asqulth's refusal to accept a. labor
amendment Inserting a clause Cover
ing the SL2S and SO cents minimum
or to put any fixed rates In the bill
changed the situation.
Labor Leaders Angry.
Enoch Edwards, labor member of
Parliament and president of the Miners'
Federation of Great Britain, said the
government had closed the door which
they had left open the previous night,
while William Brace, another repre
sentative of the miners, said tho re
fusal meant t'.iat If the bill were passed
as it stood, the miners would not re
turn to work until their schedules of
4'on'lutled on T'atc 2.)
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Question Will Be Pushed in House,
of Common; as to Authenticity
of Inlervlew. '
LONDON. March 22. (Special.) Sir
Henry Dalzell has decided to press his
question in the House of Commons as
to tho authenticity of the Interview
with Whltelaw Held, American Ambas
sador, printed in a New York news
paper. In which the American diplo
matic representative was quoted as
saying that conditions in England Just
now were similar to thoso In Franco
before the revolution.
The question was withdrawn a few
days ago, owing to pressure brought on
Sir Henry by tho government. The
question was again submitted today. In
an altered form, and passed by the
Speaker. As it now appears. It asks
the Secretary of State for Foreign Af
fairs "whether his attention has been
drawn to the interview with the Amer
ican Ambassador to Great Britain, lu
the course of which he is reported to
have expressed the opinion that gen
eral political conditions In the country
at present arc the same which pre
vailed in France before the revolution.
and whether he will ascertain from the
American Ambassador whether the in
terview Is accurately described T'
There Is a general disbelief that Mr.
Iteid wu-i so indiscreet ItAO-r i
languagc attributed to mm, ana u n
known also that tho government has no
wish to raise an Issue with the United
States over the matter.
Mr. Rold is expected to return to
London from Wrest Park March 55, In
preparation for his visit to Belfast on
the 26th.
It Is reported that he has recovered
from his attack of bronchitis and in
fluenza.
ALUMINUM TRUST BEHAVES
Decree Enjoining Certain Relation-
phijis Is Agreed To. ,
WASHINGTON. March 22. A decree
make the Aluminum Company of
America square with the Sherman antl.
rust law practically has been agreed
on and Its finishing touches were dls-
ussed here today between Assistant
Attorney-General Fowler and George
U. Gordon, general counsel for the cor
poration.
The decree. It Is believed, will not
provide for a J'ssolutlon of the cor
poration, but for ' injunctions against
certain of its contractual relations.
NORMAN M'LEOD MISSING
'ormer Siilem Man Disappears From
Post on California I toad.
SANTA MONICA, Cal.. March 22.
(Special.) Norman McLeod. track fore
man of the Pacific Electric trolley lines'
western division. Is mysteriously miss
ing. Officers throughout the southern
end of the state are searchlnir for him,
but thus far without any success.
McLeod. who is 52 years old. for
merly had charge of Southern Pacific
track work at Salem. Or.
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moniana nags ny.
STATES' SITES ARE CLAMED
San Francisco Genial Host to
Northwest Officials.
GOOD WILL IS CArK tooLU
llawlcy First to Affix Signature to
Document Conveying Tract at
Panama - Pacific Exposition.
Hay's Plot Is Largest.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. (Spo-
.,. . mors of the three groai
!..' " ' (ha nf Wnshincton. Idaho
and Montana Marion E. Hay. James
If. Hawlev and Edwin L. Norris this
morning affixed their signatures to
deeds to the building sites on the
grounds of the Panama-Pacific Expo
sltion, whereon thoir respective state
buildings will be erected.
The deeds were ready for the signa
tures of the Governors when they ar
rived at the Exposition building at 10
o'clock. Governor Hawley, of Idaho,
was the first to sign. lie consulted a
bluo print on the wall a moment and
then. Indicating a lot with his pen
said: "Idaho will take this one."
Itavley Keeps Pen.
Director of Works Connick turned to
his" desk and on the deed Indicated the
location of the lot in red ink, then
affixed his own signature upon it as
the representative of the exposition
The deed was passed to Governor Haw
ley, who signed It with an ordinary
steel pen, which he reserved, remark
ing that the pen would later be placed
in the Idaho building as one of the
state's exhibits.
Governor Hay, of Washington, hav
ing previously made the selection of
his lot, signed next, after which Gov
ernor Norris, of Montana, affixed his
signature to tne selection made lor bis
state.
Washington Lot Largest.
The lots are all 100 by 200 feet in
size, excepting that of Washington
wnich has an area or more than one
acre, The locations selected for Idaho
and Montana are in the Presidio, di
rectly west of Nevada's location. The
lots face directly upon the wide es
planade that lies between the bay and
the building sites.
There was no contest among the
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Britain, Following Speech by
Winston Spencer Churchill.
BERLIN, March 22. The establish
ment of two additional corps to the
Prussian army, increases In tho Saxon
and Bavarian armies and the estab
lishment of an extra naval battlo
squadron is Germany's answer to the
recent speech of Winston Spencer
Churchill, First Lord of the British
Admiralty, given today by the sub
mission to the Federal Council of the
new army and naval bills.
Purported details of the measures ap
pear in the Nord Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung. For the extra battle squadron
three additional battleships and two
cruisers are to bo constructed before
I 19i0. The estimated additional annual
cost is $24,250,000 in 1912. 331.750,000 in
1913, and $ZS,000,000 yearly after that.
The personnel of the navy will be in
creased by 73 officers and 1S00 men
annually until 1920, over and above the
increases provided for in the existing-
naval law. The bill provides for an in
crease In submarines and for several
dirigible balloons..
The army reforms will increase tho
peace footing by 29,000 men. They In
clude the creation of two field artillery
regiments, one Saxon cavalry regi
ment, one Prussian infantry regiment.
14 additional third battalions to bring
up the strength of all regiments from
two to three battalions, and the intro
duction of machine gun companies in
every existing regiment. New corps
will bo stationed on tho French and
Russian frontiers.
The bill provides increased pay for
the men.
CANADA LOSES BY TREATY
France Increases Minimum Tariff in
Face of Trade Compact.
OTTAWA. Ont., March 22. That Can
ada's commercial treaty with France
Is not entirely satisfactory to this
country is indicated in a statement
given to the House of Commons by
George E. Foster. Minister of Trado
and Commerce. Tho treaty has been
In force three years. Canada bought
from France $9, 000, 000 more last year
than it sold to that country.
tne statement was provoked by a
resolution urging steps to Increase the
trade and it was shown that ever since
the treaty was signed, France has been
raising the minimum tariff against
Canada. This affects the volume of
exports.
Improved steamship service Is now
proposed as one means of stimulating
traue.
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED
Jones' Hequest for Road Fund at
Vancouver Added to Bill.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 22. The Senate military
committee has adopteo Senator Jones
amendment to the Army bill appropri
ating 13600 for the completion of a road
in the Vancouver military reservation
When the bill is before the Senate h
111 offer a further amendment appro
priating $30,000 for the construction of
roads around the Vancouver Army post.
Another Jones amendment adopted by
the committee reduces tolls on Alaska
cables to 50 per cent of the present
rates for six months, beginning July 1.
After December 31 the Secretary of
War will be authorized to regulate the
tolls according to what Is shown by
this experiment to be right. Senator
Jones believes the six months' experi
ment will Justify cutting of tolls one-
half.
FEET TO TAG CRIMINALS
Los Angeles Police Adopt New Sys
tem of Identification,
LOS ANGELES, March 22. A foot
print system of criminal identification
will be used by the police of Los An
geles In the future, according to an
announcement made today by Chief of
Police Sebastian.
Experiments were made by tho de
tectives here with the result that the
application of th Bertillon system to
the feet was decided upon. The experi
menters declared there was less chanefc
of changing the appearance of the feet
than that of the hands, and, therefore,
that pedal identification was preferable
to manual.
HAWLEY WANTS WARSHIPS
IT Fleet Is Back From Orient,
Will Be Sent to Portland.
It
WASHINGTON. March 22. In answer
to his request for the presence of bat
tleships In Portalnd harbor during the
Elks grand lodge convention In July,
Representative Hawley has been ad
vised by the Navy Department that if
the Pacific fleet has returned from its
cruise to the Philippines by that time
vessels available will undoubtedly be
sent to Portland for the celebration.
The department is unable to deter
mine definitely at this time just when
the fleet will return from the Philip
pine cruise.
SUFFRAGETTES ARE HELD
Case of Mrs. Panlchurst and Others
Will Come Up March 28.
LONDON, March 22. Mr. and Mrs.
Pettrick Lawrence, joint editors for
"Votes for Women," Mrs. Pankhurst
and Mrs. Tuke had another appearance
In the Bow-Street Police Station Court
today to answer to the charge of con
spiracy and Inciting to commit malic
ious damage to property.
The evidence consisted largely of po
lice notes taken at the meetings of the
Women's Social and Political Union.
All the prisoners were again remanded
until Marco. 28.
Sidna Edwards Caught
in Mountains.
SUCCESS SPURS HUNTERS ON
Nephew of Leader of Outlaw
Clan Protests Innocence.
MOVINGl PICTURES TAKEN
Rumor Heard Fugitives Have Of
fered to Surrender if Perniillcd
to Plead Guilty to Charge-; of
Second Degree Murder.
HILLSVILLE. Va., March 22. Sidna
Edwards, a tall, rugged mountaineer of
22, sat calmly in the darknes.s of the
little brick Jail here tonight, tho first
catch of the posses that have been
scouring the mountains for those of tho
Allen gang who escaped after the
courthouse assassination of March 14,
when a Judge, prosecutor. Sheriff and
two bystanders were killed and two
others were seriously wounded.
Young Edwards, emaciated and worn
from a week's wandering, tonight pro
tests his innocence and the hunters,
spurred on by a day's success, are up
in the Bluo Ridge, hunting his brother,
Wesley Edwards, his uncle, Sldna Allen,
and his cousins, Claude and Frlcl Allen.
No Resistance Is Made.
Detectives Legrand Felts and W. W.
Phaut, heading a posse, came upon Ed
wards at 4 o'clock this morning, asleep
in an empty hut. near his home. Ho
was unarmed and made no resistance.
Jack Allen, his uncle, one of tho
Aliens who was not at tho courthouse
on the day of the tragedy, joined his
nephew on the way in and galloped
along with the party. They cantered In
and paused while moving-picture men
clicked off a few hundred feet of film.
Detectives carrying rifles followed
closely.
KUnards Hustled to Jail.
The party turned In at a little lane
where the raiders a week ago drew rein
and left their ponies while they went
to wipe out the human legal fabric of
Carroll County.
Edwards was hustled to the little
jail. He protested against being put in
a musty cell and wanted to occupy the
corridor, but the keeper locked him up.
Jack Allen came out and said to the
newspapermen: "My nephew, Sidna, is
the most peaceable man In the whole
country. He would not know what to
do with a gun if he had it."
Questions Anger Allen.
A little questioning angered Allen,
and he declared his family was being
misrepresented grossly.
Fists will fly pretty soon," he said.
as two detectives escorted him over tho
hill.
Rumor flew persistently about the
countryside today that the Allen gang.
still at large, discouraged by tho tak
ing of Edwards and probably impressed
with the futility of flight, had sent a
proposition to Governor Mann offering
to surrender if they should be per
mitted to plead guilty to murder in the
second degree.
Surrender Proposal Rumored.
Such a proposal was said to have been
made to Detective W. G. Baldwin at
Roanoke by a relative of the Aliens,
but the detective refused to verify it.
Governor Mann in Richmond tonight
said he had heard of no s'ich proposal.
Sidna Edwards and his brother, Wes
ley, were the principals in an escapade
that started tho trouble that culmi
nated in the shooting at the Court
house. The Aliens had attempted to
oust an uncle, a. minister, named Gar
land, from his pulpit, and were arrested
for breaking the peace. Floyd Allen
attemptefl to free them and had been
convicted and sentenced for interfering
with an officer when the shooting on
March 14 was begun.
Fences" Rounded I'p,
The authorities are rounding up thoFe
who are charged with complicity in
helping the Allen gang escape. Gordon
Edwards and Alexander Thomas wero
held today for aiding and abetting
criminals nd released on $500 bonds.
Prosecutor Landreth said today that
the trials would be called on April 15.
When court convenes on Tuesday other
indictments for the murder of Juror
Augustus Fowler, who died a few hours
after the fray, will be reported.
PORTLAND LEADS COUNTRY
City Shows 24.7 Per Cent Increase
in Weekly Bank Clearings.
Portland leads all the cities in the
United States in the increase In bank
clearings for the week, the gain over
the corresponding period of last year
being 44.7 per cent. Los Angeles was
the nearest competitor for first place
with a gain of 24 per cent.
The city's total clearances were $14.-
870,000 while the totals at Seattle were
$11,211,009. Seattle showed a loss of 2
per cent and was the only city on the
Coast to register a decrease.
-The clearings at Spokane were $4.-
136,000, with a gain of 1.9 per cent, and i
the totals at Tacoma wore $5,221,000,
with an increase of 12.0 per ccjit.