PKICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OKEGOX, MONDAY, MAKCIT 23, 1912. FANNY CROSBY IS ONLY HEALTHY CAN DYNAMITE-LADEN DRASTIC STRIKE HAPPY AT 92 YEARS MARRY IN CHURCH ACTION PLANNED DECISION UPHOLDS LAWRENCE STRIKE IS THING OF PAS! REPUBLICANS HEAR CAMPAIGN MAX FEDERAL CONTROL Burden of Justice Is Put on Railroads. ENGINE WAR RAM BIRTHDAY KINDS BLIND WHIT ER OF HYMNS ASTIT1. Chicago catiij.dk i. to tirx AWAY All.IXti TWAINS. BRITIMI GOVERNMENT HOLDS TROOPS IX READINESS. Taft Delegates Now Number 143 OPPOSITION IS SCATTERING Number Expected to Pass 250 Mark This Week. IOWA IS FALLING IN LINE I'nnr nut at He District Arc for President. n4 iN-legatlon-at-Large Will Follow Loyalty of Ohk Is Miown. W AST! INGTOX. Jjarrh I Spf i! The Tft Bureau tonight slxcd up the developments of last week in the polit ical campaign a follow: The climax of the Republican ante convention campaign will soon b reached. Developments of thl week leave the oppoltlon to President Taft's rc nomination scattered and shattered. ' Results In New Tork. Indiana. Colorado. Mississippi and elsewhere will mi the situation clear. The week Just ended brought President Taft's conven tion strength to 111 This week will se It materially Increased and by Sat urday be will have pawd the 2i mark. Fa arable Oatraae Caee4ed. "Indiana's action la foreshadowed by the primaries, which tarn the state con vention over to the Presidents sup rrtern and give Mm a majority of the districts. New Tork also has riven so nr nriimlnHT evidences of her rnrpose the New Tork City Republi can dub's unanimous Indorsement of the President being the most recent that a favorable outcome Is conceded even by "the opposition. -Only eight delegates were elected l.t week, exclusive of ten In North Takota. which Senator Lm Kollette easily won at the primaries In a con tent with Colonel Roosevelt. Colonel Roosevlfs North Dakota managers are ritteatisned with the results, charging participation of Democrats and So cialists In the primaries a condition which President Taft haa warned against In hla discussion of primaries not properly safeguarded by law. Taft Ieleate amber 14. Vt the eight delegates chosen, six were Instructed for President TafJ. with a contest promised in the case of two. and two are pledged to him. The total strength of the candidates Is now recorded as follows: Taft. 143: Roose velt. 15: La Kollette. It: Cummins. 2. "Reports from Iowa continue to show the trend of popular favor and ap proval, county after county falling In line and assuring president Taft of the tlelegates-at-large. four of the five dis trict conventions thua far held having Instructed for him. Reports from Michigan. Missouri. Colorado and West Virginia show one county after another going on record for the president by Instructing delegates to state and dis trict conventions. In Michigan, Gov ernor Oshorn lost not only his home county but his city and ward as well and Taft delegates from the Tenth and Twelfth districts are now assured. In Missouri the change for the President hss come with sufficient force and con viction to wrest from Governor Hadley the announcement that any ambition he may have had to be the Vice-Presidential candidate of a ticket with another than President Taft as Us hesd haa been abandoned. Hesse 5 tale la far Preeldeat. "Kentucky went on record, throueh Its state central committee, whhh In dorsed the candidacy of President Taft. In Montana. Senator Dixon's state, the state committee, by a vote ef 27 to 10, on Saturday declared for Mr. Taffs re nomloation. Two Idaho counties. Kootenai and Clearwater, have chosen Taft delegates to the coming state convention. "Ohio. the Presidents state, to which the opposition haa been pleased to point as a hot-bed o4" antl-Taft sentl. merit, put a quietus on that declaration through the action of its JJ county chairmen. AU but thirteen of these at a recent meeting went on record In praise of the Taft Administration and enthusiastic support of Ms rrnomlna-tion.- TWO BIG DEALS MADE rardiaxs In Kugene but Bet-Inning of Kxpeclrd Marked Actllt. WOKXr, Or.. March 24. (Special.) Ex-Senatnr R. A. Booth on Saturday purchased a corner lot 5 4 by an feet at Eighth and Olive streets, near the center of the business section of the city for approximately llj.ooe. At the same time I. 11 Bingham, representing other parties, look an option on a lot across Kighili street and 19 feet to the westward, with a frontage of 33 feet Both theae properties are on the line ef the new double track railway being constructed across the city by the rortiand. Kucne Km tern Rall wav, and according to Information glen out. are but forerunners of marked tlvttv on this street In real estaf. William McFarland sold the lot to Mr. ISiKith and the Knights of l-jtliUs lodae disposed of the lot to Bingham. Clcrlc l.ith lo Inlte Couple Whom Thet IWIiev. Should Not Propagate Specie. CHICAGO. March 21. Dean Walter T. Sumner, of the Krls'-opal Cathedral of paints Prtr and Paul, preached a sermon today upon the "Sacrament of Marriage." In which he made the fol lowing announcement: "After consultation with Right Rev. C. P. Anderson, bishop of Ahicsgo. and with Ms approval. lean Sumner and his co-workers of tlie. Cathedral of Saints Peter and Faul. have agreed upon an advanced policy with regard to the ad ministration of marriage in the ca thedral. "Beginning with Kaster no per.on will be married In the catheflral unless they present a certificate of health from a reputable physician to the ef fect that they are normal physically and mentally and have neither an In curable nor a communicable disease. "This step Is taken only after months of study of the situation and delibera tion a. to lt advisabllit V. It is he- lleverf ih.il this aland will meet with the Immediate sympathy of the clergy In the chnrrh at large, all of whom have long felt the undeslrablllty of be Ing party to the marriage of persons who. because of thrir physical condl tlon. should never he allowed to enter Into the marriage state and propagate their species" 3 ''BOYS" GET $10,000,000 Henry Phlpp. Sr.. Turn Pittsburg Jk) scrapers- Over lo Sons. PITTSF.URG. Pa., March 14. (Spe cial, i Ten million dollars' worth of Pittsburg skyscrapers and other prop erty was transferred yesterday after noon by Henry Thlpps. Sr.. to hla three sons. John F.. llcnry and Howard Thlpps. all of Nassau County, New Tork. Thlpps representatlvea here refused to discuss the transfer In detail, but In timated that the father was actuated by the same purposes jis w:a the case when he deeded to his "boys" Ms hold Ings In Chicago recently, which were valued at U.non.ftnO. At that time friends said that Phlppa desired to be relieved of the worries Incident to his vast real estate holdings and was shifting the burden to hi sons. RAYMOND TO CELEBRATE Sonth Bend Aim to Honor Arrival of Kleclric Koad. RAYMOND. Wash.. March S4. (Spe cial) The Wlllapa Harbor Klcctric Company will formally place the new line between Raymond and South Bend In operation and preparations are now under way by the Raymond Commercial Club to commemorate this Important event by a big celebration which will be held on April . The entertainment committee of the Commercial Club has In charge the ar rangement' of the programme, which has not yet been made public, further than the announcement that a big ban- iiuet will be held Mt the Hotel Raymond on Saturday evening, April t. to which 111 be invited delegates from all the commercial organizations of Southwest Washington, Portland. Tacoma and Seattle. A fare of one and one-third will be arranged for the benefit of the visiting delegates. ALBANY STUDIES PAVING Citizens Debate Regarding What Kind to Put Iovn. ALBANY. Or March 21. (Special.) Mbany Is now engrossed In a discus sion of various kinds of street paving and this question is halting plans for this year's extension or the city a paved street area. Heretofore crushed rock bitullthie has been used nnd while it has proved satisfactory, there haa been consider able demand for cheaper pavement In the residence districts. Gravel bitu llthie has been offered as a cheaper substitute and many people favor thts. while others want to try concrete pave ment. The City Council has held sev eral special sessions recently to hear protests and discussions by citizens and representatives of various paving com panies. Citizens of Falem. which haa tried both bitullthie and concrete pave ment, have appeared before the Coun cil In support of the various methods of street Improvement. TRAIN USED TO NAB 'B00ZE OtHcrr IYroe Engineer to Back Car Two Mile for Him. LEWISTOX, Idaho. March 34. (Spe cial.) Deputy I'nlted Slates Marshal Butler, of Winchester, today compelled the engineer on the Cralge Mountain Railway to back his train two mila down Cralge Mountain, reload a quan tity or liquor that had been shipped into the reaervatlon and haul It to Winchester. William Comfort, alleged to be the person who had taken thUquor into thts territory, was arrested and will be brought to Lewlaton. FARMER IS 80, BRIDE 70 II. Wood and Mrs Mary Cooper, of Albany. Get I.tcen-e to Wed. ALBANT. Or.. March 24. (Special.) Though he Is SO year old. H. Wood, a retired farmer of Albany, secured a marrUge license last evening to wed Mrs. Mary Cooper, also of this city, who has lived the allotted three score years and !. This Is Mr. Woods second marriage and Mrs. Cooper's third matxlmunal experience. Wild Locomotive Deals Death to Federals. INSURRECTOS DEFEND ACT Rebel Chief Says MadcroCom mander Fired Sagebrush. LOYAL LEADER IS WOUNDED General Salas, Wliw Resigned Minis try of War lo Take Field. Hurt in Fierce) Fighting That Has Taken Place In 3 Days. JIMENEZ. Mex.. March 24. The rebels after three days of fighting claim victory today. There are many dead on both sides. General Gonrales Salas, the federal leader and late Mexican Minister of War. is among the wounded. He resigned his portfolio to take the flelJ. Uty of the federal dead were ac counted for when the Insurgents loaded a light engine with 40 boxes of dyna mite and sent It headlong Into an on coming armored train loaded with fed eral soldiers. Itcbela capture ( During the fighting around Escalon Friday and Saturday, the rebels cap tured two rapid firo guns. Last night General Campa fell back to tho town of Corralitos, which Is a few miles south of this city. Corralitos Is built on an eminence and more easily de fended than Ei' alou. The federals entered Escalon today, and. 2000 strong. loaded on three freight trains, and preceded by an armored train of three cars, began to follow up the retreating rebels. nyaasalte F.nglae Tureed Loose. Campa secured a light engine and an engineer who agreed to accept the liasardous task of starting it after it had l,eeu loaded with the explosive. He ran it until a down grade was reached, and then, opening the throt tle. Jumped for his life. The wild lo comotive tore down tho track at ter rific speed. The engineer of the armored train raw his danger and stopped but could not escape the on-rushing menace. The latter telescoped the engine and first car of the Federal train and derailed the last two cars. At the same instant the dynamite exploded. Weuaded Declared tlaraed. General Campa Justified this method by declaring that In yesterday's flght- l Concluded cn Page .'. ) Premier' Determination and I'act That Many Are Starving May Brinjj Early Ending. LOXPO.V, March 24. Special.) As significant of the intention of the gov ernment to use drastic measures in case the striking coal miners refuse to accept the minimum wage bill at to morrow's conference between them and the mtiie owners, the Ninety-third Highlanders, who. owing to the strike have been detained for more than a week at Glasgow, have been ordered to hoM themselves In readiness to go anywhere at a moment's notice. It la believed that similar orders to many regiments ! sTBtiwu'i .1 varlo us parts of the king dom. Whereas the gloomiest view was taken of the prospect of the coal war yesterday, matters are brightening to day. The Premier's determination to end the strike, whatever the owners and miners agree upon tomorrow, to gether with the fact that many fam ilies are starving, is having an effect. Kven the Welsh miners, who were the stubbornest section, are discontented at their leaders' failure. At the Brymklnalt colliery. North Wales, 800 miners returned to work yesterday and brought to the surface 80 tons. Others are eager to return. It Is thought that these mines will be in full working order tomorrow and this Is expected to have a far-reaching ef fect. As the discontent has been grow ing in the last week where strike pay was stopped or reduced, many more will follow the Brymklnalt miners' ex ample. ICE GORGES DYNAMITED MibNilppi Valley Flood Hanger In creases Momentarily. OMAHA, Neb., March 24. Much anxi ety is felt over the probability of floods In the Missouri River watershed. Railroads are expecting trouble. Dyna mite with which to break up possible ice gorges has been distributed to various places. There is more snow on the ground than for many years at this season. The river Is Icebound, but the Ice Is becoming weak and may go out at any time. POTATO FAMINE FEARED Already Citizen, of I.os Angeles Are Foregoing: Tubers. LOS ANGELES, March 24. (Special.) Southern California faces a most seri ous potato famine. It Is known that there is less than a month's supply in '. sight, and the new crop Is weeks late. The best tubers are selling for $3.25, the cheapest at 82.75 per 100 pounds. There is prospect of 5 cents a pound. Shipments from Oregon. Washington and Idaho are slow coming. People al ready are resorting to substitutes and may have two months without "spuds" with their steaks and chops. OREGON IN THE SENATE. EFFECT IS FAR-REACHING If State Makes Rate, Outside Cities May Gain Benefit. ISSUE RAISED IN TEXAS Intert-tnte Commerce Commission Divided on Principle Iaid Down. Minority Calls It I'surpa tion of Power. WASHINGTON. March 2. The In terstate Commerce Commission, in an opinion made public today, established the far-reaching principle that a rail road must so adjust Its rates that Jus tice shall be done between communi ties, regardless of state lines. If a railroad makes a low rate upon traffic wholly within a state, even when forced to do so by a state com mission, it must accord the same rate to interstate traffic moving under sub stantially similar conditions. The principle was laid down by a vote of 4 to 3. The minority held that the powers of Congress were usurped bv the majority opinion, and that the remedy for such a situation should be applied through additional legislation, Issue of Authority Raised. The case virtually precipitated a con flict between Federal and state author ity over the control of interstate traf fic The opinion of the majority, by Commissioner Lane, is a definite asser tlon of the supremacy of National regulation over the powers exercised bv anv state. It is tho first time tins assertion has been made distinctly by the Commission. Chairman Prouty and Commissioners Clark and Meyer con-eut-i-Mi with Commissioner Lane, and CnmmlKsioners Clements, Harlan and McCord diFscnted. A proceeding brought by the Louisi ana Commission placed in issue ino right of interstate carriers to descrim- Inate in favor of state traffic and against Interstate traffic. Texas Rates Involved 'The gravamen of complaint," the opinion says, "is that the carriers dc fendant make rates out of Dallas and other Texas points Into Eastern Texas which are much lower than those which they extend Into Texas from Shreveport, La. A rate of 60 cents carries first-class traffic to the west ward from Dallas, a distance of 160 Concluded on Pace 5.) "Kight Thinking" Is Prescribed by Venerable Woman as Panacea for Advance of Years. BRHXJEFOrtT, Conn.. March 24. (Special.) Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer, was up bright and early today to greet the ninety-second anni versary of her birth. No schoolgirl re joicing on her sixteenth, birthday was In gayer spirits than Miss Crosby, "night thinking" is the panacea Miss Crosby prescribed to her callers today for reaching a happy old age. The home of her devoted niece, Mrs. Henry D. Booth, with whom Miss Cros by lives, was deluged with beautiful floral remembrances, while many let ters and telegrams came to remind Miss Crosby of absent friends. "R.ight thinking," said Miss Crosby, "that's what keeps people young. You often hear doctors and physical cul ture faddists say that the mind cannot be healthy without a healthy body. Did you ever stop to think that the re verso may be equally true?" During her long lifetime Miss Cros by has had the friendship of many great men in American history, such as President Polk and Henry Clay. WEST NOT TO INTERCEDE (Jovernor Will "ot Commute Ilnm phrys Sentence if Convicted. SALEM, Or., March 24. (Special.) That he has never made any state ment to the effect that he would not allow the Ilumphrys brothers to hang, and that a report in a recent issue of a Portland newspaper to that effect is Incorrect, is the contents of a message sent by Governor West today to Sheriff Gallatley, of Benton County. In his message the Governor said: "Notwithstanding current newspaper reports, no statement has been made by me or anyone connected with my office to the effect that the Humphrys broth era would not be hanged in event of conviction and such sentence. If these men are convicted and sentenced to be hanged they will, unless it is otherwise ordered by the people, be executed as provided by law, as will all others awaiting execution." LAWYER NIC0LL MENACED Detectives Guard Homo lYdlovrinj Threats of Blackmailers. NEW TORK. March 24. Detectives today guarded the home of Delancey XIcolI. counsel for Mortimer L. Schiff in the Folke K. Brandt case, and at pres ent engaged as counsel for the det'anse in the "sugar trust" criminal trial here, and sought for traces of black mailers who, in a letter to Mr, Nicoll two days ago. demanded instant pay ment of $10,000. Mr. Nicoll was warned that the last call was to come at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when. If he had not paid the money, something unpleasant would happen to him. DEPUTIES' FUNERALS HELD Hundred of Persons Attend Serv ices at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN', Wash., March 21. (Spe cial.) Funerals of Colin McKenzie and A. V. Elmer, alleged victims of John Tornow, took place here this afternoon. The funeral of McKenzie was conducted under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias and that of Elmer under the direction of the Masonic brotherhood. Several hundred persons attended each funeral, and the floral tributes were many. The body of Elmer was buried in the Aberdeen cemetery. The body of McKenzie was sent tonight to the home of his parents at Plctou, X. S. The crowds were the largest seen at any funeral ever held here. Many per sons came from various places in Che- halis County. GREEK MURDERS PRINCE Governor of Island of Samos Loses Life In Political Ieiul. COXSTAXTIXOPLE. March 24. Vn- dree Kepassis Effendi. Prince Governor of the Island of Samos. was assassinat ed today by a Greek, who fired several shots at him. The assasnlu was ar rested. Tho crime was due to a political cru sade against the Prince Governor, against whom the enmity of the Hel lenic party in the Island had been 'di rected since his appointment as ruler by Turkey in 1907. HYDRO-AEROPLANE UPSETS American Aviator Hugh Kobinson Is at Monte Carlo Meeting. MONTE CARLO, March 24. The In ternational hydro-aeroplane meeting began here today. The American, Hugh Robinson; and the French aviator, Paulhan, gave fine exhibitions, rising from and alighting In a rough sea. The machine piloted by the French man, Cunne, was capsized by a big wave, but Cunne was not injured. KINGLY TOURIST GUARDED Victor Emmanuel on Way to Venice to Meet Kaiser William. HOME. March 24. King Victor Em manuel left here tonight for Venice, where he is to meet the German Em pcror. Extraordinary police precautions were taken all along the route and at the station prior to the King's departure. 300,000 Textile Work ers Get More Pay. MOVE'S RESULTS HAILED Consumer Will Bear Cost of Higher Wage Scale. WOOLENS, COTTONS RISE Peace Ilciyns Over Xew Knpland Industry K.xcept ;il Xew Bed ford, Where Mill Hands Hold Out for 10 Per Cent liaise. BOSTON. March 24. The great Law rence strike, which brought in its train increased wages for 273,000 textile workers in New England, was offi cially declared off today at all the mills In Lawrence, having' accomplished its purpose, in the opinion of the leaders. It generally is believed that ad vances in wages or reduction in hours of paper mill employes, bagging and burlap workers, machinists and opera tives in other industries, all are trace able to the movement which owed Its origin in Lawrence. The number of persons thus to benefit is more than 300,000. Prices to Advance. Advances in the price of woolen and cotton goods which have been made or which are In prospect probably will place upon the ultimate consumer much of the burden of tho additional cost to the textile manufacturers. This will aggregate between ten and twelve mil lion dollars in the next year, it is esti. mated. Mill agents, in announcing advances in prices, have said frankly that the upward trend is the result of wage, advances. Present Rise Small. The rise in the price of cotton good announced up to today is comparatively small a fraction of a cent a yard in most cases but selling agents predict that the net' advance to the retailer may reach two cents a yard. Some in creased prices have been quoted on woolen goods and dealers predict higher prices next season. Xew Bedford, where the manufactur ers of the finer grades of cotton goods have refused to accede to the demands of their employes for an additional tivo por cent, has displaced Lawrence as the center of interest in the textile situa tion. IVew Bedford Hold Out. Unless the mill owners give the in crease demanded within a few days, it is feared that a strike of from 25,000 to 20,000 operatives will ensue. While an increase of five per cent has been offered, the New Bedford opera tives are insistent that they receive 10 per cent. Secretary Devoit or tne Manufacturers' Association has prom ised that the mill owners would decide early in the week, whether this should be granted. The suggestion has been made that an immediate increase of per cent be given with a promise of an additional 2 per cent on a given date. This may be the basis of a compromise. SPRING OUTLOOK GOOD Biugen, Wash., Reports Great Ac tivity in All Lines of Work. BINGEN", Wash.. March 24. (Spe cial.) This town and surrounding country are feeling the impetus of the fine Spring weather, both In labor and business circles. Men are going into the back country every day to clear land and to work in tho different log ging camps and power plants. Two lies west of here the S. F. & fc. road has a large gang nt work on a steel bridge over the White Salmon River. and, as they are employing principally local labor, the business men receive onsiderable trade as the result of the work. The local box factory started opera tions a week ago, and soon will be running to its full capacity turning out strawberry boxes. The berry crop looks very promising at this time, and growers expect a bumper crop. Dis trict Supervisor EU Suksdorf has a force of men and teams at work grad ing and Improving the principal streets, giving the town a very prosperous ap pearance. Considerable building has been contracted for, and local dealers are unloading two cars of lumber in the yards today. STOCKS HIGHEST OF YEAR Business and Industrial Happenings All Contribute to Rise. XEW YORK, March 24. Prices of stocks during the week touched the highest level of the present year. The checks encountered and the rallying power displayed demonstrated that tho market was controlled by forces mak ing for the rise. The professional bear element was quick to retreat. Actual happenings In the field of business and industry conflrmed the reports of improvements on which tho rise was based.-