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.-