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BOURNE'S "HANDS"
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PATTEN PICTURED
SHERIFF IN IRONS,
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WOMEN TOLD OF ELIXIR. TO
MAKE FIGURES PERFECT.
AS "BENEFACTOR"
Merrill Says 1909 Deal
- Was Not Corner.
All Sides Put in Final
Claims of Victory.
IA FOLLETTE CUTS T. R. YOTE
Colonel's Manager Says He
Will Sweep Entire State.
TAFT MEN ARE ASSURED
TnTtiludr of Candidate in Field for
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CHICAGO. Ill- April 8. (Special.)
Eleventh-hour statements of campaign
managers for Presidential and other
randldatea tonight claim victory of the
liotteat and rooat . latrlcate primary
campaign of Illinois. Voters will de
dare their preferences from President
dwn the list for almost every office to
that of dot" pelter.
Never has there been so much con
fusion and noise or so much money
spent. There are about eight candi
dates for every office and It Is esti
mated that In excess of 11.000.000 has
teen spent In various ways. Quite as
much more will have to be spent In
keeping up the Area of enthusiasm be
tween tomorrow's primaries and the No
vember election, as there will be an
army of disappointed candidates who
wilt have to be placated.
I -a rllette Calaa Great.
Had the primaries been held three
weeks ico. Roosevelt would have made
a formidable showing, but his cause
haa been losing ground rapidly. La Fol
lette will cut Into his strength heavily
in the north part of the. state.
Colonel Frank L, Smith, for the Taft
cans, claims "a la r ire majority of the
ielegates to be selected for the Na
tional convention." and Edwin W. Kims,
for Roosevelt. Insisted the Colonel
would carry the entire state, "with
the posslblle exception of the Fifth
district," Wilson and Clark champions
also asserted thAt "victory would crown
their banners.
Taft ladoraesseat Predicted.
-There Is little I ran add to the
statements already made about the re
sult of tomorrow's voting on the Presi
dential question." said Colonel Smith,
"Just before the primaries I am more
confident than ever that President Taft
and the Taft Administration will get a
splendid indorsement from the Repub
lican voters of Illinois and that a large
majority of the delegates to be selected
for tr National convention in Chl-caa-o
will he Taft delerates.
-I feed absolutely certain that the
victory Is to be Mr. Taffs. The Roose
velt wave has receded. If. Indeed, there
ever w any strong sentiment In Illi
nois for th Colonel's nomination this
year."
( lark. Tlasarered by Hearst.
tm. the L"emocratlc side Wood row
Wilson appears to be the leader, al
though Champ Clark will display great
strength. Clark la hampered by being
Indorsed by Hearst, whtcj will cost
lum much support he otherwise would
get In Illinois.
I'or Governor, on the Republican side,
it is Itnxn against a field of seven.
If tiffn'i campaign has been against
"I.orlmerlsm." and his chief opponent
Is Ien Small, the l.orlmcr candidate.
State's Attorney Wayman has spent
more money and made a louder noise
than any other candidate. He is favored
by the liquor interests.
Walter Clyde Jones, the "progressive"
candidate, first hitched up with La Fol
lette. but later shifted to Roosevelt, and
hs not been much In evidence recently.
Dasie aad Alacbaler Lead.
(n the Democratic side the battle seems
to be between Samuel Alschuler, the
Hearst candidate, and Kdward F.
Dunne. x-Mayor of Chicago. There are
iut oti.e-r candidates In th field, but
they merely make up the scenery.
Senator Cullum is probably sure of
.ec urine indorsement, and woman suf
frage also gets a place on the ballot.
Card Found on Prisoner Identifies
Him as. Member of Trouble
Making: Organization.
SALEM. Or, April 8. (Special.) One
member of the I. W. W who was found
to have a paid-up card of the organlxa
tton In his pocket when he was landed
In Jail here, made the speaking ac
quaintance of four revolver bullets fired
from a weapon in the hands of Mra. M.
Williams, whose home, three miles
north of the city, he attempted to enter
today. The prisoner gave Ms name aa
Ralph Onness. and his home as Davis
street in Portland.
Onness vent to the home of T. G.
Stelger, adjoining the Williams home,
and demanded food. He was regarded
with suspicion and turned away.
lira. Williams, who was at the
Stelger home at the time, saw Onness
enter her house by the rear door. She
hurried home, entering by the front
door. Finding the man In the house,
she seized her revolver and chased him
through an orchard, discharging four
shots at him, none of which found their
mark. Two companions of Onness dis
appeared. "I didn't hit him." said Mrs. Wil
liams, "but I cut the daisies around his
feet."
Onness ran to the Southern Pacific
tracks, where he was stopped by T. G.
Stelcer. Ftolger carried a shotgun,
holding him cove-red until Chief of Po
lice Hamilton reached the scene.
Documents found In his pockets Indi
cate that Onness was connected with
the recent I. W. W. troubles In Hoqulam,
Wash.
BRIEF MORTGAGE ON FILE
Odd Document Placed on Record.' of
Clark County.
VANCOUVER. Wash, April S. (Spe
cial.) The shortest chattel mortgage
In the SO years' history of Clark' Coun
ty was filed for record In the County
Auditor's office today. The mortgage
was written In pencil on a small piece
of foolscap paper, torn at two edges.
It follows:
"1-9-IS I promts to J. A. Tenney In
t months atfer date 5 dollars for value
receive. AH I morage one cow, one
yearlln heffer, I stand good for the
same.
(Signed) "J. CONN MATT FELTZ."
The odd document was stapled to a
thicker piece of paper, and tiled with
mortgagea that run as high aa $30.
000,000. and it attracted almost aa
much attention aa the big mortgages.
NOD IS NOT ACCEPTANCE
Conrt Rules Girl Mnt Say "Yes"
Out Loud to Re Engaged.
KANSAS C1TT. April 8. An em
phatic "yes" and not a smile or a mere
nod of the head must be given by the
maiden proposed to or she cannot re
rover damages for breach of promise
to marry, according to a decision in the
Circuit Court here today.
Edna M. Cooke, of this city, sued
Garnctt Sparks, a horse and mule deal
er of St. Louis, for flO.000 damages,
but her attorney withdrew the case
when the evidence developed the fart
that sha had not said "yes" when
Sparks proposed, but "took It for
granted that he knew she would marry
him."
LEGISLATORS REGAIN SEAT
Men Accucl of Soliciting- Bribe In
New Mexico Got Back.
SANTA FE. N. M, April . After a
turbulent session, by a vote of 12 to 20
tonight, the House restored to
membership Representatives Lucero.
Trujillo, Montoyo and Cordova, who
were suspended when they were arrest
ed several weeks ago on charges of
having solicited a brtbe.
The accused legislators will ' resume
their seats until the House finally
passes on the charges resting against
tnem.
WILSON SCORES MEASURE
Free Sugar Bill. He Says. Means
l0s of Cuba's Trade.
WASHINGTON. April 8. Huntington
Wilson, acting Secretary of State, testl
tlfylng before the Senate finance com
mittee today, said the free sugsr bill
would mean the abrogation of the
agreement between the United States
and Cubs, which gives the Vnlted
States an advantage of 10 per cent
preferential in Cuban susjar exports,
and that It would seriously affect the
Cuban market, to which the Cnlted
States now exports 160.000.000 of prod
ucts annually. American flour being the
principal item affected.
He referred to pending negotiations
In Canada through which Canada ex
pects to expand its trade with the West
Indies to the detriment of the large
market there for American flour.
HOP SING WINGS ONE HIP
Tonj- Gnnman of San Francisco Re
taliates for Friday's Shooting.
SAN FRANCISCO. April . In retali
ation, it is believed, for the shooting
of a Hop Sing man last Friday. Soo
Tung, a Hop Sing gunman, shot and
seriously wounded Chin Jock, a Hip
Sing and On Ylck tongmsn. today. Soo I
was captured. It Is believed that his I
victim will recover.
Last Friday's shooting was the first
In the existing tons war in which a
Hop Sing has been wounded, although
arrayed asralnst the tong 1. the com- i
hlned strength of the l!ip emss. Suey j
Sings and ben bucy r-.
$7.50 Weekly Fails to
, Lure Americans.
90 PER CENT ARE PORTUGUESE
Children of Tender Years at
Work With Parents.
D0WNrHuuw?DJ.liJoSY
Location or Cotton Mills Across State
Lln From Fall River Effects
Great Savin j In Taxes Moral
Conditions Free and Easy.
ainUGK ANNUAL DIVIDENDS
FROM BOURNE COTTON MILLS
TEB CENT.
- in combating the cotton sched
ule in the Pajrne-Aldrich tariff bill,
Senator La Follette. en June t.
tin. sub.-nUted to the Senste a ta
ble prepared from a statement is
sued by Ert win J. Cole, banker and
broker of Fall River. Mass, show
ing the earnings and resources of the
Fall River cotton mills.
This table shows that in the years
to 1.01 Inclusive the Bourne
cotton mills declared In regular and
special dividends an average of 12.it
per cent yearly. Thia Is equivalent
to an Income of (134.(09 annually on
the capital stock of $1,000,000.
- Senator Bourne hss consistently
voted against revision downward of
the cotton schedule, although he has
voted for revision downward of the
wool schedule.
Oregon Is a producer of wool and
manufactures of woolens. Oregon pro
duces neither cotton nor manufac
tures' cotton goods.
The average weekly wage of hands
In the Bourne mills Is I7.&0.
FALL IUVER. Mass, April 8. (Spe
cial.) The extent to which American
labor has been supplanted In the cotion
mills of New England may be made
cloar by the statement that of the 730
"hands" In the Bourne mills at Tiver
ton. - Rhode Island, approximately 90
per cent are Portuguese. This does not
mean that the remaining 10 per cent
are American workmen. The majority
are of some other foreign nationality.
Few speak English at all that . Is of
those who have come direct from Eu
rope. Practically the only English
speaking persons In the mills. It is
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FhvMcal Culture Expert Says Run
ning Up and Down Stairs Will
Den-clop Thighs. Cut Fat.
CAMBRIOGE. Mass., April 8. (Spe
cial.) Housework Is the magic elixir
that woll make women's figures beauti
ful, according- to Or. Dudley A. Sargent,
Harvard's physical culture expert, who
has been a Judge of perfect human
forms for the past decade.
He says:
"Where a woman docs her own
housework, with its manifold varieties
of physical requirements, nearly every
muscle of the body may be brought
Into action in the course of the day.
Nothing Is better for the development
of the large muscles of the thighs or
for the reduction of the fat about this
region than running tip and downstairs.
No better method can be devised for
strengthening the chest and straight
ening the spine than In .scrubbing floors
on the hands and knees, especially If
the left arm as well as the right be
used.
"Kneading bread Is a specific for a
finely shaped forearm and an hour's
work at the washboard Is not surpassed
as a developer of the upper arms and
back and shoulders."
NAVY GRADES PROPOSED
BUI Introduced Provides for Ad
mirals and Vlco-Aflmirals.
WASHINGTON, April 8 The grades
of Admiral and Vice - Admiral In the
Navy will be established by a bill in
troduced today by Representative Bates,
of Pennsylvania, Republican.
The bill would include In the active
list one Admiral and four Vlce-Admlr-als.
The VIcc-Adinlrals, with consent
of the Senate, would be appointed by
the President from Rear-Admirals of
the active list who hnve served credit
ably as Rear-Admirals In command of
a fleet, squadron or division.
The President would appoint the Ad
miral, with the consent of the Senate,
from officers In the grade of Vlce-Ad-mlral.
Tho salary of the admiral
would be $13,000 and Vicc-Admlral
111.000.
TAFT RESIGNS TO BABY
rrc.ldent Gives Up Chair .'Anile
Sniooi Inaugurates Youngster.
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 8. Pres
ident Taft resigned his chair for sev
eral 'mlmites today to permit Senator
Smoot, of Utah, to inaugurate his
se'en-monthsjOld grandson, Reid Smoot
Carton, behind the big desk over which
passes each day the business of the
Nation."
"I think he will be President some
day." said Senator Smoot, and several
dozen waiting handshakers smiled in
sympathetic understanding.
"He's a fine looking boy." said tho
President, as he picked, up the lad and
kissed him.
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MAIN PROFITS TO MILLERS
Board of Trade Spokesman
Says Profits Not Undue.
DEALER'S ACTS JUSTIFIED
House Committee on Agriculture
Hears New Explanation of Big
Operations From Opponents
of Many Anti-Option Bills.
WASHINGTON, April . 8. When
James A. Patten operated in May
wheat In 1909 he did not conduct a cor
ner In wheat, several prominent grain
operators told the House committee on
agriculture today.
Instead of cornering wheat and hold
ing' for enormous profits, Mr. Patton
performed a "beneficent action," ac
cording to John C. F. Merrill, presi
dent of the council of grain exchanges,
who acted as spokesman for the Chi
cago board of trade and other wheat
and corn exchanges.
-Merrill Exonerates Patten.
Mr. Patten was exonerated of hav
ing collected undue profits. His deal
was In May wheat, Mr. Merrill said,
but he closed it out in April, and by
doing so sold at a time that prevented
the exportation of wheat and conse
quent importation of grain to supply
American consumption. The millers
got the big profit, Mr. Merrill said, and
raised the price of wheat 25 cents over
the price Patten got.
"Was that Patten's purpose?" asked
Representative Sims, of Tennessee.
"I don't think that Mr. Patten hnd
any philanthropic motive in mind," an
swered Mr. Merrill, "but that is the
fact. There is a great deal of misun
derstanding about the so-called Pat
ten corner. There was no corner. He
never had wheat cornered so that he
could squeeze the market. He com
mitted no act that was not entirely Jus
tifiable. Biblical History Cited.
"You can go back to the operations
of Joseph, 3500 years ago," continued
Mr. Merrill. "The same thing was done
then and has been done ever since, rat
ten did not run a corner. Nobody up
holds a corner and no reputable man
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Lodgcmen "Steal" Mass' Handcuffs
at Railway Station, Bind Him
and Put Him on Train.
OREGON CITT, Or, April 8. (Spe
cial.) Locked in his own handcuffs,
which were taken from his pocket by
stealth. Sheriff Mass. of Clackamas
County, was surreptitiously taken a
prisoner to Eugene this afternoon. The
"arrest" was one of the most daring
ever made in Oregon City, and for a
time Deputy Sheriffs Staats and Miles
were thinking of organizing a posse
to rescue their chief. However, a tel
egram received from the Sheriff at
Woodburn gave the Information that
his captors were a Jolly herd of Elks
and he expected to have the best time
of his life at the big celebration at Eu
gene.
Sheriff Mass had gone to the station
to see a delegation of about 40 mem
bers of the Oregon City lodge board
the "Elks' Special." A few minutes be
fore the train arrived, as he stood talk
ing to his friends, with his hands rest
ing on his back, he felt something cold
on his wrists and heard a familiar click.
His hands were fast and as the train
drew into the station four Elks seized
the Sheriff and litted him on the train
The Sheriff telegraphed to Mrs. Mass
of what had happened and. knowing
what fun was In store for her husband.
she joined with others in the belief
that he was not such an unwilling
prisoner after all.
PIERSON WILL GO NORTH
Captain at Vancouver Barracks Or-
dcred to Alaska.
WASHINGTON, April 8. The follow
ing changes In the stations and duties
of officers of the medical reserve corps
are ordered:
First Lieutenant Frank E. Artaud is
relieved from duty at Key West Bar
racks and will proceed to Kort Gibbon,
Alaska, sailing from Seattle about Au
gust 1 and relieving First Lieutenant
Clark I. Wertenbaker, who. upon being
relieved, will proceed to his home for
further orders.
Captain Robert II. Pierson Is relieved
from duty at Vancouver Barrscks,
Washington, and will proceed to Fort
Gibbon, Alaska, sailing from Seattle
on or about August I, relieving Captain
Jesse IL Harris, who, upon being re
lieved, will proceed to Seattle and
await further orders.
First Lieutenant Robert W. Ho u'l
Is retired from duty at Plattsburg Bar
racks and will proceed to Fort Lis
cum, Alaska, sailing from Seattle on
or about August 1. relieving First Lieu
tenant Edgar C. Jones, who, upon be
ing relieved, will proceed to Seattle and
await further orders.
WOMEN AND' RECALL WIN
Arizona House Would Grant Equal
Suffrage.
PHBNIX, Ariz, April 8. Equal suf
frage scored a victory in the Arizona
Assembly today when the House, 21
to 4, passed Assemblyman Moore's bill
granting women the full right of suf
frage. The bill Immediately was sent
to the Senate, where the leader an
nounced public hearings would be held
before any action was taken.
The Senate today, IS to 2. passed the
recall amendment to the constitution.
The amendment wa-s passed last week
by the Senate and sent to the House for
concurrnce in a few minor changes, but
was recalled for the purpose of making
more corrections in phraseology.
It was stated today that the House
would act favorably upon all Senate
amendments, and that the bill would
probably go to the Governor by Wednes
day afternoon.
EDITOR'S WIDOW IN COURT
Mrs. Snyder, Arraigned, Says Hus
band Stabbed Himself.
NEW TORK. April 8. Mrs. Walter J.
Snyder, wife of the editor of the Sports
of tho Times, who died yesterday from
stab wounds Inflicted by scissors in her
hands, was arraigned before the Coro
ner today and sent to the Tombs, to be
held without bail, pending the Inquest
April 18.
Mrs. Snyder declares her husband in
flicted the wounds himself by seizing
her hands while she was manicuring
her nails and drawing her violently to
him.
They were quarreling at the time she
says.
FLAG TO CIRCLE GLOBE
Official Banner of Panama-Pacific
Exposition Chosen.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. The Pan-
ama-Pacific International Exposition
adopted Its official flag, bearing the
words: "Exposition 1915 San Fran
cisco." ,
Assurances have been received from
many .steamship companies that they
will fly the flag in all waters of the
world. A burgee, bearing the same
words differently spaced, was also ap
proved for the use of yacht clubs on
the Pacific Coast.
SANDERS IS NEW SENATOR
Chattanooga Man Succeeds the Late
Robert L. Taylor.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 8. Gov
ernor Hooper announced tonight the
appointment of Neel Sanders, of Chat
tanooga, as United States Senator, to
succeed the late Senator Robert L.
Taylor.
Mr. Sanders is chairman of the Re
publican state committee and a manu
facturer of Chattanooga,
Homes and Villages
Entirely Deserted.
FATALITIES EXCEED THIRTY
Mississippi Valley Strewn With
Wreckage.
30,000 CITIZENS HOMELESS
Predicted Further Damage South of
Memphis Will Be Averted if
Dykes AVilhf-taiHl Rush of
Water for 3 6 Hours.
ST. LOUIS, April 8. The crisis in the
Mississippi Valley flood is imminent.
Chief anxiety centers in the situation
south of Memphis. If the dykes of
Arkansas. Mississippi and Northern
Louisiana hold for another 36 hours,
then the valleys of the delta and the
Yazoo south of Memphis will be spared.
State and Government officials say
the dykes on the eastern bank of the
Mississippi will withstand the tre
mendous pressure that will be exerted
by the flood's crest.
Nevertheless they are apprehensive,
and fear of breaks along tho western
dykes Is shown by the abandonment of
homes and villages in the lowlands
from Helena south.
Stirring stories of the rescue of the
refugees in Upper Arkansas have
reached Memphis. One thousand or
more persons marooned in Wyanokc
Ark, w-ere brought to Memphis late this
afternoon, rescued through tho initia
tive of a Memphis citizens' committee
which made the trip to Wyanoke to In
vestigate stories of suffering. Reports
were verified amply.
Refugees May In Church.
In a church were found scores of
refugees. As. the water rose, the
refugees built scaffolding' with poles
and thus kept their heads above the
surface. On high ground and in the
attics of houses near Wyanoke hun
dreds were found. All wore taken to
Memphis.
Refugees from the Modoc district,
south of Memphis, who were taken to
Helena and Memphis today, said there
had been some loss of life In that
section. These reports are unverified
and the ilayor of Helena sent to the
Associated Press an emphatic denial
that there had been fatalities from
the breaks south of this city.
Estimates of the damage vary widely.
Many persons who know every bcml in
the great river from New Orleans to
Cairo, say the loss will amount to $10,
000,000. Others modify this estimate.
Fatalities Estimated at Thirty.
Probably the heaviest specific loss
must be estimated in the destruction of
homes, the loss of livestock and dam
age to manufacturing plants in tho
upper flood districts.
Thirty fatalities would be a conserva
tive estimate. There lias been much
suffering among the homeless. Of the
30,000 or more persons wiio have been
driven forth by the waters, hundreds
had gone hungry for hours before suc
cor reached them.
Hundreds have been imprisoned on
housetops, in trees and anchored on
rafts for long periods. Despite the
ample warnings, many of the Arkansas
and Tennessee homesteaders remained
by their property till the last minute.
The situation in Memphis proper rap
idly is assuming its normal. Streetcars
have resumed service in the compara
tively small flooded district of the city.
MAROONED REFUGEES RESCUED
Hundreds, Thinly Clad, Suffer From
Hunger.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 8. Rescuers
were busy tonight bringing from Wy
anoke, Ark, refugees who had been
marooned since the levee broke Satur
day, 12 miles south of Memphis.
Many were thinly clad and all were
suffering from hunger and thirst. Sev
eral hundred had arrived tonight and
It was expected that by morning the
number would not be less than 1000.
The inundation of a portion of the
northern section of Memphis, populat
ed largely by negroes, has ceased and
the water has receded.
Streetcar traffic through that part
of the town has been resumed and
persons are preparing to move back
into their homes.
The first of the Wyanoke refugees
to be rescued was an assembly of
about 100 persons. There were In a
church, where they had taken refuge
when the levee broke.
Many cf the aged were serTously ill
from exposure and lack of food.
250 0 REFUGEES. NEED FOOD
Rations Being Sent to Hickman bj
War Department.
WASHINGTON. April 8. Approxi
mately 2500 refugees at Hickman,
Ky, must be fed, according to an esti
mate telegraphed to the War Depart
ment today by Captain Logan, of the
Quartermaster's Department. Twenty
thousand rations are due there today.
The principal trouble at Tiptonvill.
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