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4Stfr VOL. LI I- NO. I6.05.J. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. INDIAN RELICS ARE FOUND AT SEASIDE STOCK CARS SEIZED T IS CRY OF BALLPLAYERS MIX ASTOR MILL FORTROOPS'HORSES RELIGION IN SPORT 1 R. 66, TAFT 63 UNIONISTS LEFT 10 ST. PAUL -MAX DISCOVERS CVRIOS IX SHELL- path. XIXTH CAVALRY EXPECTED TO GAME ADJOURXS TO HELP OR GANIZE SUNDAY SCHOOL. ' r RUSH TO BORDER. WILSON IN LOSE VICTORY ON FLUKE MARYLAND 0 TREASON IONS BRITISH VINCENT Confusion Defeats Heif- ner at Walla Walla. CONTROL IS ALL BUT GAINED Ally of Democratic State Chairman Votes Wrongly. COUP FAILS BY ONE VOTE veteran Politician Surfer Sever Setback at Convention Whk-h Promises to Precipitate Clash Between Leading Faction. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. May (.-'perloD One mini misunderstand ing and the momentary forgetfulness pf Democratic State Secretary George E. Ryan lost State Chairman C. O. Iletfner control of the temporary organization, lost the grating of his pro-Wilson delegation from Kins County, lost an advantage In the fight for election as National committeeman and lost all the other party perquisites that the Western manager of the Wood row Wilson campaign had hinging on the Washington Democratic state con vention fight which opened here to iay. For a moment victory wn so close to iletfner that he could feel all the thrills, then by a fluke it was tnatched away from him. The blow mas the severest that seasoned cam paigner has ever suffered. Separated temporarily by the dellber itlons of the credentials committee, the expected clash between the Clark and Wilson forces did not take place. Credeatlala Ceaaaalttee Meets. At S o'clock the credentials commit tee reported that they had Just com pleted the hearing of the rival Adams County delegations and would be un able to report on the King County con test until 1:30. The convention then recessed until that hour. At 10:80 the rommlttee again announced they had nt completed their consideration of the King County contest, and the con vention adjourned until I o'clock In the morning; The committee continued to hoar argument of the contesting dele gations. The credentials committee announced that they had seated the "wt" delega tion of 11 from Adams County, which Is said to be solid for Clark. The defeated Adams County delegation asserted that their rivals had met and elected the delegates prior to the hour for which the convention was called. Early In the convention the out look was brilliant for Heifner'a com plete control. He conceived the plan of seating his King County delega tion In the temporary organisation of the convention through the- state com mittee. He called the body together at 1 o'clock thla morning to make up a rollcalL planning to suspend action In the Adams County contest, but to jrlve aeata to his pro-Wilson delegates from King County. And Iletfner was right In his estimate that he had con trol of the State Committee. Mesaerattle Telegraaa la Recalled. At the outset of the committee meet ing. George Haxaard, of Seattle the same George, by the way. who to years ago this month sent the memorable telegram from the state Democratic convention to David Bennett Hill, of New Tork. that he had captured Wash ington, showed up with a proxy for E. J. Hancock, of island County. Island County In reality never elected a com mitteeman, nor In fact did the county, organise the Democrats two years ago and today Is unrepresented at Walla Walla. But Helfner lacking any other committeeman, had permitted Hancock to retain the office and two months ago TIaizard had a bona fide proxy to rep resent blm at the Seattle meeting of the committee. This morning Helfner announced thift Haixard had added a few words at the bottom of an old proxy extending it but that In the meantime a letter had arrived from HancoCk stating that he woald not attend the convention himself and had given no proxy. F. H- Bowdcn also haal an Island County proxy, but he bad It from the s-rsn; man and Helfner ruled out both men. Bowden did not resist, but Hassard forced a vote, losing T3 to 10. This foreshadowed a Wilson control of the committee meeting and the committee men went Into execu tive session to complete their pro gramme. Clwae Ally Mlaamderataada. ' After an hour's discussion the Adams County conl-st was referred to the convention committee on credentials without action. Adams being without a yote In the preliminary organisation. Then came the King County light and tn argument that lasted until after S r. M. A motion by ex-Senator George Turner, holding Asotin County's proxy, that both delegations be denied a vote In the temporary organisation, waa de feated. 1C to 1. the actual Clark and Wilson strength In the committee. Then Helfner. who had taken the floor, moved that the Wilson delegation, which he termed the "primary dele gates." be seated. Thomaa M. Vance, of Olrmpla. In the committee with 11. I. farm. Thurston County .proxy. Large Toolli Myterloui and .May I pholil KxprHe.' TlrPory or Pre historic Mound Building. SEASIDE. Or., Msy . (Special.) The old fhell mounds here are again the subject of discussion, as the result of Interesting finds by It. E. Womack, of St. Paul. Minn. Among the different Indian relics un earthed by Mr. Womack are some large flint arrowheads, an Ivory scraper, a medicine man's charm and a large tooth. The tooth seems to be the most mysterious of all. Its large alxe mak ing It hard to classify. Including the root It Is more than four Inches long and Its diameter la an Inch and a balf. Mr. Womack Is of the opinion mat the tooth came from a huge grlxily. which must have been larger than any now extant. Most of the curios were found In Ihe shell-path near the Seaside House. but since the path la made from ma terial brought from the mound, they have been traced there. One result of the find is that certain suppositions of geologists and archeol oglsts concerning the mound may now be substantiated. It was the conten tion of Investigators that the mound was made by the Indians from discard ed clamshells. Several points were found to dispute this theory. Since the mound Is nearly :0 feet In depth. covers several acres and was built of shells different from the ones now found on the shore, an argument was made that the shells were raised from the sea bottom and were simply ac cumulations made at some prehistoric time. The perfect preservation of the shells Is attributed to Influence of the seawater. However, the discovery of Indian rel ics among the shells dating back 500 years, at the most, scouts the old theory and It Is reasonably certain that the heaps of shells are only the remains of an Indian dumpheap. Since Mr. Womack's finds, several curio seek ers have been searching the shell path for relics. Colonel Favored by In complete Returns. CLARK HAS CLEAR MAJORITY 65 Delegates Necessary to Control State Convention. DEMOCRATS GAIN VICTORY Popular Preferential Vote Is I-os-t Sight of In Karly "Count Ma jorities) in Kacli County Are Alone Considered. ' VANCOUVER PIONEER DEAD Rile)- Powell, Territorial Settler, Succumbs to Old Age. SPOKANE. Wash.. May 6. (Special.) Riley Powell, a territorial settler of Washington, died today of old age at the ranch of bis son-in-law, J. C. Pow ell, on Pleasant Prairie. He was 87 years old. and while he had Heed In the Spokane County com paratively few years, he was one of the original settlers of what Is now Van couver, Wash., where he made his home before coming to reside with his daugh ter. He was born In New York In 182( and came West with the earliest set tlers. He Is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. John A. Myers and Mrs. J. C. PowelL tCuncioded on face 2.) MAN FINED F0R MARRYING Judge Holds Him In Contempt of Divorce Order. SPOKANE. Wash.. May C Edward Robinson, president of a land company, was fined today $100 for contempt of court by Judge J. Stanley Webster, of the Superior Court, for marrying with in six months after being divorced. He was divorced from Alice Robin son April 19. In Spokane County and 13 days later married Kthel Irving at San Francl.ico. -You have the legislature to thank for getting off with such a light pen alty," said Judge Webster In Imposing the fine; "If I had the power I would send you to the County Jail." Judge Webster ordered the prosecut ing attorney to Investigate the divorce case further. Robinson came to Spokane from St. Louis. END QUESTION OF HOURS Condition of Judge Marquam Still Unchanged. The condition of Judge P. A. Mar quam. who has been critically 111 for several days, was unchanged yester day. Dr. C. E. Hill, his son-in-law. who Is in constant attendance, said last, night that he thought the crisis would not come at least before morning. Judge Marquam was growing weaker. Dr. Hill said the end was now only a question of a few hours. BALTIMORE, Md., May . Roosevelt and Clark were well ahead In the early returns from the Maryland Presidential preference primaries, but later the con test between Taft and Roosevelt be came close, although the latest figures virtually assure Roosevelt of victory The Democratic fight showed that Clark and Wilson were far ahead of Harmon. The indicated vote at 12:15 A. Jf. gave Roosevelt 66; Taft, 83; Clark, 69; Wll aon, 33: Harmon, 4; uncertain, 23. A majority of 65 Is necessary to con trol the convention. ' Clark and T. R. Karly Lead. Clarke and Roosevelt leaped into the lead early with complete delegations from Baltimore city, which gave them each 28 delegates. Clark's preferential vote in this city was greater than that of Harmon and Wilson combined. He defeated Wilson by nearly 3 to 1 and the New Jersey Governor was ahead of Governor Harmon by 2 to 1. The sweeping Clark success in Balti more was a victory for the Democratio organization. In the Republican pri mary here the Roosevelt organization downed the regular Republican organ ization, led by Collector of the Port William F. Stone. Vote for Harmon Small. The small vote polled by Governor Harmon removed the possibility that the Democratic fight might be settled In the state convention. Had none of the Democratic candidates won a ma jority of the delegates, the delegates Instructed for the candidate with the smallest following would have been free to swing to one of the other can- Government Orders That Every Empty Car Be Sent at Once, to Ftort Russell. CHEYENNE. Wyo., May 6. Orders were received by the Colorado & South ern Railway today to seize -all empty flat, box and stock cars, no matter to whom consigned, and send them to Fort D. A. Russell for shipping of the horses and equipment of the Ninth Cavalry, which is expecting orders to move to the Mexican border at any hour. Thirty-five stock cars have been de livered and it Is expected that 50 more will be secured by morning. Scouts from the fort have been out all day rounding up the men. TOT EATS WEDDING FUNDS Prospective Uncle's $200 Draft Is Swallowed by Child. LOS ANGELE9. Cal., May 6. (Spe cial.) Many admirers of winsome Evelyn Brown, who has spent almost two years of her life with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown, declare she resembles Cupid. It may be so. but she Isn't like him really. By way of proving the difference today she ato a 1200 draft with which her prospective uncle. Dr. Henry V. Bogue, expected to pay tho expenses of a wedding trip with her aunt. Miss Emma Hyams. The wedding had been postponed while the groom-to-be Is telegraphing home for money. He is chief surgeon for the Shan non Copper Company, Clifton, Ariz. Miss Hyams makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Brown, and Dr. Bogue was there arranging the wedding pre liminaries when Miss Evelyn, Cupid's alleged double, toddled up to him. "Me wanna piece paper to write on," she said imperiously. The happy physician took a bunch of letters and other supposedly valueless papers from his pocket and handed them to the child without taking time to look at them. The draft was the first thing that interested her. Dr. Bogue soon missed It too late. Reciprocity Dealings Held Conspiracy.- QUERIES FIRED AT ASQUITH Taft-Roosevelt Private Corre spondence Made Issue. PREMIER DEFENDS BRYCE OLD CABLE LINE GIVEN UP (Concluded on Pave 2.) San Francisco Says Farewell to His toric Geary-Street Cars. SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. The Geary- street cable line, completed In 1880. was abandoned early today and will be supplanted with an electric road owned by the municipality. When the- last c- clanged Its way from the turntable at Lotta's fountain the car was Jammed with- enthusiastic San Franciscans, who burned red fire nd vigorously announced the farewell of the old with trumpets. To San Fran ciscans there is a peculiar sentiment attached to the road. The electric line will be extended to the ocean. Reflections Cast on Ambassador for Connection Willi Proposed Ca nadian Pact Repudiated. Issue Not Yet Quieted. LONDON. May 6. The process of smoking out the alleged conspirators charged by their political opponents with treason in connection with Presi dent Taft's Canadian reciprocity plans, was begun In the House of Commons today. Arthur Shirley Benn and Henry Page Croft. Unionists, plied Premier Asqulth with questions regarding- the correspondence between President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt, In which Presi dent Taft is said to have referred to Canadian reciprocity as likely to "make Canada an adjunct of the. United States." Premier Asquith, who showed re sentment at the attack, sharply re pudiated the reflection cast on Am bassador Bryce. He said the Am bassador had in no way influenced the views or policy of the late Canadian government, and that, as the corre spondence between Mr. Taft and Colonel Roosevelt was private, Mr. Bryce could have had no knowledge whatever of it. Eleven Questions Hurled. Eleven questions bearing upon -the same points were fired at the Premier, who made a general reply. He said: "I have seen extracts from the cor respondence which appears to have passed between President Taft and Mr. Roosevelt which have been publlHlied in the press. I have no further knowl edge of them than that. As the cor respondence was private, it was obv ous that the British Ambassador could not have had knowledge of Its con tents, nor have communicated them to the British government. "There is nothing in the corre spondence, so far as we are concerned Uniformed Contestants, With Fang, Whistle Hymns as They Re turn to Diamond. BAKER. Or.. May 6. (Special.) An exciting game of baseball was stopped in the middle of the sixth inning yes terday while the members of the two teams and the "fans" adjourned to a church and helped organize a Sunday school. After completing the organi zation and listening to a sermon, ball players and spectators. whistling hymns, returned to the diamond and resumed their sport. R. E. Close, missionary of the Ameri can Sunday School Union in the Baker district, went to the Pocahontas Chris tian Church to organize a Sunday- school, and there found interest divid ed between his programme and a tie score contest of the Pocahontas and High School baseball teams. Competi tion threatened to interfere with both the game and the Sunday school, and Mr. Close invited the players and spec tators to his meeting, promising? to at tend their game after the services. A bargain was struck., and the ballplay ers, wearing their dusty uniforms, filed into the church. During the services Mr. Close asked the players to join in whistline- hvmns. and the lip-music was such a success that the boys and fans returned to the field with their mouths puckered, all tooting Sunday-school songs. Son Chief Beneficiary to Vast Estate. TRUST FUNDS ARE CREATED Young Widow Provided for as Long as She Doesn't Wed. FIRST WIFE GETS NOTHING Daughter Muriel and Widow Get $5,000,000 in Trust Kaon Ex 'pected Posthumous Child Will Receive $3,000,000. q (Concluded on Pag 2.1 NOW FOR THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME. REGENTS PLAN JOINT MEET Officials of O. A. C. and Convene May 1 1. 'C Will SALEM. Or.. Slay . (Special.) Ar- rangementa have been made so that the University of Oregon regents will hold a meeting In Salem at the execu tive office. May II. Instead of May 8. as originally planned. In the afternoon of the same day the regents of the University and of the Oregon Agricultural College will hold a joint meeting to discuss affairs of the two schools. LIABILITY BILL PASSES Senate Votes Favorably on Work men" Compensation Measure. WASHINGTON'. May . The Senate tonight passed the workmen's compen sation bill, aa originally framed by the employers' liability committee. The vote waa to li. - HOPE SHLl I I jTICrf. AROUHO) yr MU SUMMER ;; I H " II . WWYFP UN Of A7-1 . 9 0 1 I Boo"y ""1 i .ee.eeee.a a ...... . ..... . ...... ..... ,A SPRINGTIME LURES "KIDS" l-our Runawajs Are Picked Up by- Police in One Day. The warm Spring sunshine and the balmy air is beginning- to set little mind3 a-whirl and little feet a-wan dering. J-our small chaps, one 3 years old and the other 4, ran away from home yesterday ond landed at the Police Sta tion. On all of the warm days, thus far, two or three children have been found by the police, but four is the largest in one day this year. The first child found yesterday was Gardner Buslinell, who managed to elude the conductor and crawled into a Mississippi avenue car after his feet had become tired from walking. Pa trolman Gee found him there somo time after, a tearful, forlorn looking boy. Joseph W. Action was picked up by Patrolman ITewston at Fifth and Washing-ton streets. He had wandered down town from his Portland Heights home. Bennie- Shaw, who lives at 63 East Lincoln avenue, and Vernon Whitland, who lives next door, both 4 years old, strayed out to see if the earth was round. They were tired long before they could get far enough to conclude their Investigations, and they were taken in charge at Twentieth and Haw thorne avenue by Patrolman Hunting ton In the evening, and sent to the Police Station, where their parents called for them. M0RS0N MAKES THREAT Work at La Pine May Shut Down Unless Right of AVay Is Secured. OAie-Ai, ur May 6. (SDecial. That unless the right of way for a reservoir sue lor me Deschutes Land Comnanv project at La Pine is secured he is seri ously considering shutting down the entire work is the veiled threat of J. E. "lu'n, cunveycu in a tetter to the Desert Land Board and rwrh-.j k.. that body today. borne time ago application was ,o.i for the right of way, but fc'tate Enei- er Lewis received word from tho Secretary of tho Interior that In. -con-Junction with Governor West the de partment is investigating the project and the company to determine If ft literature should be allowed the use of the malls. As a result the Secretary of the Interior at Washington refused to approve the application for the right of way. A copy of this letter was sent to Mor son and it was in reply that Morson wrote today. He declared that there are "so many untruths in the letter It should be preserved in quick lime." The Board merely filed the Morson response. WEDDING CLOTHES STOLEN Albany Bridegroom Doet-n't Let Loss Stop His Marriage. ALBANY, Or., May 6. (Special.) The loss of his wedding suit did not deter Oscar Powell, of Albany, from appearing at the appointed hour this evening to marry Miss Kuth Dorothy Kankln, of this c-itj-. When Powell went to his room in a boarding-house about two hours be fore tho time set for tlite wedding, he discovered that some friends had hid den his wedding suit. Hasty arrange ments with a local clothing house pro duced another suit which answered the purpose. . Powell and Miss Rankin planned to keep the date of their wedding secret, but failed. After hiding the suit friends of Powell tried to imprison him, but the bridegroom escaped. FAMOUS PAINTER ARRIVES Baroness Tclmann Making Trip Around World. Fifth SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. On her fifth trip around the world Baroness Hermlone von Preuschen Telmann. a famous landscape painter of Germany, arrived today from the Orient. While in this country she will spend some time . in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where she will make studies In oil NEW TORK, May 6. Counsel for the family made public today the will of John Jacob Astor, as drawn in this city In September last, only a few days after his marriag-e to Miss Madeline Talmadge Force and approximately seven months before he perished with the sinking of the Titanic. Vincent Astor, a son, who will come to age within the year, is made the principal beneficiary and residuary leg atee. No hint' ats to the value of the great estate is given, and by the cre ation of trust funds the testator has followed, as far as possible, the custom of his forbears in keeping the vast Astor holdings intact. Estate 7S,000,000 to $150,000,000. Valuations of the estate run any where from 75,000,000 to $150,000,000. A close friend of the family said to night that the smaller figure, in his opinion, is nearer the correct estimate. Aside from provisions for Vincent Astor, the will provides for uncondi tional bequests of only $276,500. Among these there is only one of a charitable nature. This is $30,000 to St. Paul's School at Concord, N. H. The rest of the legacies are to relatives, friends and faithful servants. Nearly all other provisions of the will, as made public, deal with the trust funds,. of which there are three: $5,000,- 000 for the young widow; $5,000,000 for the Colonel's young daughter Muriel, the child of his former wife, Ava Will ing Astor, and $3,000,000 for the ex pected posthumous child of the present widow. This latter clause provides for "each child who shall survive the testa tor other than his son, William Vincent, and his daughter, Ava Alice Muriel." Divorced Wife Gets Nothing;. No provision is made for the wife who divorced him; and if the young widow dies or marries again, the $.". 000,000 trust fund together with the town house And other property left to her. reverts to Vincent Astor. She re ceived, however, $100,000 outright, with out further stipulation and until the Income from the trust fund shall be come available, the trustees are direct ed to pay her an income of $200,000 a year. There was an ante-nuptial set tlement which she accepted In lieu of dower rights. The amount of this never has been made public. Rumors have placed it at $5,000,000. The Colonel gives the trustees mi nute directions concerning investments. -following almost word for word in structions of similar nature left by his father. , William Astor. All bequests are made tax free, the taxes to be paid out of the residuary estate. As to proper Investment he cites, among other things, real estate, railroad se curities and the public debts of tho United States. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Son Gets Bulk of Fstate. The most important provisions of the will are: (1) To his son. William Vincent Astor, outright, the following property: A All the lands and personal property at Rhinebeck, N. Y., over which the testator was given a power of appoint ment by his father's will. B All the land and personal property at F.hine beck whicli belonged to him absolute- . ly at the time of his death. C The house and grounds at Newport, R. I., with all personal property therein over which he had a power of ap pointment under his father's will. V All the pictures and statuary left to him for life by his father's will with power of appointment. E All hi? jewelry, wearing apparel, personal ef fects, yachts and boats. (2) To his widow, Madeleine Tal madge Force Astor, the town house and stable at Fifth avenue and Sixty-fifth street, together with books, paintings, pictures, engravings, marbles, bronzes, statuarj- and objects of art, plate and silver-plated ware, linen, china, glass, household effects, useful and orna mental, therein contained and now herein disposed of, to have and to hold the same for so long during her life as she shall remain a widow, and upon her death or remarriage all his property Is bequeathed to the testator's son, Wil liam Vincent Astor. (3) For his widow, Madeleine Tal madge Force Astor, a trust fund of $.),000.000. sho to receive the income of such fund for so long during her nat ural life as she shall remain his widow. and upon her death, or in case of her remarriage, then upon such remar riage the capital of this fund goes to William Vincent Astor. (4) To his widow, Madeleine Tal- XConcluded a fat S-i I V