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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.
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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-
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