Morning Oregonian., May 17, 1912, Image 1

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SCANDALOUS
Colonel Comments on
Split in Washington.
ATTEMPTED THEFT CHARGED
Ohioans Told Opponents Had
No Chance of Any Kind.
THIRD TERM DISCUSSED
President" Falhrr I Deelared to
Have Anrred (Jor-llon by In
dorsement of Movement to
Renominate Grant.
T'KKIANfi; Ohl". May 1. When
Colonel Hoo.xevelt learned the outcome
of the Washington state Republican
. contention yesterday, as a result of
which two act of delegates are to be
sent to the National, convention, he
denounced the anion of the Taft sup
porter as "scandaious. At Paulding
he said:
"The most scandalous, thing our op
ponent have recently tried and failed
In lie-to steal from the people of Wash
ington the delegate of the state.
Whenever we held prlmarlea In that
state we heal them. Where they were
strongest we beat them S to 1. Where
they were not so strong we beat them
abont I in I They ln-d no chance of
any kind and so they have endeavored
to steal what they could not earn, to
try by theft to get. what they could
not get from the people."
Tklrd Teraa Qaeatlaa Asked.
Large crowds met Colonel Roosevelt
during the day. At Lima while he was
speaking a man called out: "What
about the third terra"
Colonel Roosevelt nhlrted about and
pointed his finger In the direction of
. the questioner.
"You ran t ask me any question, you
foolish creature, that I can't answer."
he sod "I will answer you by uunt
Ing the v,rds of President Taft's
father about the third term."
He then read a letter written by
Judif Alphonso Taft. the President's
father, to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Af
ter quoting Judge Taft opinion. In
referring to Grant's candidacy for a
third term, that the only danger lay
In the us of Federal patronage for the
purpose of procuring a third consecu
tive term, he said that Judge Taft's
name headed the list of members of a
U-ant third term club.
"Taft Family la Movement."
"lKwn anions the list of members
comes the name of a bright young rep
resentative of the family. Charles I.
Taft." h said. "The whole Taft fam
ily was la that movement.
"I all! appeal from aon to father
and ask you to accept the sound com
mon sense vthich the father spoke aa
to the ridiculous folly of raising any
talk about a third term, when the
terms are not consecutive and the man
out of power has no earthly means of
Influencing a si ne'e officeholder, a sin
gle privileged representative of the
privileged class."
IIII.OMX COUNTS 501 VOTES
Table levlarrd to He "Guarded Un
derestimate of Strength."
TOLEDO. . May 14. Of the dele
gatea already elected 1 have Sol." said
Colonel Roosevelt today- He stood by
his statement of yesterday that he had
more than ) delegates and was con
fident he would be nominated on the
first ballot at Chicago. The third day
of Colonel Hooseveits Ohio campaign
look him from Greenville to Toledo, lie
made 11 speeches and had as little time
for rest as on previous dava.
Colonel Hoosevrlt was told thst
President Taft would dispute his claim
as to delegates and directed the prepa
ration of figures to reinforce his state
ment. The Roosevelt column foota up
Under the heading "for some
ether candidate"" are plated 3 li dele
gates, while it are listed as uninstruct
ed and t a contested.
"I have gone over this table In
minute detail." said Colonel Roosevelt,
"and J consider It a guarded under
estimate of our strength.
The eg-Presldent asserted that the
lists of delegates which have been
given out by the Taft managers were
so misleading as to give little I. Ira of
tUe lineup and that It was l-.ta purpose
to sliow just what was the situation.
From New York Ktat lu delegates
are listed for Roosevelt. An explana- i
torv note says: "The Taft people claim
i. but we have pledges from at least
i who wi:i vote tor Roosevelt all the
time."
Krom .Michigan ten delegates are put
in the Roosevelt column.
The entire delegation from Washing- i
ton la claimed with the statement: Tn :
Taft peopie hae chosen what they
term a 'contesting delegation. ' but It Is
admitted even by the Taft papers that
the Roosevelt forces controlled the con
vention by at least iH to 41.
The entire Mississippi delegation Is
listed for Roosevelt, with the evplan
atorv remark that while It Is claimed
for President Taft. "In the state con
vention the Roosevelt peoplo outvoted
tue Taft people r-v 3 to I."
Senate Demand Magdalena Tapers.
WASHINGTON. May l. The Senate
adopted a resolution today directing
the Hecretarv ot estate to submit copies
of all letters from the American h ndl-t-af
concerning the proposed sale of
Mevlcan lands at Magdalena Bee to a
Ji-ia watoaW.
Kartliern Fortress Dating; Bark to
Barbaric Invasion Cncovered.
Ancient Cemetery Found.
LONDON. May 1 . (Special.) Details
of the season's resulta In exploration
by the British School of Archaeology In
Egypt are described by Professor Petri
as gigantic Aa aJahaster sphinx was
found at Memphis. It la i feet long
and It feet high and weighs tons.
The face Is as perfect as when It was
carved In 1J" B. C.
An earthen fortress with walls more
than 10 feet thick and a quarter of a
mile across was discovered at Hello
polls. They probably date back to the
early barbaric Invasion.
A cemetery was discovered 10 miles
south of Cairo with dates on the stones
from the earliest historic age down to
the period of the pyramids. IJnen was
found there of which some sheets wenJL
back to the llth dynasty.
They were as whit and as sweet
they were Just from the loom.
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FIRE BURNS OUT FIREMEN
Engine. House No. 5 Sustains $500
Damage From Flame.
Fire. Vihlch started In the feed room
of Kngine-house No. S. at Front and
Glbhs streets, last night gutted the
flrehouse and made homelesa the eight
firemen housed there. Failing, after
IS minutes work to conquer the fire
by their own efforts, th company rang
box tt. at their corner and engines IS
and 4 and truck 4 came to their as
sistance, extinguishing the blase after
It hail burned out the rear of tha
wooden building and destroyed th
hose tower. No apparatus was dam
aged. The tire, which Is supposed to have
been from the spontaneous combustion
oi hay In the feedroo.n. started when
half the force at the house was out to
dinner. Those In the place played a
hose on the flames for some time but
could make no headway against It.
Then the Are got Into the hose tower
and the blase got beyond control.
Assistant Fire Chief Lee llolden puts
the damage at 1500. On the way to
help their fellow firemen, members of
chemical t were attracted to a wall
fire In the Coeur d'Alene building on
First street, near Columbia. Chopping
Into the wall between It and the next
building, they uuirkly put out th
blase.
WOMEN TO SELL PENCILS
Seattle Matrons and Misses to In
vade Streets.
SEATTLE, Wish. May (Special.)
Women of society, school girls, shop
girls, all who can be enlisted In the
cause, will sell pencils on th streets
here tomorrow and Saturday. Th
"pencil campaign" Is promoted for th
benefit of the Children's Orthopedic
Hospital, and more than (00 women
have volunteered their services.
In varloua gatherlnga today th last
details of the "pencil day" project wer
completed. Mrs. Harry Whitney Treat,
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee, with her five associates, has
opened headquarters In a downtown
hotel.
An effective system for the canvass
haa been worked out. Heads of busi
ness houses themselves first are to b
called upon and asked to buy enough
pencils to supply their office. Then th
employes will be canvassed, after which
the women will turn their efforts to
the streets.
CHILDREN GIVE UP CUTICLE
1 3 St-hoolmales of Roy Burned at
Walla Walla Help Him.
WALLA WALLA. Wash, May If.
(Special.) Fifteen achoolmates of Les
ter Hanson, who was burned In a fife
recently, contributed strips of skin to
day to replace that burned off.
Thirty-five strips were taken. Five
girls were among the contributors. One
of them started to whistle the "Mock
ing Bird- while the operation was go
ing on. but the whistle ended In a
shriek.
ITALIANS TAKE VESSEL
Petroyer Capture Ship laden With
Munitions and Rout tarrl-on.
ROME. May It The Italian destroy
ers Nembo and Aqulleo captured today
a vessel laden with arms and ammuni
tion In the vicinity of I'orto Secore. on
the Turkish Island of Lip so. near tha I
Smyrna Coast.
Admiral Vlale. in his official report
of the occurrence, telegraphed to the
Ministry of Marin, says th garrison
and th civil autnoritles of Lipso were
taken prisoners by th crew of th
destroyer Nemoo.
NEGRO WAITER IS SLAIN
Dlnlng-t'ar Chef Shoot Man Said to
Have Threatened Him.
POCATKLIO. Idaho. Mey l. (Spe
cial.) C. A. Jones, a negro Short Line
dining-car waiter was shot and In
stantly killed today by Edward L Free
man, dining-car rhef. following a auer.
ret The Mayer says he shot In self
defenre. Dve- itnees say Jones a as
threatening Freeman with a rasnr. i
Freeman has a wlf at Ogden. The
ehootlng occurred In the diner la front
oi tii tummlasary bouse i
'Money Trust' Witness
Tells of Big Loan.
WALL STREET. HELPS BRAZIL
Price to Consumer Double,
x With Increased Output.
BANKER CALLED PATRIOT
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ntriiiMM r i siiya jievoiuuoii
'Probably Was Averted and Trade
With South' America Je- '
vt-loped I-argely. :
.WASHINGTON.. May 16. The first il
lustration of the activities of the so
called money trust given to the House
Investigating committee - today was
testimony, that three New York bank
ing ' Institutions the National City
Bank. J. P. Morgan & Co.. and the
First National Bank li-ut financial
assistance to Brazil to limit the output
of coffee and maintain prices at a
profitable figure for the benefit of
Brazilian planterr ami American and
European coffee deulers.
This testimony came from Herman
Slelcken. of the New York firm of
Grossman A Slelcken, large dealers In
green coffee. His testimony was the
first oral information given to the com
mittee. 1'atrlotle Motive Seem.
Mr. Slelcken attributed to the Na
tional City Bank a patriotic motive for
Its Investment. He regarded the loan
by the banks aa a (Treat benefit to the
United States and said that the banks
made the loan reluctantly to exploit
American trade with South America.
Mr. Slelcken was excited at several
points of his testimony. He questioned
tha propriety of the committee's going
into Brazil's affairs and, as for his own
participation, challenged the Attorney
General, of. the I'nlted States and all
the attorneys of the country to dis
cover any Illegality In his action as a
coffee merchant.
Kev elation Wne I'oaalhlltty.
The witness ssid unless something
had been done to help the planters of
Brazil, there might have been a revo
lution. The price of coffee had grown
so low through overproduction that the
Brazilian government exercised Its
right to encourage planters to diversi
fy their crops. He said that while a
tax had been put on the planting of
coffee, the Brazlliun government and
th State of Sao Taulo had not tried
to prohibit the planting.
. "Which would have been the worst.
O'onrludcd on lsge 3.1
nssrJewi j i iia i enewsnrjesewaasns passawnsu.
Preparations Also " Made to Meet
Prospective Influx of Sailors
Through Panama Canal.
NEW YORK, May 1. (Special.)
Seven tons of Bibles, none of them
printed In English, was a shipment
record of the American Bible Society
today. The Bibles went from the Bibla
House In Astor Place and were destined
for South America. Some were in
Spanish and Portuguese and some In
Indian and other dialects.
The Bible Society ' Is getting ready
for Bible work among;-the sailors who
will pass through the Panama Canal.
It is said that 150 new ships are be
ing built in Europe for the canal traf
fic. The society Is already at work In
Panama and the canal zone, but will
enlarge Its work to cover the ships and
their men as soon as the canal opens.
The society has now completed, tke
translation of the books of the New
Testament for 1.500.000 Quechua In
dians of Peru and Bolivia. None of
the seven tons of Bibles going out to
day were of these books, however, for
these Quechua books arc made In Ar
gentina. ARMY LANDMARK DOOMED
Old Headquarters Bui Id ins at Van-
couver Barracks Being Razed.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, May 16.
(Special.) The famous old headquar
ters building of the Department of the
Columbia, which tins been in use since
18S'.'. when General Nelson A. Miles,
retired, was In command of the Depart
ment. Is being razed. The old struc
ture, which was built for a store house
and used as such for many years, was
a disgrace to the Army, declared of
ficers. General Maus said today that
the building was unsafe.
The headquarters of the department
have been removed to what was for
merly an officer's quarters. Two brass
cannons, used during during the Civil
War. are planted in front of the build
ing and on either side is a pyramid
oT cannon balls.
SPOKANE OUSTS COUNSEL
Mayor A.-ks Municipal Attorney to
Resign; May Hire Firm.
SPOKANE,' Wash., May 16. (Spe
cial.) Acting'under instructions given
him at a conference of the City Com
missioners Wednesday, Mayor Hlndley
today askedfor the resignation of Cor
poration Counsel A. M. Craven, to take
effect July J.
A majority of the Commissioners fa
vor a plan to abolish the legal depart
ment of the city as It has always exists
ed and the letting of an anual contract
for-the city's work to a firm of attor
neys at a fixed yearly sum of from 20.
000 to $25,000.
Suburban Postofflcc Dynamited.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 16. The safe 1
of the postofflce at San Bruno, a sub- j
urb. was dynamited early today and j
$750 In ewsh and stamps taken. The I
robbers escaped.
THE ELEPHANT WAS NEVER SO ABUSED
Eight of 16 Delegates
Are Uninstructed.
TWO POSSIBLY FAVOR TAFT
Chairman Heitman Considers
' Himself Not Bound.
ADMINISTRATION IS LIKED
Contesting Every Point Until End
President's Adherents Place
. Slate in Nomination for
Alternates, but Lose.
LKW1STOX, Idaho, May 16. Dele
gates from Idaho to the Nodosal Re
publican convention are aa fottowsi
Evan Brum George R- Porker, D.
W. Davtx. Clancy St. Clnlr, F. E. Klsk,
A. R. Crnsen, Frank J. Hagenbarth,
Charles lu. Heitman. uninstructed.
LKWISTON, Idaho, ,May 16. Th
Roosevelt delegates. In complete con
twnl nr the THnhn state Republican con
ventlon. elected today eight unlnstruct
ed delegates and eight alternates
to
the National convention.
Of the delegates elected, six ar
known as staunch Roosevelt men
while two, F. J. Hagenbarth and C. L
Heitman. chairman of the state com
mittee arc said possibly to favor Presi
dent Taft. The delegates are unpledged
ml are not even bound by the unll
rule, but the Impression Is that the
delegates will unite as a unit for Roose
velt, at least on the first ballots.
1DOS rlnlform Indorsed.
Heitman declared that while he might
vote for Roosevelt If the situation de
manded it, he considered himself un
bound. The convention adopted reso
lutions Indorsing the Republcan plat
form of 1908 with speckil reference to
that plank which said:
"The Republican partv hsreached
its highest service under the leader
ship of Theodore Roosevelt. His ad
ministration was an epoch In American
history. The highest asperatlons of the
American people have, found a voice.
Their most exalted servant represents
the best aims and wodtlilest purpose
of all Ills countryman."
The resolutions also approved the
administration of ' President Taft (in
his efforts to put Republican princi
ples into action.
Taft Forces Outvoted.
Contesting every point until the end,
the Taft adherents even placed in nomi
nation their slate for alternates, but
they were outvoted on every ballot.
The Taft support gradually fell away
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BEFORE.
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Little Fellows. One Deserted and
Other Fearing Whipping, Caught
When Foraging for Food.
After living two days in the woods
near Swan Island, near the North Bank
bridge over the Willamette River, with
their extra clothes cached In a tree,
Arthur Crawford, aged 13 years, whose
parents are in Spokane, and Billy
Simpson, aged 7 years, whose father
works In a livery stable in Portland,
were last night found by Patrolman
Rich, as they were making their last
expedition into Portland before setting
out to go to Spokane.
Billy Simpson, arrayed In an Indian
suit, was the leader in the trip, having
taken it on himself to find for the
Crawford boy his parents, who left him
two months ago for Spokane and from
whom he has not heard since. They
Intended to walk and catch freight
cars to arrive there, they said.
Billy left his father two days ago.
after a beating which left marks on
his legs, and administered because of
an Indian expedition which he made
several days before. He knew the em
ployes in a downtown restaurant, and
was able to obtain food from them
while on his tours. The two boys were
going to the restaurant for a little
nourishment before their long trip,
when caught.
Crawford was left without support
when his sister, Gladys Crawford, with
whom he lived, went away and married
one day when he was at school. When
he came home the house was bare.
This was two. weeks ago and since then
he has been making his own way. Billy
was taken, from the Police Station last
night by hi. fither. whom the police
found. Arthur will have to go to the
Detention Home until his father, R. V.
Crawford, is heard from.
MONEY LENDER FLEECED
Philanthropic Stranger Steals $7700
Earnest Money Deposited.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., May 16 Louis
Dodero, a money lender of this city,
returned today from a week's visit to
San Francisco, bringing with liim a
valise which contained, as he thought,
115.000. of which $7700 was his, and
7300 the property of a stranger, who
had left his money in iJoderrs care,
When a locksmith had opened the bag.
however, it contained nothing but
large assortment of scrap Iron and
washers.
Dodero explained between his sobs
that he had drawn his money from the
bank to satisfy a philanthropic
stranger that he was a fit person to
be- entrust d with a - sum ..of money
which he had Intended to give the
church, but which Dodero induced to
turn over to him.
ACTRESS' SUIT RIDICULED
Glhnore Says Separation Decree Is
.Xeedless, Won't Live With Wife.
NEW YORK. May 16. (Special.)
William H. Gilmore, actor and stage
manager for Miss Maude Adams, is de
fendant in a suit for separation brought
by Cecilia Gilmore, the actress, and in
an affidavit submitted today on his
wife's application for alimony be said
he would never live with his wife again
and that ' a "decree of separation for
this plaintiff Is really as unnecessary
as water to a drowning man."
Gilmore said that he and his wife
signed a separation agreement in 1907
under wrlch he was to pay $720 yearly
for her and his 5-year-old daughter.
"WAPPY" MEETS HIS WIFE
Convict in oGod Health and Works
jn Vegetable Cellar.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 16
(Special.) Mrs. Charles W. Wappen-
steln, of Seattle, visited her husband
at the state penitentiary this morning.
This Is her first visit at the prison and
it took the Seattle convict by surprise,
thus making the meeting less trying,
though It was pathetic.
Wappenstein bore up well and as
sured his wife that he Is being well
taken care of and that he was In good
health. He is now working in the
vegetable cellar and gets plenty of ex
ercise.
TREE HAS HEART DISEASE
Expert Employed to Save Life of
Olympia's Venerable Maple.
OLVMPIA, Wash., May !. (Spe
cial.) The historic tree which stands
between the Carlton Hotel and the
Olympia Water Company's building is
undergoing treatment from an expert,
in order that its life may be preserved.
The tree Is a big maple and was plant
ed in 1S84 by Ed Free, just after fire
destroyed the Carlton Hotel.
It was recently found that the heart
of the tree was dead. The expert has
been engaged in cutting out the dead
portion of the heart and the dead
limbs and it is hoped by this means to
have the life of the tree.
Prune Crop Reported Damaged,
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 1. (Spe
cial.) Reports from several sections
of this county indicated that the prune
crop already has been seriously dam
aged during the past two weeks. There
were several dayes of hot weather
which were too much for the blossoms,
which have been shedding. In some
orchards, according to . A. A. Quarn
berg, District Horticultural Inspector,
who has been making an Inspection.
The weather conditions were not right
after the blossoms opened.
Capital and Labor Is
Again Made Issue.
MILLIONAIRE IS CHALLENGED
Defense Opposes Man Who
Aided Prosecution.
ELEVEN TALESMEN PASSED
State Will Make Effort to Cause
Harrow's Attorneys to Use Up
Pcremplories Dictagraph to
Play Imjiortant Part.
LOS ANGELES. May 1 6. Indications
at the close of the second day of the
trial of Clarence S. Darrow, the Chi
cago attorney indicted for Jury brib
ery, pointed - to the probable comple
tion of the jury by tomorrow night.
When court adjourned tonight 11
men had been tentatively passed by tile
prosecution and defense and one was
under challenge for cause by the de
fense. Peremptory challenges are ex
pected to be used by both sides tomor
row. Homer Laughlin, Jr., a young Los
Angeles millionaire, was the talesman
challenged by' the defense and he was
locked up with the other prospective
jurors tonight pending the ruling of
Judge Hutton.
Counsel Clash Over Talesman.
The examination of Laughlin occu
pied nearly two hours at the after
noon session and it brought about fre
quent tilts between opposing counsel.
In one of them Attorney Earl Rogers,
for the defense, charged the District
Attorney's office with "peddling infor
mation" to influence prospective Jurors
that It had a "cinch case" against
Darrow. District Attorney Fredericks
warmly denied the accusation.
The relation of Jthe Darrow case to
economic conditions as concerning dif
ficulties between labor and capital was
emphasized in the examination of
Laughlin, who had admitted that he
had trouble with labor unions when .
in the manufacturing business and
that Interests with which he was con
nected " had contributed to the McNa
mara prosecution fund. He held, how
ever, that he could give the defendant
a fair trial.
State Admits Motive.
In resisting the challenge, the prose
cution avowed its intention of com
pelling the defense to the use of a
peremptory challenge on Laughlin. The
defense has 10' peremptory challenges
and the state has five.
Three talesmen were excused for
cause today, two on challenges by the
prosecution because of a strong belief
In the Innocence of the defendant and
the third on a showing by the defense
that he had voiced positive opinions as
to his guilt.. The men who took their
places were passed by both sides with .
the exception of Laughlin. Just before .
adjournment for the day Laughlin re
quested, that counsel agree to his dis
charge, but the prosecution declined
and he was ordered locked up with the
other prospective Jurors.
Dictagraph May Be Evidence.
An Interesting feature of the pros
pective trial Is that a major pert of
the testimony on which it is expected
to convict him was obtained by means
of a dictagraph. It is asserted by the
prosecution that Darrow while in con
versation with John R. Harrington, aa
attorney, admitted his guilt In trying
to bribe a juror in the McNamara box,
and that his admissions were taken
down by shorthand reporters manipu
lating this dictagraph.
With reference to the prosecution's
use of Detective Bert Franklin, who
has pleaded guilty to giving the bribe.
Attorney Rogers, for the defense, de
clared :
"Evidence founded upon the word of
an informant, who has pleaded guilty
to a felony, is not good, and the case
against Darrow Is framed upon such
a structure. Franklin, the chief wit
ness for the state, was an employe of
the forces behind the prosecution a
long time before he was arrested. I
have had a good many cases where
such witnesses figured, and 1 never yet
found a Jury which placed any cred
ence In them."
Battle for Witnesses Reviewed,
In addition to " Franklin, Detective
Guy Biddinger, of Chicago, will be
summoned. It is asserted by the pros
ecution that Darrow bribed Biddinger.
to make reports on the prosecution's
work. Seven witnesses, it Is said, saw
Darrow pay money to the Chicago de-.
tective. It is said that much similar
testimony will be introduced as cumu
lative proof; and that through this
the Battle for witnesses In the McXa
mara case will be reviewed.
As Important as either the testimony
of Franklin or Biddinger will be the
conversation with Harrington secured
by the state with the dictagraph. Har
rington was formerly employed by
Darrow, but is now friendly with tho
prosecution. Much of his testimony will
relate to the general methods employed
by Darrow In defending the McNamara
brothers. Almost all of the men and
women employed by Darrow will bo
called by the state.