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7TTK MOr;yT'0 OTtKfvOXIAy. SATCKDAV. MA g, , - WEBB AT 5AH DIEGO TO PROBE TROUBLE California Attorney - General Says He Intends to Get at Bottom of Case. GRAND JURY MAY BE USED PoMc Pick p Clew of Whera hoots of Sl Men Said to Hit Threat eed Assassination FTe Innll Is Arrnffd. AN DIKGO. afar . Attorney-General Webb an4 Rarmnnd Benjamin, his rhlef deputy, reached ian Ileao today. In punuanrf of Governor Johnson's ordera fer an investigation of tha I. W. W disturbance there. H. . filar. IMsirlet Attorney, who was enaraed by tha Oownior'i special Commissioner. Harry Welnetotk. with harm reelected hla duty. tha flrat official to ba racelved by tha A t-torney-fjeneral. Conferences w!th oth ers. Including; Jtmi K. Wadham. May or. wr arranged for tonight and to 'morrow. Attnrnev-Gneral Webb said Me would not beam any kind of a pub lic Investigation before Monday at least Wekb njtllee Plaaa. Aftr ronf-rrlra- with Plsirlrt Attor ney t't'er the Attorner-Oeneral Kara out an Interview which followa In part: I am here to try to t at tha bot tom of tha entire troubla. 1 am here to represent tha whola state. Tha only Instruction I received from Oovarnor Jnhnaon was a ropy of hla public state ment concerning tha situation In San !-. which ha embodied In a latter to ma. "As Attnrnev-Oeneral. It Is within my power to take rnarae of tha IMatrlrt Attorneys office here, but I have no such Intrnt on. I hare not planned any form of Investigation .and cannot aay whether I shall uaa the a-rand jury In mr probe 1 shall maka no report as the result of my coming;. 1 am hara to act" Felle Obtain (lew. other developments In tha Industrial Workers of the World situation today Included a statement from tba Police I'rpartn-.ent that there was a possible new to tha whereabouts of tha alx In .l i it rial Workers of tha World who. ac cording to an assertion made last night t.y C hief of Police Wilson, wara In San Megs with tha Intention to aasasalnata Mm. Mayor Wadham. District Attorney I'tley and Captain John L. gehon. su perlntendent of police. It was aald that tha worker who had Informed tha police of the alleged plot and who. It was feared, because he had failed to communicate with tha author ities at a stipulated time, might hara been "made away with by his compan ions." had again been heard from. The officers aald they thouaht they mlsht be able, through the Informer, to place the sis aliased plotters In JalL Mas lee.lt Reoaaleel. Two alleiced Industrial Worker of the World received summary treatment today aa the result of having- offered ln.iult to tha American flac Ona was chased through tha streets for two hl.x-ks. and then hurried out of San llego In an automobile, presumably by ' daylight" vigilantes. Tha other waa taken to the police atation. whara ha Ksve hla name aa "John Doe." and waa locked up on a charge of drunkenness. Hold disturbances occurred aa tha result of a. campaign of ctttsene who were engaged In pinning email Amer ican flags upon the coat lapela of men k ho were not already decorated In that manner. Tha two men In question ob jected to having flags pinned to their coats. Kaewledae ef Vlgilaatea Admitted. The contempt hearing of J. M. Porter, alleged "vigilante" leader, waa contin ued today. K. C. Spalding, president of the tan IMego Chamber of Commerce, admitted on the witness stand that ha had knowledge of the cltlsena' commit tre or ao-rallril "vigilantes." Marcus W. Kobbins, law partner of Fred H. Moore, attorney, who brought the charges against Porter on tha al legation that tha alleged '"vigilante" leader had hindered hla court work by having threatened htm, also was placed on the stand. Kobbins told of tha threats Porter waa alleged to have ma.le to Moore. HISTORIC SHIP DRESSES UP rrairr Boston to TW on Umj Garb for lloe FrMUal. At a mMttrr of th naval board, of tha? Orrcon NmtionAl Guard rranj riifit rrr made for the decoration of th cruiser Bob ton fr the water ra c,nta of the Rone Festival. The ahlp will be provided with atrtnger of col ored elertrlc bulba on the mats and around the edve of the hull for night !i-jIar and will be laviahlr decorated with tlaics and atrearnera for daylight how. A Dumber of militiamen are at work and eTect to have tha boat In nhip to make a itood ehowts during tri Festival. InveMtaatton by the board of the jia val militia situation In ttfton ha re v.a1d the fact that conditions ara fa vorable. Many recent Improvements, In the service have raised the standard' materially and still other betterments are now under way. MEDIATION IS CONSIDERED Interparliamentary Vnton May life Taft to Act in Mediterranean. VA.KHINOT"N. May 14 Representa tive Klchard ParthoMt. of rH. Louis, wa re-elected for the alnth time pres cient of the American group of tha Inter-Parliamentary I'nlon today. A committee waa appointed to con sider the propriety of auagextina to President Taft that he offer his friend ly aid as a mediator between Italy and Turkey. Attorney la Indicted. TAOMA. May 4. Attorney K. U. .Sherrlll. who obtained ISO from Mrs. Kllzabeth Crathule. of W'llkeson. a year iia on the repreeentatlon. It la aald. :hat It waa for bail to secure her re leane from Jail, was today Indicted by the grand Jury on tha charge of grand arceny. her1!l was located today at tvilkeeon. In connection with Sherrlll'a leallngs with Mrs. Crashole were ru mors that he had to divide with tha Prosecuting Attorneys office. This hrouaht a prompt demand from Assist ant prosecuting Attorney Burmetster for a pub.le hearing of the matter. Nine other Indictments were relumed, but tha names were not made public resass5ssssr MOB AND OFFICERS (fislSSSBB) v CLASH IN BUDAPEST idM ry - ''" Rioters Destroy Property and 1 1 ' V iiZ.. '; casualty list is heavy -vjr t-l - ' :-' ' ' .jl Voli-yaof Revolver 5ho.nd Stone. f?! K g A ' V 'Y :- Make Demonstration AJnst IfSfS '' lWtfjf OlllliV, WM .' - m mwMm m 'I V Tl BUDAPEST. M.T 14.-F1.rc. tl.Mlnc W, ll tJZT f . brok. out again In tha .treat, of thla .3-ftAU WSJW -. . city today between tha atrlkar. and fVV'JrS Vji- iJ v ' htSi " the police, who are aided by a largo :XAil Qa. ' (T kt -4Sl I fore, of troora. MfN. Y&&1 i- ' 4 A big mob of man dl.obeyed their I lrr as fxfl (P 9 1 , $ttx? ...mm-m f"- leader.' order, to return to work and MV?? & M A R3 C&H i) iSv BISHOPS ARE NAMED ; m hZJT . m i - i- Ished display wlndowa of .tore, on tha ( VfXiJsk iasaaaaaJV if. - ' ' . ij principal streeta . -f They then made an attack on tha fitjl Dr. Young's Vote Reduced by False Rumor He Smokes. OTHER OFFICES FILLED Bl-liop Neely Charge Hla Tletire ment Waa Considered In Secret Session at Which He Had Xo Chance of Defence. tOntlnued from first Pa.) second, with 1SJ. and Harry Farmer, now In Manila, third. Tha conference decided to adjourn on May J. Instead of May 1. the date previously aet. Dr. Yissi Wrss.lr Aeeaaed. Echoes of tha conteat were atlll ring ing from yesterday when tha confer ence continued Its task today. Pr. Benjamin TounK, of Portland. Or., had received 140 votea on tha !0th ballot, and on the flat, tha one on which Pr. F. J. MeConnell waa chosen. Pr. Young', strength waa reduced .trange ly to SOI. It waa at a point In the proceedings when the friends of tha Tort land clergyman had every reason to believe that their candidate would continue to gain, and there was much feeling when It waa learned thai a rumor had gained circulation that Pr; Tounc wa. a user of tobacco, an eaceedrngly unmetho dlst bablt. Thla wa. not true, and Dr. Young's friend, made ha.t. to do all possible to correct the error. Ovarian Eehsea laeideat. Reference wa. made to this Incident today when Pr. Young seconded tha nomination of Marvin Rader aa bishop of tha Philippine Islands. In conclud ing hla address he assured the confer ence that Rader did not have red hair and did not smoke. The sarcasm was not lost on the delegates, who deeply sympathised with the .peaker. and the ovation that followed was the most striking received by any man In tho entire aesalon of a month. Another aenaation waa created at the forenoon session when Bishop Thomas B. Neely read a prepared statement upon the subject of hla enforced re tirement. Bishop Neely. who Is not yet TO years old. wss retired after eight veara of service, of which four were spent In South America and four In New Orleans. He declared that the eplacopary committee had considered hla case In aecrt and without giving him a fair chance to defend himself, had placed his name on the list of bishops to be retired. Hartal freed Affirmed. The social creed of the church was the burd-n of the report of tha Meth odist Federation for Social Service, to tha general conference tonight. The report waa In the nature of an answer to questions referred to the federation by tha general conference of 10. one of which waa: -What principles and measures of social reform are o evi dently rlghtroua and Christian as to demand the specific approval and sup port of tha church?" In answer the federation afflrma that among other thine the Methodist Eplacopfl church stands: "Kor rnual riMa and complete Jus tice for all men in all stations of life. "For the protection of the family, by the alngle standard of purity, uniform divorce laws, proper regulation of mar riage and proper housing. -For the abolition of child labor. "For the conservation of health. "For a release from employment one day In seven. -For a living wage as a minimum In every Industry and for the hiKhest wage that each Industry can afford." I.aawr prwrsnsH? Aaa-ed. Immediate action by tha churchre In the Industrial field la recommended In tha report of three propositions; one day's rest in seven, reduction of tha hours of labor and a living wage. Activity In each community by tha leaders of the Methotlist Episcopal church to meet the community needa was recommended and the necessity of co-operation with other agenclea for good was voiced. The night session a'.so considered tha work of tho American Bible Society. Among the speakers were: J. P. Wragg. Atlanta. Oa; S. H. Kirbrlde. Chicago; V. p. Mell. San Francisco: W. I. Haven. New York: Bishop F. I. Itta and H. F. Ward. Chicago. The report of the Bible society dealt with the work of circulating Biblical literature over the world. Already the delegates have begun to discusa the election of offlcera of varl oua boards of the church. It Is said that Instead of having one man at the head of the Board of Foreign Missions, three wlUi equal power will be placed ' V Calvary Church, afterward proceeding , Wat K TrfC . -' -' '.. ' to Neuschloss. where they aet flra to IVSakifYl lAsSa'Vf . . t a factory, feeding the flames with JvijiVs'il ' H '1rjiieKi 4 ' - , - ' petroleum. The rlotara beat off tha iaiV1 sfl t O I"- K$s3f -eva' j . Troop, put In an appearance and 'iCVl sOlH.CC X O D emsf sTjfl I n t- All I ,nlJ " ln8 signal lor several ouj fj "iKV. M V IV ' " ill I nl revolver shots and stones to which I 1; VTviSTl w X JATJ1.7JXl At nna fartorv a Hvalv battle took I F'jUli Dr. neajamla Yeuag ( above) and Bishop .Neeley. there, taking the position heretofore occupied hy Or. Arina B. Leonard. Se York, made aecretary emerltua of the Board at the present session. Amorj the names mentioned for these posi tions are J. B. Trimble, Storm Lako. la., and E. A. Scheel, of Mount Pleas ant, la. As secretary of the Board of Home Missions It Is probable Robert Forbes, of Philadelphia, will he elected. JERSEY SAFE, SAYS T. R. COLONEL. nOOSEVELT EXPECTS TO BEAT POLITICIAN'S. Ex-President Visits Atlantic City and Camden. Where He Take Another Klinij at Taft. CAMDEN'. N. J.. My i "We ara going to beat the politicians In New Jersey next T- iiid Colonel Roosevelt at the close of his second day's campaign In this stute. "When we got through with them in IfennSyl vanla. there wasn't enough left of them to put Into a coal scuttle. It will bo about the same thing here." Colonel Roosevelt made a awing through New Jersey today, traveling to Atlantic City and thence t'f Camden. From here he went to Trenton for his final speech. The crowds were large and enthusiastic. In Camden, where lie spoke tonight, he replied to a etatement which Mr. Taft was reported to have made. Mr. Taft says that If my proposal for a referendum on Judicial decisions were adopted." said the Colonel, "there would be nothing to prevent a Legis lature from repealing the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution and disfranchise tho negroes. It la impossible to treat such statements as either sincere or serious. It Is sheer nonsense. You might Just as well speak of recalling the vote by which the thirteen original atatea adopted the Constitution." 11 CAN' PREVENT AND RVLE Wilson's Deleimte From Virginia to i Retain Independence. NORFOLK. Va.. May 24. Under final action by the Virginia Democratic state convention, the state's ?4 votes at Bal timore are to be cast by 3 delegates, 24 having half a vote each. The unit rule can be applied only by a two thirds vote aftor the first ballot. It the contention that 11 out of the II votes are for Woodrow Wilson is true, it Is said that these 11 can pre vent the enforcement of the unit rule. CHINESE OPPOSE BILL PILI.IXGHAM MEASURE IS TOO DRASTIC. SAV RESIDENTS. Provision Forbidding Change of Oc cupation Regarded as Bar to Future Prosress. LO.S ANGELES. May 34. Chinese of Southern Oiaiornta, through their Chamber of Commerce in this city, is sued an appeal to the people of the Coast today, asking them to Join In a protest against the Dillingham exclu sion Bill, whicn nas aireaay passeu the I rrited States Senate and Is now pending in the House of Representa tives. The bill. It Is stated, would con stitute. If enacted, a menace to the commercial relations between this country and the near Republic of China. Tne national consciousness of China is awakenim." said Henry Yip. sec retary of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce today, "and the Dillingham bill la regarded as far too drastic. It gives Immigration officials power t exclude any Chinese to whom they may object personally and according to Its provisions a Chinese must con tinue to follow tha occupation ha de clared on entering this country. This forbids all progress to the Chinese in the United stales. "We believe that the American peo ple will have this bill killed as soon as they become aware of Its purport." General Booth Undergoes Operation. LONDON. May 24. The doctors In attendance on General Booth, of the Solvation Army, operated on yesterday for cataract, itsued the following bul letin this mornlra: "The Ueneral's eye is dolus extremely well." BUDAPEST. May 14. Flare, fighting broke out again In the .treets of thl. city today between tha strikers and tha police, who are aided by a large force of troop.. A big mob of man dl.obeyed their leader.' order, to return to work and began again tha wrecking tactics em ployed yesterday. The Infuriated men first overturned a number of streetcars, then demol ished display wlndowa of stores on tha principal streets. They then made an attack on tha Calvary Church, afterward proceeding to Neuschloss. where they set flra to a factory, feeding tha flames with petroleum. The rlotara beat off the firemen. Troops put In an appearance and this was the signal for several volleys of revolver shots and stones to which the soldiers replied with volleys from their rifles. Rioters and troops suf fered heavily. At one factory a lively battle took place between the strikers and non- strikers. Revolvers were used freely and many were wounded. A column of 600 strikers today stormed the offloea of the electric works, but were beaten back by the troops. The rioters, most of whom are trained soldiers and adepts at taking cover, fired from behind barricades. The atrtke. which waa called as a protest against the election of Count Tlsza as speaker of the lower House of Parliament, was at first Intended mere ly as a demonstration In favor of uni versal suffrage, of which Count Tlsza Is a determined opponent. A demand for the extension of tha suffrage has been forwarded to Em peror Francis Joseph. About 60,000 men, representing half of the factory hands of the city, took part in the disturbances, marching through the streets and attacking men at work. When they were refused permission to hold a meeting outside the Parliament buildings, they be came violent, destroying property of all kinds. The amended list of casualties dur ing yesterday's fighting shows that six were killed and 160 wounded, 100 of them seriously. Peace was restored this evening through the Intervention of the govern ment, which Induced the manufacturer, to agree to take back the locked-out metalworkers tomorrow. 3-YEAR BILL AGREED ON HOMESTEAD MEASURE TO BE REPORTED TO CONGRESS. Main Features Retained Entrymen Permitted to Leave for Five) Months of Every Twelve. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 24. The conference com mittee in charge of the Borah-Jones three-year homestead bill today re ported what is declared to be a final agreement and the measure will be re ported back to both houses in a day or two. The main features of the original bill are retained and all ob jectionable proposed amendments re jected. As the bill is agreed upon, the home stead period Is reduced from five to three years and entrymen are per mitted leave of absence of not to ex ceed five consecutive months each year, they being required to notify the local Land Office when they leave the land and of the date of their return. A cultivation clause is incorporated which requires the entryman to culti vate not less than one-sixteenth of the area of his entry the second year and one-eighth the third -year, before re ceiving a patent. The bill will apply to all entries, Including enlarged home stead entries snd all pending entries. Entrymen who have not yet received a patent will have the privilege of completing their proof under the three year bill or continuing under the old law as they may prefer. Senator Borah is much pleased over the agreement of the conference com mittee and is now hopeful that the bill will finally pass and become a law.ln the form In which It Is now left by the conference committee. Senator Newlands did not attend the meeting of the conference today, but other com mitteemen feel satisfied that he will approve tha bill and Join In the report. HAY'S SUCCESSOR NAMED Edson Joseph Chamberlain to Be Grand Trunk Pacific President. t rixrrw--v Mnv ti. Tha announce- ! ment was made today that Edson Jo seph Chamberlain, vice-presiaeni oi mo Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, has been appointed to succeed Charles M. Haya, who lost his life In the Titanic disaster, as president of the -Grank Trunk Rail way Company, of Canada. MONTREAL. Que.. May 24. William Walnwrlght. who has been acting pres ident and was vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific, became first vice president of the Grand Trunk Paciflo to succeed Mr. Chamberlain. M. M. Revnolds. of Montreal, a vice president of the Grand Trunk. Is made director and second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific. HOUSE HOLDING TO PLAN Underwood Says Adjournment Must Come June 16 Senate Doubtful. WASHINGTON, May 24. The House is holding to its programme for ad journment about June 16, although no understanding has been reached with the Senate leaders, who are not optim istic. Kepreaentallve Underwood, Demo- . t;.;t- V-i i,, -nnmai iiiismsbSmi MSiln if tin iiiiiwgaasMsaaaMHMMhiatwii mvm is - cratio leader of the House, announced today that "the programme for adjourn ment June 15 must be carried out so far as the House Is concerned." He said he would Insist on sidetrack ing all legislation there In favor of tho appropriation bills and"a few measures of imperative importance. Mosier Strawberry Crop Is Large. MOSIER, Or., May 24. (Special.) The first shipment of ripe strawberries were shipped from here yesterday. The rains of Sunday and Monday insured a good crop and the berries are now riDenlng rapidly. A. P. Bateham. man ager of the East Hood River Fruit Company, said that there would be the largest crop known in several years. Warden Files $8000 Bonds. SALEM. Or.. May 24. (Special.) Warden Curtis today filed a bond of tsona as suoerintendent of the peniten tiary, and one of $3000 as disbursing THE WILEY B. ALLEN COMPANY; ICTROLA 1 V. 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