r-X -ft 4 "tfeV- PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. JUNE 8. 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI I- NO. 10,081. ROOSEVELT HAS PLATFORM READY 24 VOTES DECIDED IN FAVOR OF TAFT VOLCAMO SPOUTING ASH OVER CORDOVA PORTLAND POSTAL BANK STRONGEST POLICE GET NO AIO FRIKND SAYS DECLARATION IS HEAVY KXPLOMOX FOLLOWED BY SIGNR OK F.RtPTION. DEPOSITS LEAD ALL IV PRO PORTION TO POPULATION. RELATIVELYMILD. 2r POLICE GUARD FOR COMMITTEE GIVEN LIGHTNING HITS 6 AT KLAMATH FALLS MAYOR TO ASK WHY Alabama and Part of Arkansas Settled. FIRST SESSIONS ARE PEACEFUL Republican Committee Per mits Rollcalls on Demand. BORAH DEMANDS HEARING Jdahoan. Supporting Roosevelt. De clare Steam Roller I In Opera lion Florid C'ae to Be Taken tp Today. mow roiTri4T Mr.Rr. okctded FIRST OAT'S RKeUUOM. Alabama Taft. Al larg J Klral IM.trlct I Hrond lit.irlet t rtfth tM.trlrt 1 lfh IM.trlct 3 )inth Iltrlct a Arkansas Al large Flrat I.l.lrlrt 1 tWond Platelet S Total gala tot day... ...24 CHICAGO, Jnn 7. Twenty-four del egate from Alabama and Arkanaaa wer added today to th Taft column by action of the Republican National committee upon the so-called Roovelt contests from those states. All the contata presented today bo for the committee wri decided In Taft' favor, and In all except two the decisions of the commute waa unanl moirs. although one rolleall teat ap parently had ahown IS antl-Taft vote. The raaea decided were thoae of the alx delegates at large and the two each .In the First. Seen ml, Fifth. Sixth and Ninth Congresslonsl Districts In Ala bama and the four delegates at large and two each In the First -and Second Districts of Arkanaaa. Meellaa Peaeefal, aa Whale. There remain to be heard of the Arkanaaa eonteata thoae ef the Third, Fourth. Fifth and Seventh District. In view of the hitter feeling between tli Taft and Roosevelt adherent, th meeting waa surprisingly peaceful, al though It opened w ith' a rnnteat wMch aeemed to forecaat a degree of friction. Thla conteat aroae over a renewal by Senator Borah, of Idaho, of hia motion of yesterday, which would permit only alght member of th committee to de. xnand a rolleall Inatead of 19. aa pro. Vlded by the rule. Dennla T. Flynn, of Oklahoma, holding the proxy of Committeeman Flanagan, of Nevada, moved to lay the Borah motion on th table. Mr. Borah wanted to debate th subject, but Chairman Rosewster declared It undebatabl aa a proposi tlon of parliamentary law. ReraH IKrasaada Heariag. "I don't Intend to be choked off by a gag thla early In the campaign," aald Senator Borah, with aome ahow of het. "and I will either have my ay here or I will occupy euch a poaltlon thut thla convention will make no progress." "Thla committee will conduct It pro. ceedlnna under the uaual parliamentary rule." aald Mr. Koaawater, with marked dignity. "But you shall nut adopt any rule or gag by laying motlona on th table thla early In th campaign," retorted the Id.'iho Senator. "leas Roller" Met koala Charged. The committee proceeded to table th But ah motion by a viva voc rot and then Mr. Borah waa permitted to con tinue, which he did, aa followa: "Mr. Chairman, we will make no prog rca her. Now I know that you have a ateain roller, f don't even deal re to ruahlon 'the team roller. I am per fcctly willing th steam roller (hall operate, but t want to aay her and now that It will be known to th coun try that It doea operate, how It oper atea, who la operating It. Men who have not the moral courage to record their vote before th people of thla country are not worthy to repreaent tlir great Itepubllcan organisation of thla United Plate. (Applause). "Men who have not the manhood to aland up here and atate for whom they are going to vole, how they are going to vote, are evidently acting aa " "Th gentleman from Idaho la out of order." Interrupted the chairman. "There la nothing before the Houee," aid My. Bartholdt. "1 am before th houee." retorted. Senator Borah. Rolleall Villi Ho l oa-eara. "1 aak unanlinou roment that th gentleman be permitted to proceed In order that thla proceeding ehall be mad parliamentary," aakl -Mr. Bar tholin. "I hope cvnaent will be given to th Senator from Idaho to continue, and I think w alioold give unanlmoua con aent now and let him get hla remark! Into the record," Interjected Mr. Pen rose. It waa mad plain aoon after thla that even though Mr. Rorah'e motion had been tabled, the majority Intended to give the minority a rolleall. on de mand, on any question. I'enroae, Crane and other a of th Taft faction repeat edly joined Borah and hi colleagues Concluded ea Pafe Politician Think Karly Prepara tion Mean Colonel Will Be Candidate Anyway. CHICAGO. Juno 7. (Special.) Rooaovelt'a platform la written. Thla waa the declaration today of on of the men who have taken a leading part In the campaign of th ex-Preeldent. politician conalder It one of th moat -I I ,t - .. ....rtlnn. Af NTHBt WfftRt. aa Indicating that Rooeevelt will urely be candidate regardless or tno action of the coming convention, and that he baa gon o far as to perfect a declara tion nf nr4,iflr.l.. ftfl Which tl IS tO tand and on which he believe the Re publican party ahould base Ita ngni mr four years more of control of the Na tional Administration. The declaration Is ald to have been approved at Oyster Bay and to be In rhicairn now In nnssesslon of on of th Colonel' trusted lieutenants. One man who eaya he la ramiiiar with th platform' content aay that It promulgate much lee radical vlewa than might be expected from th pre nomlnation campaign. SEATTLE BUILDINGS SINK Slide In Abandoned Tunnrl Kndan gein Hotel la Yesler Way. BEATTLB, Wash.. June 7. (Special) At Fifth avenue and Yesler Way there I a hoi 40 feet long. !0 feet wide and 11 feet deep, occasioned by a alld In the abandoned tunnel of th Oregon it Washington Railroad at that point. Early yeaterday morning In numerable occupant of th Ferndale Hotel at Fifth and Yesler fled In night attlr a th building resting above the tunnel began to settle. A. C. Fisher, proprietor of th Hill side saloon In the same blook, heard th sound of moving earth and felt the building settling slightly. He raised an alarm and sent for Matt Branigan. a building contractor, who hurried to th place, bringing hi foreman. Phil Phil lips. Both accidentally stepped Into the hoi and alld a distance of several feet, but escaped with few slight bruises. Another building, owned by A. P. Malloy. with a frontage of 1X0 feet on Tesler Way and 10 feet on Fifth ave nue, I endangered. A pollc guard ha been placed at th scene and ap proaching pedestrlana are warned away. GIRL GETS WIRELESS JOB Only Woman Operator' Aesigned to "Trick." on Alaska Boat. 8EATTLE, Wash, June 7. (Special.) When the steamship Mariposa, th latest of the fleet of th Alaska Steam ship Company, ateama for Alaska ports July 1 she will hare a her wireless operator Miss Mabell Kelso, the only woman la th world to hold Govern ment wlrelea certificate. Mlaa Kelao successfully passed th examination given today under th di rection of the Navy Department at Bremerton and waa Immediately as signed to the steamship Mariposa by R. H. Armstrong, general manager of th United Wlreles Telegraph Com pany. Lieutenant A. C. Gall. United States Navy, who conducted th examination, said ah passed with th highest hon or of any of th appllcanta for certifi cate who had appeared befor him. Th young woman has been atn ographer In the office of th E. 11. Lewis Lnmber Company and maatered the wireless cod In her spare hour. "I hav alway been anxloua to go to sea." aald Mis Kelao today, "and I know I ahal lenjoy the work. My friends neved dreamed that I was In earnest." WARREN ESTATE $300,000 Will of Titanic Victim I Admitted lo Probate. Tb estate of Frank M. Warren, th Portland canneryman who went down with th Titanic, waa admitted to pro bat yesterday, and la valued at 1100, - 000, according to th report of Mrs, Warren and Oeorge A. Warren, execu tor. In accordance with th will left by Mr. Warren, th property and other aaaeta of the eatate will be divided among the four children, the widow and two grandchildren. To the wife of Frank M. Warren. Jr.. 15000 caah la bequeathed, and to Anna Elisabeth Warren, daughter of Frank M. Warren. Jr 11000. To Mrs. Anna E. Blood, of Everett. Mass, 00 la left, the amount to be paid In Installments of ISO a month. To France R. Munro, daugh ter of Anna Grace Warren Munro, $1000 la left. The remainder of the estate goes to tha widow and her four chil dren, excepting property at St. Claur street and Park avenue, which la be queathed to the widow exclusively. INTERIOR OREGON SOAKED Heavy Shower Insure Record Yield of Farm Products. TERflKBONNE. Or.. Jun 7. (Spe rial.) A heavy rain began thla atfer noon and continued for several hours, thoroughly soaking th soil. Crop con dition hav been favorable this 8prlng and th rain today aaaure bountiful harvest. Farmer having a large acreage of potatoes will be especially benefitted. Prospects are for an un usually large wheat yield. Reports from Bend are that heavy rain fell there, folowlng a electric storm. Rumorof'RoughHouse' Tactics Heard. EARLY PRECAUTICNS TAKEN McKinley Says Flinn Is Plan ning Demonstration. APPEAL TO PERKINS MADE Colonel' Friend 8 Id by Roosevelt Member to Have Been Be sought lo - Check Movement That Threatens Trouble. CHICAGO. June 7. Colonel W. F. Stone, sergeant-at-arma of the Repub lean National committee, appealed to night to Mayor Harrison for police pro tection at tomorrow's session of the committee, which I conducting contest hearings In th Coliseum. Chief Me Weeney decided to detail pollc and plain clothe men, aa requested. Colonel Stone's action, he aald. waa prompted by report that certain Roosevelt leaders had prepared to take step to Intlmldat the membership of the committee in It deliberations. Other members of the committee. In cluding Colonel Harry 8. New, of In diana; Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, and Senator Sanders, of Tennessee. Bald they had heard the report of a planned Roosevelt demonstration at,th committee-room during the hearings. "Romark-Hoooe" Gwardeal Agalaet. "Ther will be no Yough-houso' In th committee," aald Colonel Ston. "Neither will any demonstration be per mitted on th outside of th Coliseum. Drastic measure will be adopted If anything of tb kind I attempted. I hav asked the Chicago city author ities for police protection at the com mittee bearings." It waa aald that th reference to "roughhouae" method were aimed at William Flinn. of Pittsburg, who is headed thi way after a conference with Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and la aald to be charged with an Im portant and confidential mission. Sew 1,00.10. to Believe. "Such a report aa thla," said Colonel New, "seems incredible. Certainly no on I foolish enough to believe any thing can be gained for a cause by the adoption of auch methods. And sure ly no one who knows the member of the National Committee Is going to be bluffed or terrorised by any mob or set of thugs that can be muatered. "Mind you, I don't believe that any thing of the aort will be attempted, a aurely someone In th crowd haa In tellect enough to head off anything of th aort If any misguided Individual should attempt It However, depend (Concluded on Pag 5-1 i ' T " -T JT - w f X "S. I I ii v . - -iTyw rc: mm or ' . Action of AlaxL Peak Put Navy's Wireless Station Out of Commission, CORDOVA. Alaska. June 7. Volcanic ash Is falling thickly over this city, showing that the heavy exploelona heard In the mountains all last night were caused by an Alaskan volcano In eruption. The time between the ex plosions and the fall of the ash here was so short that It Is believed the volcano Is In the Redoubt or the Illam na Mountalna in tha Cook Inlet coun try. Th cloud effect throughout thl sec tion of Alaska wa unusual all day, dull clouds hanging low with a south west wind. The explosions 'were first heard last night at 7 o'clock and continued with out Interruption until after 1 o'clock thl morning. Th blasts were heavy and In quick succession. The Navy wireless station tried to communicate with the stations to the westward to get definite Information of conditions In the Cook Inlet country but the static conditions of the atmosphere made it Impossible to work with any of the Alaska stations. Th steamship Mariposa, which ar rived today from Seattle, reported that she heard th eruption while between Cap St. Ella and Cape Hlnchinbrook. The Marlposa'a wireless was also out of commission because of the atmos pheric conditions. Because of the distance the ash must have traveled In the air, the eruption Is believed to have been one of the most violent In the history of Alaska volcanoes. SPOKANE CUTS TAX LEVY Assessments Reduced 1 0 Per Cent on Realty and Improvements. SPOKANE, Wash., June 7. (Special.) Tax assessment In Spokana mill be rtduced 10 per cent by County Assessor Crelghton for 1012 and owners of both real property and Improvements will receive the benefit of a lower scale. Revenues, according to the Assessor, will fall somewhat, but. Crelghton de clares, property values this year will not stand up to thoae on which the roll were based the last two years, nor will a high an assessment be ne cessary aa In the last two yeara. As an example of the redjictlon In percentage of assessment, t-'relghton cites property of the real value of $1000, which, on a 40 per cent valua tion, taxes would be levied on a value of $400. A 10 per cent reduction, using a multiple of ( Inatead of 40, will re duce the real value to $.160, or 70 per cent of the assessed valuation. PEOPLE GLARE AT SULTAN Mulal Hand Leave Morocco Capi tal on Way to France. FEZ, Morocco, June 7. Sultan Mulal Fafld. accompanied by the French MIniater. M. Regnault, and a atrong escort, left today for Rabat, from where he probably will proceed to France. As he psssed through th deserted streets of tbe capital, the Moroccans glared defiantly from their wlndowe. General Lyautey, the French Real dent Governor,' went to the city gates with the Sultan. UP AGAINST THE ROLLER. Hail Like Marble Falls for Half Hour. BOLT STRIKES BABE IN ARMS Men and Animals Leveled by High Wind and Icy Pelts. VICTIMS STREW GROUND Electrical Shaft Travel Along Wire Fence, Tearing; Barn and Fell Ins; ' Family None Will Die Damage Light. , KLAMATH FALLS. Or, June 7. ( Special. ) Six persons were struck by lightning here late today In a storm which preceded tne most severe down pour of hall ever recorded In Klamath County. None of those struck will die. It is thought, although one, a baby in arms, la In a critical condition. Three Inches of hall fell In less than half an hour. The lightning also struck a barn, ripped off a number of ahingles and wrecked telephone and light wires in a section of Mills addition. Those hit by the bolt are: Ben 8. Owens, knocked unconscious; Edward Owena, knocked down and dased; San dy Thompson, aeverely ahocked; Tom Owens, severely shocked; John Potter, shocked and dased. Baby Putter, knocked unconscious. Ylctlaas Blrow firowaa. Owens, bis two sona and Thompson were standing In the Owens yard when the bolt struck. Potter, with Ms baby In lils arms, waa atandlng on the rear porch of hia home next door. The lightning atruck a corner o fthe Owens barn and tore loose a number of shingles and then ran down to the elec tric light and telephone wire. Ap parently It traveled along tha wires and only a small amount of the elec tricity from the main bolt struck those who were hit, When Potter recovered hia poise after the shock the baby lay In his arms as though dead. The elder Ow ens was stretched on th ground un conscious and ono of his sona lay be sld him In a daxe dcondltlon. Medi cal attention wa secured without de lay and all th vlctlmes were revived within a short time. Hall Lara aa Maroleo. Th hall atorm which preceded the electrical display was the most un usual ever seen In this part of th country. Th hailstones wer aa large aa dob marblea and pelted befor a strong wind with such fore that It wa Impossible for men or animals to stand up before their fury. - It waa feared that slight damage to th fruit crop would result from th (Concluded on Pass .) IU "Ci. Amount Only Exceeded by New York and Chicago Average Principal Reaches $10!. CO. OREGONIAV NEWS RCRF.Al. Waah Ington. Jun 7. Portland' Poatal Saving Bank, in the opinion of of ficiate of tbe Postoffice Department, la eaelly the most succeasful and moat proaperoua In the United States. Statistics published by the Depart ment today showing th aggregate de posit from the date of opening to April 30, this year, demonstrate that only two cities. New York and Chicago, have mure money on drpoalt In their poatal bunka than Portland, and In proportion to population Portland'a de posits are many times greater 'than those of tha two largest cities In the I nited States. The amount on deposit In Portland on April 10 wa I43C.1 S. The amount In New Tork waa $?7.74i and In Chi cago I f. 1 .6 I. No other far Western city approxlmatee Portland's deposits, but St. Paul la not far behind with $4ii.;. The average amount per person de posited In April In the Portland postal bank was 131.41. which figure waa ex ceeded only by New Orleans. Th av erage principal per depositor In Port land April 2 waa $101. (0. which Is exceeded slightly by St. Paul, Denver, Kansas City and Seattle. The average In Seattle waa 2 cents above that of Portland and In San Francisco th av erage 1 14 cent less than that of Portland. SCHOOL NAME UNCHANGED Plan to Call Wood lawn Building Wittenberg' Not Popular . Residents of th Woodlawn district will contluu to know their public school building aa the Woodlawn rVhool. Following the death of Her man Wittenberg, for many years a member of the Board of Education and prominent in public school affalra, hla asaoclates on the Board tentatively agreed to name tha Woodlawn School after him. In fact, th nam Wood lawn waa removed from th building aeveral week ago and that of Witten berg waa aubatiluled. At Thuraday'e meeting of the Board of Education It waa reportrd that the board bearing the name Wittenberg had been removed from the echool building and carried away. Thla fact, coupled with the preaentatlon of a pro test trura the Woodlawn Improvement Asaociat'on .objecting to the change in namea. moved the director to decide officially to restore the original nam of the achool. The name by which the school has been known Is associated with that aectlon of the city and waa the reaaon urged by the Improvement Aasoclatlon why any substitution would be distasteful to the patrons of th school. SHOT ENDS LIBERTY DASH Man W"1k 'Touched'' Hotel Inrrates at Pendleton Arrested. PENDLETON. Or., June 7. (Special.) After cleverly entering a number of rooms In both the St. Oeorge and Bow man Hotels early thla afternoon and "touching" everyone, practically, with whom he came In contact, a man giving his name as Fred W. Bailey was final ly arrested at the depot after be had made a big "cleanup" and all In about three hours' time. The man arrived from Walla Walla about noon today. After being placed under arrest n asked to step away a short distance to get hi valise and upon gaining con sent made a mad bolt for liberty. A bullet followed cloa In hla path, how ever. Chief of Police Kearney having kept a cloae eye on the stranger. When searched in th Sheriff's office a number of gold watchca. considerable money, odd piece of Jewelry, akeleton keya. etc.. wer found on him. tin of the watches was owned by Henry Men.s, which Bailey I alleged to hav taken while Means wss asleep In his room at the Bowman Hotel. Th loss not being discovered for some time after. RECALL IS THREATENED Petition Against Senator Carson to Be Circulated, Sa) McMahan. SALEM, Or., June 7. Announcement has been made here by L. II. McMahan that the petitions having for their ob ject the recall of State Senator John A. Carson are now printed and that they will be put Into circulation to morrow. L- H. McMahan aeveral montha ago bought space in a local paper here, and ever since haa been attacking the record of Senator Carson In the last Legislature. Several weeks ago he announced that recall petitions would be soon circulated against the Senator, and he la now beading a move ment to teca.ll him. Carson has made a counter attack on McMahan by giving out affidavit algned about three years ago by P. N. lthrop and Nellie M. Savage, accusing McMahan of persuading Lathrop to swear falsely in aid of McMahan' client In a divorce action. OUTPOSTS DRIVEN BACK Mexican Federals, Venturing Too far. Encounter Superior Force. CHIHttAjrCA. June 7. Federal out posle advanced too far north today and were driven back In a sharp skir mish by 200 rebel under General Joae t'ampoe. a few mllea south of Santa Ysabel, a station on the Mexican North western, 4& miles west of her. The federal. 00 In number, escaped with out loae and are believed to have been part of the column under Oeneral Hahago. More troopa were sent westward from here today to reinforce the columns under General fsmpos and Colonel Kellx Terraxaa. The rebela have nearly 3000 men along the line of tbe Mexi can Korthwestara west from thla city. Cameron, and Tazwell to Be Questioned. IGNORANCE OF LAW CHARGED Court Says City Executive Tries to Shift Blame. JUDGE MAY BE "PICKED Rushlight Will Select Own Man for Municipal Bench If Present Oc cupant Is I'.lcclcd to Circuit Division Next November. o-oo-oo-oo e o o o-o GIST OF TAll:l.l,'K ASWVVr.R AMI OF MAYOR'S RKI'LY. Municipal Juds Tsisell, replying lo chsrs of policemen and state, menu by Mayor Ruahllfht. the Mayor I lanorant of th lawa. Jud Taismtl y he Impoaoa. In many Instance, th maximum flnea on paraaltee, whenever the evidence warrant. It; when II dne not. he rec. omm.mli lena aerloua charge and puntahe according lo the evidence. Judge Tnxwell aya ha thinks It would ha been only "common courtey" on th Myor" part to have notified htm of tha Thursday meeting. o he could have been pre ent lo reful any charge made. Judge T.iw.ll hold the Mayor alone responsible for condition, and aay th police have order not to molest disorderly women under cer tain clrcum.tancej. and aya nm of the policemen have lid about him. Dlatrlct Attorney Cameron ls hold th Msyor rponllile. Msyor Ru. Might aya h 1 not Ig norant of the law and that ha will aak the City Council to change th ordinance so that tha Municipal Judge can lir.po heavier entnce on paraalte. The Mayor he will summon court attaches and District Attornoy to explain their aria. Mayor Ruahllght, anawerlng certain featurea of a furmsl statement by Mu nicipal Judge Taxwell touching on charge mad by policemen at the City Hall Thursday afternoon, declared last night that he will demand of District Attorney Cameron and Judg Taxwell why it In that they are not co-operating with the pollc In cleansing th city. In esse of th election of Judg Tax well to th Circuit Bonch In November, th Mayor declared, "I will appoint to th Municipal Court bench a man who will give me a aworn atatement before hand that he will deliver tha goods down there In th matter of meting out proper sentences to parasites, a well aa others." Taswell Charges Igaoraaee. Judge Taswell. In hia statement, de clares that th Mayor la Ignorant of th lawa or he would not have said in a recent interview In Tha Oregonlan that th eolltences Imposed on para sites by th Municipal Judg are light Answering this, the Mayor aald: "I am not ignorant of th law at all; that la not my point. I aald In that Interview that rock pile sentences of on year should be given parasites who are convicted aa such. Instead of smaller sentences or fines. What I had In mind wsa that the present or dinance should -be changed. If It does not give the Municipal Judge sufficient latitude, and 1 will recommend to tbe City Council that th ordinance be n changed. I also will provide room for paraslteg on the rockpllc." Blasse Not Shifted, Says Mayor. Judge Taxwell also charged that he believe Mayor Rushlight I seeking to shift responsibility from hla own shoulder to someone else, the same being the Judge. The Mayor replied to this by saying It Is untrue. "I am conducting an Investigation Into the police department affalra," said the Mayor, "because the grand Jury for May said (he city is overrun with disorderly women and parasites. I am not investigating the Municipal Judge nor the District Attorney, but the charges made against those offi cials by members of the police force are so aerloua that I must take notice of them and 1 will havo Judge Taswell and District Attorney Cameron, as well as others, before me to give them an opportunity to explain. "I think that there are 40 cases of persons found guilty in tli Municipal Court who were given suspended sen tences during the yesr; I want to know why, and It Is up to the Judg and Dis trict Attorney to clear this up. They will be given an opportunity Just as soon aa I ran get tho testimony of Thuraday extended and tabulated state ments of certain thlnga ready for their perusal." Mayor Won't "Itog Wossea. Judge Tsswell charges that Mayor Rushlight Insists upon being responsi ble for the police department and, thla being th case. Inquire why the po lice have ordera not to molest disor derly women unless thsy are soliciting from windows or on the streets, Tbe Mayor say this Is because these women have a right to live, so long al they do not molest the public or ply their trade; that he will not "dog" (Concluded on Pas i.