wtm VOL. LII- NO. 16,0S.. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 13, '1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. fttali TAFT I IFf! CHARGE EFFORTS TO BRIBE McKinley Gives Out Ac cusing Statement. TALK OF BOLT IS GROWING Political Camos Buzz With Rumors of Third Candidate. ADVENT OF T. R. QUESTION Oprn Accusation That lloo-cvell Men Are Using Money to Bribe Southern Delegate Branded as Campaign Lie by Dixon. CHICAGO. June 12 Differences be tween Tsft and Roosevelt leader born on a tide of charges of bribery, theft and ether accusations, threatened to night to precipitate decisive develop ments before the opening; of the Re publican National convention next Tuesday. Charges of corruption were made In a statement to the press given out to - night by Director McKinley, of the Taft bureau, which ace u Be a Roosevelt msn sgers of an effort to capture the con vention by force. Bolt Talk tirowtag. Two sensational possibilities were discussed In conference ronnu, hotel corridors and party headquarters. The flret was a bolt by Roosevelt forces and tha organisation of "progressive" party If Taft is renominated. The bolt talk was ever present during tha day and one In a meeting; of llooeevelt leadera rose to a point where William ininn. of rittsburg, who was presiding, refused to let It go further. The second was a compromise candi date. A numoer of leaders declared that now c win beyond question to expect the Taft or Roosevelt people to abide by the nomination of the other candidate. allforala Deelaloa Excites. The situation was crystallized to a Brest degree by the action of the Na tional committee In the contest hear ings, particularly the California case. The Roosevelt men Insisted they could expect nothing for their candidate at the hands of the ruling Taft majority In the committee and condemned with Increasing bitterness the work of that body. Whether Colonel Roosevelt would rome to Chicago and what effect his coming would have upon the situation came up at almost every turn of the endless discussions and arguments. Nearly all agreed that the arrival of Colonel Roosevelt would bring tha sit uation to a climax, but the final out coma of such an event waa disputed. Elevea States Favor Bolt. The states that loomed large In 'the rah illations of the Roosevelt leaders In case of bolt were: California. Ore gon, Kansas, Nebraska. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, South Da kota. Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. Several other states were named, but the Roosevelt manngera got greater satisfaction out of their sur vey of those listed. The third candidate talk included Cummins and LaFolIette and a "dark horse" possibility. A dozen names were mentioned, but there was no unanimity of opinion among leaders. Early In tha evening Director Mc Kinley issued a statement which, after asserting that Mr. Taft would be nom inated on the first ballot, charged that the Roosevelt forces were planning "more desperate measures to prevent tha Inevitable." Charge ef Bribery Made. "The effort to' corrupt Taft dele gates to the Chicago convention." said the statement, "haa been under way several weeks. Tt la common knowl edge that seven weeks ago money was sent to two Taft Instructed delegates in a certain Southern state by a well known Roosevelt leader now In Chi cago. "Within the last week two men sent from New Tork to a Southern state have hraaenly approached Taft dele Kates with offera of money In return for votes for Roosevelt. Other agents on a similar mission have made their appearance recently In aeveral states. "That a well-defined effort Is on foot to buy the Presidential nomination for Theodore Roosevelt Is beyond question." I'laa to rack. Hall Sees. Tha statement charges that a plan Is on foot to influence the local po lice force with a view to packing the convention hall with non-ttcket hold ers and "perpetrate In the hall a sys tem of Intimidation and terrorlxatlon which might easily culminate In a full fledged riot." "A plain campaign lie," waa Mr. Dlxon'a retort to the McKinley state ment. Tha Rooaevelt' committee empha sised tonight Its opinion of the Na tional committee's action in today's contests. In a long statement the Michigan case was characterised as "one of the most nutrageou attempts at strong-srm turtles perpetrated by the Tsft forcea In a campnlgn marked by ruthless disregard of Justice and fair dealing on their part' PITCHER WINS AS THUNDER CRASHES BMMiKI) BY FLASHES, BATTERS SAVING AT AVIDE BALLS. Plumas Connty. California, Has Ac count of AVrird Game AVith Two Bolts Deciding Issue. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. June 1!. (Ppe rial. Jim Wlggs. of the Cabbage Patch, one-time pitcher for the Oakland Coast Leaguers, tells a tale of how an earthquake ones moved the plate for him and gave him a strikeout in a up country game. But there Is a tala that comes out of Plumas County that rele gates Jim Wlggs and his earthquake story to the back porch for a few weeks. The story comes frem Qulnry, the Tlumaa County seat, and relatea to a game played there last Sunday, when two bolts of thunder struck near tha ball field and gave the Greenville pitch er two strikeouts which ha would-have probably missed under normal condl tlons. It .was In the fifth Inning, with Jack Wardlow In the box for Greenville. Hart, of Quincy, was at bat with two strikes and three balls called on him As Wardlow delivered the ball' which waa to tell the tale, a crash of thunder came with a blinding flash and a huge pine less than a quarter of a mile away was seared and splintered. The ball was thrown low and passed well out side the plate, but the batter was blind ed by the flash and swung wide at It for his third strike. Wilson was the next man up for Quincy and with two strikes called on him he repeated Hart's performance as a second thunderbolt smote a tree a few hundred yards from the first. This gave Wardlow two successive strike outs against two of Quincy' best bat ters, and even Wardlow himself admit ted that without the aid of tha thun derbolt coming with the third strike he would probably not have disposed of his men so easily. HOBBLE SKRT DETRIMENT New Jersey Women Pear They AVIH Have to Forego Fiction-Reading. BELLEVILLE. N. J.. June It (Spe cial.) Womon here assert that they will either have to renounce the hob ble skirt or give up Action reading unless the library board makea radi cal changes In tha book arrangement. The trouble la that the fiction shelves In the new Carnegie Memorial are too low for tha hobbled women. They go to tha library and roam around among the alcoves, only to And tha most desired books in tha most Inaccessible places. A suggestion haa been made that tha Action and tha books on sociology change places, but tha cataloguea have all been made up. calling for the Ac tion volumes on tha low shelves. It Is slso against library tradition to put Action In a more prominent place than heavier works. The fad la growing for heavy reading, the authorities say, and the libraries must cater to It. LIVE WIRES TALK-BRIDGE Viaduct Connecting Logan and) Bar ton Suggested at Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or, June 12. (Spe cial.) A demand that a steel bridge, to cost $12,000, be erected across the Clackamas River between Logan and Barton, will be Investigated by tha Live Wires. A committee composed of M. D. Latourette. C. G. Miller. K. E. Brodlo, B. T. McBaln. T. W. Sullivan. L. Adams. Frank Hunch. W. A. Huntley. O. tt. Eby. John W. Loder. A. A. Price, William Hammond. L. L. Plckans, O. K Frey tug and F. A. Olmstoad will go to Lo gan and Barton In a few days to make a report. Rev. C. W. Robinson reported that It would be more desirous to havj the proposed free baths and pool In tht city than In the river. He aaid the cost of a lot, cement pool and shower baths would be about 14000, and the cost of a platform In the river about 500. i It was decided to devote tha next evening meeting and luncheon, two weeks hence, to a discussion of the amendments to the city charter. PANAMA AGENTS ASSAILED Americana Denounce Bringing In Settlers to Coffee Tracts. SAN FRANCISCO. June 12. Bringing tales of hardships endured by Ameri can fortune-hunters in the mountains of Panama, A. P. Jensen, a former sea faring man of San Francisco and other Coast ports, and his wife arrived from Balboa on the steamer. City of Para to day. They denouncer the land agent who had Induced them, with many oth ers, to venture Into the tropical high lands. The Jensens went 22 miles over a tor- Auous trail Into the mountains of Bo- quette, province of Cherokee, and. with other Americans, Invested their money In coffee land. Six weeks ago a fire started In the hills and when an appeal was made to the officials for help It was not heeded. The flames destroyed 3500 coffee trees. SOUTH FEELS EARTHQUAKE Negroes In Panic AVhcn Savannah and Columbus Are Hocked. AUGUST A. C.a.. June 12. Three dis tinct f arthqiiske shocks were felt here, at Columbus, 8. C. and Savannah, Qa., early today. Houses were rocked and the sleeping Inhabitants roughly awak ened. Little damage was dona and no one was hurt. Here the shocks were felt mora dis tinctly on the hills about tha city and In the residence quarter. There was considerable, alarm among negroes, and before the lest shocks had ceased many were at nraver. At Savannah, tha vibrations were eaJtl and west. . 1 MISSING OFFICER SURRENDERS SELF Captain Bishop of Van couver Prisoner. ABSENCE IS THREE MONTHS Army Man Returns on Eve of Being Declared Deserter. HE IS HELD AT PRESIDIO Drain Theory of Many Funds at Post Mtort hut Not MuchLong Explanation Is Forwarded to War Department. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12 (Spe cial.) After an absence of three months without leave from his post at Vancouver Barracks, Captain Augustus IL Bishop, First Infantry, Is a prisoner in his quarters at the Presidio. Captain Bishop voluntarily surren dered himself to Colonel William Nichols. Later he gave an extended account of his actions since his mys terious disappearance from his post last March. Tha Captaln'a story has been forwarded to the War Department at Washington. At the time of his departure from Vancouver Captain Bishop left a wife and two children, who since have re turned to relatives In Detroit. Aptsolatsaeat Made Fraaa Militia. .Bishop waa appointed to the Army from tha militia In Delaware In 119. Despite the fact that he expressed a dislike for Army life, he waa pro moted to the rank of Captain. Pending advice from the War Department he Is in custody of Lieutenant Julian Dodge. , VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash- June 12. (Special.) News that Cap tain ' Augustus Hall Bishop, Company Q. First Infantry, who disappeared mysteriously March 14, 1S12, had sur. rendered waa received here today and caused surprise, as all who knew him believed that ha was dead. Captain Bishop- would "hive been dropped on June 14 aa a deserter, but as he ba returned voluntarily within three months, he will be tried for absence without leave. Instead. Mrs. Bishop and her two children, X and S yeara old. left about March 27 for Detroit, where she Is living at the home of ber brother. T Dlaappearaaea la Saddrau Captain Bishop went to Portland March 14 to buy supplies for his com pany. The last heard of him was when he left the office of his friend. Dr. A. N. Credick, saying he was going nut to dine with friends.- His com pany funds were not in so bad a way that they could not have been straight ened out without much trouble. Ha had two weeks' pay due when he left (Concluded on Pass K i JTJPE PLTJVTUS AND THE OVER-INFLATED PERSONS SEEN IN YESTERDAY'S PARADE SHOULD BE INCARCERATED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. TODAY'S PROGRAMMES FOR BOSK FK!TIVA1 . 10 A. M. Band concerts In the principal business streets. 10 A. M. Rose show at Armory. 1:20 to t P. M. Reception on U. S. 8. cruiser Maryland. 2 P. M. Annual horse and ve hicle and workhorse parade. S:8Q P. M. Illuminated marina parade. P. M. Fireworks display at Tha Oaks. Parades ta Be Held Teday. Route of horse and vehicle pa rade: Form at Sixteenth ' and Morrison, Morrison to Twelfth. Twelfth to Taylor. Taylor to Eleventh. Eleventh to Morrison, Morrison to Fifth. Fifth to Oak, Oak to Sixth, Sixth to Alder. Alder to Seventh, Seventh to Pine, Pine to Fourth, Fourth to Main, Main to Seventh. Seventh to Salmon. Salmon to Fifth. Fifth to Taylor, Taylor to Seventh, Sev enth to Yamhill. Yamhill to Fifth, Fifth to Morrison, Morri son to Sixteenth and disband. Illuminated marine parade Forming In tha lower harbor near the docks of the Portland Flouring Mill on tha East Side, passes up the river and round ing the atakeboat above tha Hawthorne bridge, counter .marches and disperses below the steel bridge. During the parada all draws will remain opened. Ceavratlaaa Meeting Today. ' National Livestock Exchange, at Ellers Hall, closing today. Fourth - class Postmasters of Oregon and Washington in Joint session at Allaky Hall, closing to day. Postmssters of Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho, at Marquam building. Agents of Columbia Life Insur ance Company at Multnomah Ho tel. Electric Parade Plaaa. Because of the rain, which would have destroyed the cos tumes snd finery on the floats had they been exposed to It. the electrical parade was postponed again last night. The parade will be held Friday and Saturday nights If there Is no rain. The Rose Festival committee decided not to hold It tonight because It would Interfere with the river pageant. PILLING MADE MANAGER Theatrical Man to Quit Empress at Seattle and Northwest Circuit. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. (Spe cial.) James pilling, a veteran the. atrlcal man, well known along the Pa cific Coast, haa Just been appointed manager of the Empress Theater at Seattle and with supervisory control of seven of the Sullivan A Consldine vaudeville houses In the Northwestern territory. In his new position Pilling will keep his eye on the circuit thea ters from Vaneourer to Butte. Pilling has been assistant manager and publicity man of the Empress here since It was opened snd prior to ihal has for years been Interested in the management at the Aitterlaan, tha Na tional and other theaters. SCHOOL HOLDS MEMORIAL Willamette University Honors Mem ory of Jason Ice and AVifc. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem, Or., June 12. (Special.) The first me morial day exercises In commemoration of Jaaon Lee and his wife, Anne Maria Plttman 1-ee, ever held by the students and faculty of Willamette University took place todsy in the college chapel and at the lee Mission Cemetery.; The exerclees were under the auspices of the young women of the college and members of the newly organised Wil lamette Girls1 Club. It Is plsnned to make this memorial an annual event. 30 FEET DEEP; Word Awaited From Katmai Vicinity. KADIAK HOMES ARE IN RUINS Problem of Feeding Destitute Most Serious One Now. SUPPLIES ARE POLLUTED Efforts Being Made to Uracil Gov eminent Experimental I "arm. Stocked AVith I-arge Herd of Imported Cattle and Sheep. TOI.CtVCDI TH.IK AUKAIl J !OlTII At VAX Ol V ER. H. . I VANCOITVER. B. C June 1!. (Special.) Scores of housewives t In Vancouver were sufferers be- a cause of the volcanic dust from tho Alaskan eruption which per- meated their fine white clothes f hanging on the lines, follow Uig t the Monday washing. Linen J goods were apparently tha only a ones attacked. . Whon this white- wear came to be Ironed It fell to t pieces, and not until many com- f plaints had reached drygoods J houses today were, the women a able to solve th problem. i CORDOVA. Alaska, June 12. Wire less .messages received today from the revenue cutter Manning, in Kadlak harbor, and from the Alaska Packers' Association Ashing stationa at Karluk. Chlgnlk and Naknek. said that there haa been no report of loss of life on the Island. No word haa been received from the settlements on the mainland at the foot of Katmai Volcano, where the greatest suffering exists. If any of the people of that section survived the eruption. Captain Klreland W. Perry, of the Manning, reported no mors eruptions have occurred and tha ais J slowly clearing of the smoke and ash, the re turning light revealing In greater de gree the real horrors and devastation wrought by the outburst of tha fiery mountain. Ash a te SO Feet Deep. The refugees who were aboard the Manning have regained a certain amonnt of conlldrnce with the return of normal conditions In the air and are leaving the ship to endeavor to reach their former homes, which lie In ruins. The people on tse Island have found It difficult to make their way about, the ash In soma placea being from 20 to 20 feet deep. Nearly all the housea are In ruins and those that withstood tha attack of tha hall of ash and stones are unln fConeluded on rasa ,) ASH LIFE LOSS UNKNOWN ARMY MAN RAPS PAROLE SYSTEM EXPERIENCE SHOWS CRIMIN ALS NEED PUNISHMENT. l-enlrnc), Says Captain Carlton, Has Effect of Bringing Mrn Dark Within Short Time. SAX FRANCISt 'O. June 12. Spe. rial. Captain William A. Carlton, of the Presidio, gave the sentimental doc trine of mercy for convicts and prison ers and the parole system a rap In tha head today when he appeared In United fetates Commissioner Krull's court to give testimony against James McKay a former soldier, who was recently dis honorably discharged from the Army and who la now under areest for having In his possession a Government coat. Captain Carlton waa delegated to present McKay's record in the hearing before Commissioner Krull. He for merly was superintendent of a state re formatory In Minnesota. "I have come to the conclusion, after years spent In the Army and as a su perlnt indent of a reformatory, that It is a mistake to extend leniency to criminals, and that the parole system has keen an absolute failure," Captain Carlton told Commissioner Krull. "If you expert to correct crlminls you must punish them, and punish them severely, The tendency today Is to punish them too lightly, only to have them back to deal with again In a short time. "It Is altogether wrong to parole a prisoner, in my opinion. A paroled man Is marked, snd, try as he will, he rsn not virh away the brand. A prisoner should serve his full sentence and then be released to look the world squarely in the fare and stsrt anew. If ha wants to." Army officers say McKay waa a fins soldier l.i his day, but that he la now a hopeless drunkard. LOW -WHEAT RATE ASKED Walla Walla Wauls Chicago Charge Put at SS Cents Bushel. WALLA WALLA, Wssh.. June 12.- (Special.) Having for li purpose the security of lower rates on wheat to Eastern centers, a resolution was passed by the Commercial Club today asking the railroads. If possible, to make a rate of 25 cents a bushel on whewt to Clilcsgo to replace the 34 Vj cent rate now In effect. This rtsolu. tlon will he brought before other com mercial cluhg in the Northwest to be Indorsed. The resolution recitea that It Is not the desire to make the railroad lose money on business, but that the club believes a substantial cut can ba made which will bring in mora business. The shipowners are Increasing rates this year and the club wants an Kast- em rail outlet. KING'S APPLES PRECIOUS Ashland Man Handles Pratt for Royalty aa He Would Jewels, LOS ANGKLrCS. June 12. (Special.) The pears snd apples destined for personal use of King George of Eng land are wrapped and packed as care' fully as precious Jewels before they leave Ashland. Or., according to W. E, Campbell, of that city, who is staying at the Hotel Angelus. with his wife. The Campbells are on their wedding trip. Ashland and surrounding districts ship large quantities of pears and ap pies, says Mr. Campbell, and as to the quality of the fruit, he rites Its purchase by the King. After visiting Southern California a few weeks Mr. Campbell and his bride will return to Oregon. TILLAM00KSCH00LS GOOD County Shows Great Progress In Educational Lines. SALKM. Or., June 12. (Special.) Expressing. surprise at tha great pres ent and prospective development In the school ayatem in Tillamook County. Aa alstant Superintendent of Public In struction Carleton haa rrturned from there, where he delivered the graduat ing address to the members of the high school class. There were 11 members In the class, seven boys and four girls. There were 22 who passed the eighth grade examinations lb that county and all of them plan to enter the high school. A new 230,00(1 high school Is being constructed In Tillamook and 12 new schools will be built In the county this year. Mr. Carleton said he drove with the County Superintendent for 40 miles on macadam roads as smooth as pave ments snd thst there are 17E miles of this kind of road in the county. TRADE RECIPROCITY URGED ISritieh Empire Boards of Trade I n dore Toronto Proposal. LOXPOX. June 12. The Congress of Chsmbers of Commerce of the British Empire today adopted the proposal of the Toronto Board of Trade In favor of preferential trade within the Brit ish Empire by 122 votes against t. Forty-eight chambers abstained from voting. Another resolution, urging trade reciprocity and close political union between tha British West Indies, Can. ada and Newfoundland, in view of the appioachtng completion of tha Panama Canal, waa adopted. Latah May Build Courthouse. MOSCOW. Idaho, June 12. (Special.) The Board of County Commissioners has Issued a call for a 1 100. 000 bond election In I .a tan County to build a Courthouse. The election will be held July 20. The old Courthouse was con demned by Pteta Sanitary Inspector Wallls last month, following the rec ommen1stlone of the grand Jury, which Investigated the old Jail and courthouse. The hoard declined to re pair the old building. WOMAN DECORATES PRIZE-WINNING GAR Out-of-Town Autos Win Three Firsts. PASADENA HAS BEST IN LIKE Seattle Ad Club Gets Honor for Artificial Rowers. LYLE, WASH., ALSO VICTOR Parade I.nrRrM Ever Held at I!o I'cstlval 500 Machines Take rrt Awards of Judges Unanimously Approved. rRI7K-Wf SiNKItM IV IUfK I'r.sTI VAI. Al'TOMOBII.R CAR A nr.. (Irand prlae Pasadena, Cal., Tour-1 nament ef Koass. Meat unique car H. A. Kll.ra. Moat sjrotesque car O'Qorman film Company. Rest decoration with artlfleisl fo -era Seattle Ad Club. - Clsas A. aleetrle cars Mra. W. A. T. Ru.hong first, Mrs. Charles Ven- , able aecond. Claea R, runahouta and roadatera Mra. Ben Oadaby Srat, Mra K. H. Miller arrend, H. R. Rubank, Jr., third. Cla.a C, Inuring ears W. J. Clrm etia Drat, O. K. JafTery aecond. Mis. Fred O. Jsnnlnsa third, W, B. Men. fee, Mrs. K, Davaraaux and Mlsa Oen.vleve Thnmpann fourth. Ol.ee T, punday school division Mount Tabor Sunday school first, Klrst (Tnlverssllst Sunrisy school see. ond. Mount Tshor Methodist Runilsy achool and Third Baptlai Bible a-beel third. Claea r, public erheel dlvlslnn Thompaon, Hchool nrst, Holladay fli-hoAl escond, Grada Teachsra' As aoelstton third, Atnsworth rVhool fourth. , Clasa F. biialnesa firms and erf.nl-sst(ona-B.II Tslcphnnn t'ompuny Aral. North Bank llsllro.it sseend. Portland Hallway, l.l(ht A Tower Company third. Cisaa T. societies I.yls. Wash., Commercial Club first, VnlteS. Aril Sana, Portland Academy second. Pre grasalve Bualnssa Man's Club third. Three of the highest prises In tha annual Rose Festival automobile par ade yesterday were awarded to neigh boring Coaat cities, Pasadena, CU taking the highest honors of Festival week. The prise winner waa designed by a woman. The Seattle Ad Club's entry took flrst prise for the best dec orations with artificial flowers, and tha Lyle, Wash., Commercial Club won first honors In the clasa for cluha and societies, tyveral other out-of-town entries received liberal and cordial applause along the entire route. The parade was by far the largest ever held in connection with the Rosa Festival, too cars participating, and the standard of decorations excelled that of previous years. Seattle Well Represented. Seattle had nearly a acore of hand somely decorated machines in line. In the Portland machines entered wero many Rose Festival guests, while the grandstanda were filled largely with visitors from near and distant cities. Crowds Jammed the sidewalks, win dows and roofs of buildings. Ilia bridges and the specially constructed stands. 'There ran be no contest In award ing the grand prise," waa the uni versally expressed opinion when the Pasadena float moved along the lino of march. Nor waa opinion divided. aa the car moved along CJrand avenue In countermarch after tha prise had been awarded. Rose and raraatlna Vaed, The body of the car was hidden lis. der a square mass of green locust eaves and ferns that almost swept the pavement. At the front of the machine was a crown built of pink Caroline Testout roses and ever the lonnean was a crown of the same shape and of the same flowers, but built on a arger scale. Into the background of fern and locust greenery were woven pink roses, carnations and Canterbury bells, and from each side of the car depended beautiful Imitations of Oil- ntal lanterns fashioned from blos soms of pink carnations. Richard Quincy, the driver, wore a white duck suit and behind him were five pretty young women, all wearing white. Over thHr shoulders they wore the cape of the flerette In pale blue. and their hats were of pink to mstclt the blossoms that adorned the car. Thoae In the party were Miss Cora VanKirk. Miss Mary Mr-Donald, Miss Violet Mauer, Miss Frsnke Bowers and Miss Francea Magi 11. Wesaaa Dealgaa W laser. Tha decoration waa designed by Mrs, C. Rartow. secretary of tha rasa- dena Tournament of Roses, an anuunl event held In Pasadena. Mrs. Bartow came to Portland 10 days ago and has worked faithfully In designing the prise-winning float. The machine loaned to her by the Becker Aut.t Company, of Portland. Her entry was n reciprocation for the part taken by the Rose Festival Association In he Pasadena tournament In Janusry, t which the Portland car won a soc ial prise. The parade moved promptlv on (Concluded on l ass Ae.)