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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 23, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII-XO. 16,119- MILK COW IS SEEN YUKON EXPOSITION DIVIDEND IS PAID HAVOG CAUSED BY HAIL AND TORRENT DEHEEN REFUSES , 10 DESERT TUFT LIGHTNING BREAKS FIREMEN'S SLEEP AS PERIL TO LIFE SPUR TO ENGLAND SEATTLE'S WORLD FAIR MAILS TUBERCULOSIS DANGER OP GEX TLE BOSSIE TOLD. FIRE BELLS AT VANCOUVER KING INSISTENTLY. CHECKS FOR $(2 5,0 70. WW ACTIVITY TWO MURDER CAR" MEN LOOSEN NET GERMAN Roosevelt Committee Learns Position. GOVERNOR UFNOLDS NOMINEE Other Illinois State Officials Also for President. T. R. FORCES DECLARE WAR Entire. Third Party Ticket to Be Flared in Field in Illinois and, Dixon Say, in Every State Throughout Vnion. CHICAGO. July 22. (Special.) finvrnor Deneen and all the other candidates for state offices on the Re publican ticket except Andrew Russell, running for Treasurer, and Lieutenant- Governor Olgesby. who was out of the cltv today, told a committee of five progressives at Springfield headed by Medlll McCormtck that they would re main on the regular party ticket and make their fight with Taft for the vote of Illinois. Mr. Russell informed the committee he would state Ills at titude in a formal letter to Chairman MeCormlck. Immediately following the conferences, which were with each ol the candidates separately. Mr. MeCor mlck issued a statement in which he said there would be a full third party Illinois state ticket, but that proba bly there would be no county tickets named by the organization. Doyle Also for Taft. The conference was of short dura tion. After visiting the Governor's office the committee waited on Sec retary of State Doyle, who gave them the same answer as did Governor De neen. Mr. Russell was next visited and replied that he would send Chair man MeCormlck a written answer. J. S. McCullough, Auditor of Public Ac counts, was the next man waited on and here the committee received the answer that ha would support Taft. Then the committee went to the Su preme Court building, where Attorney General Stead made the same reply. Governor Deneen gave out a typewrit ten statement to the committee, aa did also Secretary Doyle. Mr. Doyle voiced the views of the other state officers when he said In his statement: "As long as I remain a candidate on the Republican ticket I feel In honor bound to support the Republican platforms and nominees. I cannot believe that the Republican party has ful rilled Its destiny and should be abandoned as an agency of the promotion of good government." Tklrd Party DeHstn War. The state executive's decision was followed by an open declaration of po litical warfare. As a'result. an entire third party state ticket will be placed in the field. Immediately after Governor Deneen's derision Senator Dixon. Colonel Roose velt's campaign manager and mouth piece, came into the limelight. He had been- in hiding in Chicago until the Il linois Governor had spoken. Governor Deneen was a mere Incident to him. He announced the new party stood for political revolution, that It was off with the old and on with the new. He delivered the ultimatum that there were to be full state tickets from top to bottom in every state In the Union. The will be launched under the National Progressive appellation, except where the Rooseveltians have been able to deliver over the entire state election machinery to the new party. Rooaevrlt Only Leader, Says Dixon. Dixon said the movement was apart from the Republican and Democratic parties. It is to go all the way down the lines and build up its fences from School Trustees to the Presidency. It is to lay plans for two years hence and 20 years in the future. Roose veltism is not an Issue. He is merely the great leader at an opportune time to lead the revolution. He said the new party could not hoie for much support from dyed-in-the- wool Democrats at this time. He says they see victory In sight and will not desert the ship. Politicians and officeholders alike he crosses off of the roster. He does not expect them in the new party fold un til the election two years hence. Ths next Presidential year he expects to see them all under the progressive ban ner. Governor Deneen In his reply to the Progressive party committee, said in part: "It Is plain to me that there is but one course I can pursue in this situa tion. Having sought the support of Republicans and having been chosen as their candidate for Governor of this state, there Is no opportunity afforded the Republican voters to change their minds in reference to my nomination as Governor and to nominate another in my stead, and I have no moral right to change my status as their trustee or in any way to alter the terms of the position I hold in trust as their rep resentative. f " --"-P-r-ie. I "The nomination of state candidates has nothing whatever to do with Na tional affairs. The utmost that could be hoped to he achieved by such a Concluded on Pace 5- Children Especially Susceptible to Bovine Infection,. Says Professor Beck with at Salem Show. SALEM. Or.. July 22. (Special.) That the gentle boswie. In all her meek. ness. may be an engine of disease ana death, attacking the children of the state, was one of the salient features of an address given here tonight at the tuberculosis exhibit by Professor I. u Beckwith, bacteriologist of the Oregon Agricultural College. Although admitting the difference of opinion as to the possibility of adult human beings becoming miecieu through bovine products, he held to the theorv that children are suceptiDie ana highly so to tuberculosis In milk. The disease, he stated. Is found in man, cat tie. other mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes with no species of mammals en tirely exempt, sheep and goats being the more fortunate in being not so sus ceptible. The tubercular bacilli, he pointed out Is killed by light and boiling, but not bv freezing. Infection is through the mouth and nose, through digestion mnr. frnitntlv in the young, and in rare Instances through the skin. Tuberculosis infecting children through milk may not be perceptible at once, he asserted, but may lie dor mant for from three to 25 years. Dr. J. O. Van Winkle, county health officer, issued a warning against the danger of too readily following tne theory that has gained wide credence that there should be an Immediate change from a low to a high altitude In endeavoring to stay and cure tu berculosls. Frequently, he stated, the patient may be attacked by hem orrhages or other dangerous maladies because of the sudden change In am tude. Dr. H. J. Clemens, president of the Polk-Yamhill-Marlon Medical Society outlined the nature of the tubercle trrowth. which Is a small tumor devel oping from the bacilli and declared that there is no organ in the human body which is Immune. PORTLAND MAN DROWNED Millard A. Seitz. Attorney, Ventures Out Too Far at Gearhurt. GEARHART-BY-THE-SEA, July 22. (Special.) Millard A. Seitz, of Port land, was drowned here this morning while bathing in the ocean. Seitz was a strong swimmer and much at home in the water. He got out too far and drowned before help could reach him. Mr. and Mrs. Seitz and their child had come to Gearhart within the past few days to enjoy a vacation. The body was recovered after 4 o'clock. The dead man's brother arrived on the 6 o'clock train and took charge of the remains. Millard A. Seitz was about 40 years of age and lived with his wife and child at 1179 Woodward avenue. He was a native of Michigan and came to Portland with his brother, Maurice W. Seitz. a few years ago. The brothers formed a law partnership, with offices at 930 Chamber of Commerce building. Maurice W. Seitz and wife live at 549 East Thirty-seventh street. They have no children. Mrs. Maurice W. Seitz also passed the last week at the beach. Her husband remained In Portland, but left for Gearhart yester day afternoon when he learned of the death of his brother. NEVADAN MAY BE BANKER Man Who Refused Senatorship Of fered Second Job, Is Report. SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. It was reported here today that George Wing- tield, the Nevada mining man. who re cently was offered and who refused a United States Senatorship, to succeed the lato Senator Nixon, would accept the presidency of the four banks of which Senator Nixon was the chief ex ecutive. The bank3 are In Winnemucca, Car son, Reno and Tonopah. Wingfleld at present is head of the Consolidated Mining Company, of Goldrleld, and the Nevada Hills Mining Company. He also is president of the John S. Cook Bank, of Goldfield. RENO. Nev.. July 22. George Wing fleld. when asked of the report that he would succeed the late George S. Nixon as president or several banks In Ne vada, would not confirm nor deny 1 but said that the report did not come from him. JACKSON FAIR DATE SET Prizes Amounting to $5000 Offered Pear Exhibit and Carnival Plan. MEDFORD, Or., July 22. (Special.) The directors of the Jackson County- Fair Association have decided to hold the annual fair this year from Octoher 1 to 5. Prizes and premiums amount ing to $5000 have been offered. There will be four days of auto and horse racing, and an exhibition of three days by College Maid, the wonderful guide- less pacer. There will be a street carnival under the direction of the local merchants and the women's clubs of the city will give special prizes in the women's and children's departments. It is also planned to make a special feature of the pear exhibit this year, many ranchers having agreed to put a proportion or their lancy produce in cold storage until the fair begins. In time Medford hopes to have an annual pear show. Passenger on Liner Arrested. FISHGUARD, Wales, July 22. Erril Leon Sohler. a passenger on board the Cunard liner Lusitania. was arrested or the vessel's arrival here today on the charge of alleged extensive frauds in America. Suspects Free on Ha beas Corpus Writs. TOMBS HOLDS THREE OTHERS Gaynor Tells Police to Co-operate With Prosecutor. FIVE ASSASSINS HUNTED District Attorney Obtains Names of O'hers From 3Ien Now Under - - Is IIAOK8I itJBjqn OJOfli NEW YORK, July 22. (Special.) Writs of habeas corpus were Issued out before Justice Giegerich In the Su preme Court this afternoon on behalf of Sam Paul and "Bridgie" Webber, ar rested last night and held bv Coroner Feinberg without bail today on the charge that they were accessories be fore the fact to the murder of Herman Rosenthal. Harfard T. Marshall, appearing for both men, asserted that no facts had been brought out to show that either of his clients had any knowledge of the murder before it occurred and that they were being held in the Tombs without bail, without warrant of law and contrary to their constitutional, rights. Justice Giegerich granted the writs, making them returnable before him self tomorrow morning. Five Are Arraigned. "Jack" Rose, Sam Paul, "Bridgie" Webber, William Shapiro and Louis Libby. all held by the police for com plicity in the murder of Herman Rosenthal on the brightly lighted side walk in front of the new Metropole Hotel at 2 o'clock last Tuesday morn ing, just before Rosenthal was to tell District Attorney Whitman of a bar gain between gamblers and the police. were arraigned before Coroner Fein berg today. Libby and Shapiro, owners of the gray auto in which Shapiro took the assassins to the scene of the crime In which the gang engaged, made no ob jection to returning to the Tombs to await another hearing on Thursday. James H. Sullivan, lawyer for Rose, objected vehemently In behalf of his client. Rose ought to be admitted to bail, he said. District Attorney Whit man promptly put Deputy Commis sioner Dougherty on the stand to tell of the voluntary statement of Rose as to his movements on the day before (Concluded on Page 3.1 Bird In Tree at Ne-berg Loses Feathers and Life Boy Bumped Out of Chair by Shaft. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 22. (Spe cial.) Because the electrical storm turned on the current which operates the fire alarm bells, a dozen sleepy firemen hurried out Into a soaking rain Sunday morning at 3 o'clock only to find, when they reached the sta tion, that the elements had played a trick on them and their night's rest had been disturbed in vain. Other effects of the storm were ex perienced In the vicinity. A stray horse was struck and instantly killed by lightning in the field of James Gal braith, five miles out on the Main street road. Several trees were also struck and set afire. On many of the rural lines telephone bells tingled mer rily when lightning struck the wires. NEWBERG. Or., July 22. (Special.) Lightning Saturday night struck a tree on the farm of Henry McGuire, splitting it and killing a bird perched on a branch. The bird had the feath ers stripped off one side. A boy seated on a chair in the house was knocked off. but not hurt. Two boys near the house were stunned. BHAVERTON, Or., July 22. (Spe cial.) The barn of W. E. McLeod was struck by lightning and the pieces scat tered for a quarter of a mile. The barn was full of hay, which was fired by the shaft. The loss is 1500, with insurance of $650. STORM RINGS FIRE BELLS Vancouver Firemen Turn Out to Find Lightning Has Played Prank. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 22. (Spe cial.) Because the electrical storm turned on the current which operates the fire alarm bells, a dozen sleepy firemen hurried out into a soaking rain Sunday morning at 3 o'clock only to find, when they reached the sta tion, that the elements had played a trick on them and their night's rest had been disturbed in vain. Other effects of the storm were ex perienced in the vicinity. A stray horse was struck and Instantly killed by lightning in the field of James Gal- bralth, five miles out on the Main street road. Several trees were also struck and set afire. On many of the rural lines telephone bells tingled mer rily when lightning atruck the wires. WILEY'S JOB NOT AWARDED Field of Candidates as Pure Food Expert Narrows to Few. WASHINGTON, July 22. The field of candidates for Dr. Harvey W. Wi ley's former job as the Government's pure food expert has narrowed down to less than half a dozen men. Dr. James H. Beal, of Scioto, Ohio; H. F, Bernard, of the Indiana Depart ment of Health, and Lucius Brown, pure food inspector of Tennessee, are the most prominently named. TEAPPED WITH THE BEAST. Great Britain Plans for Huge Navy. "BUILD, BUILD" IS SLOGAN Party Lines Fall in Nation's Cry for Monster Fleet. COLONIES HELP BEAR COST Four Battleships to Be Built Each Year for 5 Years Large Propor tion to Be Kept -Ready at All Times for War. LONDON, July 22. The speech of Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in introducing today the. supplementary naval appropriation of ?5,000,000 in tne House of Com mons, fully Indorsed as It was by the Prime Minister, will cause graver con rerh to the country than to any warn ings which have gone before. Without the least offensivensss, the First Lord of the Admiralty sketched the "unprecedented" rise of the German fleet, which he described as "extremely formidable." Graphic Comparison Made. In order to bring home its size to his hearers, Mr. Churchill likened it to the great fleet which all siiw at'Spithead a short time ago. His text was. "build build, untiringly" through successive years, as the only means of meeting the menace of the North Sea, Mr. Churchill also told the House that if the information received by the Admiralty that a Mediterranean pow er meaning Austria was contem plating another considerable naval programme proved true, "It will con stltute a naval factor requiring our prompt attention and not Included In any forecast I - had given of future naval construction." Mr. Balfour,- the former leader of the opposition, was prompt in his sup port of the government programme. Balfonr Snpports Churchill. ''Those who have listened to this speech of the First Lord," he said must now be convinced that there Is no use talking about dropping our shipbuilding. The cost of the navy must Increase as long as insane compe- tion in shipbuilding goes on else where. And though modern peace is as expensive as ancient war, it is much cheaper than modern war." A notable feature of the debate was Premier Asqulth's call to the Dominions to Join in the defense of "our common heritage," and his remarks fore (Concluded on Ease 2.) Anti-Tuberculosis League Receives $14,122 in 4 Per Cent Melon Cutting on 2 718 Shares. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 22. (Spe cial.) Checks will be mailed tomorrow to 271 S owners of stock in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, paying them a final dividend of 4 per cent. The- Anti-Tuberculosis League, to which 35,505 shares have been trans ferred, will be the principal beneficiary, getting $14,122 of the $25,070 to be dis tributed. The Seaman's Institute, which holds 915 shares, will profit $366 in the melon-cutting. There are ai few heavy individual subscribers that are entitled to a larger dividend than this. From the Anti-Tuberculosis League's big dividend the amounts allotted run down to a large number of 40-cent checks. These are the dividends paid on single shares and there are many who bought but a single share of ex position stock and who have either held it or failed to notify the exposi tion corporation of its transfer. . Originally there were 3705 subscrib ers to the exposition stock. SEASIDE SHORT OF GIRLS Los Angeles Call for Help Finds Condition Reversed in Oregon. SEASIDE, Or., July 22. Commenting on a recent news item from Los Ange les, where the management of a popu lar hotel solicited the patronage of eligible men as escorts for the young women, men at Seaside all say "Why don't the girls come up here? We need them." Over Saturday and Sunday the beach was crowded and young men in groups of four or five were conspicu ous. "If I could find some girl who was congenial, believe me, I'd pass the Sum mer here but " "Why, there, are ten men to every girl down here and the girls are getting so spoiled by the attentions we're forced to shower upon them that " That's the way the boys talked when they read the distress signal from Los Angeles. There are scores of young girls on the beach, but what the boys want is girls of the marriageable age, say from 20 to 30 years. Saturday night dances were held in both halls and not a girl sat out a dance unless by choice. OPERATORS WILL PROTEST Western Union's Discharge of Em ployes Causes Conference. NEW YORK, July 22. Members of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America met here last night to discuss the alleged discharge Friday of 43 employes of the Western Union Tele graph Company. A committee of five union men - was appointed to discuss the situation with the management of the company. This committee, it is said, will demand reinstatement of any men discharged. It also will be em powered to demand that telegraphers be not dismissed without just cause. A resolution adopted requested the union men in St. Louis, Denver, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Atlanta to as sist the local men by sending delegates to this city to argue their grievances. Many men are said to have been dts charged recently in the cities named. Another meeting will be held next Sun day to hear the report of the commit tee that waits upon the Western Union. PORTUGAL CALM IS REPORT Troops Patrollng District Where Outbreaks Have Occurred. LISBON, July 22. Calm reigns throughout the country, but the Repub lican troops continue to patrol those districts in which Royalist outbreaks have occurred. The temper of the people is shown by the fact that the peasants fraternize openly with the soldiers everywhere. MADRID. July 22. Hundreds of refugees from Portugal are arriving in Madrid. Among them are several army officers and journalists who have issued a statement today in which they say: we w111 go to America, Germany or Japan if necessary, but we will never return to Portugal as long as the monarchy Is not restored." WAR TREE TO BE REPLACED Wilson Will Plant One on Site Lee's Surrender to Grant. of WASHINGTON, July 22. The fam ous old apple Jtree near Appomattox Courthouse, Va., under which Lee sur rendered to Grant long since carried away piece by piece by souvenir hunt' ers is to be replaced by a tree planted by Governor Woodrow Wilson. Colonel George A. Armes, V. S. A., owner of Appomattox farm, has re turned to this city from a visit to Governor Wilson at Seagirt, with the news that the Democratic Presidential nominee had accepted an Invitation to visit the historical place to plant the new tree within the next few weeks. THREE REPORTED DROWNED Boat With Three Women Capsizes on Kootenay Lake In Storm. NELSON, B. C, July 22. Three per sons are said to have been drowned in Kootenay Lake last night during a severe electrical storm that did much damage to property here. Houses and streetcars were struck by lightning, several launches and rowboats were driven on the rocks and mud carried by th streams of water flowing through the streets blocked the street car tracks. Launch owners reported that they saw a boat, in whicb were three women, capsize and sink, but the names of those missing have not been ascertained. Crops Beaten Down in Baker District. UMATILLA'S LOSS IS HEAVY Delayed Reports Show Satur day's Damage Widespread. IDAHO FRUIT BELT HIT Grain in Gem State Also Suffers Greatly Streams Overflow and Farm Buildings in Inland Empire Are Destroyed. VARIOUS TOWNS AND SECTIONS HIT BY DAMAGING STORM. Baker Hail sweeps valley, ruin ing fnilt and crops, breaking win dows and wrecking greenhouses. Wind velocity high. Pendleton Rain and halt do more damage in Umatilla County to wheat and barley crops than ever known before at this season of year. Telephone lines down. Four water spouts In two places, one of which drowned two horses. As result of storms, former estimate of 6.000.00 bushels cut down considerably. Many farmers lost all, In some places barley entirely down. Shanlko Loss to grain about this Fee tion estimated at $:J0.000. Hail stones two inches In diameter. Walla Walla Wind at 53 miles, followed by rain Saturday, sweeps portion of grain belt. Warehouses overturned; trees uprooted, electric power paralyzed and grain fields lev eled. Damage estimated In four figures. , Lewlston Central Idaho's rich grain belt swept by worst hall storm ever recorded. Crop given great set back. ' BAKER, Or July 22. (Special.) Thousands of dollars damage was done today by the largest and most peculiar hall storm In this part of the country in years. Some of the stones were seven-eighths of an Inch in diameter. With hardly any warning the hail beat down with such fury for seven minutes at 11:30 this morning that pedestrians could not venture on the street, horses whipped by stones ran away, and one ice wagon team tore down Second street, scattering Ice for blocks. The hailstones were so thick that they stopped up the sewer gratings and would not melt fast enough so that the streets were small rivers. A heavy lightning and rain storm followed, but did not wash away the hail,- which banked on the sidewalks and made the city look as if a snow storm had raged. Merchants cleaned their sidewalks with shovels and small banks of hail remained all afternoon without melting. The greatest damage was done in the country, the storm going northeast, al though gardens and orchards in tho city were badly cut. In Missouri Flat much grain was hewn to the ground. The hail remained on the ground there. and it Is feared froze many of the gar dens. All buds were cut off so that future berries and fruits were damaged In that way. A path was cut for several miles be tween North Pine and Homestead as If an army had tramped through it. Four fine horses of W. Mitchell near Homestead were killed by lightning. CENTRAL IDAHO GRAIN HIT Most Severe Hall Storm Known Sweeps Over Acreage. LEWISTON. Idaho, July 22. (Spe cial.) A grain crop which until last night was destined to be the heaviest ever produced in this section or. tne State of Idaho, received a severe set back by probably the severest hail storm that has ever swept this section. The storm passed over the Camas Prairie, the rich grain belt of Central Idaho, about 6 o'clock laBt night, Ac moralizing all telegraphic and tele phone connections. For an area of 73 square miles the hall beat down upon the heavy stand and tonight after cal culation It Is believed that between 5000 and 7500 acres in the vicinity of Grangeville, Idaho, will suffer a loss slightly exceeding 75 per cent of the yield. The farmers will lose heavily, as but small percentage of the crop has been Insured against hall. The weath- has been threatening here for the past four days. Numerous miniature cloudbursts have been reported on the Prairie.. In the immediate Lewlston district little damage has been reported, as no hall fell here. The heavy downpour of today and yesterday will check the harvest operation several days. CROP INSURANCE CANCELLED Farmers of Umatilla County Suffer Greatly by Storm. PENDLETON,. Or., July 22. (Spe cial.) The cloudbursts and terrific hall storm which swept over Umatilla Coun ty late Saturday did more damage than ever before known, rich harvest fields being rendered total losses, with barns. Concluded on 'i 12. t f