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Y OF MOTHER TURNS POLICEMAN SAVES BARBER WITNESS CAUCUS REFUSES CRY INGRATITUDE GRAY IN ONE NIGHT ANXIOUS PARENT AT SEAVIEW THINKS SON DROWNED. CHILD FROM FIRE FEARS GANGST HIKES FAR SAX FRAXCISOO HERO DARES WHEX OTHERS FAIL. ROOSEVELT ACCUSED OP NOT GIVIXG "SQUARE DEAL." DENEEN FORCES 1 NVADERS WORLD'S HOP CROP RAIN QUE BATTLESHIP House Democrats Will Not Compromise. . NO END OF DEADLOCK SEEN Senate Determined Not to Make Further Recession. ACRIMONY. MARKS DEBATE Snlzer Has Some. Support In His fight for Two Vessels, and In effectual Errort Is Made to Repeal Pledge. WASHINGTON, July 24. Democrats of the House In caucus voted tonight. 7 to 2. not to recede from their "no battleship" programme In the naval ap propriation bill. A determined effort was made to have the caucus approve a compromise with the Senate, whereby the House would agree to the construc tion of one sea-fighter. Representative Fitzgerald, chairman of the appropria tions committee, led the opposition to the proposal on the ground of economy. The action of the caucus further com plicates the adjournment plans of the leaders of both the Senate and House. The naval appropriation bill Is in con ference, and today's caucus was ordered In an effort to break a deadlock that has prevailed for some time with no apparent chance that It could be broken. Senate W illing- to Compromise. The Senate, committed to a two-battleship building programme, was will ing to compromise on one vessel this year. It has expressed Its determina tion not to recede further. "What will be the effect of today's action?" Chairman Padgett, of the House naval affairs committee and leader of the House conferees, was asked when the caucus adjourned. "Heaven alone knows." he answered. "I'm Just going to "sit on the log.' and I don't know what the outcome will be. However, we'll probably be here until frost arrives." Representative Sulzer. chairman of the foreign affairs committee, offered a resolution that two battleships be pro vided, and that objections to the Sen ate amendment be withdrawn. Al though Mr. Suhter had several support ers. Chairman Tadgett moved to amend this proposition by substituting one such vessel, which would be the "last word" In naval construction. Taurus Derision I'nruanged. Majority Leader Underwood, Repre sentatives Murray of Massachusetts and Pou of North Carolina, with sev eral others, supported Mr. Padgett's suggestion. Mr. Murray, who repre sents the district in which the Charles, town Navy-yard Is situated, confessed he was In favor of the big fighting craft, but that, in the present temper of the two Houses of Congress, he be lieved a compromise was necessary to expedite public business. The debate was growing acrimonious when Representative Burnett, of Ala bama, moved that the entire subject be tabled. There Immediately ensued a scene of confusion, but the demand for a rollcall on the proposal was carried, with the result that the caucus voted to stand by Its previous 'decision. Several Ineffectual attempts were made to have the caucus vote to release Its members from the pledge exacted by the previous caucus not to vote for battleships this year. MUSIC REPLACES DEATH Idle Seattle Undertakers Console Each Other In Glee Club. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 24. (Special.) Let us Introduce that stellar aggre gation of harmonists, that brilliant coterie of sweet singers, the Seattle Undertakers' Glee Club. Of all the cities of earth. Seattle has long been the most difficult to die In. The Health Board proclaims and statistics prove that one may die here only after great effort. Death In Seattle has become a fine art. It is and lias been no kind of place for a nervous mortician. An under taker In Seattle Is an undertaker by habit, not for cause. Wherefore, lack ing death, those of that habit will henceforth fill the leisure hours with sweet harmonies. Those of the profession who have harmony In their souls and still have not Joined the club, may do so by ap plication to C. C. Collins, who la Its president, or to Frank Hamilton, who Is Its secretary. MAIL FLIRTATIONS HALTED Postofflee to Demand Reasons for Tse of General Delivery. WASHINGTON, July 24. Approving individual action taken by Postmasters of many large cities. Postmaster-General Hitchcock has Issued a general order whtcb has the avowed purpose of checking the use of general delivery windows for carrying on flirtations ami clandestine correspondence. Any person who wishes mail at gen eral delivery windows. Instead of borne addresses, may hereafter be required to give a reason In writing. 6-Tear-Old Child of Mrs. John Adamson Casts Ofr in Open How boat, but Is Tossed to Safety. SEAVIEW, Wash.. . July 24. (Spe .i.i i ta Kara her hair turn gray in a single night. In the belief that Her son was at the bottom of Shoalwater eaj. was the harrowing experience of Mrs. John Adamson. whose 6-year-old son. Colonel DeLong, cast off the painter In an open Towboat and drifted all night on the storm-swept waters of the bay. The lad started at 4 o'clock Thurs day afternoon and drifted out in the bay. He became frightened and shout a tn Attract the attention of some men who were shocking hay near the old Gila place, but they did not hear him. . As darkness settled down, the craft oa it. frti freleht were enveloped in the blackness of the night. In the dusk a seal bobbed up alongside the boat and the startled lad crept unaer a k.i and went to sleep. Long after midnight he was awak .nii hv the stinclne spray, but his as surance did not desert hint and after ascertaining the boat was half full of water, he seized an oar and joyimu discovered his craft was in shallow water. He pushed the boat to land on the lower end of Long Island and walked to the Nelson ranch and warmed his benumbed body. He was found there at 5 o'clock Frl j nrninir tav a nartv that had spent the night in search of him. Several launches from Nahcotta scourea me uj Thursday night, but the little wan derer, frightened at a seal, was asleep. The young mother, gray-hatred from her vigil, has recovered, but will carry the mark from that memorable night to her grave. ITALIAN GIVES OWN BLOOD Carl Lovesa Undergoes Operation In Hope of Saving Cousin. Carl Lovesa. the only relative of Frank Leonatti. an Italian who was in jured by a broken wheel belt Monday and lay near death at Good Samaritan hospital, gave two pints of his blood by transfusion to save the injured man, but did not save his life. Leonatti died in.t Lovesa. who waa forced to go to bed to reouperate from the effcts of the loss of his blood, was arising to leave the hospital. Tnnattl was struck in the abdomen by a flying loose belt in a mill of the Portland Lumber Company. Internal h.mnrrhuarea drained away his blood. and transfusion seemed to be the last measure possible. Because he was the only relative of the injured man outside of the home In Italy. Lovesa volun teered. rr Arthur Hamilton performed the operation. It was considered the last resort to save Leonattl's life. At the morgue the pale Lovesa spent several hours with the body of his cousin. GYPSUM IS AID TO CROPS Farmers Along White Salmon Use Water for Fertilizer. mi-si-m. Wash.. July 24. (Special.) During extreme warm weather the water of the White Salmon Kiver turns to a milky color. This transformation is not caused by volcanic ash soil being mixed with the stream, as is generally i. h.tt ia the result of melted snow on Mount Adams rushing through banks of gypsum, located on tne wesi side of the mountain, near Its base. The secret of the bountiful grain and grass crops raised in the Trout Lake region is credited to irrigation, the water of which comes from the White Salmon River, and especially are beneficial results obtained when the stream is of a whitish color, the gyp sura penetrating the soil and acting as a fertiliser. Some of the ranchers turn this water on their lands when Irrigation is not needed, but realize the inwonoe of fertilisation, from which the best crop results are obtained. AUTO BACKS DOWN BANK Colfax Farmer and Family Plunge 30 Feet Into a Mill Race. COLFAX, Wash, July 24. (Special.) Fred Schrleber. his wife and baby were thrown from an automobile to night at Colfax. Mrs. Schrleber re ceived two broken ribs and severe shock. Mr. Schrleber was slightly hurt. The baby escaped injury. Mr. Schrleber, who is a wealthy farm er, was driving his car on Park street, SO feet above the Colfax mlllrace. and. while attempting to turn around, lost control of the car and backed down the bank. The car turned completely over, landing right side up In the mill- race below. Mrs. Schrleber waa caught under the car as it went over. Mr. Schrleber was thrown into the water. DRUG ENDS DOCTOR'S LIFE Seattle Physician, Unable to Sleep, Takes Chloroform. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 24. Dr. Frank A. Conn. 70 years old. a well known physician of Seattle, was found dead in his bed today, having died of an overdose of chloroform, ad ministered by himself to ward off in somnia A note found in the room said: "I am in misery; cannot sleep. I am going to take a little chloroform. I have suffered much. I scarcely know, how to do it." Many entries of a similar nature were found In hia diary, showing that . - -mhlnr nuninkl for him tn tAjc chloroform to gain relief from loss of sleep. BIG; NO SHORTAGE Yield Will Be 1 ,597,000 Hundredweight. PRICE OF 20 CENTS MAY DROP Oregon May Produce 110,000 Bales This Year. BEER SALES DECREASE 1911, "Short"' Year Left Surplus on Coast Local Crop of Superior Quality Heat Kills Vermin. Buyers Are Waiting. IIAON81 XjFjlri 0 jo q ; -t ESTIMATED HOP PRODUCTION I THIS YEAR. COMPARED WITH J LAST YEAR'S CROP. 1012 1911 cwt. cwt Vnlted States 442.00 3B5.500 England SflO.OOO Si8.l) Continent 775,000 ' 628.000 Australia 20.000 20.000 World s crop 1,397.000 1,241.500 j a... There will be no hop famine in the world this year. In every hopgrowlng country the prospects are good for large crops on the acreage. The United States will produce about 260.000 bales or 45,000 bales more than last year, and Europe will have about 1,125,000 hundredweight or 269.000 hundred weight more than in 1911. The total world's crop is estimated this year at about 1,597,000 hundredweight, which Is 355,500 hundredweight more than was grown in 1911. A year ago figures that were com piled showed a probable shortage of 300,000 hundredweight In the world's supply. The estimates were substan tially correct for the market advanced more or leBs steadily until the price of hops reached 45 cents on the Pacific Coast. The statistical shortage, how ever, waa apparent, rather than real, because the high price caused the brewers to economize, and their, re quirements were not as heavy as in previous years. That there was more than enough hops to go around has been demonstrated by the fact that there are still several thousand bales of the 1911 crop unsold on the Pacific Coast, and the price of these Is steadily declining. There have been sales of several lots recently at 24 cents by growers who might have obtained 45 cents, last Winter. 112 Crop to Leave Surplus. If the short crop of 1911 was more than sufficient the much larger crop of (Concluded on Page 2.) COME ON, BOYS, FOLLOW ME. - " . .. 'J. . . .... . ; ..' ......-. Mother Driven Out With Clothing in Flames Boy Himself Es capes Injury. . SAX FRANCISCO, July 24. (Special.) Policeman Benjamin Gaston, of the Potrero station, today is recovering from severe burns sustained last night when he bravely entered a burning building and rescued the 4-months-old child of Mrs. Thomas McCaffrey, after neighbors had been repeatedly driven back by the flames. Mrs. McCaffrey also sustained painful burns. In the absence of the mother on an errand an older son threw gasoline into the stove and when Mrs. McCaffrey returned the house was in flames. Neighbors tried to enter the building, but were driven back. . The mother then made an attempt, but was forced out, her clothing in flames. Policeman Gaston wrapped his head and shoulders in a coat and, despite warnings of bystanders, entered the building. When the watchers had al most given him up, he staggered into their midst bearing the baby in his arms. He then collapsed from Intense pain. The boy escaped Injury. ( OFFICIALS , FIGHT RECALL Rock Island Mayor and Commission er Say Dive Keepers Behind Move. ROCK ISLAND, III., July 24. Coun sel has been retained by Mayor Scriver and Commissioner Hart to fight in the courts the legality of the recall peti tions Just filed against them. The at tempt to recall Scriver and Hart is an echo of last Spring's riots, in which two were killed. Mayor Scriver says that keepers of dives and disreputable saloons put out of business by him and Commissioner Hart are behind the recall petitions. SQUAW HAS WARRIOR GOING 200-Pound Indian Says 12'3-Found Wife Is Cruel Wants Divorce. WENATCHEE, Wash., July 24. (Spe cial.) Bravest of the brave as a war rior in the last rebellion of Conconnully Indians, Jesse Chief cannot hold his own against his squaw, Olive, from whom he is asking a divorce in the Okanogan Superior Court. Jesse weighs over-200 pounds, his mate 123. In the last battle, Jesse recites, Olive plucked numerous locks of raven hair from his cranium. ASTOR HEIR IS EXPECTED Widow of Titanic Victim May Be Mother Within Fortnight. NEW YORK, July 24. (Special.) Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, widow of Colonel John Jacob Astor. victim of the Titanio disaster, has returned to her home on Fifth avenue from Ber nardsvllle.'N. J., where she was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. H. Force, for a visit. Mrs. Force accompanied her daughter here and will remain with her until the Astor heir is born, which event is ,ex pected within the next fortnight. Arrest Follows Refusal to Testify. YOUNG ROUGHS PACK COURT Rosenthal's Friend Dares Not Tell of Webber's Moves. PERJURY CHARGE PLACED Underworld Habitues Crowd Room Where Hearing of Auto-Murder Case Is Held Man. Who Saw Prisoner Flee Keeps Silent. NEW YORK. July 24. (Special.) Declaring he feared for his life if he told the truth, John Reisler, known among theatrical people and sporting men the country over as "John the Barber," refused to answer questions on the witness stand at a hearing con nected with the Rosenthal assasslna tion this afternoon and was immedi ately placed under arrest, charged with perjury. The incident illustrates the widespread terror the lawless gangs of New York have instilled In the minds of persons who know their malicious power. The hearing was before Coroner Feinbcrg and was in the nature of an examination in the cases ofe"Bridgle Webber and Sam Paul, who are held without bail charged with complicity in the assassination of Rosenthal. To keep out members of gangs, Cor oner Feinberg had arranged that ad mission was to be had to the special sessions courtroom, where the pro ceeding was held only by ticket. Gang Members Crowd Court. The precaution proved futile. Long before the hour for the beginning of the examination the corridors of the Criminal Courts building and the streets outside were thronged with swarthy, hard-faced, nervous young men, typical gang members. These persons began offering money for tickets and succeeded in accu mulating a sufficient number to make the courtroom seem like home to Webber and Paul when they were brought in from the Tombs. There were between 75 and 100 men In the room who looked as though they might be willing to start something. Reisler, who had not been expected to be called upon to testify in a court of law, was terrorized by the hostile atmosphere In the courtroom. He was face to face with "Bridgie" Webber and Sam Paul and a Bwarm of their (Concluded on Page 3.) Fight Made on Colonel by Men Who Say Governor Gave Him One Victory In Illinois. CHICAGO. July 24. (Special.) "Without the needed word from Gov ernor Deneen. Colonel Roosevelt would not have , had the Illinois delegation to the Republican National convention and he would have been robbed of the benefit which his Illinois victory gave him in other states." That Is the answer which many Re publicans are making to the decision by some of the Roosevelt admirers to have a third State ticket in Illinois. because the Governor and his asso elate Republican nominees have re fused to abandon their party and go over to the new organization which is being formed by Colonel Roosevelt. Should the convention obey the dic tates of those leaders who are de mandlng a third ticket, many Repub licans who supported Roosevelt, but who refused to desert the Republican party, say they will join in the fight against the progressives on the ground of Ingratitude and failure to live up to the principle of a square deal for all. HUMPHREY NOT RUNNING Representative Will Not- Be Candi date for Hanford's Place. ' OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 24. Representative Hum phrey, of Washington, today declared that he is not and will not be a candi date for appointment to succeed Judge Hanford. Humphrey is deeply wroth at the President because he would not appoint him as Donworth's successor, and his friends believe that causes that prevented his appointment at that time would operate against him now. Senators Poindexter and Jones will clash in the Senate when action is taken upon the nomination of Beverly Coiner. Poindexter today announced his intention of opposing Coiner's con firmation because he alleges that Coiner, as state chairman, "stole' Roosevelt's delegates in the late fight in Washington. He holds Coiner large ly responsible for the selection of 14 Taft delegates from Washington. Sen ator Jones will defend Coiner, and be lieves he will be confirmed unless Poin dexter prevents a vote. If Coiner Is not confirmed, a recess appointment will be given him after Congress ad journs, and that will keep him in offlse until March 4 next. STRIKERS PARADE STREETS London Dockmen Pray That Lord Devonport Be Struck Dead. LONDON, July 24. Fifty thousand striking dockmen paraded through London today, and at a meeting held subsequently on Tower Hill, a dra matic incident occurred. Ben Tlllett, a. striking leader, after an address tn denunciation of Lord Devonport, chair man of the Port of London, asked the men to join him In prayer. Then he and the immense concourse with bared heads prayed: "Oh, God, strike Lord Devenport dead." There was a sharp conflict between the police and strikers who were at tempting to molest non-union workers. Many heads were cracked. RABBITS DAMAGING GRAIN Baker County Farmers Propose Ex termination Drive. BAKER, Or.,. July 24. (Special.) Rabbits and squirrels are doing great damage among the grain fields. They have cut the grain in many places as If a mower had been at work, causing hundreds of dollars' damage. The farmers near Erwin are so har assed that they are asking the Baker citizens to help them in a rabbit drive to exterminate the pests. A drive was held a few years ago and several hun dred animals killed, the meat being peddled free by wagon to Baker house wives. The farmers are also talking of starting a movement asking that a bounty be placed on rabbits and squir rels. POLICE ORDER ANNULLED Spokane Council Gives Candidates Right to Post Placards. SPOKANE, Wash., July 24. (Spe cial.) The Police Department's gen eral order, against the posting of placards of candidates for office on tel egraph poles, fences and on other ob jects in streets and alleys, waa an nulled $y the City Council this morn ing, by a vlvl voce vote of two to one. Mayor Hlndley presiding and not vot ing, and Commissioner iasselt oeing absent. The Council let down bars for indis criminate posting of candidates' cards and literature, except within the fol lowing district: Front avenue to Sec ont avenue, Division street to Madison street, where It will not be allowed. SEATTLE GIVEN SOAKING One-Tenth Inch of Rain Falls Dur ' ing Five Minute Storm. SEATTLE, July 24. During a brief thunder storm today one-tenth of an Inch of rain fell in five minutes, the downpour being the severest In nearly three years. A larsre circus tent, which the Ad- ventist Church had erected for holding rvivni services, was smashed to the ground by the deluge -and chairs and gas fixtures were destroyed. Force Now Near Porter Prepares Advance. REAL CONFLICT LOOMS NEAR Blue Troops Drenched in Hard Day's Campaign. OREGON MEN DISAPPOINTED State's Soldiers Active In Move tc Prevent Invasion of Puget Region. One 3fan Overcome Spy Caught in Barn. WITH THE RED ARMY. In the Field near Porter. Wash., July 24. (Special.) Making a forced march of nine miles in a drenching rain the Red Army that is Invading the Puget Sound district gained an advantageous position today. The whole force Is now In rendezvous two miles north and west of Porter, with patrols working three and four miles further Inland, with a view to paving the way for another swift ad vance into the territory which the Blue force seeks to defend. Guardsmen and Regulars alike got a touch of real campaigning when the column moved out from the old biv ouac at Elma and passed three hours on the march in a heavy'raln. Every man in the Third Oregon Infantry was drenched to the skin and when the command arrived at the point of going Into bivouac equipage and supplies were wet. Woodburn Private Falls Out. The men faced the unpleasant ad vance in a true military spirit, com panies singing and jesting as they tramped along through puddles of wa ter that formed in the sod between Elma and Porter. But one man fell out from the ranks of the Oregon regi ment, and this man. Private Dixon, of v7oodburn; reported for duty , later In the day, after having been carried In an ambulance until revived. Actual contact between infantry forces is now close at hand. Late this afternoon the Third was hurriedly as sembled on the report of a concentra tion of Blue Infantry southeast of Por ter, but the opposing force failed to materialize. Brushes between cavalry patrols have been heard at frequent in tervals during the day, but as It Is the duty of these squads to gain informa tion rather than engage the enemy the firing has occurred only when opposing patrols came unexpectedly into close range with each other. Late this afternoon a cavalryman from the Blue camp was found hiding in a stable near Porter observing the movement of Invading troops. His ar rest was promptly effected. The maneuver situation as now developed will result in decisive engagements forthwith. Invaders Hear Army Moving. The Red invaders have been advised of the landing of a great theoretical army which Is moving from Grays Har bor on their support. As the advance brigade, the force near Porter must act quickly in order to do away with the defenders that are covering the theoretical mobilization point of a great United States volunteer army at Cen tralis. Thus a way would be cleared for invasion on a large scale of the Puget Sound region. At this stage the Red force is kept literally sleeping on its arms. Call to arms or a quiet order to pack up snd advance may be required at any mo ment by the emergencies of the cam paign. Attempt by the Blue army to effect a flanking movement or strike from the rear through a series of forced marches are regarded as not improb able moves. The uncertainty of the maneuver campaign is quite as great as if the game were all In deadly earn est with real bullets being fired Instead of paraffine projectiles Orders to move are received and later countermanded because of chang ing reports from patrols and outposts. When the troops turned out for re veille at 5 o'clock this morning to find that rain had apparently set In for the day they were not surprised at an or der Informing them that the advance scheduled for :30 would not be made. It was assumed that the weather was to blame for this delay, but it was merely the outcome of reconnoIsBanie reports. Oregon Regiment Disappointed, The cavalry screen had reported nu merous encounters, and hence the main column remained stationary at Elma until the screen had forced back all Blue patrols. The Oregon regiment, disappointed at the delay, was prepar ing to pass a day under canvas out of the wet, when a new order came from Colonel Kennon, brigadt commander, to get under way Immediately. The order was given at the same hour to the crack Twenty-fifth United States In fantry, bivouacked just In the rear of the Oregon troops. Officers and men set about the work of breaking camp, loading stores and preparing to take up the advance determined not to be behind the regulars in dexterity. A friendly rivalry sprung up in this work and the Oregon troops won the sstlsfaction of being ready as soon as the companies of the Twenty-flftn. It -was a water-soaked and dlsmal-ap- (Conduded on Fas 12.)