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Jiwtiitif Jjj lte$ PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII- NO. 1G,128. RIVAL CANDIDATES SLEEP TOGETHER OXE'S ACTO STICKS IX MCD. OTHER CAX'T PASS. WOMAN'S QUICK WIT HALFWAY'S SAVER AMERICANS LEAVE ALL TO MEXICANS MEAT PRICES GO CREW IS HEROIC AS SRIP BURNS AT SEA TAR'S SPEECH IS HIGH IN CHICAGO TO DEFEAT HILL TELEPHONE OPERATOR BRINGS FIGURES ARE BIG ADVANCE AID AS FIRE BREAKS. OVER YEAR AGO. HARM IN RUSHES CAMPAIGN KEYNOTE Party Leaders Pleased With Utterance. NOMINATION IS ACCEPTED Those Responsible for "Popu lar Unrest" Assailed. CEREMONY IS SIMPLE ONE President Denies Tariff Is Respon sible for High Cost of living. High Importance Placed on Regulation of Trusts. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Republican leaders who crowded the east room of the White House today to hear Presi dent Taft's speech accepting renomi natlon for the Presidency were con fident tonight that his address would be the real "keynote" for the cam paign and expressed the belief that It was one of the best speeches Mr. Taft has delivered since he entered the White House. Members of the President's Cabinet. Republican leaders. Senators Boot, Lodge, Smoot, Crane and Representa tives Mann, Payne and others were confident that the President's address would be used as a- campaign docu ment and sent broadcast. Ceremony Short and Simple. The ceremony Itself was short and simple. The President and Senator Root spoke from a platform raised a few feet above the floor of the east room. Mrs. Taft. Mrs. Leonard Wood, Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs. G. A. McCllntock, the only women present, sat Just below the platform, while around the half circle were grouped members of the committee, Senators and Representatives and other Invited guests. The affair was Informal. Most tf the committee and Congressmen appeared In conventional dress. After the speech the President disappeared into his pri vate apartments for a few minutes and returned wearing a silk house coat Instead of his formal dress and acted as waiter for Mrs. Taft and the other women and mingled among the guests asked to luncheon In the state dining room. Sanndera Contributes 100O. Senator Newell Saunders, of Ten nessee, announced that he had con tributed 11000 to the Taft campaign fund. When the President came to the por tion of his speech wherein he referred to the maintenance of the Nation's in stitutions and the preservation of the Constitution, many of his hearers thought he spoke with feeling. Then, when he launched into a denunciation of those who, he said, were responsible for the "popular unrest, he spoke with spirit, emphasizing his words by ges tures. Applause interrupted the President's speech. One outbreak greeted his ref erence to Colonel Roosevelt and Gov ernor Wilson, though he mention-id neither by name. He referred ta tho Colonel as the "leader of those who had left the Republican party," and to Gov ernor Wilson as the "Democrati-2 nom inee." Notification Committee Large. Members of the notification commit tee in Washingtcn for the event, in cluded: Alabama, O. D. Street: Arizona, J. Lorenzo Hubbell; Arkansas. C. F. Speer; California, Julius Kahn; Colorado, Si mon Guggenheim: Connecticut, Frank B. Weeks; Delaware, George W. Mar shall: Florida. H. S. Schubb; Georgia. M. B. Morton; Idaho, Evan Evans; Illi nois. Martin B. Madden: Indiana, Edwin E. Toner; Iowa, Luther A. Brewer; Kansas, John M. Landon; Kentucky, R. C Stoll; Louisiana, Reuben H. Brown; Maine, Edward M. Lawrence; Maryland, Adrian Posey; Michigan. John Wallace; Mississippi. F. H. McKissick; Montana, J. Wllcomb; Nebraska, John L. Web ster; Nevada, R. B. Govan; New Hamp shire, Charles M. Floyd; New Mexico. J. M- Cunningham: New York, Martin Stein thai; North Carolina, Z. V. Wal ter: North Dakota. J. B. Cooper; Ohio, Louis C. Laylln; Oklahoma, E. P. San ford; Oregon, Henry Waldo Coe; Penn sylvania. Hugh Black; Rhode Island, R. L. Seckman; South Carolina, Thomas L. Grant; South Dakota, G. C. Bed lleld: Tennessee. John W. Overall: Tex as, Eugene Marshall; Utah, Reed Smoot; Virginia, R. A. Fulwiler; Washington, William Jones; West Virginia, Mere dith J. Sims; Wyoming, John Morton; Alaska, Jafet Lindberg: District of Co lumbia, Aaron Bradshaw; Philippines, Thomas L. Hartigan, and Porto Rico, Mateo Fajardo. Campaiam Iaauea Defined. Although President Taft in his speech defined In detail the Issues of the cam paign as he saw them, he reserved the right to amplify his statement In a let ter as the campaign develops. The supreme issue that confronts the voters, the President declared, was that of the maintenance of the Nation's In stitutions and the preservation of the I Constitution, threatened, he said, on tho one hand by the Democratic party and on the other by those Republicans who had left the party to try their fortune In a new one. Next In Importance Mr. Taft placed (Concluded on Pag 2.) Gubernatorial Aspirants of Wash . ington Meet at Midnight in Lonely Snoqualmie Road. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.) Stuck fast in the mud in Snoqualmie Pass. Colonel Otto A. Case, the County Auditor," found Sheriff Bob Hodge, his automobile and his gubernatorial boom at l-so o'clock yesterday morning. Af ter passing the rest of the night under the same blanket, attempting to sleep mil tn foriret about the animosities of the campaign in which they are fight ing each other for Governor, oionei Otto attached a rope to Sheriff Bob's machine, dragged him out of the mud and sent the Sheriff home. Colonel Otto continued on his Invasion of Eastern Washington. The candidate of the military might have abandoned the gubernatorial as pirant who would abolish the National Guard, its annual maneuvers and Its resplendent uniforms, but if Colonel Otto left tho Hoige boom high In the Case would have had to stay there, too. for Hodge's machine blocked the road. Returning from a two weeks' trip thrrmirh Ejjteni Washington, the King County Sheriff was caught in the mud at 9 o'clock Monday evening. ' After several ineffectual attempts Hodge and his chauffeur, Stewart campDeii. gave ii r. trvinc to th a county's automo bile out, and, with no covers, they laid down on the cold and clammy eartn beside tho reluctant automobile to seek forgetfuliiess of worldly ca 7iAr..0T arms of Morpheus. At 1:30 o'clock in the morning the tnn nt an nnt.imnhilfi horn was heard and there came into view Candidate Case. Thereupon the two candidates I down side bv ide under a. blanket from Case's machine, and together they fought spiders until oayngnt. MOUNT HOOD HAS RIVAL Eagle Cap, Near AVallowa, to Be Measured by Commissioner. BAKER, Or, Aug. 1. (Special.) Mount Hood may soon have an official rival in height. In the desire either to confirm or disprove the assertion that the Eagle Cap Mountain between here and Wal lowa Is the highest in the state. Clyde B. Altchlson. rhalrman of the- State Railroad Commission, will take accu rate measurements of the mountain within a short time. Mr. Altchlson expects to be In Enter prise about August 11. From there he and three or four of his friends will scale the Eagls Cap. taking with them aneroids that will determine the fact. Mr. Aitchison Is reputed to be a moun tain climber, and the trip will be made for a vacation as well as for the sat isfaction of knowing which Is the higher peak. Mount Hood or Mount Eagle Cap. The trip will consume three or four days. GUARD LANDS HIS QUARRY Penitentiary Employe Wins Fight With Sea Lion at New port. NEWPORT. Or.. Aug. 1. f Special.) Walter Johnson, the crack shot of the Oregon penitentiary guards, had an ex perience recently that is likely to make the "trusties" keep their faith when they hear of it. Johnson shot a sea lion from the beach the other day and swam out to get it. The animal was not dead and put up a fight. Johnson beat it over the head with his fist until he had killed It, and then towed It to .shore, where It took six men to pull It out of the water. The dead sea lion lies on the beach. a visible proof of Johnson's prowess. T. R.'S CHANCES NOT LIKED Senator Clark Says Bull Moose Shouters Are "Letting Up." NEW TORK. Aug. 1. (Special.) Senator William A. Clark, of Montana, left for Europe today on the Baltic. He will go to Fontainbleu and Join his family In his villa there. "The political situation is too mucb for me." said he. "What do you think of the "Bull Moosa' party 7" "Well. I don't know much about the 'Bull Moose' outfit, but I do not be lieve they have much of a chance. The shouters seem to have let up lately. The feeling of unrest here is due to the demagogues and calamity shouters." TENOR DIES WHILE SINGING Francisco Alblach Expires on Stage at Start of "Miserere," NEWTON. Iowa, Aug. 1. Just as he was beginning to sing "Miserere" from "II Trovatore," last night, Francisco Albiach, a Spanish tenor appearing be fore a local audience, fell over on the stage unconscious. Today he died. Aiblach'a home was In Paris where. It Is said, his wife resides. His death was ascribed to neuralgia of tha heart. TWAIN'S PILOT TUTOR DIES Captain Bixby Who Taught Novelist Running of Steamboat, Passes. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1. Captain E. W. Bixby. who taught Mark Twain how to pilot a steamboat, was found dead In bed at - his home today. He was 86 years old. Mark Twain paid $500 to Captain Bixby for teaching him how to run a Mississippi River steam boa,- Electric Train Service Due Soon. PORTLAND-EUGENE IS PLAN Contract Let and Rails to Be Laid by November. WORK WILL COST $100,000 Southern Pacific Interests Would Beat Oregon Electric Proposed Route Monroe to Eugene Is 25 Mile Franchise Wanted. Electric trains will run over the Southern Pacific tracks from Portland to Eugene on November 1, If the city grants the company agreeable fran chises for the operation of Its cars ets of Portland. jCjBjqn o jo H le possible yesterday, when the bid of Flagg & Standifer, Portland contractors, for the construc tion of 25 miles of track between Monroe and Eugene, was accepted by the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Rail way, under which name the Southern Pacific electrlo enterprise in Oregon will be designated. Grading for this pleoe of track must be completed October 1, according to the terms of the contract. Tracklay lng and overhead construction will be completed 30 days later, which will make possible the operation of cars over this line Into Eugene, by Novem ber 1. This haste Is due to the fact th.at the Oregon Electric, the rival Hill road. Is pushing its rails from Albany to Eugene, and probably will begin its service Into Eugene before the be ginning of the new year. Construction to Cost S 100,000. The line that Flagg & Standifer will build, will Involve very little heavy work. The cost of construction for the 25 miles will approximate but $100,000, which Is the lowest figure railroad work has been done in Oregon in recent years. The route leads through a lev el country, which will necessitate but few cuts and but few fills. An aggre gate of 5300 feet of trestle will be built. One Howe truss bridge, 80 feet in length, will be constructed. The total amount of earth that will be moved aggregates 250,000 cubic yards. The course is almost due north and south, the line curving only slightly toward the east, near the southern end. It will be almost entirely devoid of grades, the maximum being .3 of 1 per cent. From an operating standpoint It will be of a standard, equal to that prevailing on the best steam roads. Rails, not lighter than 75 pounds, will be laid. It is probable that they will be of 90-pound material. This ia in accordance with the Southern Pacific policy In all its electric construction work. On the various existing steam roads that are being electrfled, the old (Concluded on Page 2.) "RECKON WE'D i. $ News Spread by Wire, and Farmers and Townspeople Form Bucket Brigade to Fight Flames. BAKER. Or.. Aue. 1. (Special.) Ontr-lr thoun-ht and action by Mrs. R. S. Bisher, tho telephone operator, saved the town of Halfway irom a aesiruci ive fire today. A defective flue caused the blaze to start In the home of N. D. Brown, adjoining his large merchandise store. It was snreadinc rapidly to the store when Mrs. Bisher heard of It. She Im mediately telephoned to Carson, six miiM a.w&v: to Lanareth. three miles distant; to Pine, two miles south, and the farmers between, who spread tne news and everybody dropped work In store and field and started by horse back, wagon and other methods of conveyance for the scene of the fire. Mrs. Bisher then called out all the men of the town, so that soon there were more than 100 men in a bucket Hrio-arlA fio-htlnar the flames. Only some small outbuildings and a small part of the store were damaged, less man $1000. Halfway has a population of about 250. MORRIS AIDS EX-CONVICTS Portland Banker Sende Paroled Men to Wen a tehee Fruit Ranch. SALEM. Or Aug. 1. (Special.) W. Cooper Morris, convicted Portland banker, who is working with tho con vict gang on the Shell Rock road, near Hood River, has assumed the role of friend to the convicts, and is offering his Wenatchee fruit ranch as a haven of refuge and work to paroled men and released convicts. Already he has caused three men to be sent to the ranch. Two of these are paroled prisoners, who are still there. The third was not so satisfac tory to Morris. He was a discharged convict who had served his time. Be lieving the man would have difficulty in finding employment, Morris gave him a position on the ranch, where he stayed a few days and then disap peared. This has not shattered the former banker's faith In his plan, how ever, as it Is understood he will ask the prison authorities to send other paroled men to his farm when they are in need of employment. Morris is now in charge of the com missary department on the road work. At first he was on the pick and shovel gang, a surveyor's gang, and later the mantle of a discharged ' commissary fell upon his shoulders. POLICE ARREST JEWELER San Francisco Man Said to Act as "Fence" for Burglars. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. H. Sym onds, a jeweler and financial agent of this city, was arrested today after de tectives had recovered in his estab lishment $21,000 worth of Jewelry and silverware, said to ha.ve been stolen. The police declare that Symonds acted as a "fence" for burglars and pick pockets. Symonds was trailed by detectives to the rooms of three men suspected of being burglars, who also were arrested with him. They are Reuben Smith, an ex-convict, M. Holland and H. Furlong. The men were trapped in a down town hotel which was fitted with Jewelers' scales, acids, crucibles for melting gold and instruments for set ting precious stones. LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THEM Rebels Hold Property in Casas Grandes. LIVES SA;D TO BE IN PERIL Serious Conflict Between So nora Forces Imminent. WASHINGTON ASKED TO AID Scores of Messages Are Sent Appeal ing to United States for Action Which Will Insure Ade quate Protection. EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 1. Work has been discontinued on the Pearson & Pacheco Railway and the Booker Lum ber Company holdings in the CasaB Grandes district and employes are ar riving here by train and overland. About $25,000 worth of materials have been left which the rebels may appro priate. Paul Booker, who arrived here today. said that the condition in Northern Mexico has become intolerable and that the turn In events within the last few days caused Americans to believe that their lives were in such danger that they are leaving the country. L. P. Atwood, chief engineer of the company, is moving overland with a large group of the American employes, headed for Columbus, N. M it being impossible for them to reach the rail way in safety. Madera Is Occupied. Passengers arriving here tonight over the Mexican Northwestern Rail way say that before leaving Madera, an American lumbering center, 250 miles southwest of here. Federals num bering 1500 occupied the town. The Federal occupation took place yesterday, 20 minutes after the evacu ation of the town by the rebels, who retreated north to Casas Grandes, where all passenger and freight trains are belnsr turned back to Juarez. The train bringing the Kederal troops, led by General Antonio Rabago, returned for more. This group is part of the army which left the city of Chi huahua Borne days ago, and is seeking to hem in the rebels with the assist ance of General Sanjines, whose forces are moving from Sonora west of the Casas Grandes district. Twenty-two wounded rebels from the battlefield of Ojltos are expected here tomorrow. Rebels Are In Force. That a serious conflict between the government and the rebel forces In Sonora may occur soon is indicated. The rebel forces in Casas Grandes are mucb more formidable than was sup posed, numbering about 1500 men and six pieces of artillery under General Salazar, and their resources have been greatly strengthened by ammunition and supplies seized from the American colonists. The rebel generals. Rojas and Cam (Concluded on Page 3.) CANAL RATES." Packers Hold Out Little Hope of Decrease to Housewives Corn Prices Said to Affect. CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (Special.) Meat prices, already a serious problem for Chicago housewives, have climbed a notch in the last few days and, accord ing to those acquainted with the situa tion, show no signs of decreasing. In Chicago today prices were: Porterhouse steak, 28 to 85 cents. Sirloin steak (best cut), 25 cents. Round steak, 20 to 22 cents. Lamb chops (best cuts), 25 to 30 cents. Pot roast, 15 cents. Veal cutlets, 30 to 35 cents. Pork chops, 19 to 21 cents. These figures, according to local dealers, are a big advance over figures for last year at this season. F. S. Hay ward, secretary for Swift & Co., said: "The scarcity of cattle and the In crease of population are responsible for the advanced price of meats." "Prices are not Sing to lower readily," declared James Irwin, con trolling several markets. "Among the reasons for the advance of meat prices is the high price of corn." NEVADA IS ST0RM SWEPT Floods, Attributed to Cloudbursts, Interrupt Traffic. RENO, Nov., Aug. 1. Traffic was in terrupted and telegraphic communica tion upset in Western Nevada today by floods attributed to cloudbursts. Officials of the Southern Pacific re ported minor washouts near Tonopah Junction, but were unable to get full information because their wires were down. No loss of life is reported. Another, cloudburst between Belle ville tind Tonopah Junction washed out the tracks of the Nevada & California narrow guage at both places ifor a distance of six miles. It will be nearly ten days before service between Mina and Keeler can be resumed. This is the second cloudburst at this point. Delayed meager advices from Love lock state that In a recurrence of the flood at Masuma and Seven Troughs, a high wall of water swept both towns this afternoon and sent the terrified Inhabitants to the hills. It Is not known whether any were killed, as the telephone and telegraphic communi cation to Lovelock is Interrupted. A message from Lovelock states water Is seven feet deep in Mazuma and most of the able-bodied men have gone In automobiles to search for victims and render aid. It Is believed in Lovelock that several were killed, but there is no confirmation. BIG REALTY DEAL CLOSED S. F. AVilson Buys Blake, McFall Property for $350,000. The most important sale of down town realty since the early part of the year was closed yesterday when S. F. Wilson, a capitalist of Umatilla County, purchased the Blake-McFall Company property at the southwest corner of Fourth and Ankeny streets for $350, 000. The lot has a frontage of 100 feet on Fourth street and 125 feet on An keny street. It Is Improved with a six-story reinforced concrete building. The structure was built less than three years ago and Is of class "A" construe, tlon. The property returns an Income equal to about 8 per cent of the pur chase price. It is situated directly across the street from the new Hotel Multnomah. In addition to this property Mr. Wil son Is Interested In several land and financial enterprises in Umatilla County. He is also associated with the Portland law firm of Beverly, Snede cor & Wilson. The sale was negotiated by the Columbia Trust Company. BARLEY CROP IS IMMENSE Farmers Near Stockton Harvest 2,000,000 Sacks Prices Fall. STOCKTON, Cal. Aug. 1. (Special.) The. farmers of San Joaquin County have Just threshed one of the biggest barley crops they have ever raised, the yield for the year approximating 2, 000.000 sacks, two-thirds of which came from the Island region. Expressed in tons the crop would total 100.000, which is one-fifth of the entire production in the state. The immense crop has caused a slump in the price, but growers, nevertheless, have a margin of 15 per cent. The average price la from $1.20 to $1.25 per bag. or about $25 a ton, which gives the total crop in this county the valuation of $2,500,000. Local dealers predict that barley will bring better prices in the future, the demand for it having grown steadily for the past sev eral years and the acreage decreased appreciably. HARRY THAW IS POISONED Slayer Suffers From Ptomaines After Eating Preserves. MATTEAWAN, N. T., Aug. 1. John A. Russell announced today that Harry Thaw is suffering from ptomaine poi soning as a result of eating preserved food while in Jail at White Plains. Thaw has been confined to his cot since his return here. Cholera and Plague at Amoy. AMOT. China, Aug. 1. No fewer than 224 deaths from bubonic plague and 73 deaths from cholera were re ported to the authorities in the rlty of Amoy during the three months end ing July 31 F. A. Kilburn Aflame, Is Menaced on Deep. DECKS DRENCHED WITH OIL Wooden Vessel Like Furnace Off California Coast. STEWARD RESCUES GIRLS Wireless Fnils and Crew Battles Valiantly With Flames for Two Hours, Finally Winning Two Hart on Greasy Decks. EUREKA. Cal., Aug. 1. (Special.) Aflame from her bed plates to her cab ins, dripping with oil. and severed from the world by the failure of her wire less, the North Pacific Steamship Com pany's vessel F. A. Kilburn was saved from destruction last night by the heroic efforts of her crew. Two girls narrowly escaped suffo cation. An oiler fell and sustained a broken leg. The chief engineer. E. G. Clough. and Sidney Ashton, the stew ard, who rescued the two girls, fell heavily on the oil-drenched decks, and were badly bruised. Fire Start In Endue Room The fire, which was discovered In the engine room of the steamer at 11 o'clock last night, while 25 miles south of Point Arena, burned fiercely for two hours. The vessel arrived here at 1 o'clock this afternoon, six hours late, with holes chopped through the floors of the staterooms along the port side and several rooms on the upper deck gutted. Dr. G. L. Hogan. of Los Angeles, dis covered the flames- shooting up the engine-room shaft clear to th top deck. Captain McLellan was notified and an alarm sounded. Several S. O. S. calls were sent out by Operator J. K. Murray, but before they were answered his wireless room caught fire and the Instruments failed. OH Drenches Many. For more than two hours six .streams of water were played into the engine room and down the shaft. To add to the confusion, oil was pumped from the tanks to prevent an explosion, through nozzles, on the upper deck, drenching many as they escaped from their state rooms. The flames raced up the engine- room ventilating shaft to the state rooms on the upper deck as through a chimney. Stifling, greasy, black smoke filled the corridors. To add to tha confusion, the oil tanks were emptied as best they could be, and, as the frightened passangers scurried out of their staterooms, they were drenched with streams of distillate. Tho ship was rolling heavily, and the drenched decks, swimming In oil. were like greased slides. Sailors and pas sengers floundered about In the dark ness and smoke, slipping and falling at every lift and dip. To get water Into the engine-room holes were chopped through the port stateroom walls and, after two hours of hard work, the crew won the upper hand. Early this morning the fire was out. The F. A. Kilburn is a wooden ship. She was burned to the water lines about two years ago while lying at the Oakland long wharf. Damage fiot Extensive. No estimate has been put on the amount of damage, but it is said to be in the neighborhood of $6000. Captain McLellan said this afternoon the ship would not be forced to remain in port, but would sail tomorrow, according to schedule, using those staterooms that were not damaged by the flames. Conrad Newmyer, a wiper, sustained a broken leg by Jumping from the top deck to the main deck. He and tfce others injured ' were attended on the steamer by Dr. Hogan, but were taken to a local hospital when the vessel docked. A subscription list for the boys who fought the fire was circulated by the passengers and $30 was raised for the crew. The passengers themselves were quiet during the fire. No boats were launched, although swung from their davits. DEATH SENTENCES STAYED Governor Johnson Awaits Petition Abolishing Capital Punishment. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. Repre sentatives of the Anti-Capital Punish ment League, with headquarters in this city, said today that Governor Johnson had declared that if the petitions now In circulation to Initiate a law for the abolishment of capital punishment re ceived the necessary 30,000 signatures, he would allow no more hangings to take place until after the decision of the matter In the November election. Governor Johnson has within the last month reprieved six condemned mur derers, two of whom have been re prieved several times before. While none of these reprieves extends beyond September 20, representatives of the league say that future hangings will depend entirely upon the election and that they have reason to believe further reprieves will be granted IfFTI 1Q5.2I