PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, . 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LII- XO. 16,129.
DOG FIGHT BREAKS
PACT; COURT HEALS
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD FRIENDSHIP
INTERRUPTED BX "SHEP."
SENATE SENDS OUT
u
UNIQUE INVENTION
WILSON WILL HELP
FATE FREAK SAVES
LIFE OF OFFICIAL
AUT0ISTS' BUGABOO
OFFER HAS STRING
COPPER WIRE, BATTERIES, BUZ
BULLET FROM POSTMASTER'S
GUN HITS BURGLAR'S TRIGGER.
ZER, STOP-WATCH ARE AIDS.
DYNAMITERS FOILED
CANADA'S
WARSHIP
CLEAR FOR ACTION
THOUSANDS
WARNING TO WORLD
Foreign Corporations
Told to Keep Off..
EXECUTIVE SESSION IS HELD
Vital Issues Affecting National
Policies Discussed.
VOTE ALMOST UNANIMOUS
Cummins Says Stand Being Taken
From Which United States May
Later Have "to Recede With
Humiliation and Chagrin.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The TTnlted
States' Senate Issued a warning toaay
th. nations of the world against en
croachment upon the continents of
North and South America.
The United States will not see "with
out grave concern." said the Senate,
any suitable naval or military site pass
into control of a foreign corporation,
when such possession might threaten
the communication or the safety of the
United States." ,
So vital were the Issues discussed in
the Lodge resolution, which set forth
the policy of the United States, as to
points situated like MagdaJena Bay, In
Lower California, that the doors of the
Senate 'were closed for three hours
while the resolution was debated in
secret session. ,
Senate Almmt Unanimous.
It finally passed with only four votes
against It. Notwithstanding the com
parative unanimity of the Senate upon
the note of warning, it is understood
the measure did not have the official
indorsement of the Administration. It
was framed entirely outside the State
Department and It is understood the
executive branch of the Government
was not consulted with regard to the
Senate's pronouncement.
Tt.. r.ninlon arose from the report
ed attempt of a Japanese syndicate to
secure land about Magdalena Bay. In
the form finally adopted by the Senate
It declares against the acquisition of
any threatening location by a foreign
corporation, "which has such a rela
tion to another government not Amer
ican as to give that government prac
tical power of control for naval or
military purposes."
four Oppose Paaaage.
Those who opposed the resolution on
Its final passage were Senators Cum
mins. McCumber. Percy and Stone. De
mand was made la the secret session
for the designation of the country to
ward which the resolution was direct
ed. Those who supported the resolu
tion, including Senators Root, Lodge,
Burton and Hitchcock, said it was not
a warning to any nation in particular,
but a definition of this country's posi
tion "before embarrassing situations
might arise."
Senator Cummins opposed the resolu
tion because lys believed it was not di
rect .and specific enough In Its refer
ence to the control of land by foreign
corporations.
Senator Lodge Insisted the opening
of the Panama Canal made it necessary
for the United States to make clear at
once its opposition to the establish
ment of any foreign power, either di
rectly or through a commercial coi
poration. where it might threaten the
safety of this country.
Peace Object of Resolution.
Senator Lodge, calling up the resolu
tion which Is framed to record the dis
approval with which the United States
would view the acquisition by foreign
Interests of property on the Western
Hemisphere that might eventually be
come military or naval bases, declared
Its passage was in the interest of
peace.
"The committee on foreign relations
believed it wise that the United States
should not let a situation arise in which
it might be necessary to urge a friend
ly nation to withdraw when that ra
tion could not do so without humilia
tion," he said.
"What is the real meaning of this
resolution as it affects the Monroe Doc
trine?" asked Senator Cummins. "Is it
an extension or further application of
the principle?"
"The declaration rests on a much
broader and older ground than the Mon
roe Doctrine." replied Senator Lodge.
"This resolution rests upon the gen
erally accepted principle that every
nation has a right to protect its own
safety, and if it feels that the posses
sion of any given harbor or place , la
prejudicial to its safety it is its duty
and right to intervene."
Monroe Doctrine FalU to Cover.
Senator Lodge said the Monroe doc
trine did not touch on the precise point
involved in the' Magdalena Bay case.
"In this particular case," he said, "It
became apparent that no government
was trying to get hold of the bay. It
was apparent, however, that the peo
ple were trying to dispose of land about
the bay to a foreign corporation. While
a government takes no possession of a
place itself, possession may be taken
by a foreign corporation that may be
under the control of Its government."
Senator Lodge added that the open
ing of the Panama Canal gave to Mag
dalena Bay an importance it had never
before possessed, as the Panama routes
pass in front of it.
Senator Cummins expressed the opln-
tconcluded oa Pace
Washington Town Constable "Takes
Count" When 60-Year-Old Chtim
"Swings Right to Eye."
WAVERLY. Wash.. Aug. 2 The 11-year-old
friendship between John
Frodsham, town constable, and N. J.
Walker, each well above 60 years of
age, was fractured yesterday by a dog
fight, but the breach was healed today
in the Tollce Court when Frodsham,
the officer and Walker, his prisoner,
fell upon each other's necks with pro
testations of undying friendship.
Constable Frodsham's dog Shep
joined in battle yesterday with an un
known. The officer Is said - to have
viewed the fray with complacence un
til Shep began to be worstec 08l
he attemptea 10 cu u.
tion met with immediate objection
wn tk.r who intimated that It
would cause him little sorrow If Shep
were eaten alive.
This violation of the precept "Love
me, love my dog." precipitated imme
diate hostilities between the two old
men which only were ended when
right swing to the eye put the con
stahle down for the count.
Walker was arrested and pleaded
guilty to assault in court today. He
was fined $10 and costs, which sum
Immediately was paid by Constable
Frodsham and the two friends left the
courtroom arm in arm.
SHIP TO BE READY IN YEAR
Xew Coast Steamer Will Have Ac-
eommodatlons for 1000.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 2. (Spe
cial.) By August 1. 1913, the first of
the $1,250,000 steamers of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company will be in
operation between Seattle, San Fran
cisco, San Pedro and Los Angeles. This
news was given out by C. D. Dunann,
passenger traffic manager for the com
pany, today. The two vessels are now
being built at Camden, N. J. They will
be 440 feet In length, with a beam of
54 feet and a draught of 25 feet.
The steamers will be the first on the
Pacific Coast to be fitted with longitu
dinal bulkheads, thus making them
practically unsinkable, it is believed.
Klectric lights and heat will be used.
The capacity for passengers will be
nearly 1000. The vessels, equipped
with twin screws, will have a speed
of 18 knots an hour. Dunann said
that all that prevents this company
from increasing its Coast service now
Is lack of steamers.
MIS? ALICE DREXEL HURT
Fair Autolst Has Narrow Escape In
Crash Injuries Slight.
NEWPORT, R. I.", Aug. 2. (Special.)
Miss Alice G. Drexel, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Drexel, with her maid.
Marie Lagelne, and chauffeur, George
Koschay, narrowly escaped death in a
collision between her automobile and a
motor truck, this noon. The chauffeur
was sitting on the running-board. Miss
Drexel was driving and the maid was
sitting next to her, as the delivery
automobile struck the Drexel machine
on the left side, throwing the car into
a hedge and hurling the occupants onto
the lawn.
Passing automoblllsts carried Miss
Drexel home, where it was found Bhe
had escaped with slight injuries to her
back.
The chauffeur suffered a broken leg
and the maid was injured in her back.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish gave a general
alarm for doctors and an ambulance.
The affair created a big stir. All so
ciety functions stopped immediately
and everyone from the Casino, Bailey's
Beach and the Golf Club hurried to the
scene of the accident.
SHIP AND WHALE COLLIDE
Craft Sustains Damage as Result of
Hitting Leviathan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. A giant
whale collided with the schooner J. H.
Bruce last night off the coast between
Point Reyes and the Farallona Islands.
A. part of the forward rigging of the
vessel was torn away by the impact
with the body of the leviathan and
when the schooner reached port today
portions of the flesh of the whale and
quantities of blood were scattered over
the deckload and the forecastle head.
The sea animal was sighted by the
lookout when the vessel was not more
than 300 yards away. The course was
altered, but the whale kept in Its path.
Only once before was such an inci
dent reported by the master of a ship.
It was when the pilot boat Bonita was
sunk by a whale off the harbor en
trance about 15 years ago. The crew
of the Bonita made port in a small
boat.
PASTOR CONDEMNS SELF
"I Am Failure in Pulpit," He Says.
So -Simple Life" to Be His.
TACOMA. Aug. 2. Condemning him
self as a failure as a pastor. Rev. Wil
liam D. Buchanan, pastor of Park Uni
versity Church, has tendered his resig
nation and in an open letter to the
public today announced that he is about
to retire to the "simple life."
"I am a farmer by Instinct and a
minister by choice." the letter says. "I
have come to feel that I should first
practice and then preach, and from now
on I shall make my living as a breeder
of chickens."
Rev. Mr. Buchanan's eight years In
the Tacoma pulpit have been marked
by dignity and reserve, and his unex
pected announcement has caused city
wide comment.
Dominion Waints Imper
ial Parliament.
BORDEN. OUTLINES DESIRES
Fleet of Dreadnoughts Not to
Be Given for Nothing.
utUISION TO BE DELAYED
Great Britain Faces IMsappointmenl
in Pealing With Xorth American
Province Willingness to
Aid Navy Is Repeated.
LONDON, Aug. 2. Robert L. Borden,
Canadian Prime Minister, who this
week invited the British Cabinet Min
isters to visit the Dominion, has made
his position clear on the subject of
the naval assistance that Canada is to
offer the mother country- t
Canada, he told the British Cabinet,
Is prepared to assist Great Britain to
maintain her naval supremacy, hut
when -she does so she will want to be
consulted as to the way the money Is
spent.
Imperial Parliament Wanted.
Mr. Borden is reticent as to what
Canada will do, but outspoken enough
as to what she wants In return for
any contributions she makes. One of
these desires is for a real Imperial
Parliament, representative of the whole
empire, to deal with all matters of
Interest to the empire.
Upon the arrival of Mr. Borden and
his colleagues, comprising J. Douglas
Hazen, Canadian Minister of Marine;
C. J. Doner ty. Minister of Justice; L. P.
Pelletler, Postmaster - General, and
George E. Foster, Minister of Trade
and Commerce, it was announced that
they came with an offer to contribute
a squadron of dreadnoughts to Eng
land. This was accepted by the public.
so there Is certain to be some disap
pointment when the part Canada pro
poses to take is finally settled. -
Decinlon to Be Delayed.' i
Mr. Borden himself says this will not
be until after 'his return to Canada,
until he has an opportunity to consult
with the full Cabinet-
"There are only five of us here and
the Cabinet consists of 18 members and .
it is not likely that we will make a
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Hood River County Puts' Halt to
Speeding on Highways Oeman.
Royal Among Those Caught.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 2. (Ppe
clal.) With a long piece of copper
wire, batteries, a buxzer and stop
watch. Deputy Sheriff Allen Hart and
assistants have become the bugaboo
of automoblllsts of this county who
are prone to speed above the 25-miles-an
hour limit on the county highways.
The officer has measured the piece
of copper wire used for his operations
in detecting the speeders. He stands
at one end with his watch and the aide
at the other. When a machine passes
the aide he presses, the buzzer and Hart
starts his stopwatch, catching the
time as the machine passes his end of
the wire. In case the car is going the
other way. Hart sets his stop mechan
ism on his watch to work and catches
the time when the buzzer Is sounded
from the other end. ' "
During the past two days the officers
have apprehended eight speed violators,
five of whom, Charles Hall, Osmun
Royal, Roy Brock, Ray Evans and Noah
W. Bone, paid their fines yesterday.
The other three are: Ned Phllpot, L.
E. Clark and W. E. King. Justice, Buck
has issued warrants for the appre
hension of Royal and Evans for second
offenses.
The County Commissioners are
strictly enforcing the speeding laws,
declaring that the fast speed of motor
vehicles is injurious to the macadam
highways.
WARSHIP JS DISABLED
Armored Cruiser South Dakota
Breaks Propeller at Sea.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. The armored
cruiser South Dakota, en route with
the Pacific fleet from Yokohama to
Honolulu, broke a propeller shaft, ac
cording to a radiogram from Admiral
Sutherland.
The accident occurred last Monday
and the vessel is proceeding under one
propeller. She is expected to arrive
at Honolulu Sunday. If the vessel can
proceed safely, she will continue to
Mare Island, arriving about August 20.
ARMY BILL SUITS TAFT
Measure Sent to Senate With Objec
tionable Parts Gone.
WASHINGTON, Aug. -2. With prac
tically all features upon which Presl
Taft based his veto eliminated, the
army appropriation bill was again re
ported to the senate iuu.y uj .
tary affairs committee, carrying ap
proximately $94,000,000.
Tne Section msenea in ma
leerislate Major-
Generai Leonard Wood, chief-of -staff,
out of 0frice on March 4. was not in the
reconstructed bill.
Campaignto Be Mapped
With M'Combs.
GOVERNOR DENIES FRICTION
National Treasurer May Be
Decided on Today.
COMMITTEES ARE WORKING
Publicity, Newspaper and Auxiliary
Organizations Are Said to Have
Operations in Full Swing.
Ladies Visit Seagirt.
SEAGIRT. N. J.. Aug. 2. Governor
Woodrow Wilson will take a hand to
morrow in getting the Democratic Na
tional campaign committee organized
for action. He will leave here late to
morrow for New York, where he will
meet National Chairman McCombs, and
probably decide definitely upon the ap
pointment of a National treasurer, the
chairman of the finance committee.
The Governor expressed himself as
highly pleased with the appointment
of William G. McAdoo, of New York,
as one of the vice-chairmen of the
campaign committee, and he said two
others probably would be chosen rep
resenting Western sections of the coun
try. Mr. McAdoo will have cnarge
mainly of the campaign in the East.
Conference Is Arranged.
Whatever delay the National com
mittee has been experiencing in the
last two weeks would be swept aside
tomorrow night, the Governor hoped,
as he expected to be In conference with
Chairman McCombs from early evening
until midnight or longer, "rounding up
the affairs of the committee.
During the day he assured persons
who inaulred about the progress being
made by the committee that no friction
existed, but that the failure to get
started was due to the thoroughness
of the men planning the organization.
Though Governor-Wilson expected to
have these subjects cleared by Sunday
he intimated tonight that .he might
wait until Monday before making defi
nite announcements as to personnel.
Joseph E. Daniels, National commit
teeman from North Carolina and chair
man of the publicity committee, re
ported that' the publicity committee, the
Government Employe Turns Trick
on Would-Be Robber and Goes
TTn wounded for Sheriff.,
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 2. (Special.)
To the freak of fate that guided his
bullet to the trigger of a burglar's
gun In the rear of his postofflce short
ly before midnight, rendering the
weapon useless. Postmaster Charles
Leonard, of Thomas, 19 miles south of
Seattle undoubtedly owes his life.
The man who robbed the postofflce
and who gave his name as James
Webster, now lies on a cot In the Coun
ty Jail, suffering from a bullet hole
through his left groin and two shat
tered Angers.
Leonard entered the postofflce near
midnight A light was flashed In his
face, and he was commanded to throw
up his hands.
Instead of complying. Leonard opened
fire, then ran out and telephoned to
the Sheriff. The Sheriff came in an
automobile, and followed a trail of
blood. About 6 o'clock he emerged
from the woods near Kent and walked
to the depot. A young man was sit
ting there, both hands in his pockets,
"What's your name," he was asked.
"Why?"
t'Why, Just to shake hands." Hodge
replied, and reached for the man's
right hand.
The game was up then. He couid
not conceal his wounds.
TWO PAY-DAYS PROBABLE
City, to Rout l oan Agents, May Pay
Men Twice Each Month.
To make it possible for city employes
to discontinue the pcf renege of loan
agents a proposed ordinance Is to be
Introduced in the City Council by Coun
cilman Clyde, providing for the pay
ment of all employes twice & month,
Instead of monthly, as at present. City
Treasurer Adams declares that the
semi-monthly payday would not neces
sitate engaging any additional clerks
in the Treasurer's department. Mr.
Adams says that he favors the plan
and believes it can be worked success,
fully.
Although the Council recently shut
down on the practice of city employes
turning over their warrants to the loan
cgents. It is said the practice of bor
rowing money has not been discon
tinued. Dealing with the agents in a
roundabout way is reported. The cause
of this is said to be the long period be
tween payday.
CACHE OF SILK IS FOUND
Policeman and Culprit Mix and Roll
Down 6talrs Three Stories.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. A policeman
passing a tall loft building on Tenth
. . AnHi ,u. mnmirtor honnl man's
voices coming from an upper floor
ana DroKe in to inveaiiBttie. i
closet on the fourth floor he found a
muscular young man who Jumped at
him so quickly that they both rolled
down the three flights of stairs to
gether. The young man was under
neath at the foot of the stairs and
was promptly handcuffed.
a rt thA 1 rift a revenleH n.
sac v... v.. w..w . -
pi-eat stack of silks and satins valued
at $25,000 packea up reaay 10 do imu
away.
T.A nriar,.v (1 thA nnliCA later
that three other men escaped while he
was struggling on the stairs. They
liad an automobile outside the build
ing to use In Carrying off their loot,
he said. '
"FRISCO" LACKS DIGNITY
Government Refuses to Permit Ab
breviation for San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2. Be it
know that "Frisco" Is not San Fran
cisco. This decision of the Treasury
Department was communicated today to
Collector Stratton, in reply to tne coi-
iHior's nrotest against the "B "
seals stamped Frisco on freight cars
containing bonded Government goods.
In reply the Government finds tnat
Frisco" lacks distinctiveness and dig
nity and that there are upward of ten
villages named Frisco. "The term
Frisco" " continues the opinion, as a
name for San Francisco, employed by
nnn-resldents. Is objected to by a ma
jority of the citizens of San Francisco
and never Is used by them."
HOP MAN'S WIFE IS CAUGHT
Mrs. Quong Hing, of Salem, Arrest
ed With Stolen Money on Person.
u-RTi!TmR Dr.. A u fir. 2. (Special.)
Accused of stealing $700 from the
safe of her husband. Mrs. Quong Hlng,
wife of a wealthy Salem hopgrower and
merchant, was arrested here today
while en route to California.
She was accompanied by her three
children and a sister. Mrs. Hlng- was
found to have the money in her pos
session and the same was turned over
to Mr. Hlng. who arrived here at noon.
Mrs. Hlng was returned to Salem to
night. BOGUS CASH THROWN AWAY
Prisoner Casts Grip With $75,000
in It Into River.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2. Harry, alias
Tom Davis, of Chicago," one of four
men arrested yesterday on the charge
of having bogus money and Illegal wire
tapping outfits in their possession,
threw a grip, which the police say con
tained $75,000 in bad money, into the
Ohio River today.'
The grip was thrown into the river
while Davis was being brought from
Newport, Ky.. across the Central bridge
at Cincinnati.
Cornucopia Mine Office
Safe Cracked.
MAN TO RESCUE IS SHOT
Halfway's Saver Again Gives
Aid by Telephone.
HELP COMES, BOOTY LOST
Mrs. R. S. Blsher Telephone Oper
ator, and Foreman of Valuable,
Mine, Charles Camel, Heroine
and Hero in Adventure.
BAKER. Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.)
Masked men broke Into the office of
the Underwood Placer Mines Company,
at Cornucopia, rolled down an embank
ment the safe containing gold nuggets
valued at thousands of dollars, at 1
o'clock this morning and dynamited it.
They were Interrupted by Foreman
Charles Camel, of Walla Walla, who is
In charge of the plant, and fired sev
eral shots at him, one of which slightly
wounded him, but he called help and
frightened them away without their
booty.
Mrs. R. S. Blsher, telephone opera
tor, who yesterday saved Halfway
from a serious fire by calling out the
farmers and townspeople, was appealed
to and she rang people out of bed and
urged them to start In search of the
safecrackers.
Whole Valley Notified.
The entire Pine Valley was notified
by breakfast time and parties have
passed the day In search. A. C. Steph
ens. Deputy Sheriff of Baker County,
in that district, suspected two men
and telephoned to Baker for aid. but
as Sheriff Rand could not cover the
90 miles to the mine In time to help,
told him to arrest the men. They have
not been apprehended yet.
It was so dark that the number of
would-be robbers Is not known, but It
is believed there were four. The office
Is unoocupled at night, so they
had no trouble In forcing the door nml
removing the safe, which Is a small
one. They rolled It over an embank
ment in front of the building and sev
eral feet away before attempting to
open It,
Robbers open Fir.
Camel lives only a short distance
from the office and the men at work
aroused him. When he came out of
his sleeping apartment they opened
fire, one bullet making a slight wound
In his arm. He ran Into his room and
telephoned to the men at Hawkins'
sawmill about a quarter of a mile from
the mine. He then shouted to the
Chandler mill, a few hundred feet
away, and his shouting and the dyna
miting soon brought them to the scene,
so that in a short time a crowd of
workmen from the neighborhood ar
rived. The highwaymen fled, one going
toward the town of Cornucopia and the
others toward Pine Valley.
Mine Owner Notified.
Reuben Smith, one of the Walla
Walla owners of the mine, was in
Baker and started early this morning
for the scene. The description of the
men Is so meager that it will make
Identification difficult. That the men
selected a time when the safe was well
filled with nuggets and their method
of going about the work would indicate
that they were familiar with condi
tions. The mine managers have notified the
owners at Walla Walla and are at
tempting to get bloodhounds from that
place.
This is thought to be the only means
of tracing the men, as there is such a
chance for them to escape over the
mountains which surround the mine
and Pine Valley.
The search is being cautiously made.
BANK BUSINESS GROWING
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma Hao
Increased Clearances.
Portlands bank clearings for the
week ending Thursday amounted tu
,904.000, being a gain of 6.1 per ccn
er the record for the corresponding
week of last year.
The clearings at Seattle readied a
total of $10,626,000. a gain of 7 per
cent.
The totals at Tacoma were $3.S53.O0i.
gain of 1.9 per cent. Spokane's clear
rices were $3,571,000, a decrease of
(.7 per cent.
it Sun TTranrlsco a gain of IS. 4 per
cent was made. Los Angeles' cleurlnga
sh
towed an increase of .1 per cent.
iARRISBURG GREETS ROAD
Big Crowd Out to Celebrate Oregon
Elect ric's Entrance.
HARRISBURG. Or.. Auir. 2. i So
cial.) The Oregon Electric reacnea me
center of the city this afternoon. A
large crowd was out to celebrate the
nt.
The company Is trying to secure ad
ditional property here and as it al
ready has extensive holdings. It Is
thought that Harrlsburg will b- nuile.
one of Its principal stations. i ne
track will reach the bridge across the
Willamette tomorrow.
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