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w$mt VOL. XXXI. XO. 16,144: PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PURE DAYLIGHT HEAD OF SALVATION REBELS MASSCRE FIEND SLAYS GIRL OF 12 IN SLUMBER DESIRE FOR STYLE BATTLE WAGES IN INVENTED AGAIN 430 AT MANAGUA INVADES ISLANDS BY FALLING STAN ARMY IS DEAD AT 83 MILITIA HEADING SCIENTISTS , APPROACH REAL TROOPS SLAIX RUTHLESSLY MOTHER HCBBARDS WORN' AT THING ARTIFICIALLY. - I'POX SURRENDER. SACRIFICE OF GRACE. CEREMONY MARRED Many Hurt as Marsha Is Notified. NOMINEE GIVES HIS VIEWS Collapse of Grandstand Mars Marshall Notification. NOMINEE GIVES VIEWS Democratic Candidate Says if He Had to Choose, He Would Pre' fcr Socialism of Many to Pa ternalism of Few. INDIANAPOLIS. Aug:. 20. Five per sons were seriously injured and 40 were bruised and cut in the collapse today of a grandstand seating: 300 in University Place, where was being: ob served the formal notification of Gov ernor Marshall of his nomination as Democratic candidate for Vice-PresI dent. The Injured were -carried into the Indiana Democratic Club nearby or taken to hospitals and the notification ceremony proceeded. The grandstand had been set up on the asphalt pavement directly back of the speaker's platform. Alton B. Parker, of New York, rep resenting- the notification committee, was in. the midst of his address when the stand swayed and sank slowly to the street and men and women In the seats were piled together .among- the tangled timbers of the structure. Crowd Calmed by Taaaart. Several thousand persons massed In front of the speaker's platform crowd ed about the fallen stand and men helped the unhurt to scramble to their feet and bore the injured to the club house. Thomas Taggart, National commit teeman for Indiana, calmed the crowd by shouting that no one had been e riously Injured and Mr. Parker went on with his speech. When Governor Marshall accepted V the - nomination, at the close of the Governor's address, the distinguished Kuests of the Indiana Democratic Club, who had come for the ceremony, were taken to the " Governor's home for reception. Seated in front of the grandstand until it fell was a row of men promt nent in National politics, among them ex-Vice-President Fairbanks, Lewis Nixon, of New York; Senator Gore, of Oklahoma: Thomas Taggart, Samuel M. Ralston, Democratic candidate for governor of Indiana, and W. T. Dur- bin. Republican candidate for Gover 3tr. The crowd was listening intently to Mr. Parker when the grandstand iollapsed. Marshall Chides Reanhllraas. Governor Marshall in beginning his iddress said that the Republican party nad fostered special privilege to the extent of making men everywhere so Mallstic In theory if not in conduct He continued: . "It is idle for a. thoughtful man in America, whether millionaire or pauper, to longer play the ostrich. Safety does not consist in holding one's head in the sands of either sentiment or hope. It is foolish for the vastly rich to keep on insisting that more and more shall be added to their riches through a. spe cious system of special legislation os tensibly enacted to run the Government, in reality enacted to loot the people. -It is worse than Ignorance for them to smile at the large body of Intelligent Americans who regard - themselves as fortunate if the debit and credit ac counts of life balance at the end of the year, and to assume that the mighty many, who are becoming convinced that that social system which we call 'de mocracy' is but a glittering generality, will long endure the Industrial slavery being produced. "Whether voting the ticket or not. men everywhere, looking upon the aw ful injustice of this economic system, are becoming- socialistic in theory if not In conduct. Discontent la Democratic. "And shall any fair-minded man say that if It redounds to the Interests of the people of this country that 100 men shall control Its business to the good of everyone, there Is anything falla cious In the theory that government Instead of transferring business to a favored few for the benefit of all, should Itself discharge that business for the benefit of all? "I do not hesitate to say that if It be impossible to restore this Republic to Its ancient Ideals, which I do not believe, and I must make the ultimate choice between the paternalism of the few and the socialism of the many, count me and my house with the throb bing heart of humanity. "The discontent in Republican ranks ' is democratic discontent. How much of it has reached the point where, wearied with the bad workings of a good system, it Is willing to topple that system over and try something new. I cannot prophesy. "But. I am quite sure that whatever badges men may wear In America thia year, whatever ballots they may cast. anJ whatever battle-cries they may ut ter, there are but three grades of citi zen?. "The first grade ts made up of the favored few. their hangers-on and their beneficiaries, who think the eagle is to Improved Type or Lump Expected Be of Service Where Color Dis crimination Is Require. LONDON, Aug. 20. (Special.) How to produce artificial daylight seems to have been discovered almost simultane ously in England and Germany and th results promise that artists will soon be able to paint by "daylight lamps" and that art classes may be held In the nignt time. Housewives will not have to wait for bright day light to match dress materials, Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees. who has been working on the new idea in Eng land, described to the Illuminating and Engineering Society of London In lec ture today successful experiments with the invention Simultaneously, Dr. Voege, of Ham burg, contributes to the Illuminating and Engineering Society's organ an elaborate description of his method of studying color by artificial illumlnants, showing the effects of gas, electric and the existing daylight lamps on colors as comDared with daylight Itself. The doctor shows that most of the present Illumlnants have an excess red and a deficiency of blue. In the German davllsht lamDS an enclosed arc Is screened with suitable absorption glasses and resultant light approaches daylight closely In the blue and green, but there is a deficiency in red, which it Is thought can be remedied by combination with carbon filament lamps. Art galleries ana outer iibo r Ings may be expected tjidrl daylight at rdrVOS1 of inverted t . ..' the flickering can be overcome. DISEASED STOCK FOUND Lewiston Cattle . Quarantined City Faces Meat Famine. LEWISTON. Idaho, Aug. 20. (Spe cial ) Investigation made today, by state," county and city authorities re- ealed what, is said to be one of the most appalling conditions In livestock ever discovered In this section of the state. M. S. Parker, of Boise, deputy pure food inspector, and H. W.. Armor, assistant state veterinarian, of Lewis ton, upon examination today found that chickens, hogs and cows in some local! ties were victims of tuberculosis in its most advanced stage. After killing several head of stock, and finding that the disease was gen eral, a large quantity were ordered under quarantine, " and will be killed ubject to destruction or sale. In event they are not diseased, they will be sold. Lewiston meat establishments have found a frequency of such cases and have been put to considerable disad vantage. . . The cases will be fully examined." said Mr. Parker, after his trip, to the country today. "Farmers whose stock will be -the victims -are displaying no aversion to our action: and will co operate with us. Meat markets have also shown their willingness to com bat the disease." It Is feared that if the disease is general among the rattle of this lo cality that there will result a meat famine in Lewiston pending the In vestigation of the pure food officers. BAKER DESERTS HIS BREAD Medford Has Case of Mysterious Dis appearance to Solve. MEDFORD. Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) Edward Tange. aged about 60 years. baker who has been employed by the Peerless Bakery in this -city, disap peared' Friday from his place of em ployment and has not been seen Ince. He left ten dozen loaves bread In the oven and they were burned to a crisp. The fact that he ft his clothes and a considerable sum money behind led his employers to port the case to the police. ' Tange is said to be a rugged man in od health. No satisfactory theory concerning his disappearance has been made. A rumor that the man had been found In. Grants Pass 'proved to be without foundation when Investigated by the police. MRS. ASTORJS SATISFIED Rumors of Will Contest Are Author itatively Denied. NEW YORK. Aug. 20. (Special.) In statement issued today. Judge Gtlder- eeve. counsel for Mrs. Astor, set at rest the rumors that there would be a contest over the will of Colonel Astor. Mrs. Astor has always expressed en- re satisfaction with the provisions made for her by her late husband, both the ante-nuptlal agreements, which were entered into and also by the vari ous articles of his will." the statement reads. "She has no intention to dls- te the validity of the agreements or attack any of the articles of the will." General Booth Uncon scious 48 Hours. SON IS PROBABLE SUCCESSOR Name of New Commander Now in Sealed Envelope. CHOICE MADE YEARS AGO Followers Believe General Worthy of Interment in ' Westminster Ab bey, but Think Honor Will Not . Tall to Him. LONDON. Aug. 20. General William Booth, commander-in-chief of the Sal vation Army, died at 10:30 o'clock to night He was born at Nottingham in 1839. being 83 years old. The veteran Salvation Army leader was unconscious for 48 hours before he died. The medical bulletins had not revealed the seriousness of the Gen eral's condition which for a week, it now is admitted, was. hopeless Twelve weeks ago General Booth unaerwent an operation for the re moval of a cataract In his left eye, For two days after the operation indi cations gave hope of his recovery. Then septic poisoning set in, and from that time, with the exception of oc casional rallies, the patient's health steadily declined. . . . General Realises End. . . . ' The General recognized that the end was near and often -spoke of his work as being- finished. Throughout the commander-in-chiefs illness his son, Bramwell Booth, chief of staff of the army, and Mrs. Bram well Booth gave their unremitting at tentlons to him. The evangelist died In his residence, the Rockstone Hadley Wood, eight miles from London, where he had been confined to ..his bed since 'the -operation. Present at the bedside when the end came were Mr. and Mrs. Bram well Booth and their daughter and son. Adjutant Catherine Booth and Sergeant Bernard Booth; the General's youngest daughter. Commissioner Mrs. Booth Helberd, and Commissioner Howard, Colonel Hitching- and' Dr. Wardlaw Milne. . ' . Successor's Name Is Sealed. i Public Interest now centers in the question of ' a successor to the late commander. Under the constitution of the Salvation Army, the General nomi- ates his successor. This General Booth did several years ago, placing the name In a sealed envelope, which as deposited with the Salvation Army's lawyers with instructions that It should not be opened until after e died. Though nobody knows what name the envelope contains, the general be lief In the army Is that It will prove to be Bramwell Booth, who for 30 years has been its chief of staff. When General Booth will be burled (Concluded on Pag 3.) Garrison of City of Leon Wiped' Out by Insurgents Who Far Out number Government Force. MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Aug. 18. (Delayed in Transmission.) Nearly the entire detachment of 500 Nicaraguan troops, comprising the garrison of the City of Leon, to the north of Managua was massacred by a force of insurgents last night, according to reports which reached the capital today. OVERWORKED. JAW REBELS Vancouver Candidate Talks Till His Face Goes Back on Him. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) Talking- so much to men and women voters in this county, in his strenuous campaign for County Engl neer. Walter A. Schwartz, present Dep ntv Countv Ensrlneer. has resulted In an ulcer, ,or some strange formation, on his left jaw. Mr. Schwartz, who was resident en gineer during the building of the North Bank Railroad through this city, is ordinarily unusually quiet and reti cent. Since he began his campaign he has traveled all-over the county, mak ing speeches at little gatherings, pic nics, lodges and having personal chats with voters. . This has had the ef fect of tiring the facial muscles anil overworking them to such a degree that a large swelling on his jaw has resulted. Temporarily he Is kept out of the campaign, but he will continue as soon as the swelling goes down. Meanwhile his only opponent, H. H. Lotter, for merly City Engineer of Vancouver, is working unusually hard campaigning. SHINGLE PRICES SOARING AVashlngton Cedar Products in De mand Supply Limited. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug.' 20. (Spe cial.) So brisk is the demand for Washington red cedar shingles and so limited Is the supply that the price is jumping by leaps and bounds. Today the price of Star shingles ad vanced to $2 at the mills, with a few wholesalers offering as high as $2.05. These' are the highest prices paid for shingles .since 1907. In September, 1907, the price of Stars touched 32.50, and the average price for the year was 2.39. In 1907 special brands of both Stars and Clears sold at substantial premiums. Cedar lumber Is getting- scare and high. Then. too. It Is difficult to get men to go in the woods to cut shingle bolts. Daughter of Eugene Pastor Is Victim. civilization is piain to Be seen Governor Hears Pleas in Remote Parts. DEMON WORKS, FATHER SLEEPS Rev. H. A. Green Prostrated by Early Morning Crime. NEGRO IS UNDER SUSPICION Lifeless Body of Pretty Mildred Green Found Mistreated After Death Bloodhounds Seek Trail of Murderer. BALLOONISTS LAND SAFELY Effort to Resume Voyage Defeuted by Lack of Gas. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20. The five balloonists, headed . by Edgar linger. pilot, who yesterday started upon a cross-country flight in the gas balloon California, and Were wafted over the ocean by an errant air current, were reported safe tonight at Santa Paula, 50 miles north of here. Their balloon alighted at that town last night and early this morning they tried to resume their trip to Bakers field, but failed because of lack of gas, wnicn caused tne oiiioon to land a lemon grove, after a five-mile flight. I EUGENE, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) Pretty Mildred Green, the 12-year-old daughter of Rev. R. A. Green, was mur dered In the dawning hours of the morning as she lay asleep on her snowy white bed. In an isolated part of her father's home, on West Sixth street. Examination by phy sicians showed mistreatment of the body after death. A jagged-edged hatchet or knife which hewed its way across her white neck, severing arteries and shattering vertebrae, was the instrument which In flicted Instant death. A pool of blood saturating the bed ding and trickling down to the floor and branding bloody finger prints of either the child victim or the murderer are the only tangible clew in the hands of the authorities. Father Prays sad Moan. Distracted at the awful crime that took his child from him a few years after his -wife had died, and bemoan ing his thoughtlessness in having left his 'daughter to., sleep alone in the isolated part of the house. Rev. Mr. Green is nearly prostrated, moaning and muttering lamentations for him self and prayers of mercy for the mur derer. The three other children, now visiting in St. Louis, have been sent for. In the report that a negro was seen running toward the railroad station at 3 o'clock this morning, the police believe they have a thread of evidence. Bloodhounds taken to the' scene of the tragedy hurried from the bedside of the child to a closet In the room, then to a fruit pantry beneath the building. The dogs could pick up no scent leading from the house. For hours previous to arrival of the dogs hundreds of persons had tramped about the premises. Mystery Eavelops Trtjgredy. The crime was discovered at 8 o'clock, several hours after the father had arisen, and when he went to awaken the girl for breakfast, after she had failed to respond to her .usual call. As great as Is the brutality of the crime, still greater Is the myste"ry sur rounding the entire tragedy, which was enacted between the hours when the father retired at midnight and when he arose at 5 o'clock, and under the same roof. There Is no evidence of a struggle LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) There are styles in the coral Islands of the South Seas Just as changeable as on Broadway. This is the assertion of Miss Helen Osborne j Henry, of Los Angeles, who Just has I completed ; a .25,000-mile tour which took her to all corners of the world. Miss Henry Is the daughter of Rev. J.'Q. A. Henry, a Baptist minister, for merly of Portland, Or. She departed today for Portland, where she was born. for an extended visit. "The people o the South Sea Is lands are slowly adopting the dress of civilization with its fads and styles,' sne said. "The islanders, who have adopted the mother hubbards provided by the missionaries, do so at the loss of the picturesque beauty of their native life and with no apparent eleva tion, of mind. I have brought a gar ment from every country we have visit ed. I have a handsome stickpin In the shape of the native spear, made from the valuable green stone of New Zea land. I have a brooch, which was present, set with sapphires In the form of the Southern cross. Tahiti and the Society Islands, Rora- tonga and Cook's Islands, Suva and the north and south islands of New Zea- of Mutineers. WEST TO PLAY REAL SOLDIER Executive Will Carry Heavy Equipment on Own March. DEEDS OF VALOR RECITED Under Protest Accuser Officer Snjs General Maus Appeared "Drunk or Excited" Decision to Be j Withheld for Time. - SALEM, Or.. "Aug. 20. (Special.) Through a long drawn-out day and late into the night, a battle waged I visited the in the Executive office before Governor West today between the alleged mutineers of the maneuvers at Gate, land. Tasmania, Australia, the South "ail"-. a w weeks ago and members Sea Islands, the Philippines, China. of the general staff of the Oregon Na- Japan and Hawaii." tlonal Guard, who have accused them Miss Henry declared that one of her of mutiny and have ousted them from most novel experiences was when the Second Battalion Third Infantry, of which they were a part. was summoned before a native Queen to receive a present. She was told that court etiquette demanded that she rub noses with the Queen, so she complied. TRAIN KILLS BRIDEGROOM Sightseer Hurls Wife From Auto but Fails to Save Himself. With a record that will All several hundreds of pages the hearing so far has brought no concrete result, as Gov ernor West, at Its close, failed to make a decision and would not say how soon he will determine the fate of these men. One of the principal features brought out was the declaration on the part STOCKTON. . Cat. . Aug. 20. Perry of the Governor that he Intends to take Phillips, of Tulare, a bridegroom of the Army heavy marching equipment two months, was killed this afternoon weighing 43 pounds for a man. that at Weston, on the Southern Pacific caused the trouble when the Second line, when a train struck an automo- Battalion refused to march from Gate bile In which he, his bride and four to Oakville and with this same Army friends were riding. Louis Bodeson, of equipment make a march of a similar Rlponl. was driving the car In which distance to determine how far an aver. the party were sightseeing. Phillips, who was seated in the rear seat with his wife on his lap, was first to notice the approaching train. He instantly hurled his wife from the car. at the same time giving the . alarm. Five other occupants leaped from the automobile. Phillips was delayed by saving his wife, and was struck Just as be was about to leap. age human being should walk under these conditions without protesting. Probe Full of Recrlmlaatlons. The entire Investigation proved to be a series of recriminations and recitals of the deeds of valor which were done on the Held of maneuvers. Pleas were made by Major R. O. Scott. Captains Tooze and Williams and Lieutenants Deich and Brumhaugh, all None of the others were Injured. The of whom were dismissed from service. machine was reduced to splinters. Their stories were much the. same. A forced march on Saturday, deploys NEEDLE USED IN SUICIDE Black River three time's, a long march through stumps, brush and barbed wire fences, all to end at Gate, with an order to pack up and march back Ave miles to Oakville, was the substance of- the story. " Throughout the hearing the name of General Maus was frequently mentioned (Concluded on Pas 5.) NO PRIVATES ALL GENERALS. goc MAD ELEPHANT ESCAPES by Englewood People Terrorized Thirst-Crazed Beast. , (Concluded on Page s. CHICAGO. Aug. 20. An elephant. erased, it is said, by its keeper's failure give It water, burst its chains and escaped from a. wild west show in En glewood. a suburb, today. Hundreds of persons were terrorized by the mad dened beast, which, in Its flight, smashed fences, uprooted trees and erturned one or two small buildings. Police sent In wagons to capture the lephant were forced to climb trees. Showmen finally coaxed it into a cor- ner and shackled it j Coroner Does Not Believe Calvin H. BuIIard Was Murdered. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20. Calvin H. Bullard, formerly a postofflce inspector. no was round lying in the road near anrt -rh , ,h. wi,M1IM nsk.d Newhall recently, with a sack needle f the General was Intoxicated on that thrust three Inches Into his head, com- dv r showerf la-n f Intovlmtlon. a m.nea suiciae. accoroing to a death has been alleged in a Portland paper. cerimcaie signed ty ine coroner to- Air but a fsw denied that he was, ""J I T Ui,t.nn rAiVi Bullard was brought to the county tMt h. h,,. 'H rtener.i Mi, w. nospnai. wnere ne oiea y.esteroay witn- -Ith.r rimnk or ,vclt,rt He at first declined to testify, as he said he Is bailiff of a grand Jury which probably will be called upon to decide whether there should be indictments on criminal llbei charges for statements printed as to General Maus. West "Calls nrtch. It is vour Hutv to testlfv." said fiov- FUMES OF ASPHALT FATAL rnor We8t- "Th worst assa"n is tne assassin of character, it you can- Superintendent Risks Life lo Save nt testify because you will be bailiff of that grand Jury, then resign that out having regained consciousness. It was-reported a strange .young man had been seen with him shortly before he was found unconscious, but officers could find no trace of such a' com panion. Bullard had a wife in Bakers- field. 5 Workmen From Reeking Still. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Risking his own life to save three employes. Joseph Sinclair, superintendent, of the Pacific Roofing & Refining Company, descended into a reeking asphalt still today and brought them out alive. Raymond Giovanni and Louis Pruzzo entered the still to clean It. Both were overcome. Rudolph Strang, a fellow workmen, went down after them. As he was carrying their inert bodies to a manhole he, too, collapsed. Sinclair managed to get out all three. Giovanni died on the way to a hos pltal and Prusso will hardly live. INFANTILE DREAD APPEARS Deadly Paralysis Found at Santa Cruz and Riverside, Cal. SACRAMENTO. Aug. 20 Santa Crus and Riverside were placed today upon the map In the offices of the State Board of Health as places where In fantile paralysis has made Its appear ance. One case was reported from Santa Cruz and two from Riverside. To date this year, no fewer than 298 cases have been reported In the state, out of which 52 child victims have made up the death toll, most of which came from Los Angeles. ALASKA REPORT ADOPTED Conferees Plan for Territorial Home Rule Passes House. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The con ference report on the Alaska adminis tration bill, providing for two branches of a Legislative Assembly and a Rail road Commission, was adopted today by the House. . Its approval by the Senate and the President's . . signature will provide "home rule" for Alaska. position." Delch then testified. Major Scott, who was Major of the battalion, causing the difficulty, de clared that "on two different occasions when General Maus talked to me that day he was either drunk or crazy." He then explained at length, on ques tioning from Captain Charles R. How land, representative of General Maus from the Vancouver Barracks, what he meant by the statement, outlining at length the alleged conduct of the Gen eral on that day. Major Scott In explaining his posi tion declared that he had been given orders to take orders only from Colo nel Kenyon, Brigade Commander, on the day In question and he had never been relieved. He said he had never received an order to march from Gate to Oakville up to the time when one was given by Colonel Foorman. which was immediately obeyed, that the cap tains of his battalion had never re ceived orders from him and that they were guilty of no culpability. Others' Tales Mmllsr. The remainder of the discharged offi cers each tola stories wnicn . were similar. Governor West gave- no intimation tonight as to what his decision will be. He refused to state whether he will make his proposed march, under heavy equipment, before or after he makes his decision. "I may not make the marrh until after I get through clean ing up some cities that I know of,"-said the Governor. "I may not give my decision until after I make the march." A request on the part of some of the officers to supply further written evidence was granted and this would Indicate that It may be. some time be fore a final decision Is given. Poormaa First Witness. Colonel J. M. Poorman. of the Thlrt Regiment, was the first witness at th hearing and his testimony consumed al' of the time until the noon recess. H (Concluded on rage 12.) rf