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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXI. NO. 16,184. GLAD HAND BARRED THIEVES DRIVE GAR OVER BANK; ESCAPE TAFT NOT TO MAKE STUMPING TOUR COLONEL TO WRITE BREEDING COLONY IS MITTGARS' PLAN IS CHAOS FOLLOWS CONGRESS' DELAY FROM PRINT SHOP DENIAL OF TO rI-IFYRXIA OFFICIAL- MAKES PRESIDENT EXPECTS TO EXJOY REST AT BEVERLY. LIMITED POLYGAMY ADVOCAT ED TO BENEFIT RACE. CANDIDATES UXWELCOME. CAMERON MAN CHARGE GIVE JOB Quorum Lacking Plan Adjournment Avers., SENATORS LEAVING FOR HOME Double Filibuster Likely to Be Renewed Today. FEW CLAIMS IN DISPUTE Chamberlain Will Have Democratic Support in Effort to Hold Con. irrsHoase Conferees Pre sent Stubborn Front. WASHINGTON'. Aug. 25. A few score weary members of Congress and an Impatient President of the United States today confronted an unprece - dented governmental situation, follow ing last night's prolonged and fruitless struggle to adjourn Congress. The outlook for tomorrow's sessions of the House and Senate promised an i even more, chaotic legislative condition than obtained in the fight that began Saturday morning and continued until nearly church time today. Disgusted with the failure to ad journ, many members of the Senate took early trains today for their homes. Senator Penrose predicted that there would be much less than a quorum In the Senate when it meets at noon to morrow and House leaders were not! fled that that body would be nearly 40 members short of the number neces sary to transact business. Filibuster to Be Rnnml, The double filibuster which com pelled the abandonment of the plan to end the session of Congress Is expected to be renewed Monday. Senator La Follette made known to friends today that he would insist upon a record vote in adoption of the Penrose resolution for an investigation J. campaign con tributiona of the Standard Oil Company in 1904 and of the correspondence be-1 tween John D. Archbold, George W Perkins and members of Congress. ' Senator Chamberlain, who led the other Senate filibuster, the object of which was to force the House to agree to the payment of $600,000 of old state claims, will have the support of many Senate Democrats If he renews his at tempt to hold Congress until thesj claims are paid. The House leaders are determined to fight the claims "un til December" if necessary. Adjournment Plant Chaotic. Either of the Senate filibusters holds trouble for any plan of adjournment. If Senator La Follette should Insist on a record vote it would become neces sary to secure a quorum. . In such an event he could hold the Senate indefi nitely because it would again be un able to make an adjournment agree ment with the House. The general deficiency appropriation bill is agreed to on all points except the $600,000 of claims demanded by Vir ginia. Maryland. Oregon and Texas and the extra month's pay for employes of the House and Senate. Chairman Fitz gerald, of the House conferees, renewed today his declaration that under no rirctimstances would the House concede the payment of any of these. Senate leaders were hopeful that the Senate might be induced to yield on these claims. Claims Added by Senate. The state claims which have aroused the resentment of the House were all added to the general 'deficiency bill in the Senate. In the case of the Mary land claim of $72,000 and the Virginia :lalm of $120,000. the House conferees Insist that the amounts now demanded by those states as "loans" that were made to the Government In 1790 and 1791. actually were given to the Govern ment as an inducement for the location of the National capital in the present District of Columbia. The Texas claim of $217,693.39 Is to reimburse the state for money it spent from 1838 to 1S61 in "defense" of the Texas frontier against Mexican marau ders and Indian depredators. The Oregon claim of $193,543.02 is for the expense of raising volunteers for the Indian wars from 1S6! to 1S67. Hope Dawn. Then Fades. Senator La Follette, by Insisting upon i rollcall on a motion designed to dis place the Penrose investigation resolu tion, threatened to block adjournment Indefinitely. The leaders finally were forced to allow consideration of the resolution with amendments. Relief seemed to be In sight when the con ferees on the genera) deficiency bill appeared with their report. Senator La Follette yielded, the floor, expecting action on the measure with but little lebate. Within IS minutes all hope of Im mediate adjournment was dissipated when Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, with Senators Martlne. Culberson and Smith, of Maryland, began their fili buster deficiency bill In behalf of state claims. Scenes In the House in the early Horning were burlesque. About 20 of the Old Guard, the most of them Demo crats, remained. Up in the rostrum sat Speaker Clark, worn out, but enjoying the capers of some of the members a'hose mock speeches, stories and imi tations of their colleagues were not put into the record. i Old-Time Custom Overturned and Man Running for Congress Is First to Be Rebuffed. SACRAMKNTO, Cal- Aug. 25. (Spe cial.) "Gladrhand candidates not al lowed." This sentiment is being en forced at the state printing shop. Friend W. Richardson, the State Printer, is responsible. Heretofore it has been the custom to allow candi dates for Legislative offices In the dis trict including Sacramento to take a jaunt through the state printery dur ing working hours, "glad-hand" all the workers there are about a hundred voters in the place distribute cards and speak good words for themselves. But no more. Not if Friend W. knows it. The first "glad-hander" to be rebuffed was no' less a personage than Judge Robert T. Destlin, of Val- lejo, who expects to represent the good people of the Third Concessional dis trict in the halls of the National House of Representatives. OREGON MEMBERS REMAIN Congress Adjournment Awaited; Other Delegations Breaking Vp. OkEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton. Aug. 25. All the members of the, Oregon delegation are still In Washington and probably will remain for adjournment, whenever it comes. Senators Bourne and Chamberlain will be in Washington for some time fol lowing adjournment, but both Repre sentatives plan to leave soon after Congress Is disbanded. Representative Humphrey, of Wash ington, left for home today, following Warburton. who left 10 days ago. Other members of the Washington delegation will stay until adjournment. Senator Jones, who was reported to have left, was here today waiting to ascertain whether or not Colonel Roosevelt is to have a hearing before the Investigating committee, of which Jones is a member. Senator Borah, having cleared his legislative slate, left for home this afternoon. His Idaho colleagues are still here. CITY FACES MEAT FAMINE Ten Per Cent Arivanee In Price of Best Cuts Expected Soon. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 23. With one of the shortest supplies of beef ami other meats on hand since the fire of 19U6. San Francisco Is facing a meat famine. San Francisco dealers say that a considerable increase soon may be expected in prices. Managers of many first-class Ameri can plan hotels here have been in formed by letter from their various butchers that, beginning September 1. the price of loins and ribs of beef, also cuts of veal and pork, would be in creased from 8 to 10 per cent. The scarcity of meat is attributed to the fact that the East is drawing largely on the Pacific Coast for its beeves and porkers. It is said that the supply of grass-fed California ani mals is nearly exhausted, and that Ke ir.ria fnrmerlv the source of inex haustible supplies is unable to meet the demand. T. R. STRENGTH - DOUBTED Prohibitionist Says Former Sup porters In California Disgusted. CHICAGO. Aug. 25. (Special.) Guy Posson. Prohibition National chairma.i. from Washington, who has been In California, gave out an interview here m,!r riealine- with the situation in California. The issue in the primary election was not Roosevelt or Taft," he said. It was the Southern Pacific Railroad or Johson, and Roosevelt benefited as a consequence. 1 1rUDt mucn Moose- veit will carry California especrouy as the connuci oi i jwbc.ci men since the convention nas done mi.nh tn .limrust their supporters. The California primary law requires that a nartiriDator state explicuy ins inten tlon to support the ticket he helps to nominate, and now the Kooset Ml peo pie are practically urging that voters perjure themselves. FOUR IN AUTO ROB BANK Policeman Battles With Men and One Desperado Is 'Wounded. VANCOUVER. B. C. Aug. 25. Four masked foreigners, each carrying re volvers. entered the Cedar Cottage branch of the Bank of Hamilton at 9 o'clock last night and while three of them held up the officials, the fourth man rifled the cash drawer, besides taking about $400 lying on the teller's desk- After firing several shots to frighten the crowd on the street. They escaped In an automobile. One of the robbers was hit by a policeman in the exchange of shots, but was carried to the auto mobile and all escaped. The exact amount taken has not been made known so far. CANTON COLD TO KAISER Socialists Oppose Reception When Hojal Visitor Enters Country. BERNE, Switzerland. Aug. 25. Im pelled by his fellow Socialists. Herr Blocher. the Socialist leader, has re nounced the Idea of receiving as head of the cantonal government of Basle, Emperor William on his majesty's forthcoming visit to Switzerland to at tend the Swiss army maneuvers. Herr Blocher announced tonight he would be obliged to be absent from Basle on September 3. the date on which the German Emperor crosses the Swiss frontier. Injured Joyriders Flee Unseen From Spot. SCREAMS OF WOMEN HEARD Machine of Mrs. C. H. Lewis Is Wholly Wrecked. OFFICERS MAKE VAIN HUNT Detectives of Police and Sheriff's Offices Look for Occupants of Automobile - Found at Side of Road Near Gresham. Profound mystery surrounds an ac cident a half mile east of Gresham early yesterday, in which a powerful seven-passenger automobile, which had been stolen from the curb on the Fourth-street side of the Multnomah Hotel, plunged 36 feet through the air over' an embankment, tore down a heavy rail fence, turned a complete somersault and came to a final stop in a heap of wreckage, without Injuring any of the four passengers so badly that they could not leave the scene. The car, smeared with blood, was found at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, where it had been deserted by the Joyriders who had stolen It and driven it at a perilous speed from Portland to the scene of the accident. Search Proves Fruitless. All efforts of police detectives and detectives of the Sheriffs office to ascertain who occupied the car were of no avail yesterday, although it was apparent that at least one of the party had been severely injured. The only things the detectives had to work on are a brown cap, a woolen sweater, three gloves, several - bloody hand prints, part of a coat sleeve and four automobile numbers. The machine belonged to Mrs. C. H. Lewis, who lives at Nineteenth and Glisan streets and was one of the most beautiful of the up-to-date cars In the city. It was a seven-passenger auto of the latest model. According to reports which have been received by the police, the car was left on the Fourth street side of the Mult nomah Hotel Saturday night about 11:43 o'clock. At 12:30 A. M. yesterday the machine had disappeared and the police station was notified and motor cycle policeman set out to find the machine. Informer 9iot Known, The police are uncertain as to who informed the station about the marlTine being missing and the mystery begins there, inasmuch as all members of the Lewis family are reported by servants at the Lewis home, to be out of the city. The chauffeur, whose name is Love Joy, was not found yesterday, and there is a question as to who occupied the car when It was left at the Multnomah. The accident at Gresham occurred be tween 3:30 and 4:15 o'clock in the morning at a point where the Section Line road comes to an end in Cleveland avenue which forms the east boundary of Gresham. Apparently the machine, in which were the Joyriders, had been traveling along the straight road at a tremendous rate, and the driver had failed to notice that the road ended. From the appearance o the automo- (Concluded on Page 2. NOW FOR A LITTLE OF THAT Plans for Leaving Washington Are Made Indefinite by Develop ments In Congress. WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. President Taft's plans for leaving Washington were as indefinite tonight as those of Congress for adjournment. With the general deficiency bill pending in both houses, It is .impossible for him to get away, although be Is strongly desirous of going north and enjoying tha rest and seclusion of Beverly for a few weeks. The President did not get to bed In the White House until early today, and consequently missed his usual Sunday morning church services. He remained in the White House until late this aft ernoon and then took a long motor ride about Washington's 'suburbs. His only caller was Senator Crane, of Mas sachusetts. He expressed the hope that Congress would solve Its difficulties in time to permit his departure for Bev erly tomorrow night. The President told friends who talke-I with him thatTie expected to keep onlv a few important engagements aner leaving Washington. He made It clear that he does not Intend to enter into a stumping campaign of any sort. His friends were told that he would do practically no talking on political subjects. TURKS BUTCHER SERVIANS Belgrade Crowds Demand That War Be Declared Against Porte. . BELGRADE. Servla. Aug. 25. The massacres by Turks have extended to the Servian frontier. Telegrams re ceived here last night from Slenithoa, on the southern boundary, say Turks attacked the town yesterday and butchered many of the inhabitants. News of the massacre caused great excitement in the capital and the news papers Issued special editions demand ing that the Servian government pro test vigorously- to the Porte. This afternoon 5000 persons marched to the palace, where they shouted their de mand that war be declared against Turkey. 1 BID MADE FOR MARKSMEN Big International Tournament "to Be Exposition Feature. ' T v SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. An In ternational shooting festival, to be con ducted on a big scale, and which is to be held In or near San Francisco, is to be one of the features in connection with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition here In 1915. For the pur pose of arranging for the festival, the leading shooting societies or camornia have formed a corporation, with a cap ital of 120,000. known as the Interna tional Shooting Festival Association of 1915. Tournaments are to be arranged for representatives of the armies of fll nations, militia, police and shooting societies from all sections -of the globe, and for firearms of all descriptions, so as to attract the world's marksmen. 3000 DEAD LEFT ON FIELD Portuguese Suppress Malays After Several Bloody Battles. LISBON. Aug. 25. The general revolt of natives against Portuguese rule at Timor, Malay Archipelago, has been suppressed after several sanguinary battles. The Governor of Timor telegraphs that the rebels left 3000 dead on the field and that 4000 natives were made prisoners. OLD - TIME ENTHUSIASM AT THE Committee Chided for Letting Archbold G, FULL STATEMENT iilJMISED Failure to Hold Early Hearing ? Dislocates Plans. DISAPPOINTMENT IS KEEN Collector Loeb Tells Reporters Colo nel Is Right as to Contribution Alleged to Have Been Made by Archbold. OYSTER BAT, N. Y Aug. 25. Hav ing failed to obtain a hearing before the Senate committee investigating campaign contributions because of the Inability of the committee to get to gether tomorrow. Colonel Roosevelt plans to write the committee a lette embodying some of the things to which he would have testified He so declared tonight in a state ment in which he took the committee to task for permitting John Archbold to sail for Europe without tejling more about the $25,000 he contributed to th Republican campaign in Pennsylvani In 1904. Colonel Is Disappointed. Colonel Roosevelt had received n direct word from Senator Clapp when the correspondents visited him at Saga more Hill tonight. He had heard In directly of the committee's Inability to have him appear before it tomorrow He was greatly disappointed, he said. Colonel Roosevelt said ho planned to confine his letter chiefly to refuting the testimony of John D. Archbold I which . Mr. Archbold said he was assured that Colonel Roosevelt knew of and appreciated a contribution of $100,000 which Archbold testified h made In 1904 to the Republican Na tional campaign. Letter Will Be Long. The letter' will be long. Colonel Roosevelt expects to spend nearly all day tomorrow working on it, and he i not suro It will be finished tomorrow night. It is probable he will touch lightly on his primary campaign of 1912. It is reasonably sure he will de vote considerable space to his relations with Senator Penrose while he was President. Colonel Roosevelt said that last night he saw George B. Cortelyou, who was Republican National Chairman in 1904. Mr. Cortelyou tells me he never heard Mr. Archbold's name mentioned in connection with any contribution by Mr. Bliss," Colonel Roosevelt said, "and that, as regards himself, the whole story is a fabrication of whole cloth as, of course. It is about me." Full Statement Promised. Colonel Roosevelt s statement is as follows: " "I feel that the committee ought not to have gone away and let Archbold go to Europe without taking any of his testimony on the really grave charge and then failed to let me appear im mediately, knowing, as the committee (Concluded on Page 2.) COUNTRY CLUB THIS WEEK. 4 4 1 German Press Makes Fun of Society, 'tt Members Justify Course - by Ancient Usage. BERLIN, Aug. 25. (Special.) Ger man newspapers are making sarcastic fun of the Mlttgar Society, which has been holding a congress at Jena. After a long conference they came to the conclusion that the only remedy for the falling birth rate and generaT de cadence of nations was plural wives. Members of the society Justified their position by quoting ancient laws and usages. The Mittgars do not advocate gener al polygamy, but are In favor of it when restricted to men and women who are picked for their mental and physical strength. The society considers great cities the poison centers of modern civilization, where humanity is devoured and de stroyed, and proposes to establish colonies where the right men will have the right kind of wives, far from the cities, where they can bring up a race that will not be touched by poison of civilization. The society announces that it will start such a colony, but has not re vealed the spot where It Is to be lo cated. JUDGES REFUSE TO SERVE Governor May Assign Outside Jurist to Try Darrovt- Case. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 25. Fresiding Judge Willis, of the Superior Court, has been making a strenuous efforts to ob tain a judge Defore whom the trial of Clarence S. Darrow on the Bain indict ment may be held. All of the Los Angeles judges have refused to try the case, and, after fruit less consultations with them. Judge Willis has communicated with Governor Johnson with a view of having him as sign a Judge from some other county. Judge Lawler, who tried the San Fran cisco graft cases, was considered for a time, but it was decided not to requisi tion the services of the San Francisco Jurist. It is thought likely that when the case comes up tomorrow for a setting of the trial. Judge Oonley. of Madera County, will be designated. BILL SAVES WOMAN'S HOME Mortgage Will Xot Be Foreclosed, When Shoshone Claims Are Paid. WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. The fore closure of a mortgage on a Montana home was prevented and the savings of. a lifetime were restored to Mrs. Katherine MacDonald, of Butte, when Congress last night passed the Sho shone irrigation claim bill. Mrs. Mac Donald will receive $11,000 of the $42. 000 carried in the bill for the relief of about 400 claimants who lost heavily by the failure of a contracting firm which was erecting the Wyoming irri gation project. President Taft vetoed the original bill, but approved the measure, which in its final form imposes the charge against the general reclamation fund. GIRL GUARDIAN OF STATE Miss Fern Kobbs, Chief Clerk to Governor, in Charge of Office. SALEM, Or., Aug. 25. (Special.) With Governor West away, with Prl vate Secretary Watson at the seashore and Miss Mathilda Eckerlen also at the Coast, the executive offices Saturday were guarded alone by Miss Fern Hobbs, chief clerk to the Governor. Her responsibilities in this connec tion were also added to by the absence of Secretary of State Olcott from th city, as he acts as executive pro tern. in the absence of the Governor. SPOUSE TRAPPED BY WIFE Beautiful Mrs. Butler, With $20,- 000," Lifts Veil, Arrest Follows. CHICAGO. Aug. 23. Mrs. G. H. Moore, of Evanston, who had been de serted by her husband, secured through matrimonial paper, trapped him neatly here. She had advertised .again n the publication as "Mrs. Mary But er, beautiful and with an Income of $20,000." Moore replied and came on from Detroit. I love yu," exclaimed Moore as he alighted from a train and rushed up to his wife. When she removed her veil and three detectives arrested Moore he gasped for breath. Mrs. Moore accused him of having taken $4000. SCHWAB IS $2000 SHORT Steel Man Xot Sure Whether He Was Robbed or Lost Cash on Train. LORETTO. Pa.. Aug. 25. Charles- M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel Company and ex-president of the United States Steel Corporation, lost $2000 on a Pennsylvania train on his way from New rork to nis. summer home here lasttnlght. The money was in a wallet, and nether he lost It or was robbed Mr. Schwab is unable to tell. LIGHTNING FATAL TO TWO Several Church Steeples Demolished bv Bolts at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 25. A woman and bov were killed and seven other per sons were injured by lightning In which accompanied a severe storm here to- ay. Several church steeples were demol ished. Prosecutor Sees Flaw In West's Plan. LAW LEAVES HIM UNCERTAIN District Attorney Says West Must Come to Him. CLASH PREDICTED TODAY Members of Vice Commission Say They Worked Xot as Prose cutors, nence Evidence Xot of Legal Value In Court. , A clash between Governor West and District Attorney Cameron is fore shadowed in yesterday's developments in the antl-vlce movement In Port land, and It Is probable that these two officials will try conclusions today. Governor West Saturday offered Wal ter H. Evans, united States Deputy District Attorney, appointment as a special deputy In the office of the Dis trict Attorney of Multnomah County, to handle the vice cases; simultaneously Mr. Cameron made the announcement that the Governor has no authority to make such appointment and that no deputy so appointed would be recog nized by him unless he -proved accept able. Evans I;enve It to Cameron. With a provisional acceptance of Governor West's offer. Writer Evans left yesterday for the Government Re serve at Bull Run, where United States District Attorney McCourt is staying, to confer with him and to look further into the legal points Involved In the Governor's plan. Returning last night he announced that his decision was still to bo held In abeyance until he could hold fur ther conference with the Governor; but said an appointment as deputy In the District Attorney's office would have to come through Mr Cameron himself. "I can find no authority on the part of the Governor," he said, "to appoint a deputy, and It appears that there is no legal way In which I could enter the office of Mr. Cameron as his dep uty, excepting through appointment by him. McCourt Leaves It to Evans. "I intend to have another conference with Governor West as soon as possi ble, before going further In the matter. The only two interviews I have had with him on the matter, did not exceed ten minutes for either one, and that is too short a time for one to get a clear idea of what his exact plan of operation may be. "As to whether Mr. McCourt would be willing for me to step out of his office to take up this work, he told me yesterday that he would leave It to my own judgment. However, the situation in the United States District Attorney's office will continue to be a factor in my decision, at least un til I have had a more definite confer ence with the Governor as to what his exact plans may be." District Attorney Cameron last night refused to say whether he would be willing to appoint Mr, Evans us a deputy In his office, but reiterated his declaration that the Governor should not put a deputy in his office unless it was acceptable to him. Proml-te .Not Kept, Cameron Says. "The Governor said Friday that he would consult with me before making recommendations for appointment," said Mr. Cameron last night. "He has not done so. He has neither communicated with me nor offered to consult with me since the conference In the Mayor's office Friday. He never said a word to me about Mr. Evans or anyone else. "I do not propose that Governor AVest shall run anything or anybody up against me In my own office, without myself having something to say about it, and if he desires to have me appoint a special deputy to prosecute the vice cases, he will have to come and consult with me." Mr. Cameron's announcement, made Saturday, that he will serve subpenas upon the members of the Vice Commis sion today and require them to appear before the grand jury and fill in the blanks left in their published report, to serve as a basis tor indictments ano prosecutions, was regarded dubiously by the members of the Commission. Legal Value Questioned. 'While there Is in our report sufficient data to satisfy any reasonable man of the existence of conditions as we have reported them," said Rev. H. R. Talbot, chairman of the Vice Commission, yes terday, "a great amount of it is of such nature that It will not hold in court as full cause for Indictment and prosecution. Therefore, even if the members ofs the Commission are sum moned to testify before the grand Jury,' I very much doubt If their testimony will prove of practical legal value. The Vice Commission was appointed not as a prosecuting, but as an In vestigating body. It had not to do with persons, but with conditions. Much of the Information obtained was obtained under conditions that make It almost impossible to divulge It. Some of it could not well, be thrown open, because It would Involve innocent peo ple.