VOL. XXXI. XO. 16,149.
PORTLAND. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COE'S CHOICE FDR
CITY NOT AMERICA,
TARIFF REVISION
TAFT PLAYS GOLF,
SUNDAY LAW WILL
NOT CRIPPLE MAIL
WOMEN TAKE UP
CARES OF NATION
CAMERON OUSTED,
REFUSES TO QUIT
Evans Can't Say Yet He
Will Take Job.
SAY GEOGRAPHERS
TAKES AUTO RIDE
DESTINED TO GOME
SCIENTISTS SEEK REAL PEOPLE
PRESIDENT RESTIXG AT BEV
ERLY BEFORE HARD TRIP.
'XEW CITIZEXS" OF KALAMA
TALK POLITICAL ISSUES.
IX RURAL. REGIONS.
CHAIRMAN WINNER
Tilts Fill Bull Moose
Committee Session.
KELLAHER SERVES AS MARK
Travelers to Visit Northwest and
Pacific Coast, Viewing Wonders
as They Travel.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. (Special.)
Chicago is not representative of the
United States. It is big and it is won
derful. but it is no more American
than is New York., When we get out
side of the big cities we hope to see
something of the real American people.
In this manner Dr. Alfred RuhU chief
of the division of oceanographic in
stltute of Berlin, summarized the pre
vailing opinion of most of the 44 for
eign geographers, editors and profes
sors of geography of leading European
universities, who arrived in Chicago
today for an inspection of the city.
Th. vliltnri loft It 11 P. M. over the
PROGRESSIVE PARTY NAME Chicago & Northwestern Railway for
Madison, Wis. They will stop at ail
important cities of the Northwest and
Pacific Coast. Geographic and geologi
cal places of note, like petrified for
ests, coast ranges, the Garden of the
Gods, iron mines and the like will be
visited. The party is due in New York
October 16.
Withdrawal. From. Republican
Ticket Demanded.
Question of Nominating Local Tick
ets Is Left to Decision of Dlffer
ferent Counties After Spir
ited Arguments.
ACTS OF PROGRESSIVE STATE
CENTRAL, luiuurriE.
George Arthur Brown, of Multno
mah County, choice ot National Cora
mitteeman Coe, elected state chair
man, defeating Dr. Levi W. Myers,
also of Multnomah, who was support
ed by State Senator Kellaher, and A.
V. Swift, of Baker, who was urged
by Bruce Dennis, of Union, as com
promise candidate for the chairman
ship. I ' M. Lepper. of Multnomah,
was unanimously elected state sec
retary. Ktllaher severely castigated by
committee, w hich unanimously adopt
ed resolutions declaring it the sense
of the committee that be should
withdraw as candidate for Presi
dential elector on Republican ticket.
Kellaher last night declined to inti
mate what he would do.
Resolutlcn Indorsing the nomina
tion of complete Bull Moose tickets
In every county tabled.
Question of nominating local tick
ets left to different counties.
Chairman Brown authorised to ap
point executive committee of five.
Committee adopted "Progressive
Party" as official name of the pro
posed new political organisation and
arranged for circulating necessary
petitions for signatures for complet
ing organisation. .
DEPUTY HUNTS DEAD MAN
Finally He Finds Troth and Leaves
Pnter Still Looking.
Hunting for a man, 10 years dead.
was the official duty yesterday of Dep
uty United States Marshal Beatty. He
was given a subpena to serve on D. A.
Duncan to summon him -to appear be
fore the referee in the suit of N. V.
Sorenson against the Duncan-Brewer
Lumber Company. Beatty was In
structed that S. A. D. Puter knew where
the witness was to be found, so the
two set out last night to find him.
At midnight the search was aban
doned temporarily at the suggestion
of Puter, who said he knew where
Duncan was to be found every morning
at 9 o'clock. Previous to their meet
lng yesterday Beatty did a little
sleuthing on his own account, and
found that the man had been dead fo
10 years or more, and when he met
Puter told nothing of his discovery,
and watched on a prominent corner for
an hour for the man to come along.
Finally, Beatty said he had more im
portant business to attend to, and left
Puter looking for the man. : -
Taft Vetoes Will Only
Delay Result.
SINGLE PARTY CAN EXPEDITE
Democrats, if in Control, Will
Have Extra Session.
DIVIDED EFFORT FUTILE
President's Friends Defend Course
or! Ground That Only One Dls
tnrbance, Instead of Two,
Is Made Necessary.
Representatives from 20 of the 34
counties in Oregon assembled in Port
land yesterday and participated in the
tentative organization of the state cen
tral committee of the proposed Pro
gressive party. George Arthur Brown
and L. M. Lepper. both of Portland,
were elected chairman and secretary.
respectively, of the state organization.
The committee adopted as a party
designation the words "Progressive
party," and provided for the circula
tion of petitions for the required num
ber of signatures legally to effect the
organization of the new party In con
formity to the provisions of the direct
primary law.
Debate Often Spirited.
The sessions of the committee were
marked with lively discussions, the de
bate at times becoming decidedly spir
ited. This was particularly true in the
election of a permanent chairman when
Dr. II. W. Coe. as National committee
man, and Dan Kellaher, each of whom
PORTLAND MAN SAVES TWO
Quick Action Prevents Drowning in
Clackamas River.
ESTACADA, Or.. Aug. 27. (Special.
William Cabral, employed at the
People's Market, First and Taylor
streets, Portland, rescued from drown
lng in the Clackamas River, last Sun
day, Margaret Maury and her escort.
Albert Heasler, both of Portland.
Cabral and his wife were In a row
boat In midstream, while Miss Maury,
Heasler and two girl companions. Mar
garet DeBaum and Marguerite Thomp
son, were on the shelving bank 10 feet
above. Miss Maury, in the act of tak
ing a snapshot, was thrown into the
stream, the bank caving under her
weight. Heasler. who could not swim,
pluckily rushed to the water's edge and
attempted to reach the drowning girl,
The bank again caved, throwing him
into the water.
Cabral, while his wife steadied the
boat, managed to pull Heasler along
side the boat, where he clung, while
Cabral seized Miss Maury as she was
to
has sought from the Inception of the sinking for the last time. He hauled
both aboard and took them across the
river to friends. The rescue was wit
nessed by many people, who were pow
erless to lend aid.
third party movement In this state,
assume its unquestioned leadership.
But in yesterday's decisive engage
ment, Kella'.ier was badly outdistanced
and Coe, through the election, of George
Arthur Brown, Coe's personal choice.
as state chairman, becomes master of
the situation as the recognized official
head of the Progressive party move
ment in this state.
Kellaber la CrKlcUed.,
Departing from the consideration of
purely routine business at the after
noon session, the committee adopted
a resolution calling upon Kellaher to
withdraw as a Republican nominee for
Presidential elector. In seeking to re
tain the nomination to that office on
both the Republican and the Progres
sive tickets, the course of Kellaher was
severely criticised and denounced as
inexcusable duplicity on his part which
would work serious injury to the Bull
Moose cause In the state.
"If the Progressive party amounts to
anything it must appeal to the con
sciences of men," declared L. H. Mc
Mahon. of Salem, who offered the Kel
laher resolution. "We must do In a po
litical way what the client does in
court procedure we must go with
clean hands if we would expect justice
Gentlemen. I shall speak plainly. I
have reference to Dan Kellaher.
Differences Held Great.
"If Mr. Kellaher is elected Presiden
tial elector he will be In honor bound
to vote for Taft. He has since come
out as a Progressive. This committee
should demand that Kellaher get off
the Republican ticket if he would re
main on th Progressive ticket. The
differences between the two parties are
irreconcilable."
J. C. Hodson, or Yamhill, asked if it
were not a fact that since Oregon had
indorsed Roosevelt for the Presidency
Kellaher would be as much a Roosevelt
elector as a Taft elector.
"He certainly would not be." same
back Mr. McMahon emphatically.
"As a Republican candidatn he
pledged his support to the Republican
nominee for President. That nominee
is Taft. The position of Kellaher is
one that cannot be Justified to men
with brains and honor. He must be
either for us or against us. If Kella
her remains on both tickets, I shall not
only not stump the state for Roosevelt,
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MULVANE WANTS INQUIRY
Republican Leader Says Source of
Immense T. R. Fund Is Mystery
CHICAGO. Aug. 27. "Let them turn
on the searchlight. We welcome It."
Director David W. Mulvane, of Re
publican National headquarters in th:
Auditorium Hotel, today expressed him
self In this wise in relation to a broad
ening of the Senate Investigation of the
campaign-contribution scandals. Direc
tor Mulvane, who played a prominent
part in the pre-convention campaign,
then went on to say that some inter
esting revelations will come forth in
the probe into the campaign contribu
tions and expenditures In the bitter
primary battle that was waged between
Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft.
"I had something to do with the
pre-conventlon campaign." continued
Mr. Mulvane, "which resulted In the
renomlnatlon of President Taft, and 1
know there is nothing we want to con
ceal. On the other hand, the source of
Immense sums contributed to the
Roosevelt campaign remains an un
solved mystery."
WILSON UNABLE TO ACT
Xew Jersey Governor Lacks Power to
Oust City Officials.
TRENTON, N. J.. Aug. 27. Dr. Edwin
I. Stearns, state superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of New Jersey, pre
sented a petition to Governor Wilson
today, alleging that Mayor Haussllng,
of Newark: Sheriff Monohan, of Essex
County, and James R. Nugent. City
Counsellor of Newark, had failed to
do their duty In enforcing the laws
against selling of liquor on Sundays
and those regulating moral conditions
generally. The Governor said:
"It is with the deepest regret that I
find myself powerless to act. The Gov
ernor of New Jersey has no power of
removal or local officials. The only
power I have Is to enhance publicity
in every way that I can."
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 27. The Taft vetoes of
various Democratic and' compromise
tariff bills In .the past few weeks will
have the effect of retaining In force
all the schedules of the Payne-Aldrich
law for at least another year, and
some schedules will probably remain
operative for a much longer period.
But revision Is destined to come at the
next Congress, no matter what its
omplexion, inasmuch as both Presi
dent Taft and Governor Wilson have
determined to make the tariff the lead
ing Issue of the campaign this Fall.
Revision will be greatly expedited
If. as the result of the November elec
tions, one party or the other gains full
control of the Government. The work
of the 62d Congress has demonstrated
the futility of attempting to revise the
tariff by means of a Democratic House
and Republican Senate, when the Fre
ldent also Is a Republican.
Tariff Agreement Impossible.
Had the present House been Re
publican, and had It received a report
from the tariff board on one or m re
schedules, there is little question that
there would have been at the recent
session a revision of every schedule re
ported upon by the tariff board. On
the other hand, had the Senate and
the Executive been In harmony with
the House, there would have been an
even more extensive revision this, ses
sion. But under the prevailing politi
cal tangle. It was impossible' to reach
an agreement when the President and
his supporters were Insisting upon re
vising the tariff according
findings of the tariff board,
Democratic House and a Democratic
Insurgent Senate was ready to rev?se
various schedules, regardless of the
work of this board.
If the Democrats are successful In
November and not only elect the Pres
ident and the House, but also gain
to tr-e
while the
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Vacation Until .September 6 to Be
Interrupted by Addresses and
Then Few Breaks Will Occur.
BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 27. President
Taft reached Beveriy early today, had
breakfast with Mrs. Taft and his son
Charles, at Parramatta, played 18 holes
of golf on ' the Myopia links as sson
as he could get there, and tonight with
Mrs. Taft took a long motor ride over
some of his favorite roads.
The President will leave tomorrow
for Columbus, O., where he will be the
central figure In that city's celebra
tion of its centenary ' as a state
capital.
Leaving Columbus Friday morning,
he is due in Boston Saturday.
The President's next trip begins Sep
tember 3. and will take him to Wash
ington. On the fourth he will open
there the International Congress of
Applied Chemistry and will hold a
reception at the White House that
afternoon for delegates to the Congress.
Leaving on the morning of the 6th,
he will travel to New York, board the
yacht Mayflower and steam to New
London, Conn., where, on the 6th, he
will address the Atlantic Deep Water
ways Association.
From New London, Mr. Taft prob
ably will return to Beverly on the
Mayflower. For several weeks after
his return from the New London visit
the President expects to have few in
terruptions in his vacation plans,
Department Moves t
Meet Condition0
Fa-' V
jirs Grasp of Live Topics
ay at Civic Conference and
Oratory Holds Sway.
EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE
Hotel Patrons to Be Especially
Accommodated.
BASEBALL BETTORS FINED
Two Los Angeles Fans Run Afoul of
Xew Law Stakeholder Freed.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 27. (Spe
cial.) The first prosecution under the
recently passed ordinance prohibiting
betting at ball games resulted In the
conviction today of Sam Watkins, a
horsedealer, and Louis Asot, soda pop
vender at the ball park.
The men had witnessed the game, be
tween Vernon and Los Angeles on
August 10 and Watkins wagered $2 to
$1 that Vernon would win. Two police
men seated directly behind the men
overheard the betting and arrested
them. Each paid a .fine of $10, while
W. Lawrence Goodwin, former clerk
of the City Council, who was gathered
in as stakeholder, was permitted to go
free. .Justice Chesbro held that a
stakeholder Is not a bettor. .
SPECIAL DELIVERY STAYS
KALAMA, Wash., Aug. 27. (Special.)
A "civic conference," attended by
100 women from all parts of Cowlitz
County, was held In Kalama today.
Afternoon and night sessions were held,
In which various public questions were
discussed by the newly-enfranchised
citizens of the Evergreen State.
From the display of oratory and thor
ough knowledge of the issues of the
day one is forced to believe that "mere
man" will have to look to his laurels
or surrender the reins of government
to the women In the State of Washing
ton.
The meeting was presided over by Dr.
Alice Chapman, of Woodland, candidate
for Representative on the Democratic
ticket, who showed perfect knowledge
of parliamentary rules, advanced ideas
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Lock Boxes Will Be Accessible and ' iy - '
iui uuuiii; ucuaic.
WEST MOVES TO PORTLAND
Serline of Mail on Cars Will
Make Service Men Mttre
Prompt Than Before.
"Property Rights of Women and ClilL
dren in the State of Washington" was
ably treated by the wife of Judge Mc
Kenney, of Kelso.
"Women and Good Roads" was dis
cussed by Dr. Mabel Buland Campbell,
of Kaiama; Mrs. LaRue, of Woodland;
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Plans were Mrs. Buland. of Castle Rock; Mrs.
perfected by Postmaster - General Quick, of Castle Rock, and others.
Hitchcock whereby the administration Mrs.' Roberts, of Kalama, read a
of the new law prohibiting the. dellv- paper on "The Effect of Woman's Bal
ery of mail on Sundays will have no hot Upon Politics." Mrs. Buland, of
serious effect upon the handling of lm- Castle Rock, delivered an able address
WOMAN AGED 102 IS DEAD
Sirs. Elizabeth Fooerd Among: De
scendants of Peter Faneuil.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 27. Mrs. Eliza
beth Gardner Fooerd, one of the oldest
women in California, Is dead here, 10
days after celebrating the 102d anni
versary of her birth.
Mrs. Fooerd, a descendent of Peter
Faneuil. was born in Boston in 1810.
She came to California In 1874.
Her son, James Fooerd, Is active at
the age of 80 years.
portant mail matter.
Holders of lock boxes on first and
second class postoffices will have ac
cess to them as usual, although no mail
deliveries will bo made, by carriers on
the street or at postoffice windows.
Mail for hotel patrons and newspapers,
will be delivered to them through their
lock boxes by the simple arrangement
of having that mail sorted on the rail
way mail cars before It reaches desti
nation. Such mall will be regarded as
"transit matter," and will be distrib
uted immediately upon its arrival at
the offices of destination, thus practi
cally Insuring speedier delivery to the
addressees than heretofore has been
the case.
Most of. Mall Unaffected.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock issued
an explanatory statement In part as
follows:
"At present most of the mail received
on Sunday for delivery by carrier Mon
day morning Is worked after midnight
on "The Ballot As a Factor in Woman's
Education."
SEA BIRDS PREY ON FISH
Bayocean Guests Treated to Xovel
Sight Off Coast Resort.
BAYOCEAN, Or., Aug. 17. (Special.)
One of the most unusual and novel
sights ever seen at this resort was wit.
nessed yesterday, when tens of thou
sands of small sea birds appeared off
the coast in pursuit of schools of sar
dines. They literally covered the sur
face of the ocean for a space which
seemed to be at least 2000 feet In length
and width.
Wherever the sardines went the birds
pursued them and, with shrill cries and
screams, darted beneath the surface of
the water, emerging with the small sar
dines In their beaks. This continued
throughout the entire afternoon, the
on Sunday and therefore the law will birds and fish turning back and forth
not affect tills mall.- It . will be deliv- I along the coastline, first up the coast and
ered as promptly as hitherto. Mail re
ceived upto midnight on Saturday for
lock boxes will be distributed to the
boxes and will be available to box
holders on Sunday as usual.
"The only mail that will be affected
under a reasonable construction of the
new law Is that received at the post
office on Sunday and hitherto sorted
on that day for distribution to lock
boxes.
Liberal Construction Given,
"As the purpose of the law is to re
duce as far as possible the amount of
Sunday labor, the work of distributing
then returning, like a new black cov
ering. By the aid of powerful glasses
the entire flock could be seen in detail
and the sight was one long to be re
membered.
Governor Digs Up Law Aimed
at Sheriff's Office.
MASS MEETING IS CALLED
REDISTRIBUTION IS ISSUE
Canadian Parliament to Wrestle
With Difficult Measure.
State's Executive Says It's "Camer
on's Xcxt Move" Cameron Re
fuses to Recognize West Order
and Will Resist Eviction.
Y'EhTEROAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
IN CLEANUP CRCSADE.
Governor deposes District Attorney.
Arriving in Portland he establishes
headquarters and dispatches to Mr.
Evans a commission as District At-
torncy. "It Is Cameron's next move,"
. he declares.
United States Deputy District At
torney Evans decline to accept the
commission until he has conferred
with United States District Attorney
McCourt, who will return today.
District Attorney Cameron denies
right ot Oovernor to depose him
"arbitrarily" and announces a fight
In the courts.
Cases In Municipal Court by Dep
uty District Attorney Hennessy and
in Judge- Morrow's court by Assistant
Deputy District Attorney Mlchelet are
continued pending settlement West
Cameron controversy.
Grand Jury dismisses witnesses,
elthough It will meet for minor in
vestigation. Muss meeting of citizens announced
at Glpsj- Smith tabernacle Saturday
night.
Rumors that liquor interests are
contemplating recall proceedings
against Governor authoritatively de
nied Statute of 1878 unearthed by Gov
ernor under which he Is reported to
contemplate proceeding against sher
iff's ofrlce. In case It falls to respond
to his demands In the crusade.
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OTTAWA. Ont., Aug. 27. It is gen
erally believed that parliamentary re
distribution mpflsnrpM will he hrmisrht
Sunday mall to lock boxes was limited. down comparatively early next session
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UNCLE SAM SOMEBODY'S TALKING- ABOUT ME, I CAN FEEL MY EARS BURN.
All of the statistical Information upon
which the enactment will be based has
been tabulated and the draft measure
after Introduction, will be sent to a
special committee to determine which
constituencies will be eliminated and
i which will have their representation
Increased. In recent years considerable
party feeling has characterized discus
slon of redistribution bills, and it is
likely to again prove a contentious
measure.
The redistribution bill will give the
west 22 new members, which wUl be
taken off Ontario and the maritime
provinces.
POULTRY PAYS IN POLK
Elijah J. Koeney Makes Minimum of
$2.70 Off Each Fowl.
DALLAS, Or., Aug. 27. (Special.)
Elijah J. Keeney, living near Perry-
dale, this county, has specialized on
the raising of the Brown Leghorn
strain of poultry, and during the past
year has kept a nock of 300 of these
birds, all of them being full-blooded.
During the last year a record kept
carefully every day shows that Mr.
Keeney realized $2.70 as a minimum
off of each fowl owned by him.
At present Mr. Keeney Is planning
upon going into the poultry business
upon an extensive scale. The Dallas
Commercial Club is making an effort
to get more people interested in poultry-raising.
CHINESE SHOOT AT TRAIN
Engineer Proceeds Despite Brigands'
Bullets Inland Town Sacked.
HONGKONG. China. Aug. 27. Sev
eral hundred Chinese brigands attacked
moving train today at Fayuen, on
the line from Canton to Hankow. The
engineer, in spite of a hall of bullets,
refused to put on the brakes. Several
of the trainmen and passengers were
wounded and the cars considerably
damaged.
When the train reached the market
town of Ngwo it was found impossible
to proceed farther, as the rails had
been torn up. The town itself had been
completely sacked by the brigands,
many of whom are discharged soldiers.
Troops have been dispatched to the
scene from Canton.
TRANSPORT AT CHINA SINKS
United States Vessel Being Repaired
at Shanghai, Damaged.
SHANGHAI. China. Aug. 27. The
United States transport Liscom sank
here today along side the wharf, where
she is lying in 40 feet of water.
The cause of the accident has not yet
been ascertained. She was undergoing
repairs and the captain as well as the
shipbuilders are of the opinion that she
can be raised easily
Governor West dispatched to Walter
H. Evans yesterday. Immediately after
returning from Salem, where lie had
issued his proclamation removing Dis
trict Attorney Cameron from office on
charges of neglect of duty, a commis
sion conferring on Mr. Evans the of
fice of District Attorney of Multnomah
County. The commission was accom
panied by a copy of the proclamation
deposing Cameron and a letter re
questing Mr. Evans to take the oath
of office and enter on his duties at
once, if possible.
While Mr. Cameron, declaring that
the Governor las not full authority to
depose him, Is preparing to fight
against removal, Mr. Evans still with
holds his decision and refuses to an
nounce whether he will accept the
commission from the Governor until
he has communicated with his su
perior. United States District Attorney
McCourt, and has looked further Into
the legal points of the case. Mr. Mc
Court will return to Portland today.
West Kyen Sheriff Office.
It also became known yesterday that
the Governor Is contemplating moving
under a statute which he has unearthed
in the criminal code dealing with
crimes against the public morals by
which he may proceed against Sheriff
Stevens, of Multnomah County, in
the event Stevens falls to respond to
the Governor's demands In regard to
the vice crusade which he has inaugurated.
This statute was passed in 1 876 and
relates to public officers who havo
knowledge of gambling and fall to in
form as to gambling.
Court Action rraary.
The sections considered applicable
are as follows:
It shall be the especial duty of each
District Attorney, Sheriff, Constable
City or Town Marshal or police officer
to inform against and diligently prose
cute any and all persons whom they
shall have reasonable cause to believe
guilty of a violation of the provisions
o fthls act.
"Any officer named in the preceding
section who shall refuse or wilfully
neglect to inform against and prose
cute offenders against this act shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
on conviction shall be punished by a
fine of not les sthan $50 nor more than
$500, and the court before which such
officer shall be tried shal declare the
office or appointment held by such of
ficer vacant for the balance of his
term."
Kvnus' Aimer Awaited.
It is declared that with Walter
Evans In the District Attorney's office
the Governor may proceed along the
lines set out in this statute agalnsht
various other peace officers of Multno
mah County If it Is found that they
have been cognizant In any manner of
gambling In the City of Portland.
Settled In offices in Adjutant-Gen
eral Finzer's suite In the Gerllnger
building, the Governor Is waiting for
Mr. Evans' answer and declined yester-
das' to discuss extensively further
plans he may have for the campaign.
"It's Cameron's move now," he said,
"He's out and that's al lthere is of It
I don't care If he occupies offices I
the Chamber of Commerce building ot
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