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ttt vn nRBnnx. TTTTmSDAY. AUGUST 29, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXI. NO. 16,150. , . .1 I BIBULOUS BROKER TAFT LEAVES TO TROOPS ILL T MONEY IN BUNCHES, ' COWER hou e CORNERS UNETHICAL EVANS -REFUSES TO SERVE FOR WEST "Urgent Business" Is Reason Given. GIVES GIRL $5000 WHEN KICKED FROM HER ROOM HE SUES FOR RETURN. VISIT HOME FOLKS NO ONE TO OWN IT MAN FINDS $75, TRIES TO RE TURN IT BUT FAILS. ENTER TRUST RULE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO BE OBJECTIVE POINT. NICARAGUA BARLEY MARKET UNDER CAMERON PROBE IS WANTED Governor Asks Court to Name Special Prosecutor Today. SHERIFF FIELD IS INVADED Tom Word Commissioned as Deputy to- Secure Fvldence for Grand Jury Tangle Ties TTp Legal Documents and Salary. Walter H. Evan. Deputy United States District Attorner. yesterday afternoon declined acceptance of Gov ernor West's appointment to succeed George J. Cameron. Riving as his rea son the urgent business demands of the office he. now occupies. The Governor has refused to announce any alterna tive appointment, although he contin ues to assert that Cameron is no long er District Attorney, and although he intimates he has under consideration names of possible appointees. In the meantime, he holds on file the commis sion drawn up for Mr. Evans, saying that, while the present situation makes it impossible for Mr. Evans to accept, he has not yet abandoned hope that he may at a later date find it possible to assume the position. Independent of the effort to secure a successor to Mr. Cameron, the Gover- nor has announced that today he will go before the court, asking that a spe cial prosecutor be appointed to investi gate' the office of the District Attor ney, on charges of delinquency. The Governor said that he would suggest for this appointment, H. M. Esterly. of this city, but that the court, at its own discretion, may make such other selec tion as It may see fit. Sheriff Field Invaded. The Governor has commissioned Tom Word, ex-Sheriff of Multnomah Coun ty, to act as a special deputy to secure evidence for the grand Jury In the cases arising in the clean-up campaign. Governor West announced last night that Mr. Word had agreed to accept the commission, whiia Mr. Word, ques tioned later, was non-coaimlttal, say ing that he had not yet received the formal commission. "I can make no statement until the commission reaches me." he said. "However, everything will be all right." Mr. Word's appointment, according to the Governor, la not to supplant the Sheriff, but his powers will be co-ordinate with those of the Sheriff and his work will be entirely independent. "The Sheriff himself will be notified daily of the duties of his office and the penalties will he pointed out that may attach to his failure to perform his duty." said Governor West last night.- "From time to time I shall point out to him nuisances that exist, which It Is his duty to suppress, and after that It will be up to him to at- tend to them. If he doesn't, there will be time enough for the next step by roe. There are several statutes under which the rase can be handled. Sheriff's Policy I nrbanged. Sheriff Stevens-renewed his state ment that the policy of his office will stand, pointing out clearly that he was neither opposing law enforcement nor inclined to refuse co-operation in ef forts to enforce the law. so far as it came within the sphere of his Juris diction. "The policy of the Sheriffs offii-e Is still unchanged." he said. "It will re main unchanged until the end of my term. According to newspaper re ports, the accuracy, of which have not yet been questioned, the Mayor has tendered and the Governor has ac cepted the services of 290 -policemen to aid him in his crusade In the city. If these 290 men so kindly offered by the Mayor, who has unlimited power in municipal matters, and accepted by the Governor, are unable to cope with all of the law breakers. It will still be unnecessary to order out the militia. The Sheriffs office In the future, as in the past, will enforce all laws with strict Impartiality, concurrently with the police force, if possible, but Inde pendent of them If necessary, and It will not make the slightest difference whether the complaint is made . by plain citizens and taxpayers or Gov ernor West, or any other politician. Territory Scope Questioned. "The sincerity of the Governor can hard!' be questioned if he shows prac tical faith in tne good intentions of Mayor Rushlight by first using- the 290 men whom the taxpayers employ to keep order In the city before he tries other methods. However, I am perfect ly willing to take up the matter if the Rushlight-West forces, with their 290 men, are unable to handle it. The only real point on -which the Governor and myself seem to differ Is in the scope of territory involved. In beseeching one of the best vote-getters in Portland to Join him in his crusade the Governor Is quoted as saying. "I'm for you through hell.- This is- beyond my Juris, diction, which at present Is confined to Multnomah County.". The Sheriffs office, however, appears unlikely soon to become the center of activity in the Governor's movement, I which, according to his own statement list night, will be directed for the present chiefly toward the matter of a prosecutor and necessarily will be dl Concluded on Pare 14.) District Attorney Cameron Holds On to 94 00, Probably Mayor's Fund. Grand Jury Has Some. Big bunches of easy money are knocking about in desks in various parts of the city. With no one to claim them. The police have some, and the grand Jury and the District Attorney have the rest. Three distinct prob lems developed yesterday with regard to the disposition of comfortable sums, and the answers have not yet been worked out. To begin with, the police have 2". all In gold, which an honest citizen found under his hedge Monday night. Thnns-h x. drunken man had Just taken a tumble at the spot where the money lay, he repudiated It on being iouoweu to his home and convinced the finder that he never had possessed such a sum. Though the facts have been largely advertised and Detectives Vaughn and Litherland spent a large part of yesterday seeking a lawful owner, the money has not been claimed. District Attorney Cameron has In his possession 400 which probably belongs to Mayor Rushlight, but he Is not likely to get it without a fight. It i. ho innnv which was to have been offered Deputy District Attorney Col lier when the grand Jury pouncea upon ih. r.inttrs and later indicted the Mayor and the Chief of Police for the attempt. The indictment nas Deen found defective and no further steps have been taken in the case. vv n roiiH states Secret Service Agent Connell made a demand on Cameron yesterday for the photographic plates made from the money. In violation of the counterfeiting laws, the question arose, what is to be done with the money In case the proscutlon Is dropped. Cameron Isn't going to give it back till he has to. Eighty dollars, alleged to have been extorted by Sam Krasner from Max Warmnn and Sam Gross, as protection money, probably will go back to them eventually. Krasner was indicted yes terday on both counts. SENATOR PERKINS RETIRES California Veteran In Politics Not to Seek He-election. ran FRANCISCO. Aug. 28. George C. Perkins, United States Senator from California, announced, his permanent political retirement on his return from Washington today. In a statement made public here Senator Perkins said ka n-nM not be a candidate to suc ceed himself. He assigned falling health and the innrmuies oi age as the cause. if Senator Perkins remains in the Senate until the expiration of his term. which will end March 4, isio, ne win have been in political life 32 years. He has been appointed once and has been elected four times to the united fciaies Senate and. served two terms of four years each, beginning in 1880 in the State Senate from Butte. Plumas and Lassen counties. From 1880 until 1883 he was the first Governor of California under the new constitution. Senator Perkins is now chairman of h -nmmlttee on naval affairs. During his entire service in the Senate he has been absent from his seat only 21 days. PORT OF COOS BAY VOTED Governor to Name Commissioners of People's Choice. MARSHFIELD. Or., Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) The final returns show that the proposed new Port of Coos Bay car ried at the special election yesterday by a large majority. The vote for the Port was 793 and against It only 88. At the same time the voters ex pressed their choice for port commis sioners. This was unofficial and the vote was canvassed by the Chamber of Commerce. Governor West has agreed to appoint the five receiving the larg est number of votes. There were 12 candidates and those chosen were: I J. Simpson. Mayor of North Bend; Peter Loggle, oT North Bend; A. If. Powers, of the Smith Powers Logging Com pany; Henry Sengstacken, of Marsh field, and A. O. Rogers, a Coos River farmer. After the County Court has made a proclamation of the election the Gov ernor will formally appoint the com missioners. YOUNG TAFTS GOING HOME President's Son and Daughter to Leave Glacier Park Today. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 28. The Taft Vlncent party. Including Miss Helen Taft, Robert Taft and President Vin cent, of the University of Minnesota; Mrs. Vincent and their son .and daugh ter, will leave Glacier National park tomorrow for Billings, Mont., accord ing to a telegram received today from Howard Noble, general passenger agent of the Great Northern. From Billings the party will go to Sheridan. Wyo where they will sepa rate and return home. TANKER TO BE REPAIRED Injury to Rosecrans Found to Be All Above Water Line. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28. The oil tanker Rosecrans, swept by Are and torn by explosions last night at her pier in Alcatraz, will be pumped out and towed to San Francisco for re pairs. An examination today showed that the nre had been confined to the boiler and engine rooms and was all above the water line. About 875.000 is the estimated damage. So far as can be Judged the explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas "Lied for Fear," Says Crushed Dealer. - "GOOD BUSINESS WIPED OUT" Systematic Woes Dealt Out to Small Lumber Firms Told. "BOYCOTT" IS DISCLOSED Member of Company That Dared to Sell to Consumer. "ot Sanctioned by Combine Testifies of Pow erful Trade Restraint. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 2S. Evi dence purporting to show how lumber manufacturers and wholesalers were kept Informed as to,. vj iers in the n J0 A ?d "un" ethl vOS81 -lB1-. were supply ing them with lumber was introduced at today's hearing, of the Government's anM-trust suit against the Northwest ern Lumbermen's Association. F. D. Becker, of Seattle, secretary of the Pa cific Coast Shippers' Association, was nn ih. stand at the afternoon session and identified much correspondence that passed between liim ana wiuara G. Hollis, of Minneapolis, secretary of the Northwest Lumbermen's Associa tion, and A. L. Porter, of Spokane, sec retary of the 'Western Retail Lumber men's Association. Through this correspondence, which told of the shipment by various manu facturers and wholesalers on the Coast of lumber to ."unethical" dealers and mull order houses In the Middle West the Government sought to show that a complete line of communication was maintained between Mr. Hollis and Mr. Porter and the manufacturers. Ship pers of the Coast, it was brought out, were regularly advised by Mr. Becker through circulars of the standing of retailers in the Middle West. Copies of these circulars were introduced as evidence and were identified by Mr. Becker. " company la Wined Ont. Before Mr. Becker was sworn. Clark McKercher, . counsel for the Govern ment,, announced that the witness was not Involved in the case. At the morning session M. Ellas told how the Western Washington Lumber Company lost its business and went Into the hands of a receiver after it became known that the company had sold a car of lumber to a consumer at Osceola. Ia. The Western Washington Lumber Company, which was organized by M. Elias and Frank S. Loeb early in 1908. did a thriving wholesale business with line yards and Independent dealers In the Middle West until the Summer of 1909, when it became known that the (Concluded on Page 2.) j MR. I - . .j President Reiterates,' in Itear-Plat- form Talk, Tiiat He Will Make No Political Speeches. BOSTON. Aug. 28. President Taft, accompanied by ' his military aide. Major Rhoads. left here at 10 o'clock this morning to attend the centennial celebration at Columbus, Ohio. The President motored in from Bev erly and was greeted by a cheering crowd. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 28. President Taft, in a speech from the rear platform of his private car here, declared that he did not Intend to take any further part in active politics. - "I am not here to make a political speech," said the President. "I have given that up. So far as I am con cerned you will have to make up your minds without hearing me further." ; GREAT- SHEEP SALE' DATED Thoroughbred Stock of Idaho Com pany, Defunct, to Be Offered. WE1SER. Idaho, Aug. 28. (Special.) Sheepmen from all parts of the coun try are expected to flock to Weiser September 16 and 17, when the im mense holdings of the Butterfield Live stock Company will be offered at auc tion by Colonel Dwight Lincoln, at a receivership sale. .More than 12,500 registered and thoroughbred sheep will be offered. The Butterfield Livestock Company, which is known as the largest breeder of thoroughbred sheep in the world, went into the hands of a receiver fol lowing the season of 1910-11. The sale will include 500 yearling and 2-year-old rams. 900 yearling and 2-year-old Delaine-Merino rams, 600 Hampshire ram lambs. 150 Hampshire rams, 250 Ramboulllet and Delaine rams, 200 Ramboulllet and Delaine ram lambs, BOO Ramboulllet ewes, 200 De laine ewes, 200 Ramboulllet lambs, 100 Delaine lambs, 3000 Ramboulllet and Delaine ewes, 1500 Ramboulllet and Delaine ewes, 1500 Hampshire ewes, 1000 Hampshire lambs, 1000 Hampshire ewes, 600 Hampshire ewes. DR. KEMP IS SELECTED Stanford Graduate Will Instruct in Education at Oregon. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugana, Aug. 28. (Special.) Dr. W. W. Kemp, a graduate of Stanford University and recently professor of psychology at the State Normal School at San Diego, Cal., has been selected to take Dr. C. J. C Bennett's place at the head of the de partment of education at the University. Dr. , Bennett recently returned from a Winter in California somewhat im proved in health, but he will not be able to teach for at least a year. "PITTSBURG" IS FLAG SHIP Name of "Pennsylvania" Changed Due to Selection for Battleship. BREMERTON, Wash.. Aug.- 28. As a result of the name Pennsylvania hav ing been selected by the Navy Depart ment for the new 115.000.000 battleship authorized by Congress shortly before adjournmentthe name of the armored cruiser Pennsylvania, flagship of the Pacific reserve fleet at Bremerton, to day was changed to Pittsburg. The order came by telegraph from Washington to the Puget Sound Navy Yard and was acted upon immediately. GRAB-IT-ALL KELLAHER SITS Taft Order Rescinded Before Executed. PROBLEM LEFT TO MARINES Army Will Be Called Only When All Else Fails. PEOPLE SUFFER HORRORS Americans Share in Misery in Re gions Removed From Principal TownsPresident Meets Sit uation as He Travels. ON BOARD PRESIDENT TAFT'S TRAIN, Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 28. President Taft tonight rescinded a 12-hour-old order directing the immediate dispatch from Panama to Nicaragua of the Tenth Infantry. From his private car In the Rochester yards the Presi dent telegraphed to the acting Secre tory of War to recall the order. A sufficient force of marines, the President said tonight, would be in Managua, the Nlcaraguan capital, and Corinto, Its principal seaport, early next week to insure the safety of American lives and property. Rebels Fromlm to Open Railways. The President's action tonight came at the close of a day spent largely in reading telegrams from State. War and Navy Department heads in Washing ton. The President expressed tonight to friends on his car the belief that there would be more than 2000 United States marines on Nlcaraguan soil by Tuesday. A long telegram tonight from the commander of the United States 'gunboat Annapolis in Nlc araguan waters said the insurgent leaders had given assurances that they would open the lines of communica tion from Corinto to Managua. The Nlcaraguan government asked for assurance from the United States and stands ready to aid in opening the railway line to the coast from the capital. Locomotives Kvealy Divided. The message to the President said the rebels possess five locomotives and the government Ave. All ten of these may be put at the disposal of the United States, if necessary. The recall of the order for the dispatch of the Tenth Infantry followed the receipt of this telegram from the commander of the Annapolis. The President did not conceal his anxiety tonight over conditions in Central America. In Managua and Corinto and other towns the situation is not especially dangerous to, Ameri cans, but in other parts of the country pillaging of all sorts has been going on. The people- of Nicaragua, the President was informed, are suffering untold horrors, and Americans are (Concluded on page 3.) TIGHT. Realty Man Says He Had Too Much AVine to Know AA'hat He AVas Doing AVbcn AVlth Actress. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) Gustav Ehrlick, wealthy real estate operator, has a Hard luck tale whereby he says he Is the loser to the extent of three promissory notes for 85,000 which he declares he was induced to sign after a riotous Sunday evening with a pretty blonde chorus girl. These notes are all made payable to Miss Irene Cooper, the blonde, and because he was thrown down stairs from Miss Cooper's apartment Ehrlick now wants payment on the notes stopped. Ehrlick tells a story of taking Miss Cooper by automobile to the beach re sorts, drinking far too much wine, of being overcome by her sad tale, and then of returning with her to her apartment in the Glencoe from which he was ejected down a flight of stairs at 9 o'clock Monday morning. These facts are all brought out in a suit filed by Ehrlick in Superior Court today. Ehrlick, who Is reputed to be worth 8250,000, is a member of a big San Francisco real estate firm. Maud Irene Cooper Is a vaudeville actress and concert singer, widely known in the San Francisco cafes for her beauty and fine clothes. Ehrlick obtained from Judge George A. Sturtevant a temporary injunction preventing his erstwhile inamorata from negotiating the notes. He charges his signatures were obtained about 2 o'clock Monday morning by fraud while he was drunk and did not realize what he was doing. After a tour of the beach resorts Ehrlick found him self at Miss Cooper's apartment. Soon after signing the notes he was told by Miss Cooper to get out of her place. He demurred. They had been so friendly during the afternoon and evening that he did not wish to part that way. Almost immediately, he also remem bers, there appeared in the doorway of the woman's apartment a giant. Ehrlick was rolled and tumbled down the stairways and landed at the bottom on his head. LOW RATE TOJE DROPPED Two of Pacific Coast Lines AVould Discontinue Homeseekcrs' Fares. CHICAGO, Aug. 28. (Special.) A plan is being considered by the Cali fornia terminal railroads to abolish homeseekers' fares to points in that state which have been In effect every first and third Tuesday of every month from Chicago and other cities since laet Spring. The roads Involved are the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Western Pacific, Under an arrangement perfected last Spring, a homeseekers' round trip fare of 865 was offered from Chicago and a similar fare of $55 from Missouri River points. Both the Santa Fe and South ern Pacific, it is understood, are de sirous of discontinuing the arrange ment after the end of the present year, which was designated in the under standing reached last Spring as the time limit for offering these low rates. On the other hand, the Western Pacific is urging that the fares be con tinued in effect indefinitely. Officials of the three roads now have the sub ject under advisement. WIDOW'S BROTHER VICTIM Mrs. Merrick's Kin Meets Serious Accident in Woods. Mrs. C. B. Merrick, who so recently lost her husband, now has a fur ther blow to bear in the accident which occurred last Tuesday night to her brother. Eugene Kearney, 25 years of age. His right leg was crushed in a logging-camp, and he lies in the St. Vincent's Hospital in a very critical condition. Kearney was working in a logging- camp at Bridal Veil, when falling logs, caught his right leg. Kearney was held in their grip for an hour before he could get released. Hp. was taken hurriedly to St. in- cent's Hospital Tuesday night, and Dr. Sam Sloeum. who has charge of the case. had intended to operate yesterday morning, and possibly to amputate the leg. The patient, however, was found to be still in too serious condition, suffering severely from the shock. LAUNCHING HAWSER SNAPS Christener Nearly Goes Into Bay and Davenport Sticks in Mud. NORTH BEND. Or.. Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) The Davenport. a steam schooner 207 feet long, built lor me Davennort Lumber Company, of San Francisco, was launched at the Kruse & Banks shipyard here today. When the vessel was going down the ways the hawser parted and the boat ran out and stuck on the mud in the bay. It was not damaged. uk: Tirnn Johnson, of Crockett. Cal.. christened the boat. When she start ed to break the bottle she missed her calculations and would have fallen into the bay had it not been for a bystander who assisted her. HAIL STRIPS ORCHARDS Heavy Damage Done to Fruit,, Grain and Sugar Beets in Utah. TlOAN'. Utah. Ausr. 28. Huge hail stones driven by a heavy wind swept IleldS ana orcimras iur ou nun's ihm ntvht trtnntns- nrrhards. razinir firratn and clearing sugar beet fields. The loss to agriculturists and iruit-TmvL-tr has been enormous. The nath of the storm was five miles wide. Exporter Drives Coup and Gets Control. DAYTON POOL IS PURCHASED 90 Per Cent Brew Product In This Section Involved. SHORTS PANIC - STRICKEN European Buyers Likely to Get En tire Quantity Bought at $1.25 a Hundred From Farmers. 250,000 Bags Involved. One of the largest grain deals ever put through in the Pacific Northwest came to light yesterday. By the pur chase of the Dayton barley pool, M. II. Houscr, the exporter, of this city, prac tically secured a corner on sll the brewing barley produced in this part of the country, Mr. Houser accomp lished a similar feat last year and Is credited with cleaning up a quarter of a million dollars by the operation. Last year he sold his barley in the East. This year he will export it. The 1912 barley pool at Dayton con tained about 125,000 sacks of brewing grad- barley. For this Mr. Houser paid the farmers f 1.25 a hundred, which Is the highest price paid for barley for export purpose in many years. At the close of last week the Houser agents in the Dayton country bought up all the individual lots of choice barley to be had, aggregating more than 125,000 bags. The total pur chase of more than 250,000 bags netted the barley farmers of that section in excess of $300,000. Kuropr Likely Urts All.' It is estimated by grain men that 90 per cent, of the brewing barley In the Dayton. Waitsburg and Pomeroy sec tions has now passed Into the hands.of Mr. Houser, who has also bought this quality in other districts. It is probable that nearly all his purchases will go to Europe. The barley crop abroad has suffered serious damage by recent unfavorable weather and European buyers are bidding keenly -for supplies here. It now looks as if they will have to come to Mr. Houser for what they want. The Europeans are only seeking the best brewing grade. With this quality now nearly all out of first hands, the excitement sub sided yesterday in the interior barley markets. A considerable quantity of weather damaged grain remains un sold, but there is little demand, as yet, for this. The Inferior grade barley will be used for feed purposes in the domestic markets. Short Psnle Stricken. There was a rather large barley short Interest In the Northwest this year, and the shorts, naturally, were panic stricken when Houser's exten sive buying operations became known. The attempts to cover added to the ex citement in the big barley growing districts of Eastern Washington. Mr. Houser has by no means confined his attention to barley, as he has ad vanced this year to the position of the largest wheat exporter on the Pacific Coast, and probably in the United States. Of the 35 ships and steamers chartered so far this season to load grain was not damaged by the recent engaged by him. It ito stated by com petent authorities that Houser has bought one-halt of nil the wheat that the farmers of Oregon, Washington and Idaho have sold so far this season. As with the coarser cereal. Houscr has pursued the policy or buying only choice grade. There Is a strong de mand on the other side for firm, sound wheat, and this was bought in the early producing districts where the grain at Portland, some 23 have been stormy weather. Ilounrr Has Advantage. With a liberal supply of low priced ships, which were, for the most part, chartered early in the season before the shipowners raised the rates, Houser had a material advantage over some of the other grain men when It came to buying wheat. He has been accused by some of his competitors of plunging, but since he has the grain and tonnage in hand and there is a strong eager market for American wheat in Europe, where the crops are not good, there appears to be plenty of method In his operations. The country wheat markets yester day were very active, and whenever the farmers were ready to soli they found plenty of buyers. Prices were a cent higher than on Tuesday and were about 6 cents a bushel higher than 10 days ago. NEW CARDINAL PROMISED Appointee to Be American, but Re- side in Home, Is Report. PARIS, Aug. 28. The Pope is about to create a new American cardinal who is to reside In Rome, according to a special dispatch' received here. The American cardinal will occupy a similar position, that of the prelates representing France and Spain In Rome. It Is also said that the Pope will later create a cardinal, probably in Mexico