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PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 31, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PLOTTERS
YOUNGEST ASTOR
TAFT MEN WELCOME
KISSING PRETTY
WOMAN NO CRIME
FIGHTS
LOVE DARES ARMY
RIGOR AND ILLNESS
IS
CAL1ED TO COURT
OF ATTACK
SPIRITED CONTEST
TO
T ESTERLY
BIRTH MAKES NEW PROBATING
SAX DIEGO JURY CONSIDERS
TEMPTATION IX CASE.
LIEUTENANT IX TEXAS TO WED
IXJS ANGELES GIRL.
. OF WILIi NECESSARY.
CUBAN
CAMERON
MAJOR
MORROW
BACK
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f
Island Press Adds Fire
to Ill-Feeling.
WASHINGTON BACKS GIBSON
Attempts to Force Charge's
Recall Frowned On.
REPORTER TOOL, IS BELIEF
Minister to United States Asserts He
Thinks Persons Wishing to
Cause Trouble With America
Urged Maza to Act.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. That En
rique Maza. the reporter who attacked
Hugh Gibson. American charge of the
legation In Havana, last Monday night,
was merely a too' in the hands of
Cuban plotters who are antagonistic to
the United States and who would like
to get the Cuban government into
trouble with this country, was the
opinion expressed here today by Senor
Antonio Martln-Rlvero. the Cuban Min
ister.
He was of the opinion that Maza had
been urged on by others who had made
him think he had been Insulted and
that he should seek revenge.
Minister Promises JuntW.
Under no circumstances, no matter
what his provocation may have been,
said the Minister, was Maza Justified
In the action he took. That justice
would be done in the case was the
declaration of Senor Martln-Rlvero.
The Minister has notified his govern
ment of the demands of the United
States that the assailant be punished.
As soon as he learned of the attack
the Minister "spontaneously sent word
to Cuba," he said, "that the United
States had laws rendering virtually Im-
-mune from attack the person of foreign
representatives here and that, on ac
count of this reciprocity, the full rigor
of the Cuban laws could be applied. In
case of a country which does not pro
tect Cuban representatives,', said the
Minister, "no further rights are extend
ed to Its diplomats than to any other
foreigner."
Press Bitter In Attacks.
The State Department late today was
informed by the legation at Havana of
the attacks that have been made by a
portion of the Cuban press upon Hugh
Gibson, charge of the American lega
tion, upon the American contractors, the
pressing of whose claim for compensa
tion caused a personal assault upon
Gibson and upon the United States
Government and people. The officials
of the State Department said these ar
ticles were disgraceful and, while they
were not prepared to announce their
purpose, it was evident that strong rep
resentations -are to be made to the
Cuban government against this treat
ment of an American diplomatic officer.
Some of the officials, who by reason
of service with the American Govern
ment of intervention in Cuba, are thor
oughly acquainted with the Cuban
code, are satisfied that the writers of
.hese defamatory articles have laid
themselves open to ' punishment fori
criminal libel.
Dufl Will ot fle Permitted,
Some of the Havina articles are re
garded as having been written with
the deliberate puypose of trying to
Infant. Heir t $3,000,000, Is Sum
nioned by Doctor Who Ushered
Him Into World.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. (Special.)
Dr. Edward B. Cralgon, who ushered
John Jacob Astor Into the world
few weeks ago, reported to the Surro
gate Court today that he had served
on the $3,000,000 baby a formal notice
by Surrogate Fowler to appear In court
on September 4, either In person or by
guardian, to attend to the reprobating
of the will of his father. Colonel John
Jacob Astor, who went down with the
Titanic.
Mrs. Astor was also served with sim
lar papers. Colonel Astor's will had
been probated before the baby was born
and the reopening of probate was made
necessary by the birth, as the young
heir Is named as a beneficiary and
must appear by guardian.
The surrogate, however, has not yet
appointed a guardian.
KNOX GREETS EX-QUEEN
Secretary Guest of Hawaiian Gover
nor and Will Return.
HONOLULU. H. T., Aug. 30. Secre
tary of State Knox, who stopped at
Honolulu en route to Japan, where he
will attend the funeral of the late
Japanese emperor, was entertained at
reception last night by Governor
Frear at the Governor's home, pre
vious to the Secretary's departure on
the XJaryland early today.
hecretary Knox met Former Queen
LI'iuokalanl. with whom he chatted
pleasantly, after a cordial interchange
greetings. On his return voyage,
Fight Will Bring Out
Pormant Vote.
PARTY EXPECTED TO PROFIT
Crumpacker Says Bolt to Colo
nel Will Be Small.
CAMPAIGN IS LIKE 1896
Managers at Taft Headquarters Find
Hopeful Sign in Large Numbers
or Offers of Help From Prom
inent Men Everywhere.
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. fSnecial.l The
Republican chieftains consider the
prospects for a bitter fight an excel
lent thing for their party, as it will
arouse thousands of voters who have
been in the habit of letting: matters do-
litical move complacently along with
out their assistance. Now that there
a possibility of defeat, these men
ill emerge from hiding and take an
active part in the contect, the leaders
of Hllo. before again stopr.
lulu, where he will spend several days.
He will visit Pearl Harbor and the
various army posts.
The Japanese Consul was among the
last to bid Secretary Knox good bye
when the Maryland sailed.
COOS BAY WANTS DREDGE
Committee Authorized to Pledge
$10,000 for One Year's Work.
the Secretary ' will call i HAON8I Swm O 1 fl e are many evidences of
mis irom an quarters.
Arnold M. Ehrlich and Alfred Wein
traub visited "the Taft headquarters to
day with resolutions indorsing Taft
adopted by the Roumanian Political
Club.
Follsh Citizens Want Taft.
"The members of the Roumanian
Club are Jews," said Mr. Ehrlich, "and
we are for President Taft because he'
has shown us as a race absolute fair
ness. We are not for Roosevelt be
cause he is a demagogue and we are
not. for Wilson because he has char
acterized immigrants from Southern
t-urope as the scum of the earth."
Representative Crumpacker. - of In
diana, held a lengthy conference with
David W. Mulvane, director of the Taft
headquarters. He will en Kane actlvelv
in campaign work after the middle of
September.
Crumpacker Minimises Bolt.
"It is now a fact that only a small
percentage of the Republicans wi31
Identify themselves with the movement
to destroy the Republican party," said
Mr. Crumpacker. "That party has been
the best agency this country has ever
known for the development of commer
cial and industrial progress and for
the sane and businesslike conduct of
the Government."
T. D. Evans, of Tulsa, Okla., says the
campaign in his state is a repetition
of the Bryan campaign of 1806.
"All the Populists over our way are
prisoner Denies He Used Violence
and. Complainant's Charms
Are in His Favor.
SAN ' DIEGO, Cal., " Aug. 30. Kisses
bestowed on a woman who is pretty.
even without her consent, is not battery
within the meaning of the law In San
Diego, where a jury of men so decided
today.
Theodore Anderson was the culprit,
accused by Mrs. Emily Foster of hav
ing, on July 29, implanted upon her fair
neck, violently and without her con
sent, three resounding kisses. Anderson
denied this, saying that the kisses he
bestowed, though without the consent
of the fair prosecuting" witness,, were
light as thistledown and that - there
was no violence on his part.
The jury, taking into consideration
the temptation Anderson was subjected
to by the charm of the pretty complain
nt, gave him the benefit of the doubt
arising from the conflicting testimony,
and did not recommend punishment for
the osculatory assault.
Deposed Official Takes
Case Into Courts.
PLACE USURPED, IS CHARGE
MARSH FIELD, Or., Aug. 30. (Spe
cial.) A committee composed of Dr.
J. T. McCormac. president of the
Marshfield Chamber of Commerce: Pe
ter Loggie, of North Bend, and Captain
MacGenn, of the steamer Breakwater,
tomorrow afternoon will call tiDon
Major Morrow, of the United States
Knglneering Corps at Portland, and
endeavor to have the dredge Oregon
kept at Coos Bay to earrs out a year's
work which will be paid for by the
Port Commission, just organized.
ine committee is authorized hv the
Chamber of Commerce to pledge as
high as $10,000 to the project at Grays
narnor it tne dredge can be kept here.
As there would be a considerable cost
in moving, it is estimated that there
would be a saving for both ports by
this arrangement.
FARMERS' MECCA SIGHTED
National Grange and Apple Show- to
Attract Many to Spokane. .
SPOKANE, Wash- Aug. 30. (Spe
cial.) Two National ' meetings which
will draw the attention of every farmer
and fruitgrower in the United States
will be held during the same week
Spokane this Fall. During this
period they will have as guest the
delegation to the National Grange and
visitors of the fifth National Apple
Show. The National Grange opens No
vember 13, and the Apple Show dates
have been fixed for November 11 to 18,
The programme of entertainment for
the National Grange convention Is rap
idly taking shape, and will include :
banquet at Davenport's, a trip to Hay
den Lake, a trip through the Palouse
country and other side 'trips, if the
time will permit. The Governors of
Washington, Oregon and Idaho and
Montana are booked for addresses- at
the convention, and they will furnish
a convention hall, necessary committee
rooms and their conveniences.
West's Appointee Names'Four
Deputies to Assist.
TAZWELL'S OFFICE IS EYED
Persistent Rumor Has It Municipal
Judge May Resign and if Such
Happens Governor May Rec
ommend Successor.
force a duel upon the American charge.
Tie State Department will never per
mit its representative to be- drawn into
ar.y such personal quarrel, and It will
look to the Cuban government to deal
summarily and severely with any Indi.
vtlual or newspaper guilty of violating
the laws of diplomatic privilege com
mon to civilized countries.
5"or the same reason the department
will look with disfavor upon attempts
on the part of some of the Cubans to
bring about the recall of Gibson, tak
ing the ground that such a demand
could be based only upon his personal
mlscond jet.
WEDDING DELAYS PEECH
Lawyer Pauses for Ceremony, Re
sumes Without Repeating.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 30. Clifford
L. Goldsmith and Miss Rosalind
Scheuer slipped into matrimony here
toffay between a comma and a period.
The parenthetical wedding occurred
in Police Judge Deasy's court, when
the couple appeared with an urgent
request that they be married Imme
ditely so they might catch a train for
tho East. Attorney George Lipman
was In the midst of an argument. He
stopped In the middle of a sentence
of a quotation, pausing while the pair
were united and continuing without
repeating as they left.
R0SEBURG SHRINERS HOST
Marshfield Will Entertain Visitors
, Next Sunday.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Aug. 30. (Special.)
Roseburg tomorrow will witness one
of the most notable fraternal events in
Its history, when about 300 Shriners,
most of whom come from Southern
Oregon, will make a pilgrimage to this
city. Later the Shriners will go to
Marshfield. At both Rosebug and
Marshfield large classes of eligibles
will be initiated.
The pilgrimage is under the direc
tion of Hillah Temple, of Ashland. To
morrow's programme consists of busi
ness and social sessions followed by a
naraae. -.tomorrow nignt the visiting
onriners win De entertained at a ban
quet. . Most of those attending tomor
row's festivities will go to Marshfield
Sunday. The trip will be made over-
lann in automoDiies.
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GOVERNOR DELAYS BUDGET
West's Presence In Portland Holds
Up Asylum Appropriation.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 30. (Special.)
Absence of Governor est in Portland
caused Secretary Olcott and State
Treasurer Kay to defer action further
In final disposition of the appropriation
budget for the State Asylum for the
Insane ahd start tentative work on the
budget for the State Institution for the
Feeble Minded.
While the two members of the board
have worked for some time on the
asylum budget and in many ways have
placed it in a position where it might
be accessible to the public, some points
of difficulty have arisen which have
made them deem it advisable to with
hold final disposition of that budget
until the Governor returns.
This probably will be the case with
the State School for the Feeble Minded
and its 'budget, as well as with other
state institutions.
DAY'S DEVEIOPMENTS IN THE
CIJEAN-l'P CKISADE.
H. M. Esterly selects four deputies
and begins work.
Esterly declines to appoint Depu
ties Page and Fitzgerald to serve
with him. but will sanction their ap
pointment as special prosecutors In
two cases already in their hands.
Quo warranto proceedings tiled in
behalf of Cameron, who will appear
in court at 9:30 this morning, de
manding an order restraining Es
t?rly from holding office of District
Attorney.
Rumored Municipal Judge Tazwell
has been ordered by Governor West
to vacate the bench. Flat denials
made by tho Governor and Mr. Taz
well: Tom Word declines to accept Gov
ernor West's commission as a special
agent.
Governor West sends letter to
Sheriff Stevens calling attention to
alleged infraction of the law at the
Country Club, formerly Twelve-Mile
House, and demanding that he take
action in the matter. Manager of
Country 'Club Fays It is already
closed. Governor says he does not
contemplate any action against -the
Sheriff's office In the near future.
H. M. " Esterly, newly-appointed by
Governor West to supplant George J.
Cameron in the office of District At
torney of Multnomah County, and ac
cepted by the court, had exercised his
new . duties less than one day, when
proceedings were begun last night by
Mr. Cameron to oust lilm from the
position and to get himself reinstated
as District Attorney.
Information In quo warranto proceed
Ings was filed for Mr. Cameron, with
the announcement that Mr. Cameron's
attorneys will appear before the court
at 9:30 A. M. today to apply for an
order to restrain and prohibit Esterly
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GET WISE.
HUMANITY GROWING BALD
Hairless Condition to Follow More
Brains, Specialist Predicts.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 30. "Within
500 years there will scarcely be a hair
on any woman's head and men will lose
their hair 200 years before that time,"
declared Professor Carlton B. Wells,
an eminent brain specialist of Paris,
who is here on his first visit to the
United States in. 20 years.
"Baldness will be the fashion for
both men and women," he continned.
"The development of brain power of
the human race will precede the loss of
Its hair and to have curly locks will
be a reflection on the intellect of the
wearer some hundred years hence."
DAY COLDEST FOR AUGUST
Sjinka iu' Reports Maximum Temper
ature of 53.
sir-uiv..N wasn., Aug. 30. August
weather set a new mark In Spokane to
day, when the maximum temperature
was recorded as 53 degrees. This Is
the lowest in the 32 years since the
establishment of the local weather of
fice. The minimum today was 47.
The highest temperature recorded
for August was In 1898, when 104 was
touched.
RENO FEELS THREE SHOCKS
Chandeliers Are Rocked and Dishes
Shaken Xo Damage.
KEN'O, Nev., Aug. 30. Three distinct,
though slight earthquake shocks were
felt here tonight at 9 o'clock, through
a period of IS seconds. No damage was
cio.ie. Chandeliers were rocked and
dishes shaken. The direction reported
was from east to west.
Alton, CaL, also felt the shock.
BLOW AIMED AT TREATING
Los Angeles Considers Making Man
Who Buys Drinks Liable.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30. Treating
In saloons may be prohibited by city
ordinance in Los Angeles. The Coun
cllmen have under consideration a re
vision of the ordinance regulating th:
liquor traffic. .
They are studying the advisability of
making the man who purchases a
drink for another, and not the bartend
er who sells it, liable to punishment.
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I NORTH AMER,CA ' ' , " , I
4 t- it7iiii, -fame?.: lamiyr mix kl kskct - iiuv
Miss Mary Packard, Victim of Tu
berculosis, Will Be Bride or Fort
Sam Houston Officer.
i LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 30. (Spe
cial.) That neither the cold and unro
mantic discipline of the United States
Army, the stern rigors of modern ma
teria medica. nor the carefully aseptic
routine of a modern hospital avail
against the all-penetrating love bacil
lus will be demonstrated September 16
by the marriage of Lieutenant Fred C.
Wallace, of Fort Sam Houston, to Miss
Mary Packard, of this city. And it will
be the brightest feature of a remark
able romance.
Miss Packard, apparently a victim of
tuberculosis, for months has been
patient In a sanltorlum and will leave
it just long enough for the wedding
ceremony. Then the bridegroom will
proceed under orders to the arsenal at
Pinchot, N. J. When the bride shall
have recovered sufficient Btrength she
will rejoin him.
Miss Packard is the daughter of Mrs.
E. C. Packard and a Native Daughter.
She Is a pretty society girl and a grad
uate of the high school here. From
that institution she went to a Wash
ington seminary several years ago to
finish her education and there met the
soldier who is to be her husband.
NEW CUTTERS PROMISED
Four Modern Craft to Replace Out
worn Vessels in Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. Plans have
been completed by the Navy Depart
ment for the construction of the four
revenue cutters authorized by Con
gress in its closing hours.
The commissioning of these new ves
sels at a total cost of $925,000 will
mark the passing from view of three
veteran craft. One is the Woodbury,
the oldest vessel flying the Govern
ment flag, 47 years In service. A
$226,000 cutter will take the Wood
bury's place in patrolling the Maine
coast.
Another is the Manhattan. 38 years
old, the anchorage patrol boat in New
York harbor. Its successor will be a
$100,000 tug.
The third Is the Winona, 22 years
old, the guardian of the Gulf of Mex
ico, to be replaced by a $225,000 cut
ter.
A $350,000 cutter will make up the
shortage of the present Alaskan fleet
caused by the loss of the Perry two
years ago.
CHOICE OF TAR
1 r
Portland Man Head of
Alaska Commission.
FUTURE AT STAKE
Railroad Plan for Opening Rich
Coal Fields to Be Evolved.
TIME SHORT, TASK IS BIG
Army Engineer for Two Years in
Charge or Work Radiating From.
Oregon, as Chairman, Assem
bles Body to Start Soon.
President Taft has appointed Major
J. J. Morrow, Corps of Engineers, U. S.
A., who has been stationed here for
more than two years in charse of the
improvements -n the First District,
chairman of the Alaska Hallroad Com
mission, which was authorized by Con
gress shortly before adjournment.
News of the appointment was received
yesterday and Major Morrow will meet
wun other memheru nf ti, t
" fcttc V.IJ11II1I s
OFFICIALS ARE CASTIGATED
Correspondent of Governor's Severe
on Sheriff at Lake.
SALEM, Or., Aug, 30. (Special.)
Claiming that the Sheriff and District
Attorney have frequented and partaken
of liquor In four bootlegging places
at New Pine Creek, and that when the
Governor offered a reward of $100
each for the arrest and conviction of
bootleggers the Sheriff caused their
arrest and had a nominal fine, a per
son over the signature "A wife and
mother" has written Governor yWeat
from New Pine Creek asking that he
take a hand in the situation.
She says that after the men had
been arrested and fined the bootleg
gtng business continued the same as
before. She says that her husband Is
being ruined through these bootleg
ging establishments and that she de
sires no reward, but has a personal
interest in seeing them put out of
business.
sion at Seattle nexr s.nn,,v
A. II. Brooks, chief of Alask.-m min
eral resources in the offioo of tho geo.
logic branch of the Geological Survey
will be vice-chairman and Leonard m'
Cox. a civil engineer, attached to the
Norfolk Navy-yard and designated ,
public officer, und C. M. Incrsoii f
New York, a civil engineer and a mem.
ber of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, complete the personnel. Th
three Eastern members of the Commis
sion are to meet at W
Tuesday, starting the same d'av ' fn
Seattle. While it has not been ar
ranged, the Commission may Journey
norm on me united States revenue
cutter Tahoma September 8 or 9.
Iu41e
The prime
CLOTHING REFORM URGED
Ex-Governor of North Carolina As-
' serfs Styles Cause Harm.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Aug. 30. Former
Governor R. B. Glenn, of North Caro
lina, addressing teachers of the Al
legheny County Teachers' Institute last
night, made a plea to them to use their
influence In securing reform In the
manner of dressing by women of the
country.
He attributed the spread of impurity
and Immorality, which he says is I
creasing at an alarming rate, to the
present style of low necks and short
skirts.
"My dear ladiea," he said, "If you
want to wear pants, wear them. Chi
nese women wear them and look pretty
good in them. But If you insist upon
wearing them, wear pants with both
legs in them, and not with only one
leg, and then try and stick your feet
through them, as some of you women
are now trying to do."
GROCER .ADMITS -COMBINE
Los Angeles to Strike Back by Re
pealing Peddlers' License.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 30. Open ad
mission that dealers In provisions in
Los Angeles meet periodically to fix
the price at which foodstuffs should
be sold was made to the legislative
committee of the City Council by J. F.
Paulding, secretary of the Retail
Grocers' Association.
An ordinance to repeal the license
tax on all hucksters and peddlers was
at once drawn up in an effort to break
the grocers' combine and lessen the
cost of living.
PRIZE MONEY IS RAISED
Klamath Falls Women Active in
Move for "City Beautiful.;
KLAMATH FALLS. Or Aug. 30.
Special.) The women in charge of
the movement to make the city more
beautiful have raised more than
enough to pay the prizes offered for
the best lawns and the best-kept lots,
and will use the surplus to provide
garbage cans, to be placed at - con
venient places throughout the city.
They have selected as a committee
to award the prizes Mrs. L.,F. Willlts,
Mrs. J. P. Lee, Mrs. George I. Wright
Professor Max McCall and Elmer I.
Applegate.
re Kx tensive.
objects of the trio ara
set forth in the law creating a legis
lative assembly' of the territory of
Alaska, section 18 providing a com
mission to conduct an examination into
the transportation question in tho ter
ritory of Alaska; to examine railroad
routes from the seaboard to the coal
fields and to the interior and navlgablo
waterways; to secure surveys and
other information with respect to rail
roads, including cost of construction'
and operation; to obtain information in
respect to the coal fields and their
proximity to railroad routes, and to
report to Congress on or before De
cember 1, 1912, or as soon as prac
ticable, together with their conclusions
and recommendations in respect to the
best and most available routes for rail
roads In Alaska which will develop
the country and the resources thereof.
A fund of $25,000 Is appropriated to
defray the expenses of the commission.
Major Morrow Is in charge of all im
provements on the coast of Oregon that
aro fostered by the War Department,
save the mouth of the Columbia River,
while he is also driving the big ditch
that is to become the Celilo Canal in
two or three years. During his ab
sence the work will be directed by
Captain Henry H. Roberts, Corps of
Engineers, U. S. A.
While Mr. Brooks and Mr. Cox arj
Government men, Mr. Ingersoll Is con
sulting bridge engineer of New York
C!t:' and former chief enginaer of tin
New York, New Haven & Hartfovd
Railroad.
It Is thought that the Commission
will go over the route of the Alaska
Northern Railroad, extending from
Seward and Valdez, through the Cop
per country to Fairbanks, also by way ,
of Chltna via the Copper River and thn
Northwestern Railroad route.
In speaking of the appointment con
ferred on him yesterday. Major Morrow
said:
'"I was somewhat surprised when I
received a telegram from the chief of
engineers asking if there was any duty
in my charge that would make it im
possible for me to be absent with the
Alaska Railway Commission for three
months from about September 9. I had
no Idea that such a commission had
been created by law, although I .knew
a bill had been Introduced In both
houses of the National Congress for a
commission which was to take over a
lot of the Panama Canal plant and go
up to Alaska with It and build rail
roads and operate coal mines In one or
more of the Alaskan fields.
"The bill was, however, so phrased
that I believed it would be impossible
to secure its passage, and so it turned
out. The friends of the measure, led by
Senator Jones, of Washington, and Mr.
Sulzer, of New York, did, however, suc
ceed in having ailded to the act creating
a Legislative Assembly in Alaska, the
section which creates this commission,
and-provides for a first investigation
and a report in time for action by thla
Congress at its next session. This act
became a law only a week ago, one of
the last things accomplished during
the session.
Delay Is Regretted.
"It is regretted that this session of
Congress lasted so long, as the prox
imity of the Winter season will doubt
less operate to restrict considerably the
opportunities of the Commission to get
as much data as it would like to have.
To have started two months ago would
have helped out a whole lot. But the
people of this part of the United States
and of Alaska are so vitally interested
in tho ultimate settling of this big
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