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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, T9I2. HILLES GULLS FOR EETTEED LIETJTENANT-GENERAIi WHO FELL DEAD YESTER DAY WHILE ADDRESSING REUNION OF VOLUNTEERS., RESIGNATIONS NOW Republican Chairman Says in Short Time Will Not Do in Pennsylvania. "PERFIDY" IS DENOUNCED Effort Made to Supplant Roosevelt! Keystone Electors With Real Taft Men Fllnn's Pro posal Is Declined. NEW YORK, Sept. 5. Chairman Hilles and other members of the Re publican National Committee took steps today in another effort to supplant 'Roosevelt electors on the Republican ticket in Pennsylvania with Taft men. The proposal of William Flinn that Taft electors be substituted for Roose velt electors after he had succeeded In obtaining signatures to petitions nam- lne the Roosevelt men on a Washing ton party ticket has not been accepted and another plan is to oe irjea. Senator Penrose came here today and conferred with William Barnes and other members of the National commit p on the subiect. Mr. Barnes is the chairman of the advisory committee of the Republican National committee. While neitrher Mr. Barnes nor Senator Penrose would sav what would be done. Chairman Hilles pave out a letter of more than 1000 words addressed to Henry C. Wasson, chairman of the Re publican state committee 01 renneji vania. Fllnn Influence Denounced. In this letter Mr. Hilles reviewed the situation in that state and said: "From the standpoint of decency, hnnor ind morality, the Roosevelt elec tors should not defer their retirement from the Republican ticket another day. They should not force the Re publican managers to appeal to the courts to compel them to withdraw." Of Mr. Flinn and his proposal Mr. Hilles said: "William Fllnn. the head of the Re publican secessionists in Pennsylvania, is admittedly the Influence which has prevented the elimination from the Re publican ticket of the Roosevelt elec tors." The chairman declares that Mr. Flinn's purpose was to destroy the Re publican party In the Nation and at the same time further his ambition to en ter tho United States Senate. Resignations by Telegraph Wanted. In conclusion Mr. Hilles said: "It is a matter of vital importance that the Republican ticket is com pleted in the shortest possible time. To stand in the way of the immediate sub stitution of genuine Republicans for the Roosevelt electors is perfidious and dishonorable. It Is not. sufficient as surance that this will be done 'in a very short time." It must be done now. "I therefore ask you to telegraph each of the electors who will not sup port the President to forwad his res ignation without further delay, in or der that the Republican ticket may be completed. ' IS-.: -77A.. . : ARTHUR MACARTHCR, V. 8. A. .................... GENERAL IS DEAD Arthur MacArthur Falls Platform at Reunion. to COMRADE ALSO STRICKEN Stroke Interrupts Reminiscence of Atlanta Campaign of Regiment. Veterans at First Fail to Eealize End Has Come. WOOD PAVEMENT ACCEPTED East Morrison Street Improvement Satisfactory to Committee. "This is the best improvement bar gain property owners in Portland ever had," declared City Engineer Hurlburt yesterday before the street committee of the Executive Board, when the mem bers were considering the acceptance of wood block pavement on East Morri son street. - - "Fisher, Thorsen & Co. and the Car bolineum Wood Preserving Company, of this city, both agree to maintain the street in good order for 10 years," con tinued Mr. Hurlburt. "They have pro vided a bond, "which I drew myself, guaranteeing this proposition and agreeing to make any repairs that might be needed, as I direct. The pavement has been down one year al ready, which will give the property owners 11 years' guarantee" on the street. Meanwhile the city will be at no expense." This condition being satisfactory to the property owners, the committee recommended the acceptance of the work. The committee will endeavor to ar range a means of proceeding with the work of improving East Fifty-third street, across the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany's tracks on Sandy road. An in junction has been issued against a change of grade there and the improve ment is delayed. CONVENTION CLOSES TODAY Northwest Photographers to Meet at Bcllinghura in 1913. . At the morning business session yes terday the delegates to the Northwest Photographers' Association decided upon Bellingham,' Wash., as the place of meeting for the 1913 convention and chose the following officers for the ensuing year: President, L. A. Sprague. of Bellingham; vice-president, H. J. Rtt ter. of La Grande; secretary, J. E. Ral ston, of Seattle (re-elected) : vice president for Oregon. D. P. Evans, of Portland: vice-president for Washing ton, Harrietta Ihrig, of Tacoma; vice president for Idaho, R. B. Himes. of Sand Point; vice-president for Montana, I Eklund. of Great Falls; vice-president for British Columbia, Walter H. Oalder. of Vancouver. The sessions of next year will begin September 12 and . last for three days. The visitors were entertained yester day afternoon and evening at the Oaks by the Portland Photographers' Club, during which time a dinner was served. At the concluding session of the as sociation today the Portland cup will be awarded to the Eastern firm ad judged the winner in the grand dis play competition. This morning the art of negative-making will be demon strated in the Butterworth studio by the representatives of Eastern compa nies. Many of the visiting delegates will leave tonight. RAILROADS DEFENDS STAND Southern Pacific Excuses Failure to Sell Land Because Timbered. Testifying in the land grant hear ing yesterday. B. A. McAllister. Land Commissioner for the Southern Pacific, said that an investigation of the lands included in the original Oregon California land grant showed that 75 per cent of the acreage was timbered nd not agricultural. This Is a defense that is being urped hy the railroad company for fulling to comply with the terms of the grant and dispose of the lands In quantities of not to exceed 160 acres to any person and at a price of not to exeeed -.30 an acre. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Sept. 5. While recalling the deeds of the Twenty fourth Wisconsin volunteers in the At lanta campaign, Lieutenant-General Arthur MacAruthur, United States Army, retired, dropped dead following an apoplectic stroke at the lasfTevnion of the regiment, known as the "Cham ber of Commerce" regiment in the University building tonight. Within a few minutes after the gen eral fell to the speaker's platform in the midst of his address, Edwin B. Parsons, a captain and member of the regiment, suffered a paralytic stroke on the right side from the shock of seeing Ms comrade fall, and had to be carried from the place. Efforts to Revive Fails. The old soldiers attending the re union there were about 100 failed to grasp the situation for some moments and when they rushed to the side of their fallen commander, they found him dead. They tried to arouse him, but the pallor of his face told them it was useless that the general had fought his last fight. One by one the old soldiers turned away. They drew handkerchiefs from their pockets and wiped their eyes, then knelt by the side of their strick en commander in reverent attitude. ' Veterans Join In Prayer. "Our father who art in Heaven," be gan one of the veterans, and as the words left his lips the others Joined in, a somber gathering transformed from one of merrymaking but a few minutes before. At the conclusion of the prayer, one of the soldiers took an American flag from the wall and spread the stars and stripes over the general. Slowly the soldiers left the hall. The re union was ended. has even mentioned a flat dollar rate for the first few years of the canal's operation. On the basis of 10,000,000 tons' busi ness, this would yield an income ade quate to most of the cost of operation and maintenance of the canal $3.600,- 000 allow $500,000 a year for sanita tion of the sone and provide a fair rate of Interest on the $376,000,000 which the canal has cost, not to speak of the Im possibility of providing for a sinking fund. Discrimination la Disproved. Allowing 2 per cent interest on the capital Invested in the canal and 1 per cent for sinking fund, the total of the annual charges on the canal are likely to be more than SlS.000,000, or about 0 per cent more than the gross revenue from tolls. With these figures before them, and the rate on British shipping fixed far below tae actual cost of the service by conditiens over which the United States Government has no control, it is be lieved by officials here that they will have little difficulty in showing that the exemption or American coastwise traffic from tolls has no influence upon British shipping, and consequently that no discrimination is proposed in viola tion of treaty rights. WILEY'S FOE HAS NEW JOB Dr. Dunlap Resigns to Engage in Commercial Chemistry. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Dr. F. L. Dunlap. of the Bureau of Chemistry and associate chemist under Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, while the latter was chief of the bureau, resigned today to accent a commercial position in Chicago. Dr. Dunlap was a member of the pure-food board and came Into public notice as one of the authors of charges of irregu larity against Dr. Wiley. At the time the charges against Dr. Wiley were investigated Dr. Dunlap and Solicitor McCabe were members of the pure-food board with Dr. Wiley. Wiley testified before the congressional committee that he was hindered In the administration of the pure-food laws because Dr. Dunlap and Solicitor McCabe voted against him. After Dr. Wiley's - resignation, the pure food board was reorganized. BASIS TO BE COMMERCIAL (Continued From First Page.) empted. It is pointed out. however, that a proportionate share of this bur den. If it did exist, would have to be borne by American ships In the foreign trade, which, consequently, would be on a precise equality with British ships. Sues Card for Comparison. Professor Johnson's statistics disclose another factor that doubtless will be urged by the American negotiators. This is set out in his comparison of the Sues Canal with the Panama route. After pointing out the nans, advan tages of the Sues In the way of coaling facilities, low insurance rates, superior opportunities for picking up cargoes between terminals, and the like. Profes sor Johnson declares that the only pos sibility of the Panama Canal's getting a fair share of the world's business Is to place the tolls at a figure actually lower than by the Suez route. These are now $1.25 a ton, so that the rate on the American canal must be sen sibly lower than this, and the professor COUNTY'S SAFE ROBBED DAYLIGHT THEFT, JUST DISCOV ERED, IS MXSTERY. . Ten Thousand Dollars Gone and No Suspicion Attaches to Merced's Treasurer. MERCED, CaL, Sept. 5. Ten thou sand dollars in gold is missing from the treasury of Merced County. The loss was discovered yesterday, but was not announced until today. Beyond the bald fact of the loss, only one thing is sure the theft must have been com mitted In daylight when the county safe stood open, for the time lock is set at night and there Is no evidence that it has been tampered with. No suspicion attaches to George W. Klbby, the County Treasurer, nor have the officers working on the case the faintest clew. The missing gold, it is believed, was contained in a single sack. Some one who had familiar access to the Treas urer's office, It is thought, must have gained the attention of that official. while a confederate lifted the sack of gold. FRUIT FARMER IS INJURED Shoulder of D. C. Moore Dislocated as Result of Collision. Butjust arrived In town from White Salmon with a cargo of fruit grown on his own land for the markets in Portland, C. D. Moore, 49 years old, suf fered a dislocated shoulder yesterday. as the result of a collision between his wagon and that driven by some other person. Moore was driving along First street, when, at the Alder street Intersection, his wagon collided with another. He was thrown out. A Red Cross ambu- dance conveyed him to the Good Samar itan Hospital, BAILEY HEARING CONTINUED Mayor Requests Trial of Snspended Police Captain Be Delayed. To the surprise of persons inter ested, the case against George H. Bailey, a suspended captain of police, was con tinued for two weeks at the request of Mayor Rushlight, when the police committee met at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The charges against the accused con sist of allegations that he used Im proper language while on duty; that he set a bad example for subordinates and that he was a general disturber of the peace. Mllwaukie Suffragists Meet. In spite of the fact that many of its members had been up all night fight ing the disastrous fire, the Milwaukie Equal Suffrage Club, of that suburb, held a meeting Wednesday. The club has a membership of 90 women and 2s men, a large percentage of whom were present at the meeting. For the next gathering of the society a tea and an evening's entertainment in Oak Grove is planned. -Steamer Shasta Rammed. LOS ANGELES, Sept 5. The steamer Shasta, owned by the Elkwood Lumber Company, was rammed today at San Pedro Harbor by the steamer Saginaw and damaged to the extent of $5000. The damage was all above the water line and the steamer will be towed to San Francisco for repairs. COLONEL'S PARTY IN NEW YORK TROUBLED Prenctergast Will Not Run i Opposed Hotchkiss Says He Has Been Misquoted. WOODRUFF TALKS OF BOLT Brooklyn Leader Says If One Party Can Be Organized In Two Months Another Could Be Formed in Two Months More. SYRACUSE. N. T., Sept. 6. Storm signals were hoisted at the state con ventlon of the Roosevelt Progressive party here tonight " and the forecast for tomorrow's session Indicated troublous and unsettled situation when the delegates resume the task of naming a state ticket. Controller Prendergast, of New York, announced tonight that if his name was to be opposed in the con vention he would not permit it to be presented. 'I have not withdrawn my candl dacy," said Mr. Prendergast. "My po sition is the same as when I came here. ' If this convention nominates me without opposition I will accept, but if I am to be opposed then my hat Is not In the ring. "Woodruff Hints at Bolt. Former ex - Lieutenant - Governor Woodruff openly charged that those who were seeking to nominate State Chairman Hotchkiss were not acting in good faith toward Mr, Prendergast. Mr. Woodruff said that the nomina tion of Mr. Hotchkiss would disrupt the party and then he added: If this party could be formed in two months then I guess we could form another one In two months. Mr. Woodruff said that notwith standing Mr. Hotchkiss' declaration that .he was not a candidate ana mat he was for Mr. Prendergast for Gov ernor, friends of the former were planning to nominate him and had asked Oscar S. Straus to present mr. Hotchkiss' name. Non-Machine Claims Upset. 'We are going before the people on the claim that we are not a machine party," said Mr. Woodruff, "and here is a proposition to nominate Mr. UTntf.hVinH whn hu formed the Dartv organization and. who now may permit that nnrAniKfl.tioTi to name mm xor State Chairman Hotchkiss spoke bit toriir tnniffht of what he said was an attempt by outsiders through the use of money to cause dissension in xne Roosevelt Progressive party. He i v . ..nnrti nf Mk conference Witt 6" . v, . - -- riH nfr TrnAre.RKt .had been garbled. "I can only say again, no sum, mm . . MnJMnf. fnr tH Dovernor ship and I think the best man for the office is Mr. Prendergast." ThArA urn. tn.1 lC tOniSTht tnat stato Senator Davenport would be named as a compromise candidate. rkna Preserves His Democracy. wiitn thp convention met tonight a large crowd was in attenaance. it r th.. nrlnrln&l sneeches made by W. Bourke Cockran, of New York, former Democratic Representa who declared he had Joined the Roosevelt Progressive party to maintain nis uemocraiic princi ples." Following the adoption of the plat form the convention adjourned until noon tomorrow. Late tonight a report was current that the differences among delegates about the nomination for Governor had been adjusted to a large measure ana that Mr. Prendergast would be se lected. GARFORD IS NAMED IN OHIO Johnson Calls Taft Most "Humiliat ing Character" in History. COLUMBUS. O.. Sept 25. The Roose velt Progressive party began its active fight today for the control of Ohio, President Taffs home state. In state convention here a piatiorm, modeled on the National platform, was adoDted. a full state ticket was nom inated and Governor Johnson, of Cali fornia, Roosevelt Progressive candl date for the Vice-Presidency, character ized the President as the "most humil iating character in American history.' Arthur L. Garford, ol liiyria, was nominated for Governor. Mr. Garford was a candidate for that office in the Republican state convention, but was defeated. John I Sullivan, candidate for Sec retary of State, who was nominated for the same office by the Republican con vention, addressed the meeting today, resigning as the Republican nominee. Governor Johnson s address criticiz ing both President Taft and Governor Wilson was interrupted many times by the cheering of the delegates. SCHOOL CENSUS HAS GAIN Washington Attendance Now 283,- 141, Report- Shows. OLYMPIA, Wash Sept. 5. (Special.) The school population of the State of Washington increased from 276,244 in 1911 to 283,141 in 191Z. according to gures issued by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dewey. Tne statement shows that 27 counties had a total rain of 8672, while 11 counties fell off 1775, leaving a net Increase of 6897. Walla Walla County shows a gain or 305 for the year. The school popula tion throughout the state In 1902 was 68 582. Kln" Counv la credited with 3226 of the increase, or practically one-half of the total. Pend d Oreille County gamed 111 while Stevens County lost 1174. These figures are misleading on their face, however, as Stevens County was divided and Pend d'Oreille County was only created in 1911. Spokane County has 32.872 school children, Pierce County 28,734. and King County 57.786. 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