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BRYAN LAUDED AS FIRST Secretary Has Birthday Ovation. CREDIT GIYEN FOR VICTORY Speakers Say He Made Wil son's Election Possible. REPLY IS REMINISCENT Commoner Says Sew Presdent as Far as He Hu Gone Has Meas ured Up to Expectations and Dares to Take a Stand. LINCOLN. Neb, March 19. W. J Bryan heard himself lauded tonight as the foremost exponent of the Ideals of Democracy, as the man who more than anr other made tha nomination -and election of Woodrow Wilson possible and as leading; factor In bringing; about a return of the "government of the peo ple. In his reply Mr. Bryan disclaimed credit for doing more toward bringing about the triumph of his party than fhould be expected of one who had three times been honored by receiving the nomination for the" Presidency. Grural Promise Glv.su Mr. Bryan grave away no secrets of Mate, nor In his speech did he commit himself on any National policy which Is not well known to the reading pub lic. He discussed the causes that have led to Democratic victory, and In gen eral promised that President Wilson - and all Democrats would devote them selves the next four years to bringing the Government closer to the people. As to the praise bestowed upon him. he aid he was only one of 000,000 men who bad aided In bringing about the result. Baying he appreciated the kind words of the men who had just spoken be fore him. Mr. Bryan denied that he was the man who had brought about the final triumph of Democracy. "They forget that there are (.000,000 voters who deserve the credit," he said. "I am only one of the multitude." Ha declared he was unable to make a real speech, aa he was too greatly overcome with Joy and gratitude to do anything but give a few reminiscences f the battles of the past. . Cabinet J.s la Bur Oae, "Neighbors and friends," he con tinued, "I am not sure that I ought to hav. corns to Nebraska at this time. I am aura that I would not have come had I known before how busy I was to be at this time. I waa going to aak aomo of the Cabinet- members to accompany me to Lincoln, hut when- I found how busy they were in Wash ington I waa ashamed to ask them. "But what do you think of me. sit ting here and hearing all these good things said about me. Don't think for a minute that I believe all these things. A man can honestly tell great untruths. In all these battles there has been no sacrifice on my part. Those who stand In a position of leadership get the benefits of the good will and prominence. These, the plain people of the state, co-laborers In all these fights, have given me all that I have and It la a source of great embarrass ment to me that I am not able to re turn what they have given. DeaaoeraU Wllllac Serve. "I am not hounded by fear of Im pending Issues, but by the fear that 1 cannot give every deserving man an office. If all of you could be Cabinet officers It would be none too much. The number of recent applications for positions has shown me how willing the Democrats are to make whatever sacrifice Is necessary In order that they may serve their country. If any of you think that I am disappointed by the election of another to the White House, let me tell you that I am glad to give him the opportunity to disap point so many friends In dealing out the offices. I hope you will be as generous when you get left as when you had no chance to get left. "If you were cheerful In the hour of defeat, let no glocm settle upon you In the hour of victory. The Adminis tration of Wilson will be so satisfac tory t:iat you won't miss such a little thinic as an office. ew Administratis Praised. "As tar as we have gone the new Administration has measured up to ex pectations. The new President seeks light from every source and. having received that light, he dares to take a stand. He follows a philosophy that is bound to act for the welfare of bi own Nation and for all mankind." The banquet tonight was In honor of the S3d anniversary of Mr. Bryan. More than 1000 men sat at tables In the Lincoln Auditorium. The stage was filled with tables and the galleries were occupied by men and women who had been unable to find seats In the building. GoTeraore A man a Speakei's. Speakers for the evening, who lauded the achievements of Mr. Bryan, were Governor Moorehead. of Nebraska; Gov ernor Hodges, of Kansas; Governor Dunne, of Illinois; Dr. Charles R. Sco Tllle and Jerry B. Sullivan, of Iowa. Edgar Howard, of Columbus. Neb, pre sided as toastmaster, being introduced tCoaciudad on Face S. i DEMOCRAT OLD INDIAN TUNES TO BE PRESERVED lam: appoints composer to RECORD TRIBAL MCSIC. Aboriginal Sonars to Be Tanght in Schools by Geoffry O'Hara, Who Will Live on Reserves. WASHINGTON. March : 19. To pre serve and develop the wonderful music of the American Indian, now fast dis appearing with the passage of the race, Secretary of the Interior Lane today appointed Geoffry O'Hara. a composer, as an Instructor la muslo under the bureau of Indian affairs. It will be Mr. O'Hara' s duty to record native Indian music and arrange It for, use In the Indian schools. He Is to live In reser vations with the Indians and obtain a record of the music, and with this as a basis cultivate the use of the Indian songs In the fichools. In his letter directing the appoint ment of Mr. O'Hara Secretary Lane said: "I think that It Is the part of wis dom to develop In the young Indian an Increased respect for all those things of beauty which their fathers produced. Our effort should be to make this gen eration proud of their ancesters and to keep alive In them the memory of their wholesome legends and their . aborig inal arts." WOMEN STUDYING CHARTER Queries for Information. Keep May or's Secretary Busy. After passing about two-thirds of his time during the last week answer ing telephone calls, letters and ' per sonal calls from women seeking Infor mation about the proposed commission form of goverr nt In Portland, George McCord. secretary to Mayor Rushlight, haa been convinced that the women voters are really taking a keen Interest In the coming special and reg ular city elections. "I have never seen the . like of it. said McCord last night when his day's work was done. "I'll bet I've answered 10,000 questions about this commis sion charter and 90 per cent of the questions have been asked by women. I've gone through other campaigns, but I never experienced anything like this before." CARAVELS TO SAIL WEST Replicas of Columbus' Fleet Are Drafted for Kan Francisco. CHICAGO, March 1. Ths three rep licas of the vessels of Columbus' fleet transported from Spain to the Chicago World's Fair and ever since an attrac tion to sightseers here, are to take an other long' voyage In the near future. Charles P. Stephensen, Instructor of rowing at Harvard, writing In behalf of many students and graduates of universities, asked the South Park Board If the vessela could be borrowod early next year to sail by way of the drainage canal, the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico, the Panama Canal and the Pacific Ocean, to San Francis co, to take part In the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The Board granted the requon today, provided a bond of $10,000 is furnished to insure the safe return of the ships. ENGINEERS ARE CENSURED Newport Council Resents Report on Taqulna Bay Bar. NEWPORT. Or March 19. (Special.) The City Council of Newport adopted a resolution censuring the United States Engineer Corps for reporting a depth of only S or feet of water on Taqulna Bay bar and ordering the City Recorder to write to the Oregon Sen-: ators and Representatives asking them to take early action In obtaining an authoritative survey of the Taqulna bar. The grounds for charging the United States engineers with such reports, other than newspaper reports, were not made known, and It Is possible that on securing more definite Infor mation the Council may reconsider Its action. 8-HOUR DAY BILL VETOED OddJe Says Xevada Does Not Need Special Measure for Women. RENO, Nev.. March 19. (Special.) After pursuing a rocky pathway through the Legislature, a bill having a maximum of eight hours a day labor for women was vetoed today by Gov ernor Oddle. The veto was sustained In the Senate. Although expressing himself as in sympathy with the ob ject of the act. Governor Oddle said In his veto message that an eight-hour day for women in this state was not practicable and would prove more In jurious than beneficial to women wage earners. The overworking of women, he said, was a condition not existing In Nevada as In other states. NEBULAE COLD IS BELIEF Discovery That Light Is Reflected Tpscts Former Theories. FLAG STAFF, Arts, March 19. It has been discovered at the Lowell Observa tory through spectroscopic observations that the nebulae in the Pleiades Is Il luminated by the reflected light of neighboring stars. It Is regarded as a discovery of great importance to the astronomical world because of Its di rect bearing on the nature of thou sands of other nebulae and on evolu tion of the stellar system. The supposition has always been that the nebulae were self-lighting; that Is, that they were composed of fiery substances. The discovery Wiuld Indicate that they are cold bodies. BUFFALO IMS CALLER OPENS FIRE Policeman on Guard in Office Is Shot. COWBOY GOES ON RAMPAGE Papers Indicate He Is Recent ly From Montana. DEMAND MADE FOR $100 Man, Who Is Believed Demented, Says He Is Anarchist and Car- ' rles Document Saying He Is "Big Rich Man." BCFFALO. N. T.. March 19. Joseph Stefunskl. a" cowboy from Geyser, Mont, apparently demented, threw the City Hall lmo a panic this afternoon when he entered the Mayor's office atcd opened Are on the clerks and a police man on duty there with a revolver. Charles E. Lang, a policeman, who grappled with the .man, was shot four times and probably will not recover. Stefunskl .called twice at the office and asked for Mayor Fuhrmann or his secretary. This afternoon he called for the third time and asked for Charles Egloff, license clerk for the Mayor. Egloff told him the Mayor was out. Demand Made for 9100. "Well, I want- $100," said Stefunskl. Egloff tried to parley with the man, while Lang, who had overheard ' the demand for money, walked toward him. The sight of the officer apparently alarmed Stefunskl, who stepped back and drew a revolver, yelling: "I shall get that hundred or know the reason why." I.ang closed with Stefunskl, but was unable to seize, the revolver. Stefunskl fired five shots, four of which lodged In Lang's neck and shoulder. The fifth, aimed at Egloff, went wild. Stefunskl shook off his wounded an tagonist and began , to reload his .re volver. While a deputy sheriff stood at one door of the Mayor'a office firing a revolver In StefunsUi's direction. De tective Sergeant Burkhardt rushed in and overpowered the man. Sinn Says He. Anarchlat. At police headquarters Stefunskl declared he was an anarchist and had gone to the City Hall to "shoot 'em all." In his pocket- was a curiously worded document which the police re gard as further evidence of the man's unbalanced mind. It was written on the stationery of a Great Falls, Monta bank and 'purported to be an order for $100. Stamped upon It in some places were the words "Joseph Stefunskl, cow (Concluded on Page 2. - SRYAK WE CAN'T s MoteN open . - Ceoolla aw XLtxrJ INDEX OF TODATC NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41 degrees; minimum, (2 degrees, TODAY'S Occasional rain, or snow; north erly wind. Forrlgm. Ttjrks win victories along- TchataUa lines. Page 5. Ass a s8 In of Kins; George apparently without accomplice. Page 5. . National. American banks withdraw from six-power loan In deference to Wilson. Page 2. Wilson, believes In Invoking party discipline. Page 2. Wilson confers with Senate and House mn , bers on tariff, page X Politics. Bryan landed at birthday anniversary ban quet in Lincoln. Page 1. Do'mestie. . Four hundred tubercular persons hem lh FViedmann's auto and beg to be treated. - Page 3. . Failure of Columbus bank Involves two ex state treasurer of Ohio, Page . Buffalo .Mayor's cowboy caller shoots po liceman on guard. Page 1. Bat Nelson and Fay King agree on trial marriage for one month. Page 1. Family of six fugitives taken on fraud charge from ship en route .to Panama. Page 8. Old Indian tribal tunes to be preserved. Page 1 . SrU White Sox defeat Beavers, I to L Page - City controlled athletic field for Portland possibility. Page 6. Portland baseball season to be a big event. Page 6. Colts have first practice game at training camp.' Page T. Abe Attell knocks out OUIe Kirk In three rounds. Page 7-. Pacific Northwest. Salem substitute mall messenger caught with goods as he takes pouches to train. Page 9. Murder charge against Henry falls, but san ity question arises. Page 9l 6U Methodist Episcopal Church parliaments announced. Page 8. Watson will direct "Blue Sky" department and Miss Hobbs takes private secretary ship to Governor, page 3. Hotel Neahcoxle at Gearhart Beach bums. Page 6V March snow . fall hits Pacific Northwest. Page 1. Hood River apple shipping agencies form merger. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. . Acute shortage In Pacific Coast butter stocks. Page 29. Sharp advance In Chicago wheat, owing to dust storms in Kansas. Page 18. Stock selling follows- report of proposed ac tion against smelting. Page 19. Fish traps to be under new regulation and in charge of Major Mclndoe. Page 18- rortland and Vicinity'. All "innocent purchasers'' land cases aet tled. Page 12. Thomas S." Mann elected President of Manu facturers' Association, page 20. Booker T. Washington will speak In behalf' of Tuskegee Institute. Page 18. Miss Stapleton, prospective bride, la hon ored. Page. 12. Mayor Rushlight urges woman to be can didate for Commissioner. Page 11. Rev. J. H. Cudlipp, D. D., called to Ottum- - wa, la., church. Page 13. Heavy colonist movement begins, first train load Teaching Portland. Page 12. Lead over Seattle, In Y. M. C A. member ship race, increases. Page 18. Renewal of Tong war feared as result of training of young Chinese In highbinder's art Page 1-4. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. MRS. WILSON JOINS WORK President's Wife Enlists In 'Women's Welfare Campaign. WASHINGTON, March 19. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the Presi dent, enlisted today in the work of the women's welfare department of the National Civic Federation. She Joined the civic workers after listening to a lecture before the organi zation by the superintendent of the Dis trict of Columbia workhouse. LOAN MONEY, BUT WE'LL CHEER FOR YOU, JOHN. WILSON CONFERS ON TIFF REVISION Agreement With Both 'Houses Sought. QUICK ACTION IS FORECAST Compromise on Wool Is One of - Stumbling Blocks. SINGLE BILL IS PROPOSED Senate Committee to Begin Work as Soon as House Caucus Acts, Without Waiting for Final Passage. WASHINGTON, March. 19. "Phe House, the ' Senate and the President came together .informally today for the first time on the "preliminaries" of tariff revision. A short conference between the President and . Senator Simmons, of the Senate finance com mittee, ' followed by a longer confer ence between a Senate sub-committee and Chairman Underwood, of the House ways and means committee, laid the groundwork for a series of three cornered conferences that are to fol low before the tariff revision bills are presented to the House In April. As a result of the discussion. It was said by Mr. Underwood and Senator Simmons tonight that the two Houses of Congress practically will be agreed upon details of tariff' revision before the bills reach the House, and that the opinions and desires of President Wilson also will have been fully con sidered. Wool and Sugar Stumbling Blocks. The fight over free wool decided by the committee on ways and means committee in favor of a 15 per cent duty will recur In the Senate; and the reduction of the sugar tariff will also be a stumbling block there. While few Individual Items of the tariff revision bills were considered by the leaders of the two Houses today, these subjects were canvassed and plans made to at tempt to reconcile the va'Ious factions in both bodies,, before the- beginning of actual debates In the House and Sen ate. The Senate finance committee will work informally with the House through the committee on ways and means; and both will . he , In close touch with President. Wilson up to the time the bills are completed for the House caucus. ,.. Single Bill Is Favored. The Senate committee will begin consideration of tha complete revis ion bill as soon as It is passed upon by (Concluded on Page 2.) BAT AND FAY MAKE UP CONDITIONALLY TRIAU MARRIAGE OF MONTH IS AGREED CPO'. Pugilist Phones; Artist Collapses and Then Comes Reunion and Reconciliation. DENVER. Colo.. March 19. (Spe cial.) Battling Nelson, the durable Dane, . has won another victory, and tonight became reconciled to his wife, who was Miss Fay King, of Portland. Or., later a cartoonist on a Denver newspaper. The couple have agreed to live together for one month trial marriage for that length of time and If then Mrs. Nelson is satisfied with matrimony, they will try and live hap pily ever after. Nelson was In Pueblo today. Mrs. Fay Nelson waa at her work In Denver. In the afternoon Mrs. Nelson collapsed in her office, is the report. Bhe was hurried to the Adams Hotel and a phy sician called. He gave the girl seda tives and said she was in a highly nerv. ous condition. Just before the collapse 'Mrs. Nelson telephoned to the prize fighter In Pueb lo. The message is not known, but right afterwards Nelson called the Al bany hotel and ordered the best suite In the house for himself and Mrs. Nel son. He then boarded a train that ar rived In Denver at 7:50 o'clock In the evening. Nelson hurried to the Albany but was disappointed to find that his wife was not there. He then found that she was at the Adams. He hurried there and met the girl and tonight an nounced that the reconciliation had been effected on the trial marriage basis for one month. It Is included also that - when Mrs. Nelson is well enough she and her hus band will depart for Colorado Springs, take in other towns in Colorado and visit the parents of the bride in Port land. Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Nelson talked over their troubles and their differ ences alone. It was given out that the ex-world's champion had won out and that his bride would forget all about divorce and agree, if her month of marriage proved happy, to stick until the last bell was rung. ROSEBURG MAN S PRAISED Data Furnished for Oregon Almanac Are Complete. If they had anything to say about it, the statisticians at the Portland Com mercial Club who are compiling data for the second edition of the Oregon Almanac would promote O. P. Schlos ser, manager of the Roseburg Commer cial Club, and raise his salary. Mr. Schlossers reply to a request for data on" Douglas -County . was so complete and satisfactory that it serves as a model and is said to be the best so far received at this office. Lengthy queries were forwarded to each commercial club in order to se cure reliable statistics. Many of the replies received are not nearly com plete, say the compilers. Interesting figures are included In the Roseburg letter, showing the value of the lands in Douglas County, whicu show that they are not held at unrea sonably high values. For example: improved lands two miles from the nearest depot are listed at 1100 per acre; five miles, $75, and ten miles, $50, while unimproved lands are listed at $30, $20 and $10 per acre at the same distances from a railroad station. "GINGHAM SISTERS" MEET Price of. Party Gowns at Woodland Limited to $1.50. WOODLAND, Wash, March IS. (Spe claL) An Innovation aiming to reduce the cost of living was inaugurated here when a number of the prominent citi zens of the town held an lformal card party, at which women guests agreed not to wear a gown that cost over $1.50 and all were clad in spick and span new gingham dresses. The men in attendance had agreed to wear neckties made of the goods from which their wives, gowns were made, but Mr. Plaroondon, president of the Woodland State Bank, was repri manded when he appeared in a tie made from "some old cloth that did not cost much," that he found around the house. MAN IS FATHER 19 TIMES Washington Farmer, Aged 72, Has Daughter Weighing 1 1 1-2 Ubs. SPOKANE, Wash, March 19. (Spe cial.) R. B. Hatley, aged 72 years. Is the father of an 11 14 -pound daughter, born at Pullman, Wash., yesterday. This Is Mr, Hatley's 19th child. Mr. Hatley Is a pioneer and has been mar ried twice. His first wife, who died 16 years ago, had ten 'children. He then married a Miss Perkins, aged only 14 years, 15 years ago, and she has borne him nine children. " Hatley has a number of grandchil dren. He enjoys excellent health and works regularly on his farm ten mlleE southwest of Pullman. W. C. NOON DIES AT SALEM Son of Bag Company Founder Passes Away at 42. w. C. Noon, 42 years old. son of the late W. C Noon, founder of the Noon Bag Company, a large Portland con cern, died at Salem Tuesday. Ha was associated with the W. C. Noon Bag Company of thlB city. He was a well-known business man here. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Port land Crematorium and the body will be at the Holman undertaking establish ment until 1 o'clock. He Is survived By one son and on. daughter. IS Pacific Northwest Is Swept by Storm. DISTRICT HIT IS EXTENSIVE From Albany to Fernie, B. C, Breath of Winter Felt. RECORDS OF LATE YEARS GO In Various Sections New Mark Is Recorded by Weather Bureau. Eastern Oregon Farmers Are Slado Happy. MARCTH SNOWSTORM COVERS VARIOUS SECTIONS OF PA . CIFIC NORTHWEST. Portland Intermittent snowfall, temperature dropping to 32 In early morning-. Oregon, City First big snowstorm In March in So year Astoria Snowstorm confined to south aide of river. - hills along Washington .shore being bare. Seattle Five-Inch fall recorded. The Dalles Slight flurry, but 'Da fur County gets two-Inch fall. Baker Snow falls, freeze follows and farmers benefit. Pendleton Storm may affect lamb- 1 Ing season. Ch eh a lis Headwaters of ChehaMs and Newaukum Valley covered for mtle. Walla Walla Foot of snow falls In mountains and work in gardens and fields halted. A belated breath of Winter swept over the. Pacific Northwest yesterday. Snow fell as far south as Eugene, at Tacoma and Seattle and Fernie. B. C, on the north, and throughout the Inland Empire. : In Grays Harbor the snow attained a depth of 4 to ( Inches. Portlanders awoke in the morning to find- the ground, snow-covered to a depth of more than an Inch. It melted early, but at frequent intervals throughout the day more snow fell. Snow Stay, on Higher Altitudes. The higher altitudes of various sec tions of the Northwest are snow-covered and no danger is felt unless a Chinook follows, though In the Uma tilla country, where the lambing seaon is on, the sheep men are keeping clos. watch on their herds. Although not unprecedented, seldom has there been snowfall In Portland as late in March as that which fell yester day. Intermittent falls were recorded from early morning practically through the day, the flakes increasing in size as the day progressed, although the snow melted almost aa it fell, except In- the higher altitudes about the city. A real Winter day was so unexpected that the weather man got out his sta tistics and discovered that the aver age snowfall for March Is one inch. 1'esterday, one and one-tenth Inches were recorded. The Easter windows, displaying beautiful flowers and hats, among other things, emphasized th. unexpected change In the climate. Mercury Low at Seven. At 1 o'clock yesterday morning th. mercury was at its lowest, falling to 32 degrees. The highest temperature was 41 degrees and was recorded at 2 P. M. A year ago the temperature at midnight was 40 degrees and It was the same at midnight Tuesday. At noon a. year, ago 43 degrees was the mark, whereas yesterday at the Bame time the register was 88 degrees. At 7 o'clock last evening it was 34 degrees and 10 degrees lower than that at the same time a year ago. The following Is a record of snowfall in March in Port land: Greater amounts than yesterday's snowfall since 1885 were recorded lu one day (24 hours) in March, 1891, one and one-fourth inches; 1894, two inches; 1897, two Inches; 1903, two inches, and 1906, four Inches. Greater amounts fell in the month of March, since 1872. as follows: 1S74, fourteen and two-tenths Inches; 1891. one and six-tenths Inches; 1894, two and four-tenths Inches; 1896, one and two-tenths inches; 1897, five inches; 1898, one and five-tenths inches; 1903. two arid six-tenths Inches; 1906, four inches. There were 21 years which had no snow fall, and nine years which had only a trace. At Oregon City the storm made a new record, according to the weather bu reau, such a snow fall In March hav ing not been recorded for 30 years. FRUITGROWERS MADE HAITI Tacoma Gets Hail and Cold Weather Proves Most Welcome. rrirni. wash.. March 19. (Spe cial.) Following slight flurries of snow and hail Tuesday afternoon and hinr temperature during the night. the wind shifted to the north and at 7 o'clock this morning a blustering ,r Btnrm filled the air, lasting for about two hours. One inch of snow fell In the business district and th'i southern part of the city. "Whatever other people may tninic. u, fniitrrnintrs are well satisfied." said W. H. Paulhamus, president of th. (Concluded on Pas. 4,