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VOL. LIU. XO. 16,480. PORTLAXD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTE3IBER 19, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BIG CROP BIG PR GE 15 LOT OF HOP MEN CALIFORNIA MAKES NEW HEAT RECORD THREE PROSTRATION3 ARE RE CORDED IV LOS AXUEI.ES. SULZER WITNESS IS VOTED INTO PRISON Market Goes to 23c, as Farmers Hold. HARYEST IN EUROPE IS SHORT English Buyers Bulling Trade in Portland Territory. OREGON PROFITS $5,000,000 Washington and California Also to Share In Prosperity Quality of Yield Good Some Contract Dealers Caught Short. OREGON . HOP CROP FOB TEX TEARS. Year Bales. 130,000 ma - 117.000 1S11 75.000 1010 5.000 10 83.000 uos :.ooo 107 13S.00O 190 1(0,000 1905 117,000 1904 (8.000 Temperature Is 100 In Los Angeles at 6 A. 51. Forest Fires and "Dynamic Heat" Contribute. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18. (Special.) With the thermometer registering a .temperature that has never been ex ceeded and only once equaled, Los An gles, with other cities throughout Southern California, experienced un usual heat yesterday and today. The thermometer at the Government Wea ther Bureau here registered 109 le grees yesterday, while In other cities It went as high as 112. The downtown streets of the city wer practloally deserted all afternoon and those who were out sought shel ter In the hallways jot buildings. The streets of tho business section were llko baking ovens and up each there blew a steady draught, the burning wind of the desert. This terrlfio heat was partially caused by the forest fires that are rag ing throughout Southern California and the air pressures known as "dy namlo hej-t." Despite California's boost that no OH4 is ever overcome by the heat, three men were prostrated today and had to be taken to the hospital to be revived. What Is believed to have been the maximum of heat In California this year was reached at Sliver Lake, In the Mojave Valley, yesterday, when the mercury sizzled at the 127 mark, ac cording to Information reaching here today. Considerable crop damage was reported. SMALLPOX NIL; NURSE OUT My How You've Grown," Says Mat ron to City After Long: Absence. For the first time In nearly three years there are no cases In Portland's smallpox hospital. For the first time In three years. Ellen M. Tout, matron at the hospital, visited the city yes terday, taking advantage of the lull In "business" to take In the sights. For three years she has remained within the confines of the hospital, not even taking time to come to the business dis trict which Is less than four miles away. 'It's wonderful how the city has grown, raid Mrs. Tout. I nardly know how to find my way about. It doesn't look like the same city I visited three years ago." She will remain "at liberty" until the city supplies more Feet Must Behave. Hopgrowers In Oregon this year are enjoying the rare combination of big crops and high prices. The yield Is one of the flnesc the state has ever had, and the market Is going up at the rate of a cent a day. Excitement In the hop trade has be come Intense. Buyers are almost fall ing over one another In efforts to pur . chase the best crops, while growers are placed In the difficult position of deciding whether they shall accept the present fine price or wait for some thing possibly better. Market Touches 23 Cents. Testerday the market reached the 23-cent level, when the buyer for large New Tork exporter purchased a I smallpox patients. block of 1000 bales In the Ballston sec bought during the day at prices rang- NAVY BARS TURKEY TRO lng from this figure down to 21 cents, according to the quality of the hops I League Island Ordains Bluejackets and other circumstances. Almost the entire crop is picked now and farmer are busv with the baling nrocess. No sooner Is con bld PHILADELPHIA, -Sept. 18. (Spe than the buyers pounce upon It A, ciaL There will be no more turkey there are several buyers for every lot trotting at the Philadelphia navy offered, the farmers are feeling bullish. re.rd, even under the most extenuating - or circumstances, ana me DiuejacKets "How Much Hlsaert" la Question. . , , . , ,,, . . , . . who violate the rule will be subjected It Is no longer a question whether to discipline. That Is a new edict and the market will touch 25 cents, but the officers are to see that it Is obeyed. now much higher tnan this it will go. I The turkey trot Is not the only dance The exciting trade of 1911. when the of the new fantastic order that Is market ascended to 45 cents, is too re- Diaced unaer the ban. The fetching rent for the growers not to be lnflu- unK() the Smyrna glide, and all of the eneea Dy tne strenuous enorts or tne BUDtie one-step dances that have been buyers to take on supplies. Then, as frowned .on i conservative dancehalls now. It was the dreary reports coming excluded from the confines of from the European hop districts that Leaguo island forever. Knl " marnei Boanns. - Officers will be stationed in the "sail While America Is turning out good ,ofr at every dance and a Ballor wh0 hop crops, England. Germany and 86en to ml-benave wlth his feet will usir.a are sunenng reverses. 1 ne 8epiirated trom his sweetheart and x-. n& iin jiem vms )er win nut ue more i iscf.niiriH i-ocx la s.vu,vvv v. w K-t ttccuruuiK iu 1110 latest cables, and It may reach only - .!f" "0,v -h." .th! COLONEL DOUBTS 1 REPORT Assembly Holds Garri son in Contempt. ANSWER IS AGAIN REFUSED Vote to Commit to County Penitentiary Is 89 to 3. GOVERNOR'S TRIAL BEGUN Impeachment Court Considers Pre liminaries and Defense Chal lenges Right of Frawley Committeemen to Sit.' England produced 373,000 bales. European Crop Is Light. The crop of Continental Europe Is estimated variously from 673,000 cwt. down to 675.000 cwt. The largest est! mate, which is probably nearest the truth, shows a crop only about half as large as the bumper one of last year. The German and English mar kets are strong and advancing. At Mission In Interest of Exposition Not Taken Seriously. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. (Special.) That Colonel Roosevelt does not take seriously reports that President Wil son and Secretary Bryan plan to ask him to visit Russia, Germany and Eng land as a special envoy to urge those Nuremburg. Germany, there was a lift countries to participate In the Panama yesterday of a cent a pound. New English hops sold at London during the day at 38 V4 cents, an ad vance of a cent. Pacifies on the New i or mantel, were raised Z cents a pound. EnKllnfc Buyer Bull Prices. Pacific Exposition was indicated In a statement given out through his sec retary today. He said he did not think the matter important enough to warrant any remarks by him. Colonel Roosevelt has not been re quested to serve as a special repre English dealers, facing the known I sentative of this Government for the shortage at home, are responsible for I purpose mentioned, or for any other nearly all the buying that Is being purpose," said Secretary Harper. done here. In about a month the Brit Ish government will issue Its official statement of the English crop. 's no uouot mat tne London hop merchants. In their present opera tions, are nnuing what they believe wil! be a poor showing. England Is ralsl;i;r far less hops than the nation requires, and as Britons cannot buy I JONES DEMANDS ACTION Senate Can Act on Suffrage Now, Says Washington Senator. WASHINGTON. Sept. 18. Senator In the Senate today demanded action at once on the proposed constitutional amendment to give the vote to women. The amend ment was reported favorably to the Senate In June. Senator Jones urged that as the Sen ate Is not considering any legislation at present, there wa3 no reason why the amendment should not be taken up. 1. , " . ,,,.. ' ' uu Jones, of Washington, new hops in Germany, where the yield L . . .... .. also Is less than the consumption. Eng. llFh dealers are turning to this coun try as the only place where a surplus exists. , American dealers, so far, have made no determined effort to buy hops. Some of them have contracts, but not a few are woefully short on the mar- aet. having .sola to Drewers paper hops" earlier In the season at prices several cents below what they must now pay In the open market. To cover now would mean a great loss to these shorts, but they are holding back, hoping that the market will re cede later. Enough samples of the new Oregon TOLEDO, O., Sept. 18. Motoring crop have reached Portland offices to from Toledo westward. Herman C. G. enable dealers to make close comparl- Luytles, of St. Louis, and party of five sons with the yield of last year. They were held up by three men In an auto- ere satisfied that the output will be I mobile six miles east of Bryan, O. at least 130.000 bales. Some estimate early today. With drawn revolvers, the even 140,000 bales, and none guess thieves took $2000 In cash, a gold purse less man iZi.000 bales. In two or three carried by one of the women, several aisiricis. sucn as parts of Yamhill and diamonds and other Jewelry. j-oik -ounues. tne hops have cornel The robbers drove away with the down lighter than last year, but in two carSt leaving the Luytles' party in (Concluded on Page 3.) I the road. MOTORING PARTY HELD UP Robbers Take $2000, Gems and-Car, but Are Later Caught. ALBANY, N. Y Sept. 19. The As sembly adopted a resolution shortly before midnight offered by Majority Leader Levy calling for the arrest of James C Garrison for contempt In re fusing to answer questions before the Judiciary committee concerning state ments attributed to him to the effect that money was used to Influence votes of certain members in bringing about the impeachment of Governor Sulzer. Garrison, who was in the Assembly chamber at the time, was taken before the bar of the House. He refused to repudiate his statement and was re manded to the custody of the sergeant- at-arms pending further action. Answer Ag-aln Demanded. "Whether or not the things you have said are true," thundered Speaker Smith when Garrison was brought be fore him, "you should answer this one question: 'Did you say to any one that o your knowledge votes were pur- hased for the impeachment resolu tion T" Mr. Speaker," replied Mr. -Garrison, I will answer no question until ' the Assembly gives me opportunity to con sult counsel." - "You are here given the opportunity to clear yourself of the charge of con tempt against you," continued the Speaker. Commitment to Prison Voted. "The question is for the Assembly to clear Itself, not for me to clear my self." retorted Garrison. At 2:20 this morning a resolution of-! fered by Majority Leader Levy re manding Garrison to the Abany Coun ty Penitentiary until the close of the present session of the Legislature, un less otherwise ordered by the Assem bly, was adopted. The vote on this resolution was 89 to 3. Majority Leader Levy Jumped to his feet and moved that the defendant "be held In the custody of the sergeant-at-arras, to await the action of the House." The motion was adopted with a shout and Garrison was placed under arrest. INDEX OF TODAY NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 72 . degreed; minimum, 54 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerlj winds. Foreign. Princess kills herself tor love. Page 1. Huerta summons Felix' Diaz home and may support him for Presidency. Pace 2. Complete tleup of London transportation still imminent, page 1. National. House passes currency bill. Page 1. Conferees agree on Senate provision as to wheat and flour tariffs. Page 4. Domestic. Sulzer challenges right of senators to sit on Impeachment court. Page 1. Grand Army ranks fast diminishing, com- mander's report shows. Page 2. Girl accuser of Elxby "does not remember" about alleged Mackmall plots. Page 8. Heat records broken in California. Page 1. Evidence gradually linking Father Schmidt and Dentist Muret. Page 2. Sport. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 12. Venice 1: Oakland 3-5, Sacramento 2-7; Los Angeles C, San Francisco 1. Page 0. Northwestern League results: Seattle 8. Portland 1; Tacoma 4-6, Victoria 3-8; Vancouver 2. Spokane 0. Page 7. McCredie releases Al Carson. Page T. Abraham Is star of O. A. C. football train ing camp squad. Page 6. Pacific Northwest. Attendance at county fair at Gresham estab. Ushes new record. Page 12. Salem Jude denounces widows' pension act. ! Page 3. Benton County Fair brings out remarkable 1 display. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Heavy buying of Oregon hops at 23 cents. Page 17. Chicago wheat drops on fear of imports from Canada. Page it. Stock market has sharp lata rally, led by Union Pacific Page 17. Dock Commission budget for 1014 is 8207.337. Pass 18. Portland and Vicinity. Mrs. Frank Wilder entertains for her sister from London. Page 10. Harmony Is idea for Rose Festival decora tions. Pase 11. James Craig, Silverton merchant, dies while visiting Portland. Page 18. Donation of 81000 made to proposed 8100,000 ship bounty. Page 4. Prosrefcsivo Business Hen's Club supports in terstate bridge. Page 13. Big prices, big crop, lot of hopgrower. Page 1. School Board to consider Bible for schools. Page 12. - Mulnomah Club holds mass meetlnir to de termine means to obtain needed funds. Page 4. CURRENCY BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE Progress Is Aided by Republican Votes. STRIKE IN LONDON STILL IS IMMINENT WORKERS FIRM IN DECLARA TION TO TIE VP COMMERCE. FINAL YOTE IS 286 TO 84 Measure Goes to Senate With Wilson's Indorsement. MAIN FEATURES STAY IN No Amendments Offered by Minority Are Adopted Senate Committee Expected to Consume 'Weeks in Further Discussion. PROSECUTIONS TO FOLLOW Few Stockbrokers Have Complied With Blue Sky Law. SALEM, Or., Sept. IS. (Special.) Corporation Commissioner Watson an nounced today that only a few stock brokers had complied with the pro visions of the blue sky law and that he would take legal action Immediately against (the delinquents. The law pro vides that all brokers must obtain per mits to sell stock, and file lists of the stocks they Bell, The Commissioner has asked the At torney-General for an opinion as to whether the National Mercantile Com pany, o. Vancouver, B." C, is amenable to the building and loan laws of cor porations In this state. Commissioner Watson contends that it is. (Concluded on Page 2. WHIP TIP CAUSE OF DEATH Washington Man Struck In Eye Suc cumbs to Poisoning. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Sept. 18 (Special.) The tip of a buggy whip striking him tn the eye caused the death today of L. B. Windust, aged 38, at Long's Station, near Dayton. Mr. Windust accidentally struck him self two weeks ago and blood poison ing and typhoid fever followed. He was unconscious for a week. WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. The com plete revision of American banking and currency methods proposed in the Democratic currency bill was started on its way to the statute books today. By a vote of 286 to 84 the House passed the bill In practically the same form in which It was originally proposed. Twenty-four Republicans and 14 Pro gressives Joined with the Democrats in voting for the bill. With this overwhelming House ma jority and the indorsement of President Wilson behind it, the measure was sent over to the Senate. There it was referred to the banking and currency committee, before which hearings on the subject already are in progress. The committee may not be ready to report for several weeks. Present Bank Note Eliminated. The measure would eliminate the pres ent American bank note system, nder which banks issue currency against Government bonds and establish a cur rency, to be Issued ,by 12 Federal re serve banks based on sound commer cial paper, which the Government as sumes the responsibility of redeem ing in gold or legal money. It would place practically every phase of banking under control of a jFedcai reserve board of seven members to be appointed by the President, advised by a council of bankers. The system would be administered through the re serve banks, situated in 12 geographi cal divisions of the country, capitalized at about 85,000,000, which capital must be subscribed by the banks in the re serve district. Bill Not Materially Changed. Ten days of earnest consideration in the House failed to alter the bill In any material particular and It passed virtually as drawn by Repre sentative Glass, chairman of the House banking and currency commltteo, after conference with Senator Owen, chair man of the Senate committee; Sec- retary McAdoo, of the Treasury De partment, and the President. The Dem ocratic" lines held firm, and no minority amendments were adopted. On final Demand for Complete Recognition of Union Reviewed Move Is on to Close Up Tubes as Step. LONDON, Sept. 18. Despite the in tervention of the Lord Mayor, which led the Tillings Bus Company today to concede the right of the men to wear union badges, a general strike of the traction employes is still Imminent on the clear-cut issue of recognition of the union. Explaining the failure of a confer ence held at the mansion house today. Organizer Ben Smith, at a mass meet ing of the strikers, declared tonight: "We are prepared to stop every pas senger carrying vehicle in London be fore we lose the fight. Tillings will come first, then the General omnlous Company, then the tubes, and aftr that. If we are forced to it, the street cars. The strikers declare that the union must be recognized and the grievances with reference to wages and hours ad justed. The recent amalgamation of the Lon don underground railways, tubes and busses and privately owned streetcar lines forms one of the rrrost powerful traction combines in existence. The unionizing of the employes of these in terests has proceeded with equal suc cess. Therefore the execution of general strike order means the prac tioal stoppage of all passenger-carry ing traffic, except the municipal street cars. Even the latter might be af fected by a sympathetic strike. The news circulated at Birmingham that the governing body had indorsed the demand for a national strike was hailed by the strikers there with wild delight. This' was turned to intense anger when a denial was received. PRINCESS KILLS HERSELF FOR LOVE Marriage to Banker's Son Opposed. SUIT FAVORED BY FATHER Financial Relations With Duke Make Parent Powerless. HEIDELBERG POOR MOURN Sophia of Sa.e-Weimar-Ei.ennch-Vouthful and Mitch Beloved, Ordered to Renounce Titles, Refuses to Do So. $500,000 YACHT FINISHED Palatial Pleasure Craft to Glide to Water of Puget Sound. HEIDELBERG. Germany, Sept. is. Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weimar- Eisenach, a beautiful young woman of sunny disposition and much courted by the officers with whom she often rode to hounds at Biiden Court, com mitted suicide early today. Her body, with a bullet wound in the temple, was found in her room In the palace of her father. Prince William. The death of the Princess was due to a love affair. She was engaged to Hans von Bleichroeder, the eldest son of :he senior member of one of the most powerful banking houses in Ger many. When the engagement was announced prematurely, some months ago, it was learned that the reigning Grat.d Duke, Prince William Ernest, strenuously prohibited the union until the Princess renounced all her titles and dignities. This she refused to do. Family Beloved by Poor. Princess Sophia and her parents SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) Arrangements were completed today for the launching of the palatial steam yacht Cyprus, building at the were much beloved In Heidelberg for plant of the Seattle Construction & I tho interest they had taken in the poor Drydock Company, at a cost of 8500,- and the general public welfare, al 000, for Daniel Cowan Jackllng, the tnuugli the father was by no means multi-millionaire copper mine owner I wealthy and was living on an allow of Salt Lake City. anco from the reigning Grami In The vessel will ba. sent down thel A nead of the family the Grand Duke wavs at 2 o'clock next Wednesday af-1 '" '" umou ul me j-rincess Bone, will daugh act as ternoon. Miss Mildred ter of Scott C. Bone, sponsor. The launching of the Cyprus will mark an epoch in the ' building of pleasure craft, as she will be the great est vessel of her type ever constructed on the Pacific Coast. (Concluded on Page 2.) SOME SHED TEARS AS THEY PASSED THE FATEFUL SPOT. I $ if " . . s with a man who occupied an Inferior station In life. Her father, it is said. was inclined to accede to his daugh ter's wishes, but was unable to take an Independent stand owing to his P.nanclal relations with the Grand Duke. While the Princess had been prevent. ed from marrying Von Bleichroeder, they often had been seen together at CLASS FIGHT IS SERIOUS "e','b"f E!?ce ih enafement w" ...... wutjwu. jaw Diuuieu iui several Two University of Washington """I" " , ""'"a a ucfiico last winter. ' Pathetic Featnrea Canae Sorrow. It Is not known whether the nalr had SEATTLE, Wash., Sept 18. Two stu- resigned themselves to the decision of dents at the University of Washington the Grand Duke, but Von Bleichroeder. were taken to hospitals late tonight jt ia reported, started for Heldelbf-re suffering from serious injuries result- yesterday. No statement of any kind ing from the annual f reshman-sopho- relative to the tragedy has been given more fight tonight. Vishno Plngley out, and official confirmation of the sui- was taken unconscious to a hospital by cide could not be obtained today from fellow students, who said he had been Prince William's nalace. But the t.in.. run over by an automobile during class mixup. The attending physician said he believed Pingley had been left tied to a telephone pole until he be came unconscious from exhaustion. Frank Phipps has a broken collar- peoplo have accepted the Bulclde ver sion and the pathetic features of the af- fair have caused deep so.row. According to one of tho palace em ployes, tho Princess killed herself about 6 o'clock in the morning, and a bone, said to have been sustained when, maid, entering her apartments soon af- he fell down a shaft at an old grain elevator where 100 freshmen were Im prisoned. RAILWAY TO PAY ALIMONY Court Orders Payment to Woman Whose ex-Husband Is Killed. MADISON. Wis.. Sept 18. The Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway- Company is ordered to pay 825 a month alimony to Mrs. Minnie Lawrence, ac cording to a ruling of the State In dustrial Commission today. Mrs. Lawrence's husband, W. G. Law rence, was employed Dy tne railroad company when he met accidental death last March. Ten days before his death ter, came upon her dead body. The Princess was only 25 years old, having been born on July 25, 1888. A brother. Prince Hermann, resigned from the Prussian army seevral years ago. He settled In London and married n Italian actress. Compelled to re nounce his title, he took the name of Count Osthelm. SPOKANE BARS THAW FILM Major Makes Objection to Public ity of "Disreputable Episode." SPOKANE. Wash.. Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) In the capacity as city theatri cal censor. Mayor Hindley today re fused to sanction exhibition of motion Mrs. Lawrence obtained a divorce, the L pictures of Harry Thaw in a theater court awarding her the custody of five here next week. children and 825 a month alimony. AIRMAN SETS OFF TORPEDO Aviator Experiments With His In vention Successfully. VENICE, Sept. 18. (Special.) Cap tain Guidon, a naval aviator, made a successful experiment today with his nvention of a torpedo tube which is placed between the two floats of a hy droplane. He released a torpedo whjle flying low and then went up In the air and watched the explosion from a safe dis tance. METZ IS LIVELY CORPSE "I view with entire disapproval any further publicity being given this dis reputable Thaw-Nesbit-White episode," says the Mayor in a letter to Joseph Muller, manager of the theater. "SIv reason for issuing this order Is the de plorable effect of parading for the sake of morbid curiosity the subjects or objects of our social and moral degen eracy." Not only did the Mayor inform the theater man that he would not be al lowed to show the Thaw pictures, but he turned down Mr. Muller's invitation to a pilvate exhibition of the pictures. BOUQUET WORRIES MAYOR Mystery Surrounds Dally Presenta tion of Floral Tribute to Executive. Representative Finds Undertaker and Crowd Waiting for His Body Mystery surrounds the daily presen tation of a beautiful bouquet of roues to Mayor Albee. The mystery is both ering the Mayor as much as it is other NEW YORK. Sept. 18. In some way officials at the City Hall. Each morn ing this week the Mayor has found on the knob of the door to his office at the City Hall a bouquet, daintily tied with ribbon. There is no name on the posies and the Mayor says he is at a loss to know from where they come. They are placed on the door some for his I time during; the night, it is thought. The Mayor seldom leaves his office be- a rumor gained currency in this city tonight that Representative Herman A. Metz, of Brooklyn, had been stricken with heart disease on his way here by train from Washington, and when Mr. Metz stepped oft the Washington ex press at the uptown terminal an un dertaker's wagon was waitin body. A crowd had gathered to do lilm I fore 6 P. M. and Is generally on the job silent honor. again at 7 A. M. 41