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PRESIDENT'S WIFE, WHO IS GRAVELY ILL.
ROOSEVELT'S MEN
TURN AGAINST HIM
New York Progressives
dare Leader Erred
Hinman Indorsement.
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STORM SWEEPS AT MEETING
All Attempts to Keep Order Fail,
Tumult Beins: So Great That
Conference Adjourns Without
Action Speech Cheered.
NEW TORK, Aug. 5. The indorse
ment of Harvey D. Hinman. a Repub
lican, by Theodore Roosevelt for the
Progressive party nomination for Gov
ernor of New Tork. raised a storm at
a meeting of COO Progressives from all
parts of the state here today.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke in support
of Mr. Hinman and, while his remarks
were cheered, some of the speakers
asserted he had erred. At times the
disorders became so great that T.
Douglas Robinson, chairman of the
state committee, who was presiding,
gave up all attempts to keep order.
The tumult kept up for several hours,
but the meeting got nowhere, adjourn
ing with the issue Unsettled.
Amoa Pinchot Take Part.
Amos Pinchot, of New Tork, offered
a resolution providing for the election
of a committee of five to frame and
present publicly to Mr. Hinman and
other candidates for nominations a list
of questions regarding their positions
on policies to which the Progressive
party is committed.
Amid great confusion Henry Burger
moved a substitute resolution, assert
ing it was essential to the party that
a straight Progressive ticket be nomi
nated this Fall. The debate went on
uproarously until Colonel Roosevelt
came In and began his speech.
The ex-President made clear his po
sition toward the Pinchot resolution
with almost his first words.
'I want to smile at the enemy," he
said, "and not save our souls by pass
ing nice little resolutions.
Hlghot Duty Told.
"This is not a party organized pri
marily for men to get office," he con
tinued. "Occasions arise such as the
one last year in the City of New York,
where our highest duty is to Join on a
union platform with men who may dif
fer with us on many points, but who
on the great issues stand for what we
deem wisest and best from the stand
point of the public good."
Disorder broke out anew after Mr.
Roosevelt finished his speech and de
parted. Excited Progressives shouted
that to indorse Mr. Hinman would be
"an indecent alliance."
An attempt to adjourn led to cries
of "steam roller" and "sag rule."
It finally was desided to lay over
the whole question for the time being.
Mr. Pinchofs proposal to question Mr.
Hinman will bo taken up by a com
mittee which is to report at a later
meeting of the state committee.
ANTI-'PILL' YELLS WANTED,
Superintendent Churchill Asks Bov9
for Best Slogans.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) To
discourage the smoking of cigarettes
by the boys of the common schools.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Churchill announced that his depart
ment would give three prizes for the
best anti-cigarette yells for use by the
representatives of industrial clubs at
the State Fair.
Mr. Churchill has sent copies of the
following letter to the 600 industrial
clubs of the state:
"It was suggested that we make it
a requirement that the winners of the
capital prizes at the Statv Fair this
year should be non-cigarette smok
ers. We decided this was not neces
sary as achievement boys are not
cigarette fiends, and we are expecting
to have two boys in the school camp
at the State Fair from each county who
do not smoke cigarettes and who will
use their influence to make the habit
unpopular. We are offering three
prizes for the best slogans received by
September 15. 13 for first, SJt for sec
ond, and $1 for third prize."
VANCOUVER NOW HAS MUTS
Portland Members Install Officers
of Organization.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) With fitting ceremony In the
big main building of the Columbia
River Interstate Fair, yesterday, an
Imperial Dynasty of Muts was estab
lished. 20 local men being Initiated as
charter members. C. F. Berg, presi
dent of the Portland Ad Club, was the
reat tellittoyou; Frank Coffinberry
the imperial razzma taz, and J. E.
Werlein, the high priest.
The Imperial Dynasty of Vancouver
charter members are: A. J. Dorland,
James P. Stapleton, C. A. Watts, S. W.
Thompson, R. 8. Thompson. Mayor
Crass. Dr. C. S. Irwin. S. .1. Miller. J.
P. Kigglns. Harry Bancroft, A. W. Cal
der, Fred W. Tempes. Tres Galther,
W. R. Fletcher, Chester C. Turley, O.
P. Larsen. S. G. Werschkul. Clement
Scott. Roy N. Force and K. E. Beard.
WASHINGTON HAS PUZZLE
State Election Booklet Delayed by
Seven Sisters" Question.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) Uncertain how long the courts
will be occupied In reviewing the count
of the "Seven Sister" Initiative bills.
Secretary of State Howell today dis
charged nil but a few of his force of
60 people who had been addressing
wrappers and preparing to mall out
the booklet containing Intlative and
referendum bills and arguments to the
people of the state.
It now appears likely that delay in
the courts will make the mandate of
the law Ineffective and possibly raise
a question regarding the legality of the
election itself.
Copyright by Harris & Ewing.
SIRS. WOODROW WILSON.
MRS. WILSON DYING
President's Wife Is Conscious
Only at Intervals.
DOCTORS' HOPES VANISH
Chief Executive of Nation Directs
Affairs of State From Bedside.
Illness Caused by Fall Is
Abetted by Complications.
( Continued From First Page.)
son, also broke down recently and is
very ill at present, though not gravely.
She, too, is suffering from nervous
ness and the inner White House for
weeks has held a story of heartfelt
grief for the President of the United
States and his daughters.
Daughters Are Called.
Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, youngest daugh
ter of the President, has been in the
city constantly and has been at the
White House daily. Mrs. Francis
Bowes Sayre, second daughter, and hus
band, arrived today from Cornish, N.
H., and Miss Margaret Wilson, the eld
est daughter, returned a few days ago.
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the President's
physician and naval aide, has been in
almost constant attendance upon Mrs.
Wilson and has been in frequent con
sultation with Dr. R. M. Kennedy, U.
S. N., and his assistants, Dr. Thomas
Brown, of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal
timore; Dr. E. P. Dayis, of Philadel
phia, and Dr. F. X. Dercum, of Philadelphia.
COURT IS ON AT TOLEDO
Change of Venue Asked by Corvallis
& Eastern Road.
TOLEDO. Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
The August term of court opened yes
terday with Judge Harris presiding.
The Graham case against the Corvallis
& Eastern Railroad has been re-opened
and the defendants ask a change of
venue. The suit of William Mackey
against the Port of Toledo for injuries
received In a fall from a. ladder is to be
heard.
ened by months of never-ending Ill
ness, has been unable to withstand
the battle.
One day last March Mrs. Wilson
slipped on a rug at the White House,
injuring her spine. An operation was
necessary. After weeks or convales
cence she finally rose from her bed.
but the burden of a Winter's activ
ity at the White House, together with
charity work in the slums of the city,
brought on nervous prostration. She
was well enough to attend the wed
ding of her second daughter, now Mrs.
William G. McAdoo, but her recuper
ative powers were not lasting.
Rally Is Brief.
Stomach trouble added to her nerv
ous ailment and Bright's disease de
veloped. Three weeks ago she seemed
to rally and was well enough to walk,
supported by a nurse, in the White
House grounds. She watched with sat
isfaction as gardeners laid out the last
of the Italian gardens which she had
planned for the south front of the
executive mansion.
With her apparent recovery, the
President urged that his wife go to a
cooler climate. The heat of Washing
ton was particularly oppressive, but
she steadfastly declined to leave her
husband. She took an active interest
in the contest over the confirmation of
Thomas D. Jones as a member of the
Federal Reserve Board, and called for
many a document on Congressional af
fairs. The relapse came last week, and
since then she has been sinking rapidly.
Only members of the family were ad
mitted to the sick room. She had lost
in weight until her thin form seemed
but a shadow of her former self.
Pulse Stops for Time.
Day and night the family has
watched anxiously over her for the past
few days. Yesterday her pulse stopped
beating for a few moments. Oxygen
and other restoratives were applied.
Early today she seemed somewhat bet
ter, but late today grew worse.
The President, always most sensi
tive about exaggerated reports about
members of his family, authorized no
official announcement about Mrs. Wll
son's health. He had hoped that she
might yet recover. Today, however,
there was a change. White House of
ficials acknowledged the gravity of the
patient's condition and revealed that
while they were hoping against hope,
the end was dangerously near.
The strain of her duties as mistress
of the White House and her own un
tiring efforts to help many an un
known and friendless person who has
appealed to her are said to be directly
responsible for her breakdown. Mrs.
Wilson received many delegations
which her husband was too busy to
see. Her mall is voluminous and she
has insisted on attending in person to
many appeals for help that came to
her. She has been particularly active
since coming to Washington in better
ing conditions in the slums and se
curing an improvement in alley con
ditions.
Husband's Interests Hen.
Throughout the Administration of her
husband she has taken the same keen
Interest in his work as she did in pre
vious years, when he was Governor of
New Jersey and president of Princeton.
She lends her counsel and advice on
many a weighty subject of state.
Miss Helen Wood row Bones, the
President's cousin, who has been living
in the Wilson household for the last
two years and has been devoting her
time as personal secretary to lira. Wll-
SURETY CONCERNS WARNED
State Insurance Commissioner Bars
Overhead Insurance.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
Surety and casualty companies were
today warned by State Insurance Com
missioner Ferguson against writing
overhead insurance. He said that all
agents failing to collect full premiums
would lose their licenses.
"Section 3 of House bill 326 makes
it unlawful for any company authorized
to transact any of the classes of in
surance mentioned in such act to write
or place any Insurance in this state
except through their authorized
agents," said the Commissioner. "This
act was Intended for the protection of
our licensed agents.
J. B. COFFEY FILES SUIT
Telephone Company's Receiver Seeks
Damages From Rival Concern.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 5. Charging
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company, the Sunset Telephone & Tel
egraph Company and subsidiary con
cerns in Washington and Oregon with
combining In violation of the inter
state laws to put the Northwestern
Long Distance Telephone Company, of
Los Angeles, out of business and de
stroy competition, John B. Coffey, re
ceiver of the Northwestern, this morn
ing filed suit in the Tacoma Federal
Court for $300,000 damages.
MUZZLING LAW IS PASSED
Ashland Also Slay Offer Bounty on
Rodents to Clean Up City.
ASHLAND. Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
The City Council today placed the
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No matter what style
mounting or lens you
desire if it has merit
we have it.
THOMPSON
Optical Institute
209-10-11 Corbett Building, Fifth and
Morrison
ban on unmuzzled dogs. A penalty of
$10 will be exacted in order to re
lease them from the pound. The re
sult is that scores of canines are be
ing held In leash pending the arrival
of muzzles from Portland.
The agitation is on against rats
also and the city is being asked to of
fer a bounty for their extermination.
These measures are being taken in
response to the demands of the city
board of health.
MILITIA BILL PRESENTED
Chamberlain Introduces It, Admits
Measure Can't Pass Now.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 5. Senator Chamberlain
today introduced the mllltla reorgani
zation and pay bill as agreed upon by
the War Department and officers of the
state militia more than a year ago.
Senator Chamberlain admits there is no
prospect of passing the bill at this
time and says it will not be made an
Administration measure, but is merely
presented to give opportunity for its
consideration by militia officers.
Pending its consideration by the Sen
ate in the next session the bill has been
held up at tho White House for a year
because it proposes an annual appro
priation of more than $16,000,000, $10,
000,000 of which is intended for the pay
of enlisted men and officers.
President Wilson did not want the
bill passed this session because It would
add to the aggregate of appropriations
and it is only introduced now for po
litical effect, as it is recognized the
bill cannot be passed nor even con
sidered before election.
PORT OFFICERS WARNED
President Takes Steps to Prohibit
Contraband Shipments.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Carrying out
President Wilson's neutrality proclama
tion, the following instructions were
sent today to all collectors of customs
at ports In the United States:
"Notify all steamship companies ana
masters immediately that no vessels
will be permitted to clear from your
port until they have filed their full
manifests, and also that all outgoing
foreign vessels will be subject to the
inspection of their papers and cargoes
by United States authorities within the
territorial waters of the United States."
Every possible means will be taken
to prevent shipments of articles con
traband of war from the United States.
The Administration has not determined
specifically what articles outside muni
tions of war shall be regarded as con
traband by this Nation.
STREET T0D0CK WANTED
Astoria Port Commission to Urge
Action by City.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
The Port of Astoria Commission has
decided to urge the city officials to
proceed with the opening of Astor
street from the municipal docks to
First street. Profiles of the proposed
improvement have already been pre
sented to the City Engineer by the port
commission, showing the route to be
followed, amount of property damaged
and the benefits that are to accrue.
The scheme is to secure a belt line
road 100 feet wide along the entire
waterfront.
Students Honor River Victim.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Aug. 5 (Spe
cial.) John T. Freed, a young man
who was drowned in the Snake River
recently, was an entire stranger to
University students, who tried valiant
ly to save him. After the recovery
of the body, the University students,
assisted by a number of young women,
placed a great blanket of sweet peas
and other floral pieces on the casket
and engaged a photographer to take
a picture of the floral tribute to send
to Mr. Freed's mother, who could not
come from Kansas to attend the funeral.
White Salmon Extends Limits.
WHITE SALMON. Wash., Aug. 5.
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fin i L 'WL More charming than ever, after jwg
jn .J & successful year at the Winter 3
1 u ilP Garden, New York, Miss Mey- HP
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5hl '.. want to hear her again. If not, gj
W5 V jf f Other Attractions: L. F. Cowan, JU
BP If " ' 5 "the ragtime man," and Sig. H
jgP "jwjll Pietro Marino, with his orches- Sfi
CC S. OREGON HOTEL, BROAD- S
55 SSfc-JIb&o WAY AT STARK.
Fine Bedroom and Dining-Room Suites From
the Shops of America's Leading Makers Are
Considerably Lower in Price as the Result of Our
Closing-Out Sale
$155,000 stock of fine Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Drapery, Upholstery
and Decorative Materials marked for quick disposal a sale brought
about through the taking over of our lease by the First National and
Security Savings & Trust Banks, who will erect bank building on prop
erty on which our store now stands. Buyers of Furniture of the better
grades are profiting by this transfer.
Listing
Here a Few
of the Many
Fine Bedroom
and Dining
Room Suites
Entered in
This Sale
Dining-Room Suites
413 Antique Ma
hogany Dining; ttOQ7 (fl
Suite, now DiiJ I .JV
One of the latest suites In Adam
design. Solid mahogany, antique
finish. Buffet, China Cabinet,
Extension Table, Serving Table,
five Dining Chairs and one Arm
Chair.
$425 Jacobean
Oak Dining Suite, g297 50
Antique carved stretchers and
trimmings. Cane paneled. Suite
consists of Buffet, Extension Ta
ble, China Cabinet, Serving Ta
ble, five Dining Chairs and one
Arm Chair.
$620 Jacobean Oak OtA)
Dining Suite, now
Showing antique carved stretch
ers and ornamentation, and
caned paneled. Extension Table,
Buffet, China Cabinet, Serving
Table, five Dining Chairs and
one Arm Chair comprise this
suite.
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$085 Berkey & Gay
Mahogany Dining Suite,
A splendid example of the heavy
scroll Colonial is this Mahogany
Dining Suite from Grand Rap
ids' leading maker of fine fur
niture. Consists of large Buffet,
Extension Table, Serving Table
and China Cabinet.
$160 set of Dining Chairs to
match six chairs and d1 1 O
one arm chair, now .... W X 1 v
$1100 Solid MahoKauy.
Kine Dlnlns Suite, now P iVV
In design a splendid example
of the Adam, and one of the fin
est of Its kind ever shown In
Portland. Antique finish. Suite
consists of Buffet, Extension Ta
ble, China Cabinet, Serving Ta
ble, six Dining Chairs and one
Arm Chair.
Bedroom Suites
$400 Berkey & Gay Bed- tO C O
room Suite, now POiJO
A beautiful Sheraton type of
solid mahogany, with antique.
$458
crotch-mahogany panels. Full
size Bed. Dresser, Chiffonier.
Dressing Table. Chair and Rocker
comprise this suite.
(!M Drrkry A Gar
I in. mr I., I Bedroom
Suite, now
A splendid example of the Sher
aton is this solid mahogany
suite In the cafe au lalt enamel
finish, hand-decorated. Interiors
of solid mahogany. Full-sUo
Bed, Dresser, Chiffonier. Dressing
Table, Chair, Rocker and Dress
ing Table Bench.
7s.- Ilrrkrr Gay
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linn
Of mahogany, Inlaid with ebony
and hollywood. All Interiors of
mahogany. Full-size Bed, Dresser,
Chiffonier, Dressing Table. Chair.
Rocker and Dressing Table Chair
niaitO Up UUI Ufuuniui nunc.
$50 Black 'Walnut Hr.l
llrdroom Suite, now....
Beautiful William and Mary
Suite In American black walnut.
Full-size Bed. Dresser. Chiffonier.
Dressing Table. Chair and Rocker.
;"$515
$455
$90 large overstuffed Daven
port, moss and hair filled,
made In our own up- dJCfJ
holstery shop, now... PJv
Closing-Out Prices on Overstuffed Davenports
15 large overstuffed Daven- I $155 English Pillow uavenpori or u i,
rt, 55 moss and hair filled three-cushion seat &LJ?
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and made In our own 0'7
shops, now v i J
down and hair filled and made d (f
in our own shops, now vv
Fifth and Stark
J. G. Mack & Co.
Fifth and Stark
(Special.) At a special election today
It was voted to extend the city limits
of White Salmon to the Columbia Riv
er thus taking in a portion of the
railroad, the Columbia River Co-operative
Cannery and the steamboat dock
and ferry landings.
North Bend Man Killed.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) John T. Johnson, a ship carpen
ter and resident of North Bend since
the city was founded, was accidentally
killed last night. He was struck by a
train on the railroad at the logging
camp of the North Bend Logging Com-
pany at Beaver Hill and died shortly
after the accident. Ho was 10 years
old.
Seattle Firm Gets Contract.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 5. (Special.) The Sound
Construction Company, of Seattle, was
awarded the contract for erecting the
public building at Idaho Falls, Idaho,
the price being $86,199. $
Park Superintendent at Ashlund.
ASHLAND, Or.. Aug. 5. (Special.)
M. Daniels, of San Francisco, general
superintendent of National parks, civil
engineer and landscape gardener, whs
in Ashland today, returning from Cra
ter Lake. He was accompanied by 111
G. Steel, superintendent of Crater Lakn
National Park. The visitor were the
guests of the local Commercial Club at
luncheon. Mr. Daniels left tnnlxht for
Portland on his way to Glacier Na
tional Park.
Servian Chler of Matt1 111.
LONDON. Aug. 5. A dispatch from
Servia today announces that General
Ralomlr Putnlk. chief of the Servian
General Staff, has fallen 111 and that
his don was wounded In a recent battli.
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