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THE 3IORXIXG OEEGOXIAJT,' THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1916. 3 REFRACTORY MOOSE TO CONVENE TODAY NOTED SPEAKER AND HIGH PYTHIAN WHO WILL MAKE ADDRESS AT OPENING HUGHES RALLY TOMQRROW NIGHT. TO SPEAK AUGUST 16 sfVternoon. The purpose was to adopt a constitution - and by-laws. The league will meet again Saturday at 10:30 A. M. at a place to be designated later by the chairman. The club is to be a permanent organization for the study of polltlca from a non-partisan standpoint and for " investigation of questions of civic and state interest. Any woman interested is eligible to membership: men are eligible as hon orary members only. The club has no president nor vice president, but is governed by an ex ecutive board of 11 members, on of whom is chosen to act as chairman for the term of one month. At the as piration of the term another is chosen. FUTURE 6F DRIVE IS UP HERE Question of Calling Second Convention to Name Ticket , to Be Considered. Republican Presidential Can didate Is Due in Port land at 7:30 A. M. CHIEF NEED IS CANDIDATE Council Will Consider Boulevard Today. Hillside ARMORY SPEAKING PLACE HUGHES ! ' MEM i Eastern Progressives Urge Indorse ment ot Wilson, or Adjourn ment "Without Action, leaders Are Divided. INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 2. Progressive party leaders from several states who disapproved of the action of the Bull Moose National Committee in indorsing Charles E. Hughes for President at its meeting in Chicago June 26 will hold a conference here tomorrow to con- sider the advisability of reassembling the party's National convention within SO days to nominate a candidate for President as a running mate for John M. Parker, of Louisiana, nominee for .Vice-President. John M. Parker, of Louisiana, who is sued the call for the conference, ar rived tonight and conferred with Pro ; grebEiie leaders 1 rom other states, but i o oefinito plan has been agreed upon 1 v tomorrow's conference. Available Candidate Lucking. A majority of the party representa tive who are here are in favor of ' .lominating a candidate for President, but admit, that the principal objection to the plan is the apparent lack of available candidates- Victor Murdoch, of Kansas, apparently is the choice of . a. majority of the Progressives for President, but he has declined to make ' the race. Bainbridge Colby, of New York, who made the nominating speech for Roose velt at the Progressive National Con vention in Chicago last June, is men tioned ns a possible candidate, but his .friends believe he will decline to run. Another suggestion is that John M. . Parker, of Louisiana, be named for ' President and another candidate se lected for Vice-President. A few of the Progressives from East ern states will, it is said, oppose the naming of a third ticket and either urge the indorsement of President Wil son or light to have-the conference ad journ without taking action of any kind. They doubt whether a majority .of the delegates to the Progressive Na tional Convention would respond to a call to reassemble at this late date ana believe it would be a mistake to at tempt to put a third ticket in the field In view of existing conditions. Uaden Are Divided. While the leaders who will attend the conference are divided as to the wisdom of naming a National ticket at this time, they are a unit in protesting against the action of the Bull Moose National Committee in indorsing Mr. Hughes and favor some action which will tend to perpetuate the Progressive party as a National political organiza tion. Judge Albert D.' Norton!, of St. Louis, apparently reflected the sentiment of a majority of the early arrivals when he said: - '"I want somebody to vote for in No vember. I will not vote for Wilson or Hughes. The Progressive National Committee exceeded its authority when it met in Chicago June 26 and Indorsed Hughes. I am in favor of reassem bling the party convention in Chicago at the earliest date possible and nom inating a candidate for President." NETS CAST TOO EARLY HACLEVY CREW OX ROGUE RIVER ARE ACCUSED. Fish Warden Charges Seiner Not Walt Until 6 o'clock Sunday Night. MARSH FIELD. Or., Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) As a result of the Macleay sein ing crew starting out, as alleged, five minutes before 6 o'clock last Sunday evening on Rogue River, the nshlng war broke out again in the arrest today by Fish Warden Jewell of the entire seining crew, numbering between 20 and 2b. The time on Rogue River, according to a statement today by R. L. Macleay, who in on the ground, is an uncertain quantity, . and nobody knows whether the correct time is to be found at Wed derburn or Gold Beach. The lawful time for seining is at 6 o'clock, and this gives gillnetters and seiners the Eame chance to get their lines out. On Sunday evening the claim was set tip that the seine was strung Ave min utes before 6, and this the gillnetters say gave the Macleay employes a big advantage over them. Fish Warden Jewell last Sunday rfight confiscated the entire catch of the seine, amount ing to 430 fish, turned them to the Mac- Jeay cannery and took a receipt for xnem. i ne trial or the seininir crew was set for Saturday morning at Gold Beach neiore justice of the Peace Staffonl. PIERCE CUTS TAX VALUES Tacoimi Real Property Reduction Alone Totals $7,031,177.' TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 2. (Special.) --Completion of the tax rolls for 1916. showing a valuation of all property in Pierce County of JS7, 528,236. compared with J95.849.461 last year, a reduction of $8,321,325. was announced by County Assessor cameron today. The largest reduction was on real property in Tacoma. Property in- the city is valued at $50,837,866. compared to $57,889,043 last year, a reduction of $1,031,177, which will reduce the actua taxation in the city approximately $107,000. The value of outside prop erty is placed at $27,290,370.' compared to $2S.17a,171 last year, a reduction of $S84.S0. The actual reduction in taxation in the city and county under the pres ent levies, said Mr. Cameron, would be approximately $200,000 if the county will hold its present levy to the ame figures" this Fall. The . reduction is the following out of the policy of the republican party in Fierce County which pledged itself to economy two years ago. Dry Law Broken; Fine, $100. MARSH FIELD. Or.. Aug. 3. Spe rial.) James Bering, who was charged with ordering liquor for several Bunker Hill men. was today convicted la Jus tice of the Peace C. L. Pennock's court . f violating the prohibilton law and ,. fined $100 and costs. Mr. Bering rep resents the McPherson & Ginser Com pan-, who were wholesale liquor vie a! ers here before the state went dry, - V ? . ' v X I ' '3 I . . ' 1 : V r - . ' . - , , i s ' ' owej T- . . .' '. . J J HUGHES RALLY SET Indiana Congressman Speaks Here Tomorrow Night. THEATER MEETING PUBLIC Republican Presidential Campaign AVill Be Formally Opened Mul- tornor Club May March. Music Is on Programme. The Hughes' campaign in Oregon will be formally opened at 8 o'clock to morrow night with a big rally in the old Baker Theater. Broadway between Morrison and .Alder streets, at which James E. Watson, for many years a member of the National House of Repre sentatives, and now a candidate for United States Senator from Indiana against Tom Taggart, will be the prin cipal speaker. Mr. Watson is in Portland as a su preme representative from Indiana to the Knights Of Pythias Supreme Lodge here. He is a speaker of great power and magnetism, as well as a personal friend of Mr. Hughes, I he subject ot his address win De 'Charles Evans Hughes." He will dis cuss, among other things, the speech made by Mr. Hughes at the notification meeting early this week, in which Mr. Hughes so clearly and forcefully de clared his views on National issues. Suffrage Amendment Topic. He will also speak, on Mr. Hughes' pronouncement for a National woman suffrage amendment to the Constitu tion of the United States. For 12 years Mr. Watson, was a member of the National House of Rep resentatives from the Sixth Indiana District. For several years of that time also was Republican whip of the House. In 1908 he was a candidate for Gov ernor against Thomas K. Marshall, present Vice-President of the United States. Mr. Marshall defeated him by a majority of only 8000 votes out of a total of 7o0.000 cast. One of the features of tomorrow night's meeting will be the musical programme to be given by the Port land Ad Club quartet. The quartet will sing 'America, I Love You," "We Are With You, Uncle Sammy" and "There' Was a Man From New York Town," besides other songs. McElroys band will play popular selections before the meeting is called to order. Judge McNary to Preside. The meeting will be opened by Gus C. Moser, as president of the Multorpor Republican- Club, who went to Seattle to meet Mr. Watson and obtain his consent to address the opening Hughes rally in Oregon. Mr. Moser will intro duce Judge Charles L. McXary, chair man of the Republican State Central Committee, under whose auspices the rally is held. Judge McNary in turn will introduce Mr. Watson. Reviving the custom of old times, the Multomor Club, which plans to at tend the meeting in a body, will raarcn through the streets wearing its new marching uniforms, if they arrive time. ' Seats in the theater will be free for all and there will be no reserved seats. The only persons to sit on the plat form will be officers and members of the Reoublican State Central Committee and Hughes committee, and state and county candidates. LANSD0N AHEAD IN KANSAS Ben S. Gaitskill Loses Democratic Nomination for Governor. TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. 2. Although returns from yesterday's primary from many of the rural districts had not been received tonight, it was indicated clearly that W. C. Lansdon had defeated Ben S. Gaitskill by about 7000 votes for the Democratic nomination for Gov ernor, and will be the opponent of Governor Arthur Capper. Republican, who was unopposed for the nomination, at the general election in November. Other places on which contests had been filed, however, were not eo certain. LIMIT ON PAVING FIXED Portion of Work on Gresbam Road Walts for Year. GRESHAM. Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.) The County Commissioners, have de cided that - the hard-surfacing of the Gresham-Fairview road will go only as far as the Base Line road this year, and will be finished at a later date. On Bowman's Hill, which Is on the portion that the Commissioners plan on leav ing unfinished, a cut of about four feet will be made and the dirt taken from the cut . placed at the bottom of the hill, making the grade more easy. The County Commissioners say the road will not be ready to hard surface this year, because the grading at this point should settle before the hard surfacing is laid. The Warren Construction Company is rushing the paving here, and by the end of another week will be up to the Base Line road. The construction com pany has. besides the contracts on the Gresham-Fairview road, the contract to lay hot stuff, on several bridges in this- vicinity. , RIVALRY IS IN SIGHT COXSl'L FISHER WARNS OP TRADE OUTLOOK IX CHINA. American Bnslnesa Men Must Active In New Fields If Tbey Would Win, He Says. "American business men must en trench themselves now to prepare to hold their own when the foreign wars make necessary a new alignment of business relations," says Fred D. Fisher,1 American Consul at Tientsin, who was in Portland yesterday as a guest of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Fisher was entertained at a luncheon at noon, where he gave a general address, and in the afternoon he was in conference with various business men of the city at the of fices of the Bureau of Trade and Com merce. Mr. Fisher urged that Portland must have ship lines connecting this port with China and must put up "a busi ness front" In the Orient if she is to secure any of the business there. With out the ship lines an expansion of Portland's shipping trade may not reasonably be expected, and without such a front American firms in .general will be unable to compete -with the well entrenched representatives of foreign nations in the China field. "The Chinese want American capi tal, and they like American-made goods," said Mr. Fisher. "As an Ore gon citizen, I would like to urge that Portland business men visit the Far East and see what can be done to establish business connections. ALASKAN SMELTER DESIRE Seward Meeting Considers Hand ' ling 1,000,000 Tons of Copper. SEWARD. Alaska, Aug. 2. More than 1.000.000 tone of copper ore have been blocked out in independent mines trib utary to Prince William Sound. Alaska, according to speakers at a business men's mass meeting held here last night to consider the establishment of a smelter near Seward to reduce tnese ores. The smelter at Tacoma, it was said, was able to handle only the ore xrom xne mines or tne syndicate which owns the smelter. Andrew ChriBtensen, chief of the land department of the United States Rail road, promised to assist in obtaining I smelter site on the east side of Resur rection Bay. Abundance of coal, lime and water power make the smelter project feasible, it was declared. ELKS WIN BASEBALL GAME Pythians Challenge Antlered Xine, ,but Lose Contest. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) The Vancouver Elks' baseball team today defeated the team of the Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank, in an exhibition game on Franklin field, by a score of 11 to- 2. The Pythian challenged the Elks, who recently at tracted considerable notice with their Shorts' and' Leans' game, and the. Elks accepted, and won. Troeh and Pender, former Trt-Clty League stars, pitched for the Elks, and Reynolds and Baker for the Knights. A big- crowd saw the game, which was played for the benefit of the visitors encamped in the city. Coal Miners' Demands! Refused. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Aug. 2. De mands of union coal miners or in creased pay were refused by the op erators at an executive meeting of committees representing the United Mine Workers of America, district 22. and Wyoming coal operators here to day. The Joint conference adjourned to await the report of a special promise committee composed of the representa tives of the operators and miners. State Central Committee Names Chairmen to Carry On Cam- ' puign Work Alliances Will Be Organized. Charles Evans Hughes Republican nominee for President of the United States, will arrive in Portland at 7:30 o'clock the morVlng of August IS and will address a mass meeting of Port land citizens at 8 o'clock the same night in the Armory. The meeting place and details of Governor Hughes' programme while he is here were discussed at a meeting of the Republican campaign committee, held at Republican headquarters in the Selling building. last night. Judge Charles L. McXary, state chairman, pre sided. All arrangements for the Hughes meeting afld the reception to be ten dered Governor Hughes and his party were left to the executive committee. This is composed of Judge McXary. as state chairman: Thomas B. Neuhausen, as vice-chairman; E. D. Baldwin, as secretary: David X. Dunne, as treas urer, and Ralph E. Williams, as Nation al committeeman. Hughes to Speak la Armory. The selection of the Armory was the only definite action taken. It was tentatively agreed, however, that if agreeable , to Governor Hughes an ef fort will be made to have him visit Salem, Albany and possibly Eugene during the day and make short speeches. When the meeting opened. It was not known Just at what time Governor Hughes and his party would arrive in Portland. In the course of the meet ing, however. National Committeeman Williams received word that the party were scheduled to arrive at 7:30 in the morning at the North Bank depot. They are to depart at 1:30 o'clock the next morning. The full campaign voted to proceed. at once with the formation of Hughe Alliances for men and women through the state. This action is in accordance with tho recommendations of the Re- l.ublican National campaign committeo, and the personal wishes of National Chairman William R. Willcox. Alliance's Work Explained. 'The National campaign committee s desirous that the alliances be made as effective a force as possible in each state to accomplish success in the election." said Chairman Willcox in a letter received by Mr. Williams yes- era ay. Accompanying this letter was also one from W. Cameron Forbes, oresi dent of the National Hughes Alliance, and former Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, explaining the work of the Alliance. It seems to be the concensus of opinion that the alliance, in order to tullfll its mission, should reach mem bers of other parties, as well as the Republican party, and therefore should be a genuinely independent movement." said Mr. Forbes In part. "This move ment has the hearty support of Gov ernor Hughes and is being encouraged oy the compaign committee of the Republican National Committee." Miss Anne Rhodes, of Los Angeles. Pacific Coast organizer of the Women's Hughes Alliance. has written to Thomas B. Neuhausen, vice-chairman of the Oregon committee, that she will be here Sunday to aid in the work of organizing alliances in this state. Committees Are Kamed. The following committees and their chairman were named by the campaign committee, the names of the associates appointed by the chairmen being also given: Women s department Thomas B. Neuhausen. chairman; E. B. Herman and Marlon Jack. Publicity Walter L. Tooze. Jr of Dallas, chairman; Willard L. Marks and A. E. Clark. Speakers S. S. Smith, of Medford. chairman; David L. Povey, Thomas H. Tongue and F. H. Lewis. Finance Clyde Huntley, of Oregon City, chairman; Thomas H. Tongue, T. J. Mahoney and Arthur I. Moulton. Club organizations A. A. Bailey, of Portland, chairman. Owing to his du ties with the Pythians, Ma Bailey was unable to attend the meeting, but will give out the names of his associates later. HOTEL MAN HIT HARD SPOKANE HOST MUST PAY eTSO KOR SIPPL.YI.XG THIRSTY 0'E4. William S Xorman la Convicted on Three tt'ouats and Must Serve Jail Sentence as Well. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 2. Wiliam S. Norman, president ot the Norman Hotels Ltd., was today found guilty of bootlegging, of permitting the il legal ale of liquor in the Hotel Spo kane and of soliciting orders for li quor at the hotel, and was fined a to tal 'of $750 and costs and given a Jail sentence aggregating 60 days. J. G. Simpson, the hotel employe in charge of the "permit department." was fined 9353 and costs, the minimum 'sen tence for the separate charges of so liciting orders for liquor. Charles J. Robson. bead waiter of the Silver Grill, a dining-room in the Hotel Spokane, was fined (100 and sentenced to 0 days in jail for bootlegging. All three gave notice ef appeal. ' The cases arose from evidence se cured in a raid on the hotel July 21, in which a complete system for expe diting the importation of liquor into the state was found. . - County officers report a decrease of one-third In the number of permits is sued since the stopping of the plan. It is said that the Northern Express Com pany brought liquor packages to the permit room of the hotel and that per mits were attached there. H. J. Cole, receiver for the hotel company, will be tried August 12. The Northern Ex press Company will be tried tomorrow on the charge of shipping liquor with out proper permit attached. WOMEN FORM STUDY CLUB Politics Will Be Viewed Only In Xon-Partisan Way. The executive board of the Women's Political Study League met at the of fice of Dr. Florence S. Manlon Tuesday The question-of what will be done with the Llnnton Hillside boulevarde will be put before the City. Council probably tomonuw Tor definite settle ment. City Attorney LaRoche has asked the Council to authorize him to enter into negotiations, whereby the c.ty will agree to spend $50,000 on ma cadamizing the road before October 1. 1817, provided the property owners will agree to pay the full amount of their assessments and to drop their present lawsuits against the city. The plan Is to have all the owners bond their as sessments by September 1. 191C. The Council may follow this course jr it vr-iy decide to fight out the law suits and let the property owners put in the macadam themselves or let the road go to pieces. MAN STRUCK; BALM ASKED Ernest Downer Snes Oregon Elec tric for $20,000 Damages. Emmet G. Downer was driving a horse and buggy across railroad tracks ; ner Tualatin. August 19. 1914. when struck by an Oregon Electric train. He was flung 60 feet, his right arm broken in four places, his shoulder blade fractured, and he was internally injured. He is asking damages of $20,000 in a suit filed in the Circuit Court yesterday. There wera no proper safeguards at the crossing, is his contention. He maintains that the railway had allowed grasses and weeds to grow along the right of way until the view of the track was obscured and the sound of an oncoming train deadened. STOCK DEALER ARRESTED C. M. Hall Cliarged With Gettln; llorse, by False Pretenses. Charged with getting a valuable Bel gian stallion from a resident of Leba non by false pretenses. C. M. Hall, a dealer in registered stock, was arrested last night and taken to the County Jail. He was released later on a bond of $500. " It is charged that' the accused re cently purchased the animal for $425, Riving his check for $417 in part pay ment, and that when the check was presented at the bank, payment was refused on the ground that the drawer had no funds there to meet it. FLOOD SUFFERERS GET AID House Passes Senate Bill to Aid Southern States. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. The resolu tion appropriating $540,000 for relief of flood sufferers In seven Southern states, passed yesterday by the Senate, was passed by the House today by an unanimous vote. Republican Leader Mann, who blocked consideration earlier in the day, with drew his objection. Panama Election Protested. WASHINGTON. Auir. I. Samuel Lewis. an attorney for Dr. Chlarl. unsuccessfu candidate for the Presidency of Pana- l. called at the State Department to day to protest the legality of the recent election in which Ramon Valdez was chosen President. The Chiarl party con tend that the government prevailed by fraud and. violence, and want the United Hates to -set aside the choice under terms of the treaty by which this Government assures fair elections to the voters of Panama. Fire Damages Convent. " QUEBEC. Que.. Augrust 22. Fire, which started early today in the con vent at Ste. Anne de la Pocattere and which for a time threatened to destroy the entire town, was under control this afternoon after, the convent had been gutted and two small buildings of the rolleere destroyed. It mi Tim to R-tint? (Buy Fuk) ft SH ' ' g uaaaa ' j i-l 1 ! Here Are the Shirts . Hundreds of Them For Summer and Fall Wear 95c Selling Regularly Up to $1.75 Madras and Percales Big enough variety to please every man; variety of weaves and patterns. Shirts with plain and plaited bosoms, soft and stiff cuffs. All sizes from 14 to X7VZ' . First Floor. otto TTlOn MtsrcKandaso GUARD IS RESENTFUL Attack on Captain White Is Declared Unjust. QUICK MOBILIZATION CITED Officers or Third Oregon Assert Poli tics Not Played and That Hegl ment Has More Members Tlian Mont Krom East. PALM CITT. Cal.. Aup. 2. (Special.) Resentment was general imong the officers .of the Third .Oregon Regiment here today when a Portland newspaper reached camp containing an attack on Captain George A. White, who. as Adjutant-General. Is represented as having played polities. "The whole difficulty ts that General White ejected politics from the guard instead of injected them into it." said a high officer of the regiment who has had more than 20 years service. lie save the guard a badly needed house cleaning' when he took charge, and now a coterie of enemies is making a cowardly attack on him while be is in the field with troops." There was bitterness also at the pic ture drawn rf a depleted Third Regi ment when, so it is asserted by milt tary men on the border, Oregon has one of the finest organisations In the field. The Battery and Troop are at full war strength, and the Third Retci- ment is several hundred men over the prescribed minimum strength. That the Oregon infantry troops did not wait in Oregon to recruit to full war strength was due to the urgent demands for troops which the War De partment wanted immediately. Oregon was the only Western state to respond promptly and was sent to guard the Southern California border while call fornia troops were trying to get mobil ized, it is pointed out. here. The Third Regiment is now larger numerically than the California reertments and also IAVORED BY tfioso car owners vvfto demand Jbea-iit-u as -well as tiro ejiciencij Fisk Tirtt Ft Salt By J 11 Dealer The Fisk Rubber Company of N. Y. General Omors: Chicopee Falls, Mas. Portland Branch 5-4 North Broadway Brmmchn in Mtrt Tkn 125 Cititt of cJ Merit Only" larger than the majority of Eastern regiment. "When the call came," said a field officer today. "General White called all the officers together and told them that their commissions were secure so far as the state authorities were con cerned. He made good on that promise. It was in strange contrast with the mobilization of 198. when officers were put aside right and left for politi cal reasons. The guard was never put in bucu une conoiuon as under General White, and the results of the mnhiii. sation showed this. 'If he had played noitl- in.io.H nf bluntly insisting on efficiency he might nave escaped the unDleasantneKM whth enemies at home now try to stir up. " -regon ouara would not have been the first to take the field at an hour when the country was on the verge of war and sadly In need of troops to back up diplomatic negotia tions." COUNTER CHARGES FILED Oregon City Couple Reply to Mr. Tooie's Libel Suit. OREGON" CITY. Or.. Aug. 2. (.Spe cial.) Charges that K. J. Toose. city school superintendent. has ignored merit tn the disposal of honors among pupUs so as to curry favor among the school directors, that he has used hs position to intimidate teachers and "ut tered falsehoods to teachers, pupils and. members of the board of viirectors." are contained In an answer filed today by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cartlidge In the (20.000 libel action instituted by Mr. Tooze against them. The answer was prepared by Dimick & Dlmlck. attorneys for the Cartlidgea. Rritlsb Fleet Ronibards Moulebit. MITYLKXE. Greece, via London. Aug. S. The British fleet has bombarded loulebit. on the coast of Asia Minor, amd landed a email detchment. Tabbr cats are so called after In Hud nil. a street ELL-AIMS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package Droves it 25c at all druggists. I "in