VOL. VTA NO. 17,301. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CALLED ON TWO MILLIONAIRES CLAIM ONE WIFE -WIDE FIGHT GIRLS LEARN TO READ IN 7 HOURS WILSON SENDS FOR CUPID HANGS ON ROPES AND GASPS HUSBAND IS KILLED BY JEALOUS WIFE TO REUNITE PARTY PLAGOE BEGINS ROAD PRESIDENTS TWO KXOTS TO BE UNTIED TO , MAKE OXE LEGAL. MODEL CLASS ALSO CAN SOLVE '- SIMPLE PROBLEMS. FOUR SEPARATIONS ASKED AXD NO OXE WANTS TO WED. HUGHES NATION V I i California Said to Be " Badly Divided. GOVERNOR JOHNSON IGNORED Chester H. Rowell Tells Nomi nee of "Resentment." CROWDS LINE WAY SOUTH loyalty to Flag and Demand " for Preparedness Are Urged Be fore Throngs at Stations Where Special Stops. CHARLES E. Hl'GHES RE CEIVES COXTI.M'OUS OVA TTOS ON" TRIP SOUTH. GLENDALE, Or., Aug. 17. CSpecial.) Governor and Mrs. Hughes, after an early break fast, met large and enthusias tic gatherings of citizens at Oakland, Sutherlin, Roseburg, Myrtle Creek, Riddle, Grants Pass. Gold Hill, Central Point. Medford and Ashland. In pass ing through Douglas. Josephine and Jackson counties. Governor and Mrs. Hughes received one continuous ovation. RALPH. E. WILLIAMS, CHARLES L. M'NARY. MEDFORD. Or., Aug. 17. Charles E. Hughes, on his way to San Francisco from Portland, was called on today by Chester H. Rowell, of Fresno, Cal., a member of the Republican National campaign committee, to adjust as far as possible during his stay in San Fran cisco a factional fight in California between Progressive and Republican leaders. Mr. Rowell told the nominee that Governor Johnson, of California, Pro gressive leader and Hughes supporter, had not been invited to attend the meeting tomorrow night in San Fran cisco at which Mr. Hughes will speak and that members of the arrangement committee had told. Mr.. JRowelL that Governor Johnson's presence at the meeting was 'highly undesirable." Governor to Avoid Meeting. Governor Johnson, Mr. Rowell told the nominee, had so arranged his Itin erary that he would not be in San Francisco tomorrow night. . During his stay in San Francisco over Saturday Mr. Hughes will confer with Republican and Progressive leaders in the interest of party harmony. The meeting arranged for Los An geles next Monday night. Mr. Rowell told the nominee, similarly had been left entirely in the hands of regular Republicans, and the Progressive ele ment there was "resentful" because of this arrangement. Mr. Hughes probably will confer with Progressive and Republican leaders in Los Angeles. i Crowds Line Tour South. Mr. Hughes talked of the tariff and the National honor today to crowds which assembled at stations along the way south from the rear platform of his car. The nominee made four ad dresses at Riddle. Roseburg. Grants Pass and here. In each he also summa rized his stand on preparedness, pro tection of American rights and indus trial co-operation. At Riddle Mr. Hughes declared that "a depreciation in American repute" due to "a policy of vacillation," had brought the country nearer to war than it would have been had "a. firm and consistent policy" been maintained. Old Spirit Still Dominant. "Those who think we are decadent and weak and haven't got the old in domitable spirit are very much mis taken," he said. "They do not repre sent the country." In his address at Grants Pass Mr. Hughes defined "dominant American ism" as follows: "We must have a good drive ahead and there is no reason why in this country, with its ability and natural resources, we should not have perma nent prosperity. To do that we must look after our own. That is what I mean by dominant Americanism able to take care of American interests. "In addition to that, we want also and you cannot have much of a nation without it an intense regard foi our National honor and a disposition to maintain it., B Honor Pat Above Peace. "I am solicitous to preserve peace and good will. We want the friendship lof all the nations of the world. They are very friendly disposed to us. But if we are to keep out of trouble we must respect ourselves end others must respect us. There is no safe guarantee of peace when others begin to see how much they can trifle with you and you decide you won't stand it. They have got to know you mean what you say. and in the things which vitally con ccrn you that you are prepared to maintain them. "That is good Americanism. It will give us peace with honor. That is what America wants." Loyalty to King Essential. In his address at Roseburg Mr. Hughes said: "You must have loyalty to the flag and unswerving loyalty to the prin ciples of your institutions. You must (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) California Woman After Straighten ing: Out Xiegal Tangle Will Be Remarried to Husband Xo. 2. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 1". (Special.) Fat decided that Ethel Stephens. 28 years old, should marry two million aires and that both ties would have to be untied to make one of the marriages legal. She was married to James Stowe, a mining man, in Deming, N. M., in 1902. The honeymoon lasted three weeks. Stowe went off to the mines and a year later his bride heard he had been killed. . . lira. Stowe met ,and married, in 1910, Walter Shely, who had inherited a for t .ne of nea ly $1,000,000. . But she. met Stowe later and learned he' could still claim her i-s "lis wife. She consulted f hely and it was agreed that he would go on a sort of vacation one year. Meantime Mrs. Shcly was to sever both tied. Through Attorney John Munro she had filed suit for annulment of her marriage to Shely, and when the court grants this, it is said, she will seek a divorce from Stowe. Then there will be another marriage, which will give her the legal right to bear the name She I v. According to Mrs. Stephens' attorney, Stowe is living in Boston. He is re tired and is said to be worth more than $1,500,000. Shely also comes from Boston. Whan Mrs. Shely was mar ried .to. Stowe .she was. only 1 years old; he was then twice her age. ANTI-LYNCHING BILL LOST Georgia House Refuses, 113 to 2 9, to Provide Removal Penalty. ATLANTA. Ga.. Aug.'l7.-A bill pro viding that the Sheriff of any Georgia County in which a lynching occurs be removed by the Governor was tabled 113 to 29 by the Georgia House last night a few minutes before the close of the legislative session after it bad been passed by the House. The outstanding accomplishment of the session was the passage of the com pulsory education law. A woman suf frage amendment was disposed of by setting its consideration for one day after adjournment. ROCKEFELLERS AT REUNION Those or Family Who Cannot Edu cate Children-to lie Helped. - NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Rockefellers of New York, New Jersey and Penn sylvania began a reunion here today and discussed plans to educate Rocke feller children whose Immediate fam ilies cannot send them to school. Fifty members of the family were present. Including John D. Rockefeller, who could not attend, there are 260 mem bers of the association, it was said. AUDITORIUM WORK SLOW Due to Delays, Project Will Not Be Completed Until March, 1917. T h e Public Auditorium is 45 days behind its scheduled time. Report to this effect was made yesterday to the City Council by J. A. Fouilhoux, arch itect Some time ago Hans Pedersoa was granted 17 days' extension of time, owing to unavoidable delays. Mr. Fouilhoux now asks for the granting of 28 days more making a total of 45. This will make the date for completion of the building March 9. 1317. GREEK ATTACHE ARRESTED Athens Orders Investigation of Ac tion of Italians. LONDON, Aug. 17.--An Athens dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany says that an attache of the Greek Legation to Germany was ar rested by Italians while on his way to Berlin and diplomatic papers in his possession were confiscated. The Greek Minister at Rome, the dis patch says, has been instructed to take up the matter with the Italian Gov ernment. CANADIANS SENT TO NAVY Men to Bo Paid by Dominion at Higher Than British Rates. OTTAWA Ont.. Aug. 17. Canada is enlisting men for servics in the British navy, a departure in policy, as it was decided at the beginning of the war to confine recruiting in Canada to land forces. Although the men will be on an Ad miralty craft, they will be paid by Canada at the Canadian naval reserve rates, which are considerably higher than the British rates. THIRD WOMAN GETS RIGHT Federal Court Admits Miss Grace Arnold to Practice. Miss Grace Arnold, stenographer in the office ot the United States Attor ney was admitted to practice in the United States District Court yesterday byJudge Wolverton. She is the third woman to be admitted to practice in the Federal courts of this state. Miss Arnold studied law at night in addition to her regular duties and passed the recent bar examinations with a good grade. State Health Officials Hold Conference. UNIFORM RULES PROPOSED Closing of Schools Regarded as Not Necessary. CAUSE IS STILL UNKNOWN Quarantine Declared Ineffectual to Prevent Spread Survey of 38 States Represented Shows 11,717 Cases. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Plans for a more vigorous campaign o prevent spread of infantile paralysis were made here today at a conference or neann authorities of most of the states with officials of the Federal Public Health Service. Resolutions will be adopted tomor row by. the conference, in which emi nent plague experts, scientists ana bacteriologists are participating, out- lining definite proposals for checking dissemination- of the disease. While .few cf those present today expressed alarm that the epidemic might assume country-wide porportions. they uni formly declared measures were neces sary to guard against a widespread outbreak. Canae of Plague Unknown. Admission was" freely made by many experts that the cause or the piaguo is unknown and the means of its trans mission not conclusively determined. Physicians who have been fighting It in New YorK. Pennsylvania, New Jer sey and Connecticut gave the latest scientific observations of this aspect. Attention , was centered chiefly on preventing the spread of the epidemic through .interstate travel. Uniformity of regulations or travel on raiiroaa trains, steamships and other carriers was ursed by Secretary McAdoo, of the Treasury Department, and the con ference probably will recommend a system "of uniform inspection, issuance of health certificates and co-operation between Federal ind state health and railroad authorities toward regulating travel. Control to Be Studied. A special committee. to propose meth ods for the control of the epidemic, in cluding transportation regulations, was appointed to report tomorrow. Its mem bers are Dr. John S. Fulton, of Mary land, chairman: Dr. T. D. Tuttle, of Washington statfo; Dr. E. G. Williams, of Virginia: Dr. H, H. Bracken, of Minnesota, and Surgeon Charles E. Banks, bead of the Public Health Serv ice orps, fighting the plague at New York. Another committee, appointed to rec ommend a uniform method of col lecting and transmitting statistics and information regarding the disease's (Concluded 'on Page 3, Column 1.) I , SPEAKING OF EUGENICS! j j : ; r Jmr 1 t -. -.. . ........... . Children Who Dave Had No Previous , Training Are . Selected for Demonstration Work. OREGON CITY, Or.. Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) After seven and one-half hours of classroom training 11 little girls in a class conducted by Mrs. M. L. Fulker son. at the Clackamas County teachers' training school, are now able to read simple sentences, count, recognize short words and numbers on flash cards and do little problems in arithmetic. The class was organized by Mrs. Ful kerson to demonstrate to the teachers attending the Summer school the more advanced methods of primary teaching. The pupils were gathered with care by County Superintendent Calavan. He saw to it that none had received train ing in spelling, reading or arithmetic. For the last three weeks, five days a week. Mrs. Fulkerson has trained the pupils half an hour daily. During that time the girls have advanced as far in their studies as it usually required by two months or two months and a half of work. "The secret of Mrs. Fulkerson's suc cess." said Superintendent Calavan. "is that she knows Just how much to em phasize each part of the work. She understands each child arid drills it just enough in each step. Efficiency is the keynote of her work." Tho training school will end tomor row. The registration this year reached 176, which is about 70 more than the records of other training schools. AFRICAN RING TIGHTENED British Report Progress Against German Defenders. LONDON, Aug. 17. The ring around the forces defending German East Af rica is being drawn closer. An official statement received from General Smuts, commander of the Brit ish forces in German East'Africa. re ports that the British have cleared the difficult hilly country and captured several important positions. The state ment says: "General Smuts reports that on- Tues day our forces advancing from the N'guru Mountains, after overcoming slight opposition, reached the junction of the principal tracks leading to Mro goro and Kilossa. Our columns are now clear of tne difficult billy country and in this direction are separated from the central railway by only 2 miles of open steppe. "Further west Lieutenant-Colonel Vandeventer. having occupied Tpa- pula. is moving toward Kilossa." ALASKA COAL IS SHIPPED New Railroad Delivers Trainload of Product at Anchorage. SEWARD. Alaska. Aug. 17. (Spe clal.) The first trainload of coal from the Matanuska coal fields, to which the Government is constructing a branch of the United States Railroad, arrived in Anchorage today. The coal will be used by the railroad. . The Alaska ' Engineering Commis slon, which has charge of the railroad construction, is estaousning a. camp for Winter work at Potter Creek, on Turnagain Arm. which extends south east from the upper end of Cooks In let. Appeal Is Taken Over Managers' Heads MEN ARE BELIEYED FAVORABLE Railway Officials Insistent on Arbitration Principled 8-HOUR DAY MADE BASIS President, However, Would Allow Only Regular Rate for Overtime. Commission to ne Created by Congress Propose J. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. President Wilson today laid his plans for avoid ing the threatened railway strike be fore the employes" committee of 640 and, having found the managers' com mittee adamant to his proposal that they accept the eight-hour dfy. he ap pealed to the railroad presidents and asked them to come to the White House for a. conference. There is every Indication that if the railroad presidents sustain their man agers. President Wilson will appeal finally to the financial powers which control the roads, for. it is his pur pose to deal with the ultimate author ity before he gives up his efforts. President's Plsn In Ontllned. The President's plan, which is ex pected to be formally accepted by the employes' committee at a meeting at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, proposes An eight-hour day as the basis for computing wages. Regular pay at the eight-hour-day rate for overtime. To refer all collateral issues to small commission to be created by Con gress on which the employes, the rail roads and the public would be repre sented. Acceptance of the proposal by . the employes Was forecast by expressions of their . leaders after they left the President's conference. One of them declared: "The men would be fools not to ac cept it." Railroads Willing to Arbitrate. The attitude of the railroad presi dents is not so clear. They began ar riving tonight; all are expected to be here tomorrow. No one can say what will be the effect of an appeal such as a President of the United States, speak ing in the name of the welfare of a nation, can make. But from such in formation as can be gathered it ap pears that the railroad presidents. If the managers' committee understands them, are unalterably opposed to con ceding the eight-hour day or anything else out of hand, but are quite ready to arbitrate anything and everything in almost any form of arbitration upon (Concluded on Page 8. Column 3.) Such Is Day's Record in Office of County Clerk Others of Late Are, About as Bad. ' The divorce court knocked Cupid to the ropes in Multnomah County this week. Will he take the count? Not a single marriage license was issued yesterday, but four divorce were filed. And this is not a .lone in stance. Take Tuesday. There were three marriage licenses issued that day. but there were 10 divorce cases filed. Yesterday was the first day in a year that the County Clerk's office has been open in which not a marriage license was taken out. It is the second time since County Clerk Coffey took office in January, 1913. that this has oc curred. The reason for it yesterday was not obvious. It was not Friday, the 13th. flor near that date. It was Thursday, the 17th. There were no snowbanks outside the Courthouse to be negotiated by daring couples, nor silver thaw to be faced. There were a few showers of rain, but they were light and far from intimidating. The increase in the divorce market has been great lately. There were nine civil cases filed in the Circuit Coort yesterday, of which four were for di vorces. Of -the 16 cases filed Tuesday, 10 were divorces. And about half the divorces are asked by persons who were married In Vancouver. SHARK TAKEN AT TAC0MA Fishermen Capture Monster After Battle of Two Hours. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 17. (Special.) A shark closely resembling the variety which terrorized the Atlantic Coast recently, was. captured after a two-hour fight In the Tacoma harbor this morning by members of the crew of the yacht El Primero. William Harlow and Benjamin Ken near were fishing from the Govern ment buoy when they got a nibble from a small fish. Instantly their line received & tremendous pull and the battle with the shark was on.. The ferocious fish measured nine feet from tip to tip and its nouth was filled with rows of sharp teeth. The captors eald that it tried to bite them as they drew it on the buoy. BULL ELK DEFIES FARMER Animal Refuses to Quit Clover Field. Damages Sought. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 17. A Naches Valley farmfcr complained to the County Commissioners yesterday that one of the btill elk imported from the Yellowstone Park herd, had taken possession of his clovor field and re fused to leave. He asks $25 damages. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 64 decrees; minimum. 54 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, warmer; westerly winds. War. Austrian retreat Imperils German line In rst. Paxs 4. Mexico. nounco treaty rights as condition of ac quiring property. Page 2. ' Foreign. Denmark violently agitated over proposal to sell Islands. page j. National. Nationwide fight on infant paralysis begun. Page 1. Wilson appeals from railway managers to railway presidents. Page 1. Benate may force passage ot Immigration L 1 1 1. I . Democrats on Senate finance committee propose 1130.000,000 bond issue. Page 8. Pacific Coast hard hit If rates are upheld. Psge Naval base on Columbia lost for this year. Page 3. Official war reports. Page 4. ' Domestic. Former Portland woman kills her husband at Mount Clemens. Mich. Page 1. Two millionaires claim one wife. Page 1. Sports. Louis Guisto to leave for Cleveland 6un- day night. Page 12. Pacific Coast League results: Los Angeles 6. Portland 3: Oakland 12. ban Francisco 8: Vernon 14. Salt Lake 7. Page 12. Mabel Trask wins 150O0 grand circuit purse. Psge 13. San Francisco magnates say Portland will not loss franchise. Page 12. Griffin defeats Williams In Caafno tennis tourney. Page 13. White Sox shut out Red Eox. Page 12. Miss Agnes Ford wins women s title at Gearhart golf tourney. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Army sergeant praises camp of Third Ore. son. Pace s. Tots learn to read In seven hours. Page 1. Mr. Hughes called on to reunite party In California. Page 1. Viuna bathing girls filmed In Icy pool. Page 3. Klamath Falls accepts Strahorn plan. Page 3. Elks convention opens at Hoquiam. Page 4. Commercial nod Marine. Six million feet of lumber Is being loaded. Page 14. Excitement In Northwestern bsrley market subsides.- Psge IT. Sharp drop In Chicago wheat on bearish Winnipeg crop news. Psge 17. Ralls are only irregular stocks In Wall- street market. rag 17. Portland and Vicinity. Cupid getting routed in Multnomah County. Page 1. r Northwest fleet Is suggested. Page 17. Weather report, data and forecast. Pace 17. Cbamber of Commerce Indorses Mount Hood loop road. Pace i. City Council makes perilous trip over Ltnn- ton Boulevard. Page P. School Biard refuses to delay school open ing until alter Labor day. page lo. Interstate bridge celebration Is planned. Page 0. Farmers Invited to hear Mr. Myrtck explain rural credits law. Psge 11. Odd trio appear before Municipal Court. Page 18. Trend of sentiment towsrd Hushes Indl rated by, sixe and enthusiasm of crowds. Page t. Portland plans big invasion of Coos Bay to celebrate railway opening. Page 5. 000 families ore wanted for Willamette Val 1 ley hop fields. Page 14. Portland Couple Prin cipals in Tragedy. INSANITY WILL BE PLEADED Five Shots Fired, All Taking Effect in Head and Chest. DOMESTIC LIFE TROUBLED Fatal Shooting Takes Place in Mount Clemens, Mich. Wife Formerly AVas Frmcl Hcss--Murdcr Charge AYUI Be Pressed. MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich.. Aug. 17. (Special.) Roy Pettit, 39 years old. a hotel clerk here, was shot and killed today in a downtown street by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Elrmel Hess and who was born In Portland. Or. She has a brother. Clarence Hess, a farmer, now living near Portland. Her mother is, dead, and it is not known where her father- is. Mrs. Pettit was crazed by jealousy. She and her husband had quarreled frequently over the husband's aleged attentions to other women. Today's tragic quarrel started when Mrs. Pettit. who had folowed her husband from the hotel, entered a drugstore and found him engaged in conversa tion with Mrs. McMurray. of Marlon. Ind., a patron of the hotel in which Pettit is a clerk. Husband Is I.'d Away. "This man is my husband." Mrs. Pettit told Mrs. McMurray. as she seized Pettit and led him away. "Is that the woman?" she was heard to ask him. as they moved toward the street. Pettit made no reply. Mr. and Mrs. Pettit were seen walk ing up and down the street for some time afterward. .Mrs. Pettit was evi dently much excited. Pettit seemed to be trying to quiet her. Mlch&el Sul livan, a veteran of the present war In Europe, who has seen war in the trenches in France and has been in valided out of the service, was stand ing near when Mrs. Pettit. without a word of warning, fumbled in her hand bag a second, then drevi, a revolver. wltK which she began firing. She shot five times and every bullet took effect In tho head or chest of Pettit. who was dead when help reached him. Bystander Is Too Late. Sullivan started toward the couple as soon as tne iirmg Degan. Jie reached Mrs. Pettit while she still had one "bullet in her weapon, but too late to save her husband. He disarmed her. despite a violent struggle, and tooK her to police headquarters, where she collapsed after an hour of hysteria. "My husband," she said, "kept com pany too much with other women, so I killfl him." That was all she would say. It wts laid tonight that Mrs. Pettit had recovered somewhat and that she had indicated that she would plead temporary insanity if placed on trial. Prosecutor Kent raid that information Charging her with murder in the first degree would be filed at once and that th case would be pressed to trial. Pettit Was Law Graduate. Pettit was popular here. He was a graduate of the law department of the University of Michigan, class of 1900, but had been in the West recently and came here, presumably from that part of tho country, with Mrs. Pettit about two months ago. He was born in Ithaca, Mich. It was said that he had met with financial reverses, as a result of whicn he was working as a hotel clerk tem porarily, intending later to resume the practice of la -v. Mrs. Pettit had no relatives here. MARITAL TROUBLES KNOWN Separation Said to Hac Taken Place Last Year at The Dalles. Roy Pettit was well known through out Oregon, having been employed in hotel work in several cities and having traveled extensively, especially in the southern part of the state, as publicity agent for the ' Multnomah Hotel. Mrs. Pettit. who was about 35 years old, and pretty, was employed for some time in the Portland Hotel grill as cashier, where she filled in as "extra" when the regular cashier was absent She was Mr. Pettit's second wife, the first being a California girl. Mr. Pettit had a daughter by his first wife, now living in Pasadena. CaL Mrs. Pettit's family lives about 12 miles from Port land. In January of the present year Mr. Pettit resigned a position as publicity agent for the Multnomah Hotel, saying that he was leaving for Southern Cali fornia. Until the news of his death was received yesterday friends in this city had no word of'hiro. His marital troubles were known to the more intimate of his friends, one of whom stated yesterday that Mr. and Mrs. Pettit separated in the Spring of 1916, while he was engaged as a hotel cl-erk at TheDalles. Later they became reconciled and are believed to have been so when they left this city the first of the year. While the Tillamook Hotel was in the hands of a receiver, two years ago. i (Concluded, on Paso . Column 2.) t