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Newspaper Page TextPages 1 to 12 VOL,. XXVII NO. 22. POHTJAXy; OKJEGOX. SUNDAY MOKXIXG, MAY 31, -1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOTH SIDES GUI SENATORIAL FIGHT RETURNS UNLIKE BIBLE PRODIGAL SEVEN ROBBERS . TAKE THEIR CASH FILIBUSTER F Ai LS BY. CLEVER TRICK GOVERNMENT MAY SUE FOR MILLION SPEND SI, WO ON TROLLY LINES RUNAWAY BOY VISITS UXCXE AS RICH SHIP-OWXER. GREAT XORTHERX PASSENGERS FORCED TO GIVE IT. GREAT AREA IX MOXTAXA IS STRIPPED BARE OF TIMBER. 64 Pages FRENGHMM FLIES WITH Di li Center of Interest in the Election. LIQUOR IS ALSO STATE ISSUE All Counties but Five to Vote on Saloons. BIG INCREASE IN ELECTORS Initiative and Referendum Bills of Great Importance Will Be Decid ed Tomorrow Registration in Oregon Numbers 121,000. With each side In the contest for United States Senator in Oregon claim ing: tomorrow's election by between 5000 and 10.000 votes, the campaign has reached a close. This is the only state-wide contest for office and in it political Interest is centered. Regis tration shows a total of 121,000 in Oregon an increase of 20,000 in two years. This vote adds doubt to the result. Almost the whole state will vote on prohibition, the only counties exempt from that contest being live out of the total 33 Benton (already dry), Multnomah. Clatsop, Malheur and Baker. In each of the four last named there will be prohibition elections in a number of precincts. Nineteen initiative and referendum bills will be voted on by the .state at large. Several are radlc;i. among such being single tax, proportional representation, recall, woman suffrage and enlarged Su preme Court. ' . Forces Cake Must I-'ace. A number of forces will prevent Cake's receiving the full Republican support, among them these: Chamberlain's large following of ad mirers In Republican ranks. Members of the Fulton element, who dislike Cake, and think he took unfair advantage of the Heney war on Fulton. Foes of Statement No. 1. who want to "put it up to" Republicans who "took" it by compelling them to vote for a Demo crat, or violate the pledge. Politicians who want both Cake and Chamberlain eliminated and another man chosen in the old manner of electing Senators. Champions of Statement No. 1, who think Cake not sufficiently ardent in sup port of the doctrine. Cut Down the Majority. All these forces are cutting into the supposed normal Republican plurality in Oregon 30.000 until the Cake men say they expect a majority for their man of only between 5000 and 10.000. Chamberlain has made thai most of these disintegrating Influences to build up his own strength. Ills friends have appealed to all of them, in order to pro mote factional discord in Republican ranks. He has abstained from calling himself the Democratic candidate and his advertising cards omit that fact. Claims State by 8950. With Coos, Klamath, Morrow "and Wheeler considered doubtful by both sides, W. M. Cake, chairman of the Re publican State Central Committee, yes terday issued a statement predicting the election of H. M. Cake by 8960 votes. Alex Sweek. chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, predicts the election of Governor Chamberlain by a plurality of 6:160. State Chairman Cake does not con cede a single county to Chamberlain, lie expects that his brother will carry 24 of the 33 counties of the state, and classified the other nine counties as doubtful. They are: Baker, Coos Crook. Curry, Jackson, Klamath. Lake, Morrow and Wheeler. The Republican chairman predicts that Cake will carry Multnomah County by a plurality of between 2500 and 3500. while Chairman t'ontlnued on Pair ' r HARRY MURPHY CASTS HIS EYE OVER THE POLITICAL FIELD, AND MAKES A FEW PICTURES THEREON , j 1 , ' rftf- ri'V) TT? TEMRNUPITnON IV BUT HRLF I 9i H&L ' t y .XjgSS. 'Wo'Cf WIy (jrtW& COMPLETED WHILE FREEMEN & A f& fk - 1 ; x tfX M v5 0Pfgjm wYth votes in their hands iiH WtetiK, Ps4w. A i I j ''' ' t Our Ueors "Let .Me Fire It." Puzzle M ay la a Mnsle Taxerf ' Perhaps lt'a the Public's. Mr. Public Opinion (Hla Mark). At 11 ay. Is This the Way to Get Good Strictly Non-Partisan. I J ' " " Public Officers f - A - e .. ' " Mourned as Icad, Arthur Galloway Surprises Uncle With Story of Fortune Made In West. NEW YORK, May 30. (Special.) After having been mourned for as dead nearly 20 years, Arthur Galloway re turned today to the home of his uncle, Captain Joseph Hatfield, a Civil War. veteran, ol Willamsburg. In Decem ber. 1887, Mr. Galloway, who was then about 22 years of age, disappeared from his uncle's home, where, his par ents being dead, he had lived for some years. Captain Hatfield wanted his nephew to enter oa a mercantile ca reer in New York, but the young- man had a longing for a seafaring life. Mr. Galloway ran away to Boston and got a job on an English steamer, bound for China and Australian ports. After spending two years In the Far East, he went to San Francisco and other places on the Pacific Coast and prospered. He is now master of many vessels, the owner of gold mines t nd other properties, with his headquarters in Seattle. But from the time he left home until a few days ago he never communicated with his uncle or any member of his family. Captain Hat field will accompany his nephew wnen the latter returns To Seattle. LEARNED LOVE AT COLLEGE Two California University Students v Announce Their Engagement.' SAX FRAXCIgCO, May 30. (Special.) Among the engagement announcements made at the sororities houses of the State University today was that of MLsa Blanche Cameron of the Pi Beta Phi So rority, and Henry Ward Beecher, grand son of the famous divine of that name and a member of the Theta Delta Chi fra ternity. The romance began in college when dances and informal gatherings of the Greek letter societies of the Univer sity of California brought the young couple into each other's society. The date of the wedding has not been named. MLss Cameron is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cameron, and the bridegroom-elect is a member of a well-known Los Angeles family. He was graduated with the class of 1906 of the university and he is an electrical engineer by pro fession. Mr. Beecher was among the charter members of the Tau Beta Pi, the honorary society of the engineering stu dents. Miss Cameron was well known in collegj activities of the class of 1907. HOT POLITICS IN PANAMA Amador Removes Governors Who Support nival for Presidency. PANAMA. May 30. The political sit uation In Panama, which seemed to have been cleared for a time by the position taken by the United States with regard to the coming elections, is becoming more and more complicated every day. A pres idential decree issued today cancels the appointment of Porririo Melendez, Gov ernor of Colon; Elijio Ocano, Governor of Coele, and Antonio Anquizola. Governor of Chlriqul, and replaces them with strong supporters of Senor Arias, Sec retary of Foreign Affairs, who has been spoken of as a possible presidential can didate. The former governors are members of the Constitutional party and friendly to the interests of Senor Obaldla, the former Panama Minister to the United States, who was acting president of the republic during the recent absence of Dr. Amador, and who already has announced' his can didacy for the presidency. The American Minister. Mr. Squiers, has received orders by cable to leave by the first steamer for Washington. This has caused considerable comment here. HAD DESIGNS ON KAISER German Suspect Arrested and Rigid ly Questioned in Italy. BARI. Italy, May 30. Paul Nikolaus, a German who was arrested here some two weeks ago as a vagrant, and who is suspected of having come down to Italy with the purpose of an attempt upon the life of Emperor Wlllia.n or some high personage In His Majesty's Immediate entourage while the impe rial party was in Southern Europe, was subjected to a further examination to day by a German police agent, who came from Rome for the purpose. Up to the present time it has been Impos sible to determine whether the man is concerned in a conspiracy or simply desirous of obtaining notoriety. De La Grange Performs Wonderful Feat. . NEARLY TEN MILES AN HOUR Beats All Records With Aero plane in Italy. , MACHINE UNDER CONTROL Italians See Performance in Which Airship Rises Without Difficulty and Turns With Ease at Great -Speed of 37 Miles an Hour. ROME, May 30. Leo de la Grange, the French aeroplanist, made a new experi ment with his aeroplane here this morn ing, which was so successful that it filled the spectators with admiration. He sur passed his own record by flying for 15 manutes and 30 seconds, only then com ing down because he received a signal to do so and also because the motor of his machine cannot hold sufficient gasoline to operate it much longer than that. During that space of time M. de la Grange made nine and three-fourths rounds of an established course in the military field, namely eiz kilometers, a little over nine and nine-tenths of a mile, at a velocity of 60 kilometers, or 37 2-10 miles an hour. The aeroplane was first pushed forward by M. de la Grange's associates, and as soon as the motor was put into action the machine rose, without difficulty, keeping from seven to ten feet above the ground. It moved smoothly and turned easily, the rounds of the course following each other without interruption, and not once did the aeroplane touch the ground. It was a marvelous exhibition, which would have won-"Tr Tu" -Grarngc-a prize of $5000 had it occurred in France. It at least confirms his possession of the Archdeacon cup. SOCIETY GOES IT IX THE AIR Balloon ' Races Make Aeronauts of English and French Women. LONDON, May 30. Hurlingham. the erstwhile place of amusements such as' pigeon shooting and polo, has taken the lead in ballooning, society's latest recreation, and today was the scene of an international contest of aeronauts. Twelve British, 13 French, three Ger man, two Belgian and one Swiss bal loon competed. The geographical situation of Great Britain being such as to forbid a long distance contest, the committee in charge decided upon a point-to-point race. Owing to the uncertainty of the wind the destination was not fixed until & o'clock in the afternoon, when Maidenhead was chosen, a distance of something more than 30 miles. The most interesting feature of the contest was the number of ladles who made the ascension and the great eager ness that was shown by the leaders of fashionable sets to secure places in the cars. In addition to the English women, who included Lady Shelley, Hon. Mrs. Asheton Y. Harbord, Mrs. and Miss Bra basor and Mrs. Capper, wife of Cblonei Capper, several French ladies specially crossed the channel for the purpose of making the trip in the air. The band of Royal Horse Guards, as a balloon was set loose, played the National anthem of the country which it represented. The weather was hazy and the wind was very light, making the race a com petition of skill in the search for helpful currents, in which the British competitors with their local knowledge had a distinct advantage. The balloons varied greatly in size, from the Belgian Leroitelet, of a capacity of 250 cubio meters, to the French Cognac, of 2000 cubic meters, but a valve defect pre vented the Cognac from ascending at the Continued on Pare 5. After Fusillade Montana Highway men Compel Conductor to Gather Contributions, Then Escape. BUTTE, Mont., May 30.-A Miner spe cial from Great Falls. Mont., says: The northbound Great Northern pas senger train was held up this evening about one mile and a half from this city b3t seven masked . men at 12:30 o'clock, the train being: run onto a siding by the robbers, who fired a fusillade of shots up and down the train. William Dempsey, an Augusta rancheV, was shot through the leg in attempting to escape from the train after it had stopped and Con ductor Hayes was compelled by the rob bers to precede them in passing through the cars, he carrying a hat in which the passengers were invited to dump what cash they had about them. Most of them deposited' from $1 to $10 and the booty of the desperadoes is not believed to be greater than several hundred dol lars. While the passengers were being robbed, several of the highwaymen stood guard at the doors of the cars to prevent the passengers from leaving. The robbers finally Jumped oft the coaches and disappeared In the darkness. Rain is falling heavily and the iight is so dark that no trace of the robbers could be found, although posses were Jn pursuit within 20 minutes after the out laws had left the train. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 69 degrees; minimum, 44 decrees. TODAY'S Cloudy. with possibly showers; westerly winds. National. La Follette'a filibuster fails and Senate passes currency bill. Section 1, page 1. Leaders of parties in House discuss appro priations of session. Section 1, page 2. Employment of union men as Inspectors makes railroad managers indignant. Sec tion 1, page 4. Domestic.' Presbyterian assembly refuses- to give Pacific Northwest member of executive commit tee. Section 1, page 2. Old scandal which prevented Good self, elec tion as bishop. Section l, page if. Runaway boy returns from Seattle to Brook lyn, having made a fortune. Section 1, page 1. - - Montana mining company suspected of steal ing 1,OOO.UW worth of timber. Section 1, page 1. Sports. Auto races of Rose Festival to be greatest event of kind on Pacific Coast. Section 4, page 8. Nelson to try again to beat train echedul from San Francisco In nvti -s"i$ffiifrHV- 4w page 8. White expert tells of mysteries of Jiu Jltsu. Section 4. page 9. Interest keen'm track meet at Portland June 6. S :-n 4. page 9. Referee run up the college track season. Section 4, page 10. Fans happy over showing of Portland team. Section 4, page 10. Gans- Nelson fight draws attention of ports. Section 4, page 10. Seattle retains golf championship at tourna ment. Section 2, page 2. Portland breaks even with San Francisco on day's games. Section 2, page 2. Resuiui Trl-State meet at Seattle: Oregon, 65" Ida ho. 34 ; Washington, 23. Section ft page 2. Portland West Side High wins In terse holastlc meet at Corvallis. Section 2, page 2. Colin recovers from Injury and wina Belmont stakes. Section 2. page 2. Cornell wins intercollegiate track meet. Sec tion 2. page 2. Pacific Coast. Monster prohibition rally at Salem; echool children march In Eugene and Med ford. Section 1, page 7. Sailors1 from Atlantic fleet and old soldiers in Memorial day parade at Tacoma; day observed throughout Northwest. Section 1, page 7 Good roads main topic before rural letter carriers convention at Albany. Section 1, page 6. Friends of State "University confident appro priation bill wiU carry with large major ity. Section 4. page 11. Commercial and Marine. Grain exports from the Pacific Northwest break all records. Section 4, page 11. Hop buying a little slower. Section 4. page 1L Heppner wool sales close with sluggish buy ing. Section 4, page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Portland Railway, Light & Power Company and Oregon Bleetrie Company will spend $l,500,ouo for improvements. Section 1, page 1. Interest in ejection centered on Senatorial figh.t- Section 1, page 1. Portland honors Its soldier dead. Section 2, page 12. Every Oregon county but five to vote tomor row on saloon iasue. Section 1, page 10. Captaincy of detectives lies between Bailey and Baty. Section 4, page 12. Entertainment plans for Naval guests at Festival. Section 4, page 12. Rex Oregon i to be welcomed promptly at noon tomorrow. Section 1, page S. Y. W. C. A. conference will meet at Sea side. Section 3, page 12. Better tone in real estate market. Section 3. page 8. . Oregon to be livestock center. Section 4, page 9. ForeUni. polar Exploration Society approves Perry's plans for exploring Arctic and Antarctic. Domestic Great Northern held up by Montana robbers. Sec tlon 1, page 1. Elkins Puts Stone Off His Guard. THEN CURRENCY BILL WINS La Follette's Record Speech Goes All for Naught. OLD RULE BROUGHT TO LIFE While Missourlan. Is Being "Shown by "Oily Steve," Hollcall Begins and Cannot Be Interrupt ed by Speeches. WASHINGTON, May 30. (Special.) Amid scenes of excitement well nigh unparalleled In the Senate chamber, the La Follette filibuster collapsed a little after 4 o'clock this afternoon and the currency bill was passed by a vote of 43 to 22, four Republican Senators voting: in the negative. If "Gumshoe BUI" Stone, of Missouri, had been a little more watchful and if sly "Steve" Elkins had not artfully engaged him in a prolonged conversation in the cloak room at a critical moment, there might be a different story to tell. Gumshoe Bill slipped down. Aldrich worked a clever trick. Vice-President Fairbanks wavered, but in the end played a Czar .Keea-JiKe game, dominated by the in fluence of the clever and desperate Aldrich, and it was all over. The bridge was rushed and victory perched upon the banners of. the Republican hosts. "Horatius" La Follette, after breaking all records for long-distance talking, and refreshing himself with a fatal sleep, came upon the scene ten minutes too late. Just in time to hold a post mortem upon the remains of his most sensational per formance in the National arena. Old Rule Put to Vac. Nothing sharper or cleverer, judged purely from the standpoint of success, was ever seen in the Senate chamber than the 'tricl? which Aldrich played to win the day. The plan was laid late last night .nd only a convenient opportunity was waited to put it in action. A vet eran employe of the Senate remembered that a quarter of a century ago, when Mr. Anthony was presiding over the Senate, a similar trick had Seen worked. It was decided to try it again not a very com plex or difficult game, but one requir ing the complicity of several persons, in cluding the presiding officer to a cer tain extent. Under the rules of the Sen ate, once a rollcall is begun it cannot be Interrupted by any other business what soever. The charm of the trick lies In catching the filibustering squad napping just a moment, just long enough to start the calling of the roll by the clerk, and the thing is done. La Follette Yields to Stone. La Follette gave way to Stone of Mis souri a few minutes after 7 o'clock this morning, having held the floor for a little more than 17 hours, most of the time being on his feet and either reading or talking. He was wonderfully fresh to the end and, if he could have foreseen the outcome of his rest, it is doubtful if he would have yielded, the floor even to this hour, so determined was he to pro long the struggle to the bitter end. But, having the assurance of Stone that the floor Bhould be held, the little man from "Wisconsin went home and had a good sleep. Stone held the floor with a rambling speech, occasionally interrupted, till near 1 o'clock, when he gave way to Gore. The blind Senator had no intention of engaging in a filibustering expedition. He only wanted to air his views on currency. He made an effective speech. His voice strangely resembled that of "William Mc Klnley. Shrill, but not unpleasant tones rang through the chamber for more than two hours. . While he was speaking. Stone whispered Continued oa Pape 4. Bimetallic and Granite Mines Al leged to Have Stolen $1,000, 000 Worth of Wood. BUTTE. Mont., May SO. (Special.) A Federal survey corps Is engaged in running survey lines in the mountains near Philipsburg, Mont., to determine the amount of cordwood cut for the mines of Granite County, and the loca tion of the ground from which the timber was taken. This wood was cut, it is claimed, from land belong ing to the Government, and it is Inti mated that suits may be begun to re cover for about 700,000 cords of wood cut, approximating in value about $1,000,000. The bulk of this wood was cut about 10 or 12 years ago during the boom days of silver and was used at the Bimetallic and Granite Mountain mines, owned by Charles D. McClure and his associates, of St. Louis,' to gether with a few Montanans. The area of timber land stripped clean is 10 miles wide and 12 long. VIRTUE ITS OWN REWARD Turkish Xaval Officer Exiled After Years of Honest Service. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 30. (Spe cial.) How honesty in the Turkish public service is rewarded with banish ment is shown l y the hard case of Os man Pasha, chief of the admiralty re pair yards. After years of honest ser vice, he. with his family, have been ex iled, for the ostensible reason that he "was always inciting the dockyard em ployes to apply to the Palace for ar rears of pay." Osman Pasha's exile Is really part of a graft intrigue. A sum of $60,000 was about to be paid to him by the Russian government for repairs to one of its vessels. Had he been allowed to retain his post, he would have received the mdney. But the $60,000 will now be diverted from its proper use to swell the Turkish graft funds. HALE CALCULATES SURPLUS Tells Senate Appropriations Will Be Within Revenue. WASHINGTON, May 30. In presenting his statement of appropriations to the Senate, Hale undertook to show that not withstanding claims to the contrary the expenditure would be well within the revenues of tile year. The total estimated revenues are $878, 123,011, while he undertook to show that the expenditures for the next year would be nearly $852,117,894, leaving a surplus of $26,005,116. He arrived at this con clusion by deducting from the total ap propriation of 1009 the amounts which have been appropriated to pay deficits, which, he said, should properly be charged to 1908, and the appropriation of $20,187, 000 made on account of the Panama Canal, which is made payable from the proceeds of the sale of bonds. GIVES ANOTHER $500,000 Rockefeller Provides for Added Building to Institute. NEW YORK, May 30. The gift of an additional $500,000 to the Rockefel ler Institute at 66th street and the East River, by John r. Rockefeller was announced tonight after a meeting of the trustees. The money is to be used for the erection of a new build ing near the Press Institute. This gift makes a total of $4,500,000 given to the institute by Mr. Rockefeller. CHOLERA IS SPREADING Natives at Dagupan, P. I., Refuse to Accept Germ Theory. MANILA, May 30. (Special.) The cholera at Dagupan, 120 miles from Manila, is worse. Twenty-nine deaths are today reported, due to eating In fected foods. The people are loath to clean up their surroundings, despite strenuous efforts on the part of the Bureau of Health. The natives will not believe the germ theory, and think it Is a dispensation of God. There are only a fev cases elsewhere. Representative Huff Very III. WASHINGTON, May 30. Representa tive George F. Huff, of Pennsylvania, is critically ill at his residence in ,this city. Two Companies Adopt Big Budgets. NEW TRACKS IN PORTLAND Local Power Merger Sets Aside $1,199,500. REST IS FOR SALEM ROAD Eastern Capitalists Decide to In crease Their Investments In Ore gon to Keep Pace With Growth of . State, BUDGETS Or TWO ELECTRIC SYSTEMS. Portland Railway. Light ft Power Company appropriates $1,198,500 for extensions and Improvement. Oregon Electrlo Railway Company directors vote to. spend $300,000 for betterment to Fortland-Satem line. Total to be spent during 1908 al most $1,800,000. Extensions of trolley lines In and around Portland. better electrlo lighting and power service and new buildings and facilities assured for residents of this city and surround ing country. Budgets aggregating almost $1,500, 000 for improvements and extensions to Portland trolley lines, both city and lnterurban, and city lighting and power systems, have Just been author ized by the directors of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, and the Oregon Electric Railway Com pany. President Benage 3. Josselyn, of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, has just returned from the. East with authority to expend $1,199, B00 during the current year in better ments. ' y- President George Barclay. Moffatt and other directors of the Oregon Elec tric Railway have Instructed General Manager G. W. Talbot that he may expend $300,000 during the Summer in substantial Improvements to the Port-land-Salem line and for new rolling stock. Have Faith In State. Faith in Portland and Oregon, in the face of financial depression, is given as the reason -that Eastern bankers, who are financing both corporations, are willing to pledge such large sums for the improvement of present lines and the building of new. In neither case did over-zealous Western mana gers charm the money out of the pock ets of the owners of the two proper ties, for directors of both corporations looked ' over the property before the budgets were authorized. In the case of the Oregon Electric, the directors met in Portland and voted to make extensive improvements this season. President Josseyln went to Philadelphia, where he secured the ap propriations after representing the needs of the system to the directors, some of whom have looked over the local properties during the past few months. Where the Money Will Go. The $1,199,500 to be spent by the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company Includes many extensions of trolley lines throughout the city, par ticularly in the rapidly growing East Side district. Important improvements to the city's UglUing system, changes and betterments to the power gener ating plants at Oregon City, new gas and electric facilities at Salem and new cars. The appropriation will be divided between the different depart-s ments of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company as follows: Portland railway division, $477,500; Oregon Water Power division, $218,500; Portland General Electric division. Continued on Page 11.