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7 ni fOfe SiittAiiit' tt SiriTi(mf Mil. Pages 1 to 10 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16.. 1908. VOL. XXVII. XO.; 33. TELLS SORDID MARRIAGE CALLED DISGRACE ran TOWN IS DIVIDED ON ROOSEVELT ANOTHER NEGRO ENGINEER'S WILD RAGE WITH DEATH LYNCHED BY S COST FOR 1(1 KILLS PUBLISHER GRIM MOXSTER BEATS IROX HORSE BY HOUR. JCDGE DEXOrXTES TJXIOX OF OLD AXD YOUXX3. STATUE OF PRESIDEXT CAUSES RIOT IX TEXAS. , : ' . PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARMY SHELDON MILLION ATI IB in airships Is ATTEMPT TO STORM ARMORY Cavalry Disperses Rioters Bent on Assault. ORDER OUT MORE TROOPS Springfield Outbreak Causes Lynch lag of Two Xegroes, Death of Two Whites and Desperate Wounding of Others. SPRIXG.FI ELD. 111., Aug. 15. The sec ond lynching of the Springfield riot oc- curred at Spring and lawsrj streets, within two blocks of the Capitol, tonight. A negro named William .Donegon, aged 80 years, was strung up to a telegraph pole by a mob of such proportions that the firemen and police who responded to the first alarm were, unable to handle It. Reinforcements of troops were sent for. Another disturbance took place in front of the state armory, where a ' mob gathered and threatened to storm the building wherein were housed a number of negTo refugees. Company - L of the Fourth Infantry and Troop B of the cavalry were Bent to the place, charged the mob with bayonets and dispersed it. This affair was simultaneous with the lynching of Donegon, four blocks away. Govrnor Deneen was in his office and at once ordered the troops to scatter the crowd at all hazards. The mob broke' be fore the cavalry.- . The Governor tonight, on a report from General Young that sufficient troops were not at hand, ordered out the Second Regiment, Illinois National Guard, and tommanded the Seventh Regiment to hold Itself in readiness for a calL Both are Chicago regiments. , . CITY CALMS DOWX DVRIXG DAY Troops Hold Rioters lnCheck After Xlght of Carnage. SPRINGFIELD, I1L. Aug. 15. Spring field, the city which Is richest in mem ories of the great emancipator. Is to night an armed tamp, because Its cm sens yesterday gave vent to hatred of the race which Abraham Lincoln de clared free and equal with all other peoples in this country. Squads of sol diers are patrolling the downcown streets, and In the troubled .portions of the community entire battalions are watching over the lives and property of the neeores. Sobered by the recol lection of the tragic events of last night and this morning, the city has quieted down and only the murmured threats of friends of those who were killed or wounded in the street frays gtve evidence that the presence of troops is necessary. It Is this murmur ing, however, thai is keeping the au thorities on the anxious seat Early today friends of 'William Bowe, a county official who was so seriously hurt that he Is hovering between life and death, almost succeeded in enlist ing followers for a raid of vengeance on the "black belt." More Troops Called Out. Taking a lesson from last night's ex perience. Sheriff Warner at once noti fied Governor Deneen that fresh out breaks were threatening and that more troops would be necessary. The re sponse of the Executive was prompt, and as a consequence a full brigade of state troops is here under the com mand of General i. C. Young. The troops consist of the First, Fourth and Fifth Regiments of Infantry, the Sec ond Squadron of cavalry and a Gatllng gun section. Two of the Infantry regi ments are scattered through the city at various points, the First Regiment being held. In reserve and the Fourth for patrol duty. Saloons and Theaters Closed. The determination of the state to pre serve order is shown in a vigorous state- (Concluded on page 8-1 Gettlnsr Ready for the County Fair, Old Man of Eighty Strung to Pole. Father Breaks Speed Record, Only to Find Child Has Died From Frightful Burns. VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. IS. (Spe cial.) Tragic indeed were the circum stances surrounding the death and the race of her father to the bedside of little Lydia Murray, 6-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Murray,' of Revelstoke. The little girl was yesterday after noon playing with matches, when her dress caught fire and she was fright fully burned. It was a question whether she would live even a few hours.- Here father Is an engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the upper country and was to have taken ..... t i -. n " "-,v ) t d: J VlM irilimr,.MI.irJ'i..tfr(-Ji.fmTi.'lMarWl,,i.'( IMT I George It. Sheon. Treasurer of Resmuliean National Commit ter, Who Estimates Coat of Campaign. the eastbound passenger tiain . from Kamloops' to Revelstoke, 130 miles. Murray, was in the qab at Kamloops with his engine coupled to the train readv for his run, when the news of the accident came to Kamloops by tel egraph. The first telegram to the- father was followed Immediately by an order from the Canadian Pacific's su perintendent at Revelstoke authorising Murray to take his engine "light" Into Revelstoke to reach the bedside, of his dying daughter. Not more than five minutes had elapsed from the time the first mes sage was received before the locomo tive had been cut off from the train and had bounded eastward through the long train yard like a skyrocket. No such time was ever made on the run. and . probably it will never be duplicated. The line was cleared of all traffic, freight and . passenger trains, being held at Sycamoos and other crossings while the lone engine rushed, . east The. vwhQle.-trJp was reeled off better than a mile a minute and all records for the run were beaten by over 20 minutes: ' ' . . Grimy with " coal dust,' ' but with nerves unshaken from his frightful ride,-the engineer .leaped from the cab almost before the big drivers, had ceased turning, as the locomotive rolled into the depot .at Revelstoke. Two friends who had come to tell him pthat his little daughter' had' died an hour before led the 'engineer to his stricken home. - . - . . KIDNAPS HER RIVAL'S SON First 'Wife of Sacramento Steals Xo. 2 's Child. Man SACRAMENTO. Cal., Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) County and city authorities have been looking today for two women who are wanted In Placer County for kidnaping the 9-year-old son of Tom Rodgers. of Loomls. One of the women is supposed to be the former wife of Rodgers. She and another woman, who carried a young baby In her arms, ar rived In Loomls yesterday, putting up at che hotel. The mother of the little Rodgers boy, who Is Rodgers' second wife, sent the boy on an errand last evening. When he .had not returned at 9 o'clock Mrs. Rodgers Informed her husband. A-k-h! Tkla IS Great! May Be- $500,000 for Speakers' Expenses. TAKES NO CORPORATION GASH Has Returned Many Checks . Received From Them. IGNORANCE OF NEW LAW Renubllcan Treasurer Reminds Them Congress Forbids Im mense Cost of Distributing Literature and Buttons. CHICAGO, Aug. 15. For the first time since his appointment as treasurer of the ReDubllcan National Committee, George E. Sheldon, of New York, today consented to tell the troubles of the men who are expected to find the money for a National campaign. He is here to discuss wltn Frank H. Hitchcock and other National committeemen the National campaign. His talk with National committeemen was about the Ignorance of corporation officials and even of members of Con gress that a law has been passed deny ing the right of corporations to make contributions to campaign funds. Be cause of this Ignorance of the law, Mr. Sheldon said, he had been compelled to return to the senders a number of checks that should not be received, al though the money is greatly needed. He declared that It is his purpose to publish every individual contribution Im mediately after the election, which plan Is in accordance with the expressed wish of Mr. Taft as well as of the Republican leaders generally. Publish All Subscriptions. "The decision to publish the names of all contributors," raid Mr. Sheldon, "has made the matter of collecting funds up hill work. The gathering of the funds will be done wholly under "the auspices of the National committee and will be di rected' by the treasurer or assistant treas urer and the advisory committee, which Is soon to be appointed. The suggestion has been made that state committees handle the collections in their own states, but this plan does not appear to be feas ible. The National committee will have Its own agents in each state, the men to be drawn from : the influential business men of the various sections." Probable Cost of Campaign. Speaking of the probable cost or run ning the Republican National campaign. Mr. Sheldon estimated that between 1400,000 and $500.000 .- would be needed to defray the traveling expenses of speak ers and that It would cost at least $200,000 to put one piece of literature in the hands of every. voter. He fixed tne cost or campaign buttons' at- more than " tfO.OOO and said that other large sums would be needed for the expenses of headquarters. lithographs and advertising. Then there are other matters that will be costly. WOODRUFF CALLS FOR FVXDS Asks Xew York Business Men to Contribute for Taft. NEW YORK. Aug. 15. Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the state Repub lican committee, today dictated a circular letter to Republican business men of New York. The letter In part follows: If we are to Insure beyond question the election of Taft and Sherman that a -campaign be prosecuted In this state which may arouse every be liever in a safe and conservative gov ernment to a full appreciation of the Is sues which are involved. By campaign orators, bv the exposition of the Issues through the press, by the distribution of literature and by personal canvassing, every voter should, be Informed of tne dangers and uncertainties wnlcn . would follow the election of Bryan. "To make this campaign we rely upon those who share our belief that the In terests of the people would be best con served by the continuance of Republican policies and I appeal to you as business men to' make such contributions as seem to vou suitable to enable us to do this work In the most effective manner." GLIMPSES OF LAST ROOiEVE'.T WONT SPEftW "I'm no Bfe-ir-r-rvons." Refuses Divorce to Woman Who Ad mits She Married Millionaire for Money Only. OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 15. (Special.) "Such : marriages as these profane the most sacred relations of society and are a scandal and disgrace to the com munity," said Judge. Kennedy today In re fusing to grant a divorce to Mrs. Julia M. Pratt, wife of Colonel J. H. Pratt, the widely-known Western rancher, rated as a millionaire. . ' 'Mrs. Pratt married Colonel Pratt four years ago, she being 35 and he 78. In her testimony she admitted that she had married him because he was wealthy and that she had no love for him. Judge Kennedy said Mrs. Pratt knew her hus band's age when she married him and what to expect. Colonel Pratt, In replying to the peti tion, also filed a cross-bill for divorce, but this also was denied. The case created a sensation In Omaha society and the courtroom was crowded with a morbidly-curious crowd throughout the trial. . INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, so degrees; minimum. ST decrees. TODAY'S Pair and moderately warm; northwesterly winds. Foreign. Castro crows over exclusion of Dutch war ship from La Guayra. Section 1, page 8. National. War Department will ask for $1,000,000 to build airships. Section 1. page 1. Politics. . Sheldon tells of expense of Republican cam paign and return ' corporation donations. Section 1, page 1. Taft advises Wright on Philippine affairs. Section 1, page 1. Many changes In Senate Impending. Section 1. page 2. ". Murphy predicts Bryan will carry New York. Section 1, page 2. Domestic. Captain Haines. U. 8. A., kills Annie, maga zine publisher, with aid of brother, at fashionable yacht club. Section 1. page 1. Another negro lynched at Springfield ; mob marches on Armory, . but is repulsed. Section 1, page 1. 'Deneen says whole power of Illlnoln will pro tect negroes. Section 1, page S. Unveiling of Roosevelt statue causes riot In Texas town. Section 1, page 1. Omaha judgs denounces woman for marrying old man for money and refuses divorce. Section 1-, page 1. ". . Pacific Coast. . , Marion County hop-growers fix picking prices. Section 1; page 6. Muoh time will be required to mark Wash ington primary ballots. Section 1, page. 6. Canadian Pacific engineer breaks speed record In race to reach dying child. Section 1, page 1. Puter expects to escape trial on Marion County indictment. Section 1, page T. Five hundred Italian laborers for Northern Pacific threaten to . strike. Section 1, page 7. Snorts. Orirnn athletes -will arrive. In New York this week, section , page o. -Attell-Moran match settled, by flip of coin. Section , page 6. Baseball msgnatea consider .change in Coast circuit. Section 4, tng T. r Prise list for livestock show ennomiced. 8ec- tlon 4, page T. Pacific Coast League scores: Los Angeles 2, ' Portland 1 ; San Franclaco 8, Oakland T. Section t. page 2. Yacht Cleveland wins first race for Upton cup. Section 3, page 2. KeeneV Helmet ' wins Hopeful stakes at Sheepshead. Section 2. page 2. Commercial and Marine.. New Oregon hops will be of superior qual- itjr. -Section 4. page 9. Unloading of December breaks wheat at Chi-' cago. Section 4, page 0. Many fluctuations and few net changes in stocks. Section 4. page B. No demand on Wall . otreet for crop-moving ' funds. Section , page . -American-Hawaiian Steamship Line has es tablished a regular service between Port land and New York. Section 4. page 8. Portland nttd Vicinity. Senator Bourne's secretary said to be working for Chamberlain's ' election. Section 2, page 10. Victim of auto accident asks heavy damages) . of Dr. Watte, Section 3. psge 10. Woman homesteader tells of bitter experience with administration of Federal land laws. Section 4, page 10. ' Secretary Muller, of Board of Trade, predicts wheat crop of 50,000,000 bushels. Section . page 8. Trustee Company completes plans for big . building. Section 8. page 10. Charter Board will soon be ready to begin work. Section 8, page T. Many large sales of North Portland realty. . . Section 8. page 8. Public Improvements help EaM Side real es tate market. Section 3, page 8 Large' clubhouse will be erected on Portland Helrhts. Section 8, page 8. WEEK'S EVENTS BY Portland Yon Boys ' Better Get Yonr Brldse Before Yon Place It." What Experts Will Ask of Congress. MOST VALUABLE AS SCOUTS Whole Squadron Costs One Tenth One Dreadnaught. OTHER NATIONS BUILDING Signal Service Convinced Day of Aerial Cruisers Has Come and Uncle Sam Must Go Into Procession Quickly. Walter Wellman to Chicago Record-Herald. ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. (Special.) An aerial squadron or fleet of air ship scouts for the United States Army Is projected by General Allen, chief of the signal office, and his aids. In the near future Congress will be asked for an appropriation of $1,000,000 to start this. branch of the service. The offi cers who are interested In the plan entertaln.no doubt that Congress' will give them the money needed to keep our military establishment well' up with the armies of Germany, France and Great Britain. Notwithstanding a certain Inevitable public incredulity as to the efficiency Of airships as a military adjunct, it is now admitted by most progressive men in all parts of the world that an im portant part of the military operations of the future will take place in the air. General Allen and the staff of earnest and efficient officers of his corps are determined that the. United States shall not lag behind In the race of progress. If It does,' the fault will not be tneirs, and Congress will have to take, the responsibility. With a million dollars, or about one- tenth the cost of building and equip nina- a . Dreadnaught . battleship, the United States could put into commis ion a dozen or more 'cruisers of the air of Urge else and efficient type, The maintenance and repair of this ouadron would cost less than the same Items for one battleatilp. What such a fleet of air scouts and cruisers could actually accomplish In case of war must of course be left to the fu ture to determine. There Is no abso lute certainty about their utility, nor can there be till the test of trial in the fleldls had. Other Xatlons Convinced.' But in this, as In everything else, the opinions cl scientific men and practical, experts are' worthy consider ation. It means something that the best Informed men of Germany, France and England, ' as well as of our own country, believe' the motor balloon has a future of usefulness ' in warfare. It means something that -foreign mili tary powers are going ahead building and launching such ships.. Against this evidence and. the still better evi dence of what has been already ac tually achieved in aerial navigation, the Incredulity and the Jests of people whd know nothing whatever about the subject do not count, or ought not to count. Aerial Travel Is Dream. Neither In Europe ijor In America do the officers who are carrying on this work of progress labor under any de lusions as to the character of the serv ice they are laboring to provide. They have no illusions as to air navigation. Few, If any, of them believe travel In the air is likely to be a commercial success In our day and generation. MORE MEX FOR PACIFIC FLEET Xew Recruits Arrive for Cruisers With Short Crews. r VALLEJO, Cal., ' Aug. 15. Seven hundred and fifty enlisted men arrived (Concluded on page B.) HARRY MURPHY Led Astray In Darkest Jfew York. Unveiling Is Signal for Free Fight. Compromise Arranged With Bryan's Admirers. FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) Word reached here today from Brown-field, Terry County, that citizens there Thursday erected a life-size statue of President Roosevelt, after a street fight. In which one person was fatally hurt, nine others Injured and 50 shota, fired. Brownfield is 100 miles from the near est railroad. Its population Is 1500, com posed largely of rich cattlemen, cowboys and planters. The erection of the statue . was vigor ously opposed by the Democrats and some Republicans, but It had already been ordered from Denver by a citizens' Governor Charles 8. Deneen, of Illinois,, Who Declares Oeter- '.mlnutlon ' to Protect Negroes From Mobs. committee, which refused to alter its plans. The Democrats wanted a Bryan statue on the opposite side of the town square, but the town could not afford two statues. , At the unveiling Thursday, a erowd of cowboys fnade a rush for .the statue, but was met by an equally determined crowd of defenders. Revolvers, fists and clubs were freely used, but the statue was not disturbed. ' After a riot a compromise was effected, It being agreed that, should Bryan be elected, his statue should be placed near- that of Roosevelt. TRY FOR WORLD'S RECORD Smithson Will Meet Rector in 100 ' Vard Dash at Xewark. ' PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 15. (Special.)- Forrest Smithson, of .Portland, the famous hurdler who won the 110-meter champion ship in the Olympic games in London and a few weeks ago .broke the world's rec ord, will have' another chance at a rec ord next Saturday. 'On that day he will meet James A.-Rector, the famous Vir ginia sprinter,, who. took second in. the Olympic . 100-meter . dash. The race with Rector is to be the. feature of a big meet at Newark, N. J., and with A. A. A. U. officials in attendance will be a trial for the world's record at that' distance, now held by Dan Kelly, of Oregon, at 9 3-5 sec onds. '. . Judged by his -wonderful work over the hurdles, athletic authorities believe Smith son to be the one man capable of making 9 2-5 seconds, especially paced by the fam ous flyer Rector. " ' NEW TROUBLE FOR GOULD Millionaire's Wife Files Additional Charges of Infidelity. XEW YORK, Aug. 15. (Speclal.)-An amended complaint was served on Frank J. Gould today In the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Gould. Additional charges of in fidelity are made by Mrs. Gould 4n the new complaint, but the details are with held fro-n publication by the attorneys. The allegation deals with Gould's Inti macy .with a woman lq this city and It Is supposed relates to his acquaintance with Bessie Devoe, the actress who was men tioned In connection with the subornation of perjury charges filed by Gould against Mrs. Ben Teal and others. Melting; the Solid South. ' ' "awsgy!1'' .:;:-:-:':-::::'::; '-;-S':'-'CC--:S'-. -v:, ; - . ii s Tragic Climax of Do ' mestic Scandal. BROTHER HELPS IN REVENGE Haines Shoots Annis in Gay Crowd at Yacht Club. MEDDLERS WARNED OFF Captain's Brother Whips Out Re volver to Prevent Rescue of An nis, Who Is Accused or Wrong Done Wife of H&lnctv BAYSIDE. L. I., Aug. 15. Captain Peter Conover Haines. Jr., U. S. A., son of Brigadier-General ePter Conover Haines, U. S. A., retired, fired seven bul lets from a revolver Into William E. An nis, of New York owner and publisher of Burr Mcintosh's Monthly and other mag azines, late today on the landing stage ; of the Bayslde Yacht Club, Flushing, and' Annls. whom Captain Haines' brother had' accused of having been Improperly at-1 tentlve to the Captain's wife, died In the Flushing Hospital a few hours after the " ghooting. Mrs. Annis Sees Husband. A crowd of gaily-dressed women and yachtsmen, among whom was Mrs. Annls, witnessed the tragedy. Captain Haines, accompanied by his brother, Thornton Jennings Haines, well known as an author and amateur yachts man, walked to the landing stage of the club aa Annls and a club member named Harway were disembarking from a boat, and at once opened fire upon Annls. Annis attempted to get behind Harway, but Captain Haines reached under Har way's arm and emptied his revolver upon his enemy. Warns Off Meddlers. Immediately there was commotion on the club-house veranda. Mrs. Annis fainted, and a dozen yachtsmen rushed to the float to the assistance of Annls. Before they could get to the side of the wounded man, however, T. J. Haines, the captain's brother, whipped out a revolver and threatened to shoot the first man who interfered. "This is an affair between these two," he said coolly. Annls had twd bullets in his abdomen, one In the arm and two In the legs. Captain Haines and his brother, neither of whom appeared in any way disturbed, awaited the arrival of the police on the club float and then surrendered them- selves. Son of Distinguished Soldier. Captain Haines is attached to Fort Hancock as Quartermaster, having en tered the Army at the close of the Spanish-American War with the rank of Second Lieutenant of artillery. He is a graduate of the Naval Academy at An napolis, but left the Navy in 1904 shortly after graduation. His father, Brigadier General Peter Conover Haines, is a West Poln graduate with a distinguished war record. Mrs. Haines Has Confessed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Both Captain and Mrs. Haines have friends In Wash ington, who have kept close track of an application for divorce filed by the former last June, and they recall the fact that Captain Haines eloped with his wife, a Mies Claudia Libby, of Wlnthrop, Mass., in 1900, when she was a schoolgirl of IB. So far as Is known, they have lived happily together until Captain Haines re turned from a trip to the Pacific Coast on summons from his brother, who pro fessed, to have made discoveries of im proper conduct on the part of Mrs. Haines. At that time Captain Haines summoned hi s father, Brigadier-General Haines, to New York, who, upon return ing, stated that his daughter-in-law had made a confession to him that convinced him of the correctness or tne son s posi tion. The couple have three children, which are In the custody 'of General Haines. . Oregon Points the Way. ED 104.2 Y . r y -si i u