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7 Pages 1 to 12 ft - .. roRTI AXD. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1908. : J1j. AAI 11 w. - ' . BATHQLIGS FORCE" HAND OF ASQU1TH Publicly Asks Change of Programme. PUBLIC CEREMONY ABANDONED Great Concourse Makes Up roar and Cries "Shame." WILL BE BIG PROCESSION Religions Ceremony to Be Held In Cathedral Only Greatest Cath olic Assemblage In England ' Since Reformation. LONDON. Sept. 12. The agitation by the extreme Protestants against the procession to be held tomorrow In con section with the Eucharlstlc Congress ha apparently ended with forcing the . government's band." The announcement ; that Premier Asqulth had Intervened in : the matter and that as a consequence there had been some modification of ar rangements was made tonight at a mass meeting of 10.000 In Albert Hall, where It caused an uproar. As soon aa Cardinal Vannutelll, the papal legate, who was accompanied by a brilliant array of cardinals and bish ops, took the chair, Archbtehop Bourne rose and said that he had a statement to make which would be a source of disappointment and pain. He had re ceived a communication from Premier Asqulth on Thursday, deprecating Sun day's procession and advocating its abandonment. This announcement was greeted with groans and cries of "Shame!" by the assemblage. Force Asqulth to Speak Out. Archbishop Bourne continued that he had replied to Mr. Asqulth that he could not act on a private. intimation, whereapon the premier answered that the communication, was purely confi dential and must not be published. The Archbishop Insisted that if a change In ' the proposed programme was necesssry, Mr. Asqulth must take the responsibil ity of making a public request. The premier replied that in the gov ernment's opinion It would be better in the interest of order and good feeling that the proposed ceremonial, the legality of which was open to question, should not take place. , Xo Ceremonial Procession. There were further cries of "shame:" and after a prolonged interruption Arch bishop Bourne continued, saying that he had replied to the Premier that "in def erence to your "wishes all the elements of an ecclesiastical ceremonial will be Hmlnated. The procession of cardinals and bishops will walk in court dress and we expect the government to Insure com fort and courtesy to our honored guests." The archbishop added, amid a renewed uproar, that the ceremonial procession would be held within the cathedral walte and that the benediction would be given tho multitude from the balcony of the cathedral. He exhorted the people loyally to accept the arrangement ana Denave with dta-nltr and self-respect. A message was read from the Pope expressing the greatest satisfaction at the successful Inauguration of the con RHi and blessing with all bla heart the bishop and clergy who had contributed ' "to Jhe consoling success of thla solemn manifestations of Catholic faith among the English people." Religious Bigotry Aroused. Before the Eucharlstlc Congress met It Inspired very little attention In England outslda of Catholic circles. Few realized that It was to be the largest meeting of Roman Catholica in Great Britain since the, Reformation. - If nothing else served to Impress these facts upon the public It would be the great crowds who have choked the streets in the neighborhood of Westminister Cathedral since th serv- ( Concluded on Pass 8.) .i 'l ' " ; iV i I' ' ' .. 1 i ... " Stun-1 Vfcen Second Choice Beeomes First . The OnlT Worker. School OpeM Tsisomw. Time to Iave.tlg.te, Sure.. Stun. Choice. Taft "Will Swlsis Rewasl the Circle. . Forgvtten I . , The Only - . . X . , ' . . ..... ,.,,1 ', - - t 1 1 isV i r 1 1 n 1 1 -1 1 1 n i it 1 1 1 f f i tr1 . ' : " r,ir" " - X . ' ; ; 1 '.' "FRATS" BEGIN WAR - FOR EXISTENCE TO APPEAL TO COURT AGAINST BEING DISSOLVED. 1 Chicago High School Pupils Refuse to Sign Pledge and Hire Lw- yers for De'ense. ' CHICAGO, Sept. 12. (Special.) War against the Board of Education was declared today by representatives of a majority of high school secret societies at a closed meeting in the Columbus Memorial building. The young men and women are fighting against the edict that they shall be expelled from school unless they sign pledges that they have renounced their fraternity affiliations. They decided today to re fuse to sign any pledges. Unless the backbone of the belligerent movement Is broken before Monday morning, more than 100 boys and girls will be barred from high schools when session com mences. John C. Wilson was engaged as legal representative of . the "protective league." as the organlxation Is styled. There Is also talk of engaging Colonel J. Hamilton Lewis and Benjamin D. Magruder as assistant counsel. Mr. Wilson was . instructed to take action in the Circuit Court. At each of the city high schools as the pupils entered the classrooms they were handed a card announcing that if the pledges are not returned Mon day with the signatures of both par ent and pupil, suspension for one month will become effective automatically in each case. Only withdrawal from the secret so cieties and a, special appeal to . -the Board of Education, the pupils wera told, will obtain reinstatement. WIRELESS IN FAR NORTH Islands and Interior to Be Connect ed bf Government. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. (Special.) Army and Navy wireless experts are working In unison on the extension of a system of communication In the far north. The War Department has been advised of the probable completion dur ing the present month of the new wire less station at Unalaska, and the Navy Department has arranged to have a wireless station on Mummy Island at the mouth of Prince William Sound. This station will operate in connec tion with the Army station In the in terior of Alaska, and especially stations Just established -this reat. provided, they are found in working order. The Army' has the Burnslde and the Navy -has the Torktown In Alsskan waters on wireless Installation, with the prospect that a chain of stations in that part of the world will be com pleted with this season's operations. TOWN FEARS JURY'S PROBE Lewiston Excited Over Proposed In vestigation of "Open Town." LEWISTON. Idaho. Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Agreeing to the urgent request of the County Attorney, District Judge Steele has decided to call a grand Jury to convene early In November. The Jury Is ostensibly called to investigate the Orlflno shooting affray, in which George Moore, an alleged cattle rustler, lost his life, two others were wounded and their arrest caused by Carr, who charged cattle stealing, but the advo cates of "open town" see In the session of the grand Jury woe far them, as a crusade ie to be started to compel law breakers to obey the written laws. Hence the anti-lid contingent Is busying itself and It Is said influence will be brought to bear to stop any attempt to head off their privileges. BALLOON'S RECORD FLIGHT German Military Dirigible Excels Zeppelin's First Feat. BERLIN, 8ept. 12. A record flight was made by the military semirigid dirigible balloon under command of Major Gross, which returned here shortly, before noon today after being In the air for 34 hours and 2 minutes. This surpasses the record made by Count Zeppelin when on July 1 he traversed the greater part of Northern Switzerland,' occupying 12 hours in the Journey. The new record, which was entirely unexpected, Is greeted with great enthusiasm. " INSISTS BRYAN OFFERED TERMS Hearst Tells Circum stances of Talk. METBRYANATFRIEND'S HOUSE Dinner Followed by Proposed folitical Deal. HUMILIATED BY OFFER Leader of Independent Reiterates With Details Story of Bryan's Bid for Support Only Con firmed Him In Opposition. BRYAN SAYS IT'S FALSE. CUMBERLAND, Md.. Sept. 12. William J. Bryan will not permit himself to be drawn Into any private discussion with William R. Hearst In connection with the lattei-e state ment that Mr. Bryan had asked the support of Mr. Hearst In the present campaign, promising In return his support of Mr. Hearst In 1912. "There is nothing to say," said Mr. Bryan to the Associated Press representative. "except that the statement of Mr. Hearst is absolutely false In every particular. 1 met him at his home and also "at the house of Dr. John W. Cox some time last Fall or Winter, but at neither place nor any other place was there any conversation which by any possibility could be distorted Into such a propo sition." att.anta Ga.. Sept. 12. William R. Hearst, when shown Mr. Bryan's de nial of Mr. Hearst's statement that Mr. Bryan four months, ago proposed ...nnnrt Mr. Hearst four years hence. In return for Mr. Hearst's support in this campaign, made tna iouowinB "I don't see why Mr. Bryan is always nrniiii nollcles that he has to re cant, saying things that he has to re tract and doing things that ne nas w deny. ' ' How Proposition Came. "When Mr. Bryan came to New York s;:ne four months ago, I did not call on him, as I had nothing to see him about. He did call on me, as appar ently he had something to see me about. I kept his visit a secret, but Mr. Chanler, In a suit against me. stated In his affidavit that he had seen Mr. Bryan at my house and so the visit was inadverently made public. That visit was without result, as I purposely avoided politics. "Shortly after, I received an Invita tion from a friend of mine to dinner. When I went to the dinner I found Mr. Bryan. After the dinner, Mr. T3ivAn h tenner! aside with me In the hall and said xactly what I said he did. Hearst Felt Humiliated. "I wish he had not said it. I was surprised and humiliated by the proposition. It showed that Mr. Bryan had no appreciation or conception of the work I had done for -Jilra or of the reason I had worked so hard and made so many sacrifices In the cause. It showed that he considered me mere ly a traitor working for some personal advantage or promotion In politics. I left the house humiliated, as I say, but more than ever opposed to Mr. Bryan, more tUan ever convinced that I was right n opposing him." Greatest "All-Star" Meeting. CHICAGO. Sept. 12. Following the ac ceptance of Judge Taft and W. J. Bryan, the Republican and Democratic nomi nees, respectively, of the invitations to attend the waterway banquet in this city the Commerce Association has de cided to inHte Chsfln, Hlsgen, Debs and Watson. The plan Is to make it th greatest all-star non-political meeting ever known. More than 100 Senators, Governors and Congressmen will attend. HARRY MURPHY ONCE MORE TAKES TIBURON NATIVES AGREEABLE HOSTS SKIPPER TELJS NEW STORY' OF ALLEGED CANNIBALS. Captain of Estrella Returns to Los Angeles Intact and Praises the Indians. LOS ANGELES, Cal.,.Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) When Gen. Guiiiermo Andrade led 200-men from San Francisco to the conquest of Tlburon Island some years ago, they were repulsed by the savage warriors of that land of mystery. Since then a number of explorers, lured by tales of gold, have disappeared among its mountain fastnesses, never to be heard of again. But today Captain F. E- Thompson of the schooner Estrella returned to Los Angeles after exploring the coast line of Tlburon, where he hobnobbed with Chief Francisco and the latter's son, Panchlto, as well as with the Seri tribesmen. Captain Thompson as serts that the Indians are exceedingly friendly. He smoked the pipe of peace with the chief, dined, and exchanged pnesents with him. Altogether Captain Thompson made five separate landings and " each time communicated with the Seris, . was hospitably received, and explodes all the traditions regarding the ferocity of these people. They are - still armed with bows and arrows and spears and live for the most part on fish and sea lions. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT'B Maximum temperature, 83 degrees; minimum, A9 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and cooler; northwesterly winds. National. Government to use wireless apparatus to give warning of fires at Columbia's mouth. Bection- 1. page 7. . . Politics, Straus to make speeches for Taft. Section 1. page t. . - . Hearst reiterates that Bryan proposed deal to him. Section 1, page 1. Oklahoma' pads returns In Interest of bank guarantee law. Section 1. page 6. Bryan speaks twice at Cumberland. Section 1. page 8. Executive council of Labor Federation de nles dictation to workingmen. Section 1, page T. Domestic. Chicago High School students will appeal to law In defense of "frets." Section I, cage 1. Ship captain disproves charge Tlburon Island natives are cannibals. Bection i, page 1. Great decrease' In " number of Idle railroad cars. Section 1, page 1. Wright breaks three records in two airship nights. Section 1, page a. Criminal fraud charted ;ntrrn5nTWtirti Booth failure. Section 1. page it i-- Paclne Coast. Edison declares successful airship must use spiral mechanism to rise from grouna. Sec. 1, page 1. N'on-partlsan Judiciary feature of Washing ton's' primary law proves disappointing. Sec. 1, page 5. ". Oregon State Fair will be made school for farmers. Sec. .1, page 4. Dan Kelly reaches home In Baker City; other Oregon athletes to be given reception to- dsy. Sec. 1, page 5. Sports. Good material In sight for Northwest foot ball team. Section 4. page 7. Portland defeats Los Angeles 7 to . Plans completed for reception to athletes . tomorrow. Section 1, page 5. Papke's victory over Ketchel Is great surprise. Section 4, page 8. Commercial and Marine. Eight cents reported to have been" offered for new hops. Section 4, page 8. Chicago wheat market very strong. Section 4. page a. -Hanimans and Reading lead In stock advance. .Section 4. page . Interior draws on New York banks for crop- moving funds. Section 4, page 6. Eastern shipments to Orient via Pacific ports will demand greater rates after Novem ber 1. Section 4, page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Governors Mead and Chamberlain will confer regarding salmon situation. Sec. 1, page 1 Lawyer John F. Watts arrested on charge of larceny. Bee. 2. page 1. Chairman Cake aends commission to C. N. McArthur. Sec. 1. page 10. United Railways to drive 3000-foot tunnel west of Lannton. Sec. 4, page 10. Pioneer fiddlers hold reunion and contest, faction 1, page 11. President of defunct mattress company charged with fraud. Sec. 2. page 12. Registration of voters to be resumed to morrow. Sec. 2. page 12. Portland commercial bodies consider amalga mation. Sec. 3. page 12. City schools will open with large attendance tomorrow. Sec. 4. page 10. Rental agents unable to meet demand for bouses. Sec 3, page S. New depot will help East Side property. Sec. 3, page B. Forty-fifth Precinct Republican Club to hold Taft rally. Sec. 1, page 10. Multnomah County Grange Institute closes successful session. Sec. 3, page 8. HIS PEN IN HAND TO ILLUSTRATE A FEW CURRENT EVENTS AIRSHIPS CRUDE, E OEGL Air Navigation Methods Are Faulty. - WILL TRY TO SOLYE PROBLEM Criticises Both Dirigible Bal loon and Aeroplane. FARNUM'S SCHEME IS BEST Hel!c-. Lifting Apparatus W ill Soon Solve Secret of Aerial Naviga tion, Declares Wizard ot Electrical World. - EDISON ARRIVES IX PORTLAND. Thomas A. Edison, accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived in Port land from Seattle at 8:85 o'clock last night and are registered at the Port land Hotel. The party is touring the Coast and vielted several cities on Puget Sound. They will remain In . Portland today and, after visiting points of Interest about the city, will leave for the South, visiting San Fran cisco. Los Angeles and other Califor nia cities. The famous "wliard of electricity" was In excellent' spirits on his arrival here. He. his wife and daughter express themeelves as de lighted with .the Pacific Northwest. SEATTLE, Sept. 12. Thomas A. Edi son, the noted inventor, who Is taking a vacation on the Pacific Coast says that neither the' aeroplane nor the dirigible balloon will successfully solve the question of navigating the air. ABked -today If, in giving up the "com mercial side - of his work, he would make a study of the airship, he said: , "It is likely that I. svll pay some attention to the navigation o the air: I have done so in the past but I had not the time to make serious effort. I am firmly convinced that the time Is near at hand when it will be pos sible to- sail through the 'air as easily and as safely as we now go by land or by water. Puts No Faith In Aeroplane. "I have little faith In the aeroplane or the balloon as a means of aerial navigation. , The aeroplane of the Wright brothers depends too much on the personal equation. Place some other man In that aeroplane and It would not work. It depends upon the skillful handling of the machine by the inventor. "It is also unlikely that the efforts of inventors who have pinned their faith to the dirigible balloon will' meet with success. When you have some thing that Is lighter than air, it is apparent even to the layman that It is a toy of the winds. It is wafted about like a thistledown when a strong wind is blowing. The aeroplane and the dirigible balloon will be Improved, I have no doubt, but I look to see the application of a principle different from either In the successful airship. Favors Farnuni Idea. "Henri Farnum has started in the right direction. The airship of the future will be lifted by a mechanism something like a spiral. It will have the ability to rise without first giving it . forward momentum and it will not Imitate closely the flight of birds. "With the helical lifting appliance. Improved propellers and device for maintaining balance in the air, the future airship will fly into the teeth of the wind, will rise to heights where favorable currents may be found, or skim the surface of the earth. Tes. navigation of the air will surely come. It Is simply a question of applying mechanical knowledge in a new way. "Within a few years the electrically propelled motor car will be the auto- (Concluded on Page 3.) D SON S MANY MORE CARS .; NOW IN SERVICE DECREASE OF 30,3 71 IN NUM BER IDLE THIS WEEK. Reduction Is Almost Fifty Per Cent From Maximum Some Roads Show Shortage. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. (Special.) Another big boost toward prosperity Is Indicated by a weekly report of the car efficiency committee of the American Railway As sociation, which was issued today. The total of surplus cars on railroads of the United States and Canada has been re duced to 222,632, a decrease of 30,371 sine the last report. Of this decrease, 21,723 are boxcars and 7253 coal and gondola. The decrease in boxcars is the largest since the maximum surplus of 413,605 was reached. An Increasing activity in repair ing cars is shown by a reduction of 7662 in the number of bad-order cars. Small shortages are reported on a few railroads, the shortages totaling 1418. Re garding this condition Arthur Hale, chair man of the committee, says: "Whenever these shortages are of such o nature and extent as to Justify action by the commitee. conditions are brought ti the attention of the roads reporting surplus, and arrangements are made to transfer equipment to the roads having use for it." HARRIMAN REACHES HOME Railway Magnate Greatly Improved After Trip to Coast. mw YORK. Sent. 12. E. H. Harrlman reached home today He and his party ended their transcontinental tour at 8:60 o'clock this morning, when they left Mr. Harrlman's private car at Arden, and In three autos motored up the mountainside from the station to the Harrlman man sion at Arden, N. Y. Mr. Harrlman did not come to New Tork City, contrary to his custom. At the offices of the Union Pacific Company It was stated he was not expected before Monday. A messenger from Mr. Harrl man's country home brought over mem oranda of matters commanding his lm mediate attention. He Is reported to be In excellent physical condition. His private physician. Dr. William O. Lyle, declared him to be greatly Improved In health.' Dr. Lyle made the entire trip with Mr. Harrlman. . f "' 1 ! . . V . . . " MORMON CONVERTS BARRED Immigration Authorities . at Boston r Refuse Nine Landing. BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 12. (Special.) Despite their appeals to the immi gration authorities in Washington and efforts of the Mormon sChurch-In their behalf, nine converts who arrived here August 23, on the steamship Republic from Liverpool, were today deported on the Cymric. They are George and Catherine. Roth, their six children, ranging from 8 years to 3 months, and Delphlne Dodsworth, an English girl of 21, who admitted to the Boston In spectors her belief in the practice of polygamy. Miss Dodsworth wept bitterly when placed In confinement aboard the Cym ric, protesting that the laws of tho United States aro cruel and unjust. The Roths were deported on the ground that they were assisted In reaching this country. HUNDREDS HUNT KIDNAPER Enraged Residents Near Chicago Search -for Missing Girl. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. (Special.) Chi cago's mysterious kidnaper, F. J. Blair, who stole little Veronica Casslday. Is being hunted by hundreds of enraged residents of Kavenswood, who are at tempting also to clear up the mysterious disappearance of Emily Haben, 14 years old, whom they believe Blair kidnaped. Detectives of half a dozen city police stations were sent to assist the Robey street police. After a hurried investiga tion they became convinced that the girl had been lured away and that her. kid naper was Blair. The nethods used to secure. Emily Haben were identical with those of the kidnaper of the Casslday girl. ' The girl has been missing since Thursday morning when she was seen to Join a man half a block from her horns STATES IK CLASH OVER TISH LAWS Chamberlain and Mead to Confer Today. WASHINGTON HAS GRIEVANCE Objects to Arrests Under Ore gon Statute. WANTS TEST CASE ONLY This Will Be Refused and Northern . Executive Is Reported as Threatening to Call Out State .Militia. Whether the waters of the Columbia River aro the Joint property of Washing-' ton and Oregon, or whether they are owned and controlled exclusively by Ore gon will be the subject of an important conference at Portland Sunday morning between' .Governor Albert E. Mead, of, this state, and Governor George E. i Chamberlain, of Oregon. The conference has been called by j Governor ' Chamberlain as a result of j the present open break ' between Wash-; lngton and- Oregon palmon fishermen and j the attempt of Oregon deputies stationed on the Washington shore to prevent j Washington fishermen from plying their . trade In the waters of the Columbia. Governor Mead took the midnight train . for Portland. He was accompanied by; one of the Deputy State Flfh Wardens and expected to be Joined at Kalama by trie Master Fish Warden. The trouble among the Columbia ; River fishermen started Friday night . and by noon Saturday had reached such j a fever heat that the attention of the'; two executives was called to It. in the ; hope of'eflectlng some settlement befora serious damage should result. Under the laws adopted by the people) of this state In June.tishlng on the.: Co-( lumbla. River with wheels and glllnets U prohibited and in the enforcement of thesa laws the Oregon authorities assert Juris- i diction on the waters of the Columbia, from sTiore to shore. It Is over this con tention that the Washington fishermen ob- Ject. They dispute the right of Oregon officials to exercise Jurisdiction on th Washington side of the river and the At- ' torney-General of Washington has prom-; lsed the fishermen of that state protec-, Hon from prosecution by the authorities of this state. . Ordered to Enforce Laws. At the regular meeting of the Ore gon State Board of Fish Commission ers, consisting of the Governor, Secre tary of State and State Treasurer, this week, H. .C. McAllister, Master . Fish Warden, presented the situation for the Board's consideration, and was au- ' thorized to. enforce strictly the laws as adopted by the Oregon electors. Mr. McAllister was directed to arrest all violators of the fish laws, wherever found on the river, and was assured that in case tho residbnt Prosecuting Atorneys declined to prosecute viola tions of the law, he would volunteer his services personally to prosecute the offenders. Mead May Call Out Militia. In an interview yesterday. Governor Mead is said to have declared that If it became necessary to protect the Wash ington fishermen from the enforce ment of the laws passed in Oregon he would call out the militia. As a result of the controversy, since the laws went into effect September 10. wholesale arrests have 'been made at the Instance of the Oregon courts of some of the alleged violators. "I, have not been advised t!Ut Governor Mead Intends to call out the Washington militia In order to protect the fishermen of that state from the enforcement .of the. laws enacted by tne people of Oregon." said Governor Chamberlain last night. "I understand that Governor Mead ha v-j ,o the authorities of this stats cause the arrest of only one offending (Concluded on Page 8 )
