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- .. roRTI AXD. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1908. :
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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dential and must not be published.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-
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"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-
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D SON
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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.
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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
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