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TUFT SMILES
FROWNS ON TRIP
Soft Words to Friends;
Raps for Libelers.
NO MERCY TO CANAL CANARDS
Says Huge Ditch Will Be Dug
Along Present Plans.
LOYAL SUPPORT FOR WORK
Presidentelect Tells Southern
Crowds Only Scheming Politi
cians Condemn Canal, and
Scores Their Motives.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 13- Talk
ing through Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama. President-elect Taft today
had the gratification of being heartily
received by large and ..enthusiastic
crowds who had not voted for him.
Several times he made his appreciation
plain. At the same time he left a touch
of Irony aa a reminder that his pre
dictions had surely come true and not
only did the South seem willing to
accept him as Its President, but his
greatest desire was to be the President
of every man, woman and child In the
Nation.
There was one other burden on the
Taft mind today a desire to show ut
ter contempt for what he termed the
baseless and hurtful criticisms of the
work being done on the Panama Canal.
The geniality of the Taft smile may
be seen In this sentence In his address
at Hattjesburg, Mlsar
Welcome to South.
"I am delighted to say to you that
I am your President and you cannot
help it. and if ever an opportunity
comes again to show it. It will gratify
me to come down here to Hattlesburg.
named after, I doubt not, a beautiful
woman, and say to the people of Hat
timburg. "Come up to Washington and
we will give you the right hand of
fellowship and will show you that you
own Just as much of the White House
and have as much right to call on the
President and Indeed on the woman
who occupies It and runs It as any
body." "
The canal remarks of Mr. Taft were
delivered in an unusually aggressive
manner.
"The Panama Canal is going to be
built," he declared, "and what I want
you to do and what I want every
American citizen to do Is to stand by
the men who are building it. Don't
set a fire In the rear, don't distrust
the men who are giving up their
strength and energy and enterprise to
put that great work through. When
you have agents who are doing your
wor.k. you must stand behind them.
If you don't you cannot get your work
done. The men who do your work are
entitled to your help and confidence
and you ought not to allow yourselves
to be led astray by buncombe speeches
In the House of Representatives or by
headlines In sensational newspapers
and go back on the men that are doing
your work.
Raps Political Schemers.
"I don't care whether you are Demo
crats or Republicans, you want the work
done, and when .the Army engineers who
are doing this work are giving all their
time to It, you are not men to go back
on them or to believe every Idle story
that comes from the mouth of some poli
tician who Is seeking to make himself
prominent or to give himself the advance
ment of a little unfounded sensational
statement.
"That work is being done honestly. I
know what I am talking about. It will
be built, and all the windy opposition that
comes merely from a desire to exalt and
exploit the man who makes himself re
sponsible won t oDsiruci it-
I know what the people of the. United
States want In that regard, and insofar
as I have power as the Executive of this
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WANTS CHARITIES
TO HELP TRAMPS
JAMES
M'CREA TRYING TO
ROCSE PUBLIC.
Pennsylvania Railroad Killed 672
Hobos Last Year, and Wants
Fewer Deaths.
CHICAGO. Feb. 13. (Special.)
James McCrea, president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, has writ
ten a letter appealing to the. charity
organizations of New York to assist
him in arousing, puBlic sentiment to
the necessity of eliminating the evil
of trespassing upon railroad property
and rights of way. The appeal Is
backed by the statement that the Penn
sylvania Railroad has been unable to
arouse the various municipalities
through which Its lines pass to the ne
cessity of assisting the railroad to
stamp out the evil.
That It is a growing evil Mr. McCrea
shows by the statement that during
the year 1908 the trains of his com
pany killed 672 trespassers and In
jured 791. That the company made
every possible effort to reduce this evil
Is shown by the statement that during
th past year it arrested 2989 persons
while they were trespassing.
LOSE WOMEN AND BABES
All Passengers of Ill-Fated Steamer
Penguin Not Accounted For.
W ELLINGTON, N. Z., Feb. 14. Details
of the wreck of the steamer Penguin oft
Cape Terawhiti, Friday, reached here to
day. The captain mistook his course In
the thick weather that prevailed and be
lieved he was many miles from a danger
point. After striking the rocks with
terriflo force the Penguin slid) oft into
deep water and began to sink.
The captain remained at the wheel,
steering the vessel into a sheltered posi
tion so that the launching of the boats
could be carried on without danger. The
ship struck the rocks about 10 o'clock
and sank 50 minutes later.
The boilers exploded and the vessel
went down Immediately afterward. Two
boatloads of women and children are still
mlesing.
"DEADHEAD" LIBERTY BELL
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gives Permit for Transportation.
PHILADELPHIA.' Feb. 13. The In
terstate Commerce Commission has
granted a permit for the free trans
portation of the Liberty Bell and a
guard of Philadelphia policemen to the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Se
attle, Wash, and It is probable the
famous old relic will be taken to the
Far West this Summer. Mayor Rey
burn has received a number of peti
tions from ' several Pacific Coast cities
requesting that the bell be sent West
and will recommend to the City Coun
cil that the request be granted.
HENRY M. NICKEL FROZEN
Grandson of Henry Miller Dies on
Alvoid Desert.
BURNS, Or., Feb. 13. (Special.)
Henry Miller Nickel, 22 years old and
a grandson of Henry Miller, the million
aire cattle and land owner, was found,
February "It frozen to death on Alvoid
desert, in the south end of this county.
Nickel, whose home is in San Francisco,
had been visiting at the Alvoid ranch
for the past three months, and. it is
supposed, was out riding horseback on
Sunday and became lost, when overtaken
by "a snowstorm, and perished. The body
was nearly covered with snow. The re
mains will be shipped to San Francisco,
where the young man's father lives.
NOT SATISFIED WITH LAW
Ten Thousand Iowans Want An
other Chance at Prohibition.
DBS MOINES. Ia., Feb. 13. A petition
signed by 10.000 names was received by
Senator B. Cosson today asking for re
submission to the voters of Iowa of
the state constitutional amendment pro
viding for absolute prohibition. The
signers are from practically every town
and village in the state.
HARRY MURPHY ONCE MORE MAKES A
PORTLAND, OREGON,
ONLY MIRACLE
CAN
SAVE STATE MONEY
.
Solons Cowed by Nor
mal Schools.
PRESSURE USED ON ALL SIDES
Legislators Submit to Hold-up
to Save Own Bills.
OTHER INTERESTS' GRASP
Agricultural College, Scalp Bounty,
Eastern Oregon Asylum, Crater
Lake Road, Johnson Bill, All
Help to Swell Big Sum.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Feb. 13.
(Special.) Never has the Oregon legis
lature been savea from extravagance by
modesty of normal schools nor by suc
cess of normal school foes. In the light
of Legislative history and last week's
appropriation logrolling in the House,
failure tof the normal grab would mark a
miracle, 'in the capltol are many pa
triots of pessimistic mood who believe
the day of miracles past.
If Oregon is to be rescued from a
14.000,000 extravagance, its Legislature
must trim the $318,000 demand of the
three hungry schools at Ashland, Mon
mouth and Weston. This is impossible
without abolishing one of the three
ithools. since each is living from hand
to mouth and needs $106,000 to supply
needed buildings and salaries if it is to
come up to the grade of a state normal.
It is impossible without defeating a very
powerful combination.
Normals Pull Well Together.
The ways and means committees of
the two houses want one normal; the
House committee reported In favor of
one and $115,000 therefor, but the House
instructed it to bring in appropriations
for all three normals, and then promptly
passed the ' appropriations when they
came up last Friday.
-The House committee wanted the one
normal at Monmouth, not because it pre
ferred Monmouth, but because it thought
that choice the easiest way to defeat the
normal grab. That far the House com
mittee was right, but it didn't know that
all the normal gentlemen were standing
together. It soon had its eyes opened.
Other Hands n Coffers.
Yet let us not deal with the puissant
normals roughly until we make a few
inquiries as to whether there are not
other Items of extravagance. For the
moment let us forbear mentioning the
big onslaught that will be made on the
gaunt normals this week in the Senate.
Comes now the Agricultural College and
says that it needs every dollar of the
$460,000 recommended by the ways and
means committee. Comes also the East
ern O.-egon group of lawmakers, who
aver that they must have at least $40,000
to exterminate coyotes with scalp
bounty, which has passed the House,
and in addition $200,000, for a new insane
asylum at Baker City; nxt the South
ern Oregon delegation insisting that the
$100,000 which has passed the House for
building the road to Crater Lake Is very
necessary. Then the Eastern Oregon
bunchgrassers ag-Un declaring that the
$75,000 as favorably reported in the House
for extension of the portage road must
be spent in order to make effective the
portage lines; next the granges, asserting
that farmers need the aid of the $300,000
which would be expanded for roads. In
accordance with the Johnson road bill,
passed by the House yesterday; after
these come a lot of lesser bills, each of
very Important local or special interest,
In some lawmaker's quest for glory.
Lots of Room for Trades.
Is there not abundance of stuff In all
this for trades? To do sure there Is, and
that's what use it will be put to this
week in the Legislature, Just as last. In
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nv.Sirv MOHTXC;. FEBRUARY 14, 1909. IMUCE fVE CEXTS.
9 SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1909.
STOPS TRAIN TO
HELP AT WEDDING
PREACHER CALLS OX CREW TO
ACT AS AVTTXESSES.
Flags Freight and Enlists Conduc
tor and Brakeman to Avoid
Postponement. .
FORT FBTiTERMAX, Wyo.. Feb. 13.
Rather than pospone a wedding cere
mony he had been called from a dis
tance to perform. Rev. Mr. Daniels
yesterday flagged a .freight train,
pressed the train crew into service as
witnesses and proceeded with' the
ceremony. .
Charles Page and Mrs. Louise Con
well had called him to marry them,
but there were no witnesses. Hear
ing a train whistle, the three, hurried
to the little flag station, Mr. Daniels
stopping the train and explaining the
dilemma to the astonished conductor.
Then, with the bride standing on the
steps of the caboose, the blushing
bridegroom on the ground and the
conductor and brakeman paying strict
attention, the ceremony was per
formed. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
50
degrees; minimum, :io degrees.
TODAY'S Rain or snow; variable winds.
t National.
Buchanan signs agreement with Venezuela
settling all disputes. Section 1. page 4.
Order of Elks asks Congress to protect
Wyoming elks from starvation. Section 1.
page 8.
Bill to settle Knox muddlft reported to
, HouBe but will cause fight. Section 1,
' pae 5.
Roosevelt given ovation on return trip to
Washington. Section 1. page 5.
Number 13 troubles Congress. Section 1.
page 5.
taft says President and Governors should
wark together. Section 1, page 1.
Garfield threatens to stop work on Klamath
project unless settlers pay. Section 1,
page 3.
Advance guard of fleet in wireless touch
with Arnold's squadron. Section 1,
page 4.
Domestic
Judtre decides one" point against Mrs. Lemp.
Section '1, page 2.
Preacher stops train In Wyoming to get
crew for witnesses at wedding. Section 1.
page 1.
Train-robbers hold up train near Denver and
steal 133,000 worth of mail. Section 1,
rage 2.
Waters-Pierce Oil Company will fight Stand
ard 1n Missouri court. Section 1, page 3.
. raclfle Northwest.
Commonwealth day exercises at University
of Oregon devotedto conservation topics:
.1. N. Teal delivers principal address.
Section 1, page 7.
Henry succeeds Ballinger on A.-Y.-P. board.
Section 1, page 7.
Estacada youth turns highwayman, then
telephones to Sheriff to arrest blm. Sec
tion 1, page 11.
Krebs wat.ts to-waiter $50OO hop men did
not intend local option amendment
should contain Joker. Section 1. page 6.
Legislatures.
Oregon Legislature cowed by normal
schools: only miracle can save Stato
Treasury from raid. Section 1. page 1.
Norton's bill .demanding telepticna connec
tions with all companies kept alive in
Serate. Section 1, page 6.
Cosgrove urges Washington Legislature to
pass local option bill. Section 1, page 6.
Foreign.
Turkish Parliament votes want of con
fidence in Kiamil Pasha and he resigns.
Section 1. page 4.
Russia violates Portsmouth treaty and
United States and Great Britain may
protest Jointly. Section 1, page S.
Mexican volcano of Colima spreads devas
tation. Section 1, page 4.
Lawyer In Stirling divorce caso shows, no
mercy to American woman. Section 1.
page 2.
King Edward given ovation In London by
Britons delighted at reconciliation with
Germany. Section 1, page 1.
Sports.
MeCredle signs Armbruster, big ' league,
catcher. Section 4. page 4
Trustees of Multnomah Club to elect officers
next Tuesday night. Section 2, page 2.
Anti-boxing bill in California Is revenge
measure. Section 4, page 6-
Autos prove successful for use by fire de
partment. Section 4, page I.
Long has little trouble In signing Seals for
season. Section 4. page
Ewlng will ask National commission to aid
hi fight on outlaw leagues.
Section 4,
page .
.Tohn L. S
L. Sullivan aerentiB ooum
visit to Northwest.
Portland and Vicinity.
Council names new charter committee. Sec
tion 3, page 10.
Letters show scope of work of Oregon Hu
mane Society, Section 1. page 9.
B D Sigler wants law to assess property
aT one-half value. Section 1. page 12.
Dutch Pete" Stroft sentenced t 12 years
for train robbery. Section 4. page 8
Today is day of patron saint of lovers, old
and young. Section 1. page 0.
Jurv In case of Chinese against police to
return sealed verdict. Section 1, page 10.
Luther Burbank names new plant "Rose of
Oregon " Section 3. page j.
Stability is prevailing tone in realty mantel.
Section 8ipage7; -
WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION
ANGLO-GERM
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Britons Show Delight
at King's Return.
HATRED OF TEUTONS DIES OUT
Happy Result of Edward's
Visit to Berlin.
NO CLASH CF INTERESTS
Jealousy Over Xear-Kast Affairs
Removed by Mutual Explana
tions and Kaiser's Agreement
With France Aids Peace.
LONDON, Feb. 13. The reception in
London accorded King Edward and
Queen Alexandra never lacks enthusiasm,
but the. welcome they received this eve
ning on their return from Berlin was
more remarkable than ever. At the sta
tion to meet them were the Prince and
Princess of Wals, Premier Asquitb and
Foreign Secretary Grey, while on the
road to Buckingham Palace great crowds
cheered vociferously. ,
Joy Over Reconciliation.
The King, who was not looking so -well
as usual and was closely muffled up
about the throat, had a few minutes ani
mated conversation with Sir Edward
Grey, both of them showing plainly their
great satisfaction at the happy result of
the sovereign's short stay at Berlin.
The visit has certainly had a wonder
ful effect upon the mind of the British
public and the antagonism against Ger
many seems to have disappeared. Berlin's
cordial reception of the King has paved
the. way for this and communications
have been given out by the British and
German officials in which mutual satis
faction is expressed relative to the aims
and foreign policies of the two govern
ments. 0
"o Cause for Quarrel Remains.
All this has been so sudden that the
question Is already being raised of how
long it will last. Diplomats who have
been watching recent events closely are
optimistic. They point out that British
and German interests do not clash in any
part of the world, and that the bitter
ness between the two nations really arose
out of Jealousy over affairs in the Near
East. Their alms, however, have been
declared identical and, Germany having
reached an agreement with France re
garding Morocco, there appears nothing
on the horizon over which they can
quarrel.
France Caused Estrangement.
The appearance of the Anglo-German
rapprochement, it is recognized, largely
depends upon that between Germany and
France, for in recent years the difference
betwee'n Germany and Great Britain
arose largely from Germany's supposed
hostile attitude toward Great Britain's
new found French friends.
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CHANCELLOR VERY HOPEFUL
f .
Conversations Show Agreement on
Peace Preservation and Turkey.
BERLIN, Feb. 13 Chancellor von
Buelow is hopeful of good results from
the recent visit to Berlin of King Edward,
and In this connection he today ex
pressed himself as follows:
"The conversations .between English
and German statesmen held while the
King was here has evoked sincere satis
faction on the German side and they
Justify the firm expectation that, be
cause of the visit of the King, the con
fidence in the loyalty of both England
and. Germany and- the understanding of
the political aims of both countries will
be strengthened.
-The discussion of the Balkan question
revealed a far-reaching agreement both
in regard to the endeavors of Great
Britain and Germany, for the preserva
tion of peace and in the attitude of each
government toward the new regime In
Turkey." .
QUARRELS
NDED
OF PICTURES ON CURRENT EVENTS
HETTY GREEN NOT
PLEASED AT NEWS
DAUGHTER'S ENGAGEMENT IS
NOT CERTAIN.
Richest Woman Has Not Given Her
Consent and 19 Not at All
Enthusiastic.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (Special.)
Mrs. Hetty Green announces that she
has not yet given her consent to the
marriage of her daughter, Sylvia, to
Matthew Astor "Wilkes, a wealthy Ca
nadian, whose relatives sent out an an
nouncement of the engagement from
Gait, Ontario, two da:ys ago. In an
effort to learn something from Mrs.
Green of her daughter's engagement It
was learned that Mrs. Green now
shares offices with Stuyvesant Fish in
the National Park Bank building.
Mrs. Green, as she grows older, does
not acquire the vanity of personal
adornment. When she left her home
today her rusty black skirts were be
draggled with mud. Her hat flopped
wearily over one ear. When a re
porter approached her she drew away
and looked as though she was going to
call a policeman.
"That engagement of my daughter
Sylvia to Mr. Wilkes," she said, "I have
not yet given my consent to. I don't
know what those Wilkes people mean
by telling people that it is so. Why,
they have even published it in the Lon
don Times. But I have not given my
consent."
She would say nothing more.
CHAUFFEUR GIVES UP SELF
Man Responsible for Death of Mrs.
Mct'ook Surrenders.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. While detec
tives were searching for the occupants
of the automobile that conveyed Mrs.
Edwin S. McCook in a dying condition
to the home of General Alson G. Mc
Cook' yesterday, where she died later, a
man walked into a police station today
and announced that it was his machine
that injured Mrs. McCook. He said his
name was Walter Schumann, a licensed
chauffeur.. He had been driving north
in Madison avenue, he said, when at
Fifty-seventh street the machine
struck Mrs. McCook. He will be fur
ther examined.
BLIZZARD RAGING AGAIN
Colorado, Just Emerging From
Drifts, Once More Buried.
DENVER, Feb. IS. The worst bliz
zard of the Winter is raging in the
mountains of Colorado tonight, and as
a result railway lines that have been
tied up nearly a week, and which the
officials believe were about - to be
opened, will probably continue block
aded for several days more.
The Denver & Rto Grande has called
In Its snow plows from Marshall and
Poncha passgs on its narrow gauge
line, but has thus far managed to keep
open the traffic of the Tennessee pass
on the main line between Denver and
Salt Lake.
ANOTHER WOMAN STABBED
Berlin Ripper Tears Himself Loose
From Captors.
BERLIN, Feb. 13. A woman was at
tacked this evening at Lichtenberg, a
suburb, a man stabbing her severely while
she was standing at the doorway of her
own residence. Passersby seized the man,
but he succeeded in tearing himself away
and escaped.
The youth who was captured last night
near the scene of a previous assault and
held on a strong suspicion of having
been concerned in six attacks made upon
women and girls in Berlin proved an
alibi and was freed.
MILLIONAIRE TO MARRY
George Westinghonse, Jr., Jo Wed
Miss Violet Brockelbank.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 13. Announcement
has been made that the wedding of Miss
Violet Evelyn Brockelbank. daughter of
Sir Thoitias and Lady Brockelbank, and
George Wcstinghouse, Jr.. of this city,
will take place on Thursday, March 4,
at Ireton Hall, Holmbrook, Cumberland
County, England.
BEEN MRS. BROWN
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Edna Wallace Hopper
Tells Secret.
ADMITS FACT IN NEW ORLEANS
Actress Married Stockbroker
in New-Jersey..
FOOLED SMART REPORTERS
Bankrupt Broker Who Gave Fiancee
Automobile and Insurance Joins
Her on Southern Tour Had
Sufficient Notoriety.
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Fob. 13. (Spe
cial.) Albert O. Brown, the New York
stockbroker, on arriving here today,
announced that he and Kdna Wallace
Hopper, who is playing at the Tulana
Theater this week in the leading vole of
"Fifty Miles From Boston,"' were mar
ried November 25 last at the home of
Justice James E. White, in Freehold,
Monmouth County, X. J. The license
was Issued on the ISth of that month.
The witnesses were Miss Leona Ander
son, Louis Ginter Young and Dennis
O'Brien, the last a friend of the Justice
and attorney for Miss Hopper.
Keep Secret to Fool Reporters.
Mr. Brown, on arriving here, at once
joined his wife in her apartments at the
Grunewald Hotel and went with her to
the matinee and tonight's performances.
"We are glad to get the secret off our
hands," he said. "We believe we shalr
be very happy. At least we have been
so" up to date, and see no reason why wa
should not continue so."
"We did not announce the marriage at
the time." said the bride, "because of
the fact that both Mr. Brown and myself
were getting more notoriety than we
wanted out of the unfortunate failure of
last August and the suits which followed.
We really mad up our minds that we
would keep the marriage secret to fool
the smart reporters and have a good
Joke on them. Mr. Brown will spend
some time with me on my present tour.
It will not be a honeymoon, though, for
we have already had that."
Rich Betrothal Gifts.
Miss Hopper figured in the sensational
failure of the firm of which Mr. Brown
was the head. She had been brought
Into the bankruptcy court by receivers
of the Brown company because of a $7500
automobile and a $25,000 Insurance policy
given her by Mr. Brown previous to the
failure.
Miss Hopper and her husband left at
midnight for a long tour of one-night
stands that will carry them as far west
as Pine Bluff, Ark.
SEEK CHICAGO STOPOVER
Western Roads Trying to Unite on
Ten-Day Privilege.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Recommenda
tion for the granting of a ten-day stop
over privilege in Chicago on all forms
of first-class and round-trip tickets
has been made to the railroads form
ing the Western Passenger Associa
tion by the executive committee.
On continuous passage transporta
tion, for instance, from Boston to San
Francisco this privilege will not apply
The holders of such tickets will only,
as now, be allowed the customary time
for transfer and interchange in Chi
cago. Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo
recently obtained this privilege. Now
that stopover privilege bids fair to be
come effective in Western Passenger
Association territory, it is thought cer
tain by railroad officials that Omaha
and other Western points will plead
for thftsame consiuermimi uu
it.
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