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66 Pages M$ PRICE - FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1909 VOL. XXVIII XO .SUPPOSEDLY POOR FARMER DIES RICH KING'S HEIGHTS IS RATE CUT; TUFT Villi TALK sWSs ! ' . i . i : .1 I KANSAS SCHOOLS ' TO TEACH ETHICS ' SO MORE MARBLES FOR KEEPS IN SUNFLOWER STATE. RIG ON LlliC ISSUES RANCHER SURPRISES FRIENDS BY HIS BEQUESTS. NORWAY HONORS '- POLE-FINDER GOOK Salute Fired by Order of King Haakon. CHAIN SULCI FDP.SSOn.OOQ IS SAVED Going to Meet People Face, to Face. INVADE INSURGENT CENTER Coming to Progressive West, Which Holds Balance. I AIMS TO KEEP PROMISES First Step From Chicago Will Bo Into Wisconsin and Minnesota, Where Tariff Law Is Most Thoroughly Criticised. facts ABorr nre presiden tial Torn. Trip begins Boston, September 15. 10 A. M. Trip en 4s Washington. November 10. :89 P. M. Says to be G7. y Number of ntopa. Mile to travel. 12,T.1. State to be traversed. Si Territories to be traversed. 2. Foreign country to be vwlted. Mexico. -Railway Unti to be used. 23. Steamships to be ueed. Z. BalKTueta on trip, 22. Formal luncheon 20. , Formal dinners. 6. rxlmated eoot of tour. $15,000. Appropriation for tour. $25,000. BEVERLY, Mass.! Sept. 11. (Special.) -Westward ho," Is now the slogan at the. Summer capital. Bronxed and hardened by dally battles on "the golf links, and with digestion tuned to meet the rigors of a trans-continental cam paign of banqueting. President Taft Is about to start on his 12.75-mile swing around the circle. Tuesday night the . President will break bread with the Bos'ton Chamber of Commerce, and have something to say as a foreword to the messages later to be delivered to the country along the route of his long Journey. Wednesday morning he will dash for the Middle West, and. If all goes well, will arrive vln Chicago the next, forenoon, ready to begin the real activities that are sched uled to follow months of planning. Going Among Insurgents. At different points between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Coast speeches will be made. In which specific mat ters are to be discussed In more or less detail. First, and perhaps foremost In the view of a large part of the popula tion, there is the tariff. Corporation legislation, amendment of the Inter state commerce act, Irrigation and con servation, deep waterway developments these are the other matters regard ing which the President desires to talk to the people, face to face. . From the standpoint of "National In terest, the first week of the Presi dent's trip undoubtedly will command most attention. After leav'ng Chicago the President will find nlra.ielf In Wis consin." where the La FoIIeta Influence on publlo thought had Its initial de velopment. La Follettelsm coincides at present with the most violent opposi tion to the tariff law recently enacted. From Milwaukee the way leads diagon ally through the Badger State to Min nesota, where there Is another home of Insurrection, to use the nomenclature in service at Washington. The speeches at Winona, Minn, On the night of Sep tember 17, and at the Twin Cities, the next day, will be most Important ther will be straining of ears clear across the continent to catch every executive utterance, and afterward a weighing of the effect. The President is not setting out on a journey of 11.664 miles by rail and 1196 miles by water for the pure fun of the thing. As chief magistrate of the Na tion, Mr. Taft sees an official duty In getting among the people who called him to serve them In that high place. He will see ,them by the million. . . It violates no confidence to say that he regards the Journey upon which he CConcluded on Pace 2 ) Gum V Uoe Boy Found the Pole. I I mm 1 1 W m i- U, J V 1 PRINCE MIOJUEL- AND, ANITA STEWART SOON TO WED. People of Dingwall Will Dance High land Fashion and Light Hon fires. DINGWALL. Scotland. Sept. 11. The little Roman Catholic settlement here is immensely Interested In the wedding of Prince Miguel Braganza and Miss Anita Stewart, daughter of Mrs. James Henry Smith, of New York, which will be cele braie"d September 15. The event is being described as "the first royal wedding in Scotland since that of Mary, Queen of Scots," and the people throughout the district are pre paring to make it a semi-public affair. There will be bonfires cm the surrounding hills, around which the villagers will give their Highland dances. The little town Is gaily decorated. The wedding itself, however, will be quietly celebrated. The Prince has re enounced his claim to the throne of Portu gal and will only assume the titles which his wife may tnke with equal right. Ac cordingly, they will be-known for a period at least as the Duke and Duchess of Pisco. After the ceremony the party will motor back to the castle, which Mrs. Smith has taken for Jhe season and where the wedding breakfast will be served. Later the couple will start on a honeymoon trip by automobile. MAN IN AUTO HELD UP W. R. Beckett, of Portland, Robbed at Oregon City. William R. Beckett, a . building con tractor, living at 974 East Nineteenth Btreet. was "waylaid and held up as he was entering Oregon City In an automo bile at 9:30 last night and robbed of his coat and $20 m money, according to a report from Oregon City which was re ceived last night. Mr. Beckett had been in Salem on his farm near there for the last few weeks and was returning to his home by auto mobile last night. As he approached Oregon City from the south a man stepped out in the road and asked' him to stop, telling him that a team was coming down the road. He compiled with the request, when he was surprised to see three other men armed emerge from the brush at the side of . the road and order him to throw up his hands. After searching Beckett and taking $20, the highwaymen also took his coat from him and left, making good their es cape. " Mr. Beck'ett then drove his .car on Into Oregon City, where the Sheriff secured a posse' and a hunt started on the trail of the highwaymen, one of whom the victim believes he recognized. . : - CURTISS "AFTER BIG PRIZE American Aviator Begins Flight for $10,000 in Italy. , BRESCIA. Italy, Sept. 11. Glenn H. Curtlss, the American aviator, started flying for the grand prlx late this afternoon. He covered the first lap, ten kilometers (6.21 miles;. In ten' min utes ard eight seconds. Curtlss made his second lap in 9 minutes 62 seconds, his third In 9 minutes 17. seconds, his fourth In 9 minutes 69 seconds, and his fifth and last lap in 9 minutes 65 sec onds. This gives him a total for the five laps of 49 minutes 11 seconds. The aviator was frantically applaud ed. Handkerchiefs, hats and parasols were waved In the air and the women threw kisses to the popular American." The grand prlx goes to the aviator making 60 kilometers (31.05 miles) In the best time, and carries an award of $10,000. Curtlss' most dangerous competitor is Blerlot, who has not yet flown. SOCIETY WOMAN A SUICIDE Mrs. James Perin Goes by Shooting Route in London. . LONDON, Sept: 11. Mrs. James Perln, a young American, committed .suicide this morning at Harrow-on-the-Hlll. She shot herself with a revolver. Mrs. Perin, who was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Akroyd, the former music master of the Harrow-on-the-Hlll school, was found In the con servatory with her revolver by her side. PHILADELPHIA, S-pt. 11. The news of the suicide xt Mrs. Perin created a sensation here. Her name was Mrs. Jane Sartorl Perln and she was well known In Philadelphia and Baltimore so ciety circles. mem LOTS INTn&J fhOiCFTRAChiV MOV FOR SALE H RllYRFFlDF TrtF OlR. B M jmr HPUTP IS IN 1 Xpw for American Enterprise TRIBUTE TO NORSE EXPLORERS He Gives Credit to Work Done by Norwegians in North. SARCASTIC HIT AT PEARY Followed Route Suggested by Sverd rup Without Asking Leave of Peary Book of Arctic Is Only Just Opened. ON BOARD STEAMB OSCAR II. Sept. 11. (By wireless to Copenhagen, Sept. 11.) Greeted like a returning con queror on his arrival, at Chrlstiansand from Copenhagen, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, discoverer of the North Pole, to day sailed -for New York, where he will arrive about September 21. In response to . an address of welcome, he made a speech, in which he paid tribute to the Arctic explorers who have gone from Norway and made a sarcastic allusion to Commander Peary. The steamer Melcholr, on which Dr. Cook came from Copenhagen, arrived about 11 o'clock this morning and cast her anchor a cable's length from the Oscar II. Every vessel In the harbor was gaily decorated with flags and 'all available small craft had beet chartered to bring out sightseers from the shore. Saluted by King's Order. A salute of seven guns was fired from the deck of the Melcholr and followed by seven guns from the Chrlstiansand fort. This special honorwas accorded Dr. Cook, a civilian, on a special order by King Haakon.. As soon as the smoke of the saluting guns had cleared away, steam launches started out from the laaring the clvi-MmIrttary authorities to the vessel with Dr. Cook on board. The ship's band played the "Star Spangled Banner," while the Nor wegian deputations paid homage to the explorer. The municipal authorities went, aboard the Melcholr in the harbor and the Burgomaster of Chrlstiansand delivered a speech of welcome, in which he con gratulated the explorer on his achieve ment. Responding, Dr.. Cook said: "'An explorer cannot receive greater honor than the appreciation of a people who understand him. In Norway you have many explorers, and some of them have been among my dearest friends. . I admire the breadth, energy and scientific accuracy of Nansen, bnt have only had the honor of Sverdrup's acquaintance for the last few days, while your Roald Amundsen is my old friend. No modern work of Arctic explorers can be thought of without consulting Nansen, who by his force, and originality has made, himself famous. "Our success has had a very Important relation to the work of Captain Sverdrup. When his 'New Land' was published I saw a new route to the Pole, but I told no one. Did Not Ask Peary's Leave. "The opportunity came to try this route and Commander Peary seems to be angry because I did not ask his permission. 0-er this route our destiny was worked out. I am, therefore, Indebted to Sver drup, his companions and the people of Norway, who sent him, for the Informa tion. He is the man for the prospective work. "Now It Is asked, 'Since we got to the Pole, why another expedition?" To this I am bound to answer that the book of Arctic exploration haa only. Just been opened. We have been to the boreal cen ter by sleds; we have borne all that we could, but we left much for Amundsen and future generations to do. The next problem will be the study of the deep sea. Thle Amundsen will undertake, and all the world should help him. "Another problem Is the tracing of the origin of the Eskimos. A Danieh ex ploration Is In prospect for this purpose under Knud Rasmussen. He also needs liberal support." v HARRY MURPHY DRAWS SEVEN 17 Did Cook Do Itf Youths Will Be Taught Evils of Trading Knives Blind and of ' .. Snowballing Elders. TOPEKA. Kan., Sept. 11. (Special.) Beginning Monday a great majority of 12.000 public schools will open In Kansas, when the new order, promul gated by State Superintendent Fair ehUd and the State Board of Education, will go into effect. Ethics are to be taught In all schools of the state. This "subject is not in the regular course of study, buV it has been put there by a sweeping order from Mr. Fairchlld. N ' This new order of things In the Kan sas schools may appear commonplace to grown-up people, but to the young ster it means-the durlailmen'. of many improper liberties he has onjiyed all these years. It means he can no lonser play marbles for keeps nor throw snow balls at grown people who happen to pass his way. Putting sulphur on the schoolhouse stove, dropping powder down the registers, stealing apples and watermelons, tying tincans to tails of dogs, pulling girls' hair, trading knives sight unseen and all other pranks and Jokes which .have made the life of the schoolboy one of unalloyed Joy must be laid aside in Kansas. ' - , , ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61 degrees; minimum. 53 degrees. . TMiA Y'hFair. northerly winds, changing to . easterly. Discovery of North Pole. Cook arrives off Chrlstiania, la given royal aalute and aalls for New York, after making speech in which he gives Pear dig Section 1. page 1. Peary's steamer damaged In entering Battle Harbor and by battle with Ice. Section 1, page 5. ' Pearyite tries to explain away "gold brick' telegram. Section 1. page 5. National. Tart's programmo announced for tour in West and probable topics of speeches. Section 1. page 1. H. B. Miller appointed Consul at Belfast. Section 1. page j. Number of censusJenueratora for North west States. Section l', page 4. Domestic. Hill attacks Southern Pacific land grant to force entrance to Southern California. Section 1. page 2. Dr. Lyle givea chief cause ot Harrlman death; arrangements r funeral. Section 1, page.. 2. Santa F'e road withdraws orders for fast trains; rumors It was blurted out. Section 1, page 1- ' California labor leader killed when auto collides" with car. Section'!; page 3. Ethics to be taught In Kansas schools. Sec tion 1, page 1. Supposed bankrupt leaves $20,000 to bene factor. Section 1. page 1. ' Foreign. ' Curtlss makes fast flight at Brescia. Italy, and. Is given ovation. Section 1, page 2. Sports. ' ; Cpast League: Portland 0, Sacramento 1; San Francisco o. Los Angeles 2; Vernon 8. Oakland 0. Section 1. page 10. Northwestern League scores: Portland 2. Vancouver 3r Spokane 3. Tacoma 2; Se attle O, Aberdeen 2. Section 1. page 10. Gardiner wins National amateur golf cham pionship. Section 1. page 11. Seattle has sure grip on Northwestern League pennant. Section 4. page. 4. Multnomah gym. classes ready to restime work. Section 4. page 4. President Wemme, of Automobile CIu, In dignant over condition of roads. Section . 4, page 5. ' Y. M. C. A. will have .strong Indoor ath letic team. Section 3. page 10. Pacific Northwest. Grain rate on Northern Pacific ordered cut. and farmers are saved big sum. Section 1, Y page L Aberdeen girl elopes and lands In Portland hospital; man uiyler arrest. Section 1, page 2. Alleged forger wanted In San Jose . arrested at- Ashland. Sectlen 1. page (I. Pape & Son buy remainder of Hood River apple crops. Section 1, page 6. State's money lavishly spent by A-Y-P Com mission. Section 1. page 7. fcatiby ready to hold county fair. Section 1, page 7. Local option put to severe test at Pendleton. Section 1. page 7. ' Real l.Blate and Building. Syndicate buys King's Heights property for $.00,000. Section 1, page 1. Timber sale for $322.0(10 Is closed. Section 4. page 6. ' Contract for new Helllg Theater will be let this week. Section 4. page; 6. Fall rush Is under way In realty market. Section 4. page 6. Work will begin on -"0.oro building for O. A. C. Section 4. pase 6. Building permits for week amount to $214.- 675. Section 4. page !'. New public scool buildings are nearly ready for occupancy. Section 4. page 0. East Side far -ahead of West Side In dwell ing construction. Section 4. page 8. Mount Tabor paving project to cost $500,000. Section 4. page 8. Portland Realty Board visits Laurelhurst Section 1. l?age 8. Street railway company building carbarns at Sellwood. Section 4. page S. Portland and Vicinity. New clews connect Patrolman Maddux and wife with Real tragedy. Section 2. page 12. Recent railroad developments Indicate Hill route to California. Section 1. page 8. Executive committee of Rose Festival As sociation Is announced. Section 4. page 10. PICTURES ON THE EVENTS OF AN INTERESTING WEEK l' W.1 M V c . ..Tt MU1JJ Is This Merely m Dreamt v Farmers Benefit by State Order. NORTHERN PACIFIC AFFECTED Reduction of 12 1-2 Per Cent in Wheat Tariff Ordered. ROAD'S EARNINGS LARGE Washington Commission Finds After Extended Investigation That Com plaint of East Side Grain Growers Is Reasonable. OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) Grain rates oft the Northern Pa cific, except Its Washington Central branch, are declared unreasonable, ex cessive and. exorbitant by the State Railroad Commission, which has issued an order directing that a rate not ex ceeding 87 per cent of the rates charged by that road June 30, 1909,. be hereafter- in effect. The Northern Pacific is commanded to issue tariffs' In accordance with this order. The hearing as to' the Great Northern and as to the Washington Central branch of the Northern Pacific in this grain-rate cape is continued1 for further investigation. Thousands .Saved to Farmers. Eased upon last year's grain move ment, this reduction of 12 per cent in rates would mean a loss to the rail road in revenue of approximately $300, 000. No order Is issued as to the O. R. & N., but. In view of the fact that the Northern Pacific territory covered by "these hew rates is largely competitive with the Oregon road, the latter line will probably be forced to meet the cut. This order results frtrm a complaint made to the Commission years ago by W. R. Cunningham, of Ritzville, and hundreds of other East "Bide grain growers. ' . The memorandum opinion filed In the case recites briefly the history of the investigations resulting in the order. Among other things, it shows that the Northern Pacific is earning more than $1,000,000 a year on state business alone, in excess of. a 7 Per cent divi dend upon the full value of 11 . the company's property used In state transportation. The opinion shows the enormous Increase in net teturn by the Northern Pacific the past five years, which went up frorn 11.7 per cent to 18.5 per cent. Difficult Problems Ahead. It is a serious problem with the Com mission how to "dispose of the Great Northern side of the case, for the rea son that the earnings of the Great Northern in recent years, on exclu sively state business," have been actu ally less than 5 per cent on the value of the property used In state business. This Is due to the fact that for manfc years that tailroad permitted Its road bed and equipment to run down, and lately it has been forced to large ex penditures from its earnings to bring Its property up to the proper" condi tion.' The'memorandum opinion filed in this case follows: c v "This is the first case heard by the commission " involving the abstract question of what is a reasonable rate. It Involves a determination of what Is a reasonable return for the railway company to make on the value of its property . from - its freights and fares. How far a railway may apply earnings to betterments and improvements and thereafter insist on a capitalization of such improvements, very materially af fects the public as well as the road. That it. is in the interest of the public that such Improvements and changes to roadbed as will cheaDen the cost of transportation be early made cannot be gainsaid. "The debatable auestlon Is whether such Improvements should be made (Concluded on Page 6.) We Get What's Left. California Man Leaves Money to ' Those Wno Had Befriended Him.During Life. STOCKTON. Cal., Sept. 11. (Special.) Though few were aware -that John H. Webster, a supposedly .poor farmer, who died last week, had an estate, It became known today, when his will was opened, that two intimate friends had been remembered to the extent of $10,000 cash each. .Neither of them had any idea that they would receive a cent, and they were greatly surprised when informed that they would get so much mopey. , George Harrison, who had been a lifelong friend of Mr. Webster and farmed near him for many years, was first bequeathed $10,000 in remembrance of the many kindnesses he had be stowed upon the deceased. It required two or three repetitions of that par ticular clause in the will to convince Mr. 'Harrison that his friend has not put up a job on him. The other beneficiary is Miss Edith Walker, a etenographer in a local store, and niece of Officer Walker, ex-Chief of Police. 'She has been a friend of the Webster family, for many years and a great favorite of Mr. Webster. v. DIVORCEE TO WED ARTIST i Niece of Frederick Fairchlld An nounces Engagement in Paris. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 11 (Spe cial.) Frederick Fairchlld. of this city, tonight announced the coming marriage of his niece, Mrs. Frederick MacMonnies, to Will H. Low. the artist. Plans-for the wedding, he stated, are not com pleted, but Mr. Fairchlld has Just re ceived a letter from his niece, announcing her engagement to Mr. Low. She is in Paris, where she has lived for years. She Was divorced from Mr. MacMonnies. the sculptor, a few months ago. Mrs. MacMonnies was formerly Miss Mary Fairchlld. of this city. Her father was Sidney Falrchild, former Western Union ' Telegraph Company manager of this city. After the family removed to St. Louis, Miss Mary Falrchild was sent abroad for her art education. She met MacMonnies abroad and they were sup posed to be living happily together, when word was received here this; Spring that they - had separated and that a divorce was about to be secured. STEAMER ALARM GROUNDS Strikes Shallow Water While Towing ' Above Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) As the steamer Alarm was com ing down the fcolumbla today with a raft of logs, about-J50.000 feet, it ran aground opposite the Diamond brick yard, five miles above Vancouver, and the towing line broke, losing the raft. The latter floated down stream, and at 5:30 o'clock tonight if ' was about half a mile above the city. When the steamer lone, going down stream.'was passing the city at that time, it was hailed by a boom man from Camas and turned back to take the raft in tow. HORSES TRAMPLE TROOPS 'Frightened Animals Maim and Kill Sleeping Soldiers. GROSS MESERITSCH. Austria, Sept. 11. During the maneuvers of the Aus trian army. 60 horses of the Sixth Regi ment of Dragoons were stampeded at midnight last night by a searchlight played upon their company by the "enemy," and ran mildly thrigh the camp, tramping 'on the sleeping sol diers. Nineteen men were severelr injured, and one was killed. SNOW FALLS IN MONTANA Uncut Grain, in Valleys Damaged by Early Winter. DILLON, Mont., Sept. 11. Rain began falling last night about 9 o'clock and con tinued throughout the night. This morn ing It turned in to snow and snow has fallen steadily all day. Much of the grain In the valleys remains uncut and it Is predicted that considerable damage will result among the farmers. Today's enow Is the first to fall in this valley this Fall. v lain Prosperity's the Real Thing. Local Syndicate Buys: 9Acre Tract. BIG WEST SIDE DEAL CLOSED Prominent Business Men WilE Spend $150,000 at Once. ; CARLINE WILL BE BUILT! Streets Are to Be Paved in Sightly Acreage Above City and Land j Prepared for Fine Res " idence Section. After negotiations extending over mor than three weeks, one of the largesfl) realty deals In West Side property ever negotiated was closed up yesterday. when a syndicate of local capitalists bought from the King estate the wholaj( of King's Heights, a 92-acre tract onjj the hill at the head of Washington streett and extending along the north side ofl the Barnes road, for approximately $500, 000. The transfer was made through the real estate firms of Humason & Jeffery-. and D. E. Keasey, by whom all, the de-. tails of the sale were arranged. The last papers were signed and the trans-! action finally closed up only yesterday morning. Syndicate Is Strong" One. ' The syndicate which bought the prop erty was organized and headed by Dr, J. R. Wetherbeo. president of the Com merrial Club. It la undoubtedly th strongest syndicate of local capitalists that was ever formed in Portland. In-j eluded in its membership are several off! the wealthiest ami most influential busl' ness men In the city. In addition to Dr, Wetherbee, the syndicate is comprised otft the following members: T. B. Wilcox, president of the Portj land Flouring Mills Company; J. C. Alnsworth, president of the United State National Bank; Edward Cookingham. j vice-president of Ladd & Tllton's Bank;; H. L. Plttock, manager of The Oregonlan;! J. P. O'Brien, general manager of theJ Harrlman lines In Oregon; B. S. Josselyn.f president of the Portland Railway, LlghC & Power Company; Dr. Andrew C. Smith,.' president of the Hibernla Bank; F. L Fuller, manager of the Portland Rall-I way, Light & Power Company: Henry j L. Corbett, vice-president of the First National Bank; J. F. Carroll, manager of the Evening Telegram; F. A. NitchyJ manager of Crane & Company; Ralph! W. Hoyt, of the Merchants National! Bank and president of the Portland Rosa-' Festival Association; R. M. Gray, pro-' prietor of R. M. Gray & Company; S. B. , Barker, president of the First National Bank of Condon, and G. F. Johnson, manager of Sherman, Clay & Company, Few Larger Deals Made. With the possible exception of recent purchases of terminal property made by the Hill and Harrlman roads In North Portland, said to have aggregated $1,000,; 0"0, the sale of tills property Is easily, the largest transaction ever-made In thla city. Directly after -the sale was com pleted yesterday It was announced byj Humason & Jeffery and Mr. Keasey, acting for the purchasing syndicate, thai Improvements on a vast scale with tha purpose of making King's Height tha most exclusive and beautiful resldenca section In the city, will be Immediately begun. This Improvement programme Includes' the immediate construction of a carllna up the Barnes road to the old rock quarry, about a quarter of a mile above the heaA of Washington street, and Its construct tlon from "there by an easy grade up the side hill and through the very ter of the tract. It also Includes an cen-J elab-' orate and expensive system of street- paving and laying of cement walks, tha InntallatlAn nf f-nmnlAla nrntpr ertljt Alen ' trie light and sewer systems, and tha-i widening and paving of the Barnes road.) as far as the rock crusher. Plans for all these Improvements hav (Concluded on Page 4.) W ho Can Bend Ulysses' Bowt