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Pages 1 to 16 VOL. XXIX NO. 21 PORTLAND, OKE(i().. SUNDAY MORNING, MAT 22, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. M!PllLl!!5!cSfpRECREEDEKNSTS OREGON'S PEOPLE NUMBER 675.079 PATTEN WILL FILL BIG COTTON ORDER REPUBLICANS TELL DOMAIN IS GIVEN BACK TO PEOPLE DRAW ISSUE GOES lUUIPHiyUiil y THEY DIFFER TO VOTE PROFIT OF $1,500,000 TO BE MADE BY BROKER. QUEEN MARY OVERSHADOWED BY SER MOTHER-IN-LAW. THOUSANDS OF ACRES MADE AVAILABLE IX OREGOX. 84 Pages WH MONDAY Increase in Ten Years Is .262,343. ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN SURE State Has Made Great Ad vances According to Census. CITIES GROWING RAPIDLY Immigration Follows Railroads Un til Rush to Central Oregon Lie gins Multnomah May Get Extra Congressman. The census enumeration of the State of Oregon, so far as it can be confirmed by officers of the Census Bureau, will show a population of 675,879. The net gain to the state will be 262,343. While official figures are .not obtain able, a comparison of the totals for each county, as gathered during the progress of the work, with the total school population, the votes cast for Judges of the Supreme Court since the census of 1900, and the vote on Con gressmen, "warrants the belief that The Oregonian's figures are approximately correct. An interesting feature of the result pertains to the total number of Con gressmen which will be awarded to the state, and the possibility that Multno mah County will be declared a separate Congressional district. One Congressman to Be Gained. Representation in the present Con gress is on a basis of one member for each 194,000. Congress is likely to be Increased by the addition of 20 members on -a. total population of 90,000,000 in the United States. On that ratio rep resentation would be on a basis of one for each 215,000 people. Oregon would then gain at least one member. In both Congressional districts the .work of the field enumerators is still iu progress and will probably not be concluded prior to June 1. At that time all of the remaining records will be boxed and shipped to Washington .for tabulation. Estimates furnished '. from Director Durand, of the Census Bureau, indicate that official figures as to the result of the count will not be ' available before October. Drift Still to Cities. Immigration to Oregon appears to have held close to the lines of railways and water routes, as it did prior to 1890. 'During the 10 years preceding that 'date, 95,832 people came to make their homes in Oregon, and of the total popu lation 183,642 lived in the 114 incor porated towns. Census supervisors have, found their large work in the cities and towns during the present enumeration. Widely scattered settlements in the Interior counties of Central, Eastern and Southern Oregon have consumed much time in efforts to reach each homesteader, but the net results to the total population have been relatively small. Sln.ce 1906 Oregon has steadily gained on the total of homebuilders seeking locations in Malheur, Harney, Lake, Klamath, Crook, Wheeler, Grant and Wallowa counties, following the old trails and stage roads into the fertile valleys which are Boon to become in tense rivals of Willamette productive ness. Without railroad transportation and unable to market the grains and hoof products of their farms, the pio neers of that section have remained without neighbors until within a short period of time. With an east and west line of rail road under construction by the Hills, and running from Ontario to a junc tion with the Deschutes road at Bend, an exodus from the East to the unde veloped counties of the Interior Empire is in full tide. Some Counties Double. Union, Umatilla and Wallowa County wheat lands have steadily merged into (Concluded on Page 2.) rfnake-Ktllinc; Time. Trouble Is Met Securing Ships to Carry Abroad 50,000 Bales, Which Establish Record. NEW YORK, May 21. (Special.) James A. Patten, the cotton king, is preparing to fill the largest individual order for cotton ever received. It is for the shipment of 50,000 bales, 25,000 for Havre and 25,000 for Bremen. Patten will make a profit of more than $1,500, 000 on the deal. J. S. Bache A Co., a New Xork Stock Exchange firm, acted for Patten, and the statement was made from their office today that the order is impera tive and, because of this urgency, some difficulty may be experienced in filling It. The cotton is wanted by the spin ners on the Continent, who have al lowed their stocks to run to the low est ebb. The chief difficulty is the question of ships and lighterage. The cotton, which was accumulated by Patten in his last sensational corner of the mar ket. Is distributed along the Brooklyn waterfront, and it has been impossible to obtain a sufficient number of ships to transport the entire 50,000 bales at once. So far accommodations have been obtained for only 10,000 bales. The deal involves $3. 500, 000, and the cotton is to be delivered on the basis of 15 cents a pound. The transaction has so far had no effect on the mar ket, which has been quite active lately, but experienced operators say that Pat ten could make the price almost any thing he chose. The present price of spot cotton is 15.4 cents a pound. In the trade it is believed that Patten paid from 9 to 12 cents for his holdings. INSANE MAN. TOLLS BELL Countryside Is Aronsed by Noise in Maple Lane Schoolhouse. OREGON CITT, Or., May 21. (Spe cial.) Residents of Maple Lane were aroused at a late hour last night by the pealing of the school bell. Inves tigation revealed an insane man hold ing services in the school building. After ringing the bell lie would pray and then play the organ and sing. He kept this up until 12 o'clock, when August Splinter, residing nearby, notified Sheriff Beatie, of this city, who left in company with F. A. Miles. As the officers -entered the rooms, the man exclaimed, "The room is full of people, get out." He fought the offi cers, scratching, biting and yelling, but was finally handcuffed. A letter in his pocket showed the Insane man to be Joseph Gerking, of Hood River, and that he had escaped from the Dr. William Sanitariam, in Portland. Attendants were notified, and the patient returned to Portland. WHITE SLA VER SENTENCED "John D.'s" Grand Jury Wins First Conviction on Indictment. NEW YORK, May 21 Marshal Marks, who was found guilty under an Indict ment of the "white slave" grand Jury of which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is foreman, has been sentenced to not less than four nor more than six years in prison. Nlcoiina Marino, a 17-year-old girl, offered the testimony on which Marks was convicted, saving that when she accepted his advances In the belief he would marry her, he forced her onto the streets. The girl came to this coun try from Italy 18 months ago, and will be deported. BOND ISSUE IS CARRIED Klamath Fails Voters Also Decide for New City Charter. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., May 21. (Spe cial.) The new city charter and $20,000 bond issue to buy a City Hall and gar bage site and for building a new City Hall, carried by 100 majority at the spe cial election held here today. OREGON LAND WITHDRAWN Ballinger Acts to Protect John Day Power Sites. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 21. Secretary Ballinger today withdrew from entry 3440 acres along the John Day River, in Oregon, to protect water-power sites. HARRY MURPHY PUTS INTO A JS rr A Democratic Change. New York "Stars" Watch Westerner. KLAW AND ERLANGER ANXIOUS Theatrical "Syndicate" Won ders at Season's Outlotfk. PACIFIC COAST BENEFITS Best Plays Produced to Come West With Completion of Now Famous Rebellion of 1O0O Theater Owners Over Country. BY LLOYD F. LOXERGAN. NEW YORK, May 21. (Special.) John Cort is the theatrical figure of interest in New York today. Up and down the Rlalto they speak of him as that "breezy Western diplomat." "And what is Western diplomacy?" a new advance agent, dining at the Friars, asked an old-timer who knows Cort. "Western diplomacy," was the reply, "well, it is just diplomacy with a stick in it." , Cort Like Roosevelt Independent. Cort has jumped the syndicate, given the Shuberts the boost they needed, and maintained his own independence. And do not make any mistake about it. John Cort is today as independent, well, as independent as Teddy Roosevelt. Down at Klaw & Erlanger's office, in the New Amsterdam Theater building, they will tell you that Cort is simply a lieutenant of the Shuberts. At the Shubert headquarters, across the way, they regard Cort as an ally, and an ally worth having. And if you see Cort, he will explain that he is thoroughly In dependent of everybody. These should he . the "dog days" in theatrical circles. But the office of the National Theatrical Owners' Association is the busiest place in town. The new theatrical dynamo occupies a large suite in the Knickerbocker Theater building, and the rooms look like the lobby of the leading hotel in a convention city, on the night before the delegates con vene. What Cort Represents. John Cort is president of this aggrega tion, which proudly advertises that it represents "$50,000,000 of theatrical inter ests." The organizations in it are the Northwestern Theatrical Association, Walker's Winnipeg Circuit, Marshall's Duluth-Copper and Iron Circuit, Cham berlain, Harrington and Kindt Circuit, Jake Wells, representing- the Southern Theaters: Mose Reis" Circuit, J. J. Cole man's Circuit, O. S. Hathaway's Circuit, Julius Calm's New England Circuit, Crawford, Philley and Zehrung Circuit, and Albert Weis" Circuit of Texas and Oklahoma towns. In all, with their affil iations, they represent some 2000 theaters. And you will find Mr. Cort on the job, all day and most of the" night. Also, it might be added, that he looks "fine." "Just make this one thing .clear to The Oregonlan," he said. "We are inde pendent, with the accent on the 'In,' and not on the 'Dependent.' It is not our Intention or our plan to boom any fac tion whatsoever. We are men who own theaters, and we want plays that will bring the largest possible number of patrons to our houses." "Klaw & Erlanger say that you will only play Shubert attractions," was sug gested. ' " Everybody, Worthy, Gets Chance. "That is not true," was the reply, "or if it is, it will not be our fault. We are ready to give time to any first-class at tractions. Klaw & Erlanger's produc tions will be booked as readily as those of anybody else. The hallmark is not the . question. It is the play. Anybody, no matter who he may be, who has a play worthy of presentation, can have a hearing at our theaters. You cannot make this too emphatic. Regardless of what Klaw & Erlanger may say or do, we will give their crowd a fair chance. (Concluded on Page 3.) A HUMOROUS LIGHT "Smartles !" Incident at Funeral Suggests That Queen-Mother May Be Kept T.Tnduly to Front. LONDON, May 21. (Special.) The ac tion of Dowager Queen Alexandra in taking first place as chief lady mourner at King Edward's funeral - yesterday, when she should have been accompanied by Queen Mary, who is entitled to prece dence over everybody except the King, leads to the belief that the queen mother will be a thorn in the side of the new Queen, overshadowing her in all public manifestations. It is-believed that she will keep herself to the front in a way that cannot ' be agreeable to the young Queen, who has been kept rigorously in the background ever since she became the Princess of Wales. Queen Alexandra is said to be reluctar.t to leave Buckingham Palace, where she has accumulated all the gems of paint ing, sculpture and china in the famous palace collection. Marlborough House, to which' she will return after 10 years, con tains nothing but early Victorian mon strosities in furniture and paintings. Mrs. George Keppel has been in Lon don ever since King Edward's death, staying with Mrs. Arthur James, and it is understood that she will be in retire ment until Autumn. QUEEN'S SON STILLBORN Victoria of Spain Weeps at Loss of Her Fourth Child. ' MADRID, May 21. Queen Victoria was delivered of a boy, stillborn, at 4 o'clock this morning. The unhappy outcome is attributed to a premature accouchement, which, however, was otherwise natural. The body will be buried, without cere mony, in the Royal Pantheon of the Es curlal Monastery. When told of her loss the mother wept bitterly. King Alfonso is still in London, where he attended yesterday the funeral of the Queen's uncle, the late King. Ed ward. The last few weeks have been most trying for Her Majesty. Early in the present month the approach of the con finement was noted by the royal phy sicians, and twice during the days which followed the officials of the court were summoned under the impression that the birth was imminent. While this state of doubt existed. His Majesty was obliged to go to London for" the royal obsequies. According to custom. Premier Canale jas y Mendee, bore the body to a room adjoining the Queen's chamber for the official inspection by the members of the royal family and court functionaries, who had been waiting there. The present Is the first Instance of a still birth in the Spanish royal family, although a child of Queen Isabella II lived only long enough to receive the lustral water. Queen Victoria is the mother of two boys and a girl, all surviving. ROOT OFF FOR THE HAGUE Senator May Not Meet Roosevelt, but Hopes He Will. NEW YORK, May 21. "Cut that out. I'm not going to talk politics," replied Senator Root to the newspaper men who asked him today, on his de parture to The Hague, If he thought the Republican party was as strong to day as it was a year ago. Accompanying Senator Root on the steamer Lapland was an array of legal talent from all over the United States to represent this country at the arbi tration of the Northeastern fisheries dis pute with England. They included Chandler P. Anderson, of New York City, who has the title of agent of the United States; Senator George Turner, of Spo kane, and James Browne Scott, of Wash ington, solicitor of the State Department. Senator Root said he was not certain whether or not he would meet Colonel Roosevelt in Europe, but he hoped he would have the opportunity. INFANT KILLED IN STORM Lightning Strikes' Infant in Mother's -.Arms. RAMAH, Colo., May 21. Struck by a heavy piece of timber torn from its fas tenings when a bolt of lightning struck the house, the 5-months-old infant of Mrs. Edward Miller was Instantly killed in' its mother's arms yesterday afternoon while the woman was mak ing a dash-from the house on her ranch 20 miles from here, during a terrific electrical storm. The mother was un hurt. In the same storm, John Fergu son, a cowboy on a neighboring ranch, was struck by lightning and killed. SOME EVENTS THAT Muter Old Sol and Mlu Rose. Positions Defined by Men in Congress. EACH WING SURE ITS RIGHT Both Regulars and Insurgents Are of Many Kinds. SOME DENY FACTIONALISM Loyalty to Principles and Need of Organization Are Advanced by One Side; Individual Freedom Is Other's Slogan. CHICAGO, May 21. (Special,) "Why are you a regular Republican?" "Why are you an Insurgent Republican?" The foregoing questions the Chicago Tribune has asked of Republican mem bers of Congress and herewith their an swers are presented for the enlighten ment of their constituents and of the country at large. EJach statesman was asked to reply to the question in less than 100 words, and only a few required more space in which to explain their position on the question that divides the Republican party. Slany Complexions Seen. There are all kinds of insurgents and all kinds of regulars in Congress. There are radical insurgents and conservative in surgents, spasmodic insurgents and those who Insurge all the time upon all ques tions. There are dyed injthe wool insurgents and near-insurgents, those who insurge at home but curry the regular flag in Wash ington, and those who preach party regu larity at home but Insurge quietly but effectively at the Capital. Likewise there are all kinds of regu lars. There are those who are regular, .on all matters that come up in Congress, those who are regular on questions re lating to me management of the party but independent in acting on legislation, those who are regular from principle and those who are regular from self-interest. From Regular Senators. In the months to come before the elec tion both regulars and insurgents will be explaining to their constituents the rea sons that guided them in taking the stand they have in Congress. The explanations furnished by regular Senators follow: Thomas H. Carter (Mont.) I am a regular Republican, because I believe in the principles, policies, and purposes of the Republican party and in majority rule. Charles Curtis (Kan.) I was elected as a Republican. I believe in stand ing by the administration. It is proper to fight for amendments embodying one's views, but if the majority thinks different, it is time to yield. I don't believe in stabbing the party in the back. Thomas Dixon (Mont.) I can hardly be classified as either regular or in surgent, as the lines usually are drawn. Among the Republican Senators there is a small group of independents who are dominated by no one and who, when they differ from the regulars, are not acting from a desire to be "against the Government." To that class I belong. The trouble with the Senate, in my judgment, lies in the way the committees are constituted. The appointments are made by the committee on committees, which in turn is selected by the chairman of the Republican caucus. The chairman of the caucus Invariably is chosen by the rule of seniority. Usually the senior Senator is a New Englander. Thus the old guard controls legislation at its very source. It is able to pack the committees for or against measures. In my Judgment the committee on com mittes ought to be elected by the cau cus. Isaac Stephenson (Wis.) I was a regular Republican in 1856, when I dis tributed Fremont literature on the streets of Chicago, and I'm a regular (Concluded on Page 5.) HAVE ATTRACTED ATTENTION IN RECENT Having a Fit. Power Sites Along John Day. River Are Withdrawn by Secretary Ballinger. WASHINGTON. May 21. Temporary withdrawals from the public domain for power sites were made by Secre tary Ballinger today of approximately 3440 acres along the John Day River, in Oregon; 5547 acres along the Wind River, in Wyoming; 8620 acres along the Price River, In Utah, and 606 acres along the Blue River, in Colorado. I Large tracts of land in Montana and New Mexico were designated for set tlement under the enlarged homestead act. About 69,130 acres in the former state were placed within the terms of that act and approximately 57,360 acres in the latter were so designated as not being susceptible of successful irrigation at a reasonable cost from any known source of water supply. An aggregate of nearly 100,000 acres have been thrown out of National forests in Oregon and added to the unreserved public domain by the latest proclamations issued by the President in carrying out the plan recently adopted for rearranging the forest boundary lines. The following shows the total elim inations from each of four National forests in that state. Malheur, 4485 acres; Whitman, 61,756; Deschutes, 16, 152, and Umatilla, 69,518. The total eliminations in the entire country amount to 721,714 acres, and the total additions to National forests aggregate 199,003 acres. CONFERENCE DRAWS 1600 . s New Delegates Join Charities and Corrections Meeting. ST. LOUIS, May 21. Arrivals today of the belated delegates to the National conference of charities and corrections swelled the registered attendance to 1600. The five sectional meetings this morning had "Children" as the general topic. The largest delegation is from Massa chusetts, the number exceding 80. It is expected that delegates will continue to register until the closing day, next Thursday. l On the second ballot the time and place committee of the conference se lected Boston as the 1911 meeting place.' Nearly 300,000 babies under one year of age die every year in the United States, according to a statement made by Dr. J. H. Mason Knox, Jr., associate professor of pediatrics in the Johns Hopkins Medical School of Baltimore, in a paper read before the conference this morning. But what was more startling than these figures was his further statement that, with proper care, prob ably one-half of these deaths could be prevented. LAWYER TRIES TO FIGHT Opponent, His Lawyer, and, Final ly, Judge Are Threatened. SALEM, Or., May 21. (Special.) There was considerable excitement In Judge Galloway's division of the .Circuit Court this morning when Attorney John Bayne approached . Attorney Grant Corby and told him that If L. F. Brown, Corby's client, ever set foot on Bayne's land he, Bayne, would kill Brown. Bayne finally broadened this threat so as to include Corby, and invited him to Btep outside and tight it out. Corby was restrained by friends, and, when Judge Galloway called the belliger ants to order, Bayne Intimated that he would like to whip the court. The wrangle grew out of a lawsuit over the possession of a small strip of ground, the case hating been decided against Bayne. SNOW FALLS IN COLORADO Railroads Are Impeded, but Stock men and Farmers Rejoice. TRINIDAD. Colo.. May 21. A heavy snowfall has delayed railroad traffic and threatens telephone and telegraph services in this section. The storm has prevailed since noon today. Six Inches of snow is reported in the Stonewall mountains. The snow is melting rapidly and the moisture means thousands of dollars to farmers and stockmen in this section in prospective crops and grass for stock. Onch ! That Harts!" House Opposed, Senate Is Favorable. PRECEDENT BAD, IS FEARED War Department Prefers to See Local Interests Agree. ELLIS KEEPS UP HIS WORK Calls on House Members of Confer ence Committee of River and Har bor Bill, but Is Told Bourne Clause Will Not Hold. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 21. The Portland draw bridge amendment to the river and har bor bill, which is the only feature of that measure now in dispute, will, in all probability, be disposed of Monday when the conference committee expects to hold its final session. In view of the strong objection t taken by the House conferees against the amendment and the strenuous objection raised by the War -Department, it seems doubtful if the amendment can be held In the Mil. particularly as none of the Senate con ferees are directly interested. Objection of the Department and of the House members of the committee is not centered on this provision be cause of any desire to deny Portland the relief which it seeks, but it is con templated that the adoption of this' amendment would establish a prece dent which, it is feared, would open the way to a flood of similar amendments to future bills and would result in in discriminate closing of drawbridges over navigable streams in all parts of the United States, to the detriment of navigation interests. Precedent Is -Dangerous. Both the War Department and the House committee believes such prece dent would be dangerous. Those who are opposing the Portland drawbridge amendment point to what has been done at Boston through the efforts of Senator Lodge and declare the same thing can be done at Portland If consent of the local shipping interests can be secured to an arrangement for closing the draws during rush periods. The War Department has already assured Representative Ellis it is willing to modify its regulations whenever such agreement is readied, and having given this assurance, the engineer officers are unwilling to yield further. Representative Ellis had a further consultation -today with the House members of the conference committee, but found them absolutely unyielding. They declare that under no circum stances" would they consent to adoption of the Bourne amendment, and gave him to understand it would be elimi nated at the next meeting of the com mittee. Filibuster Is Expected. While the Senate members of tht committee are inclined to favor the amendment, they are anxious to get an agreement upon the bill and have it adopted as early as possible, and if it comes to a decision between holding back the bill indefinitely in hope of winning over the House members, or reporting it at the expense of this amendment, the latter choice is likely to be made. There may be some fili bustering against the bill anyway, and in order to avoid defeat, the bill must be reported in the near future in order to insure its final passage. For these reasons, Portland's drawbridge amend ment seems to be in an extremely pre carious condition. Mexico Reports Seeing Comet. CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. May 21. Heav? clouds blocked the attempts of the as tronomers at Harvard observatory to obtain a view of Halley's comet or its appendage today. The latest message from other points came today from Tancubaya, Mex., dated last night which reads: "Comet's tail visible today in the Eastern sky. P. VALLE." DAYS. WHITE HOUSE Nothing Doing.