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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1910)
c mm. Pages lto'I2 PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST : 14, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL; jL. XO. 33 70 Pages . BALLINGEFT 70 GO FOB 'PARTY'S GOOD' Taft Yields to Political Pressure. ' INJUSTICE SEEN BY CABINET Country to Be Impressed With Fact of "Housecleaning." CANNON IN SAME CLASS President' Dropping of Aldrkii Is Also More to Restore Harmony. Wlckersham and Knox Said to Be Scheduled Next. WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. iSpec!al. Everything that has happened tills week around the Summer hAunts of the Republican National leaders con spires to the belief that the Adminis tration Is preparing to clean house he fore; the Toiers of the eountty take the Job upon their own shoulder. Every succeeding; bit of newt out of Beverly makes clearer the why and wherefore of mysterious trips to the West by silent-footed commissioners, throws a brighter light upon the mean ing of the conferences to which Presi dent Tsft has summoned Senators, state leaders and managers of the Con gressional campaign, and brings out the general feelings of the highest In party authority as to what they must do to be saved. Country I "Reassured." It la generally believed here that the Beverly dispatches speak by the card with reference to the retirement of Secretary Balllnger from the Cabinet. There was bo news necessity for chronicling . the . fart at the time that Speaker Cannon la not to be ,re-electer-stpeSRr:lTrlhe event that the next House of Representatives Is Re publican, his prospective retirement to the rankb has been discounted before a single primary was held this year. Neither Is It fresh Information that Senator Aldrich Intends to retire at the end of his present term. The significance In the -linking of three prominent figures lies In the fact that the Administration wants the country Impressed reassured, as It were that there Is to be no hocus pocus about the retirement and to spread the conviction that the Admin istration la giving moral support to the promised transformation. War Regtardrd as Vnjust. Secretary Balllnger has many friends In Washington, a great many more than he has enemies, and hla case ex cites a great deal of genuine sympathy. There Is a strong belief that the war made against him has been unjust. This Is the feeling among Ma col leagues of the Cabinet, while the Pres ident's attitude has been strongly at tested by the manner In which he has stood by the Secretary of the Interior during the bitter contest revolving around the general question of con servation. But even the members of the Cabinet long ago realized that Mr. Balllnger waa a heavy burden for the Adminis tration to carry and months ago It waa admitted, by some of these officials that the Secretary of the Interior could save much embarrassment by resign ing after he bad received a vindication at the hands tf the Congressional com mittee Investigating the Glavla charges. It also was stated In the Washington dispatches that no sur prise would be occasioned if Mr. Bal llnger left public life. The Idea that the staunch friends of and believers In 'the Secretary of the Interior could not lose sight of was, that bia sacrifice, although he be inno cent of wrong, would remove a big cause of agitation among the people. Party welfare was to be weighed against personal ambition and even honor. Roosevelt Hand (wtn. Now that It is settled that Balllnger la slated to go for ti e partv's good, the question lmmdlajl arises as to the ron-:udd n Pace 2. t 1 IfTT-TT ' J fees m m " , H.v Merer. Myt Tftla Really Happened. '' . . Irr.relbl. . Some, hi a. Dole, AU t.e Time. Doat Forget. Hint for Greedy Land Speculators. Can , ortlad Oo lt t . . , t , ... 1 1 t - --- ' " , sea a eepa.ee. a.eee. eee " ' ' : STRIKING PICKET SOON CONVICTED LOS ANGELES JCRORS AGREE BEFORE LEAVING BOX. Three or Four Laborers Attend Trial "to Give Comfort to Prisoner, -but They Don't Stay. ..LOS ANGELES. Cel.. Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) Carl Schultser,- the second vio lator of the anti-plrket ordinance placed on trial, was-given short shrift by. a Jury- today In Police Judge (WUliam'e court. He was convicted on one oai lot and fined 150. The aame as ' his ' predecessor, the prompt action of the Jury has greatly discouraged the strikers. It took two daya to complete the Jury. The taking of testimony." arguments by counsel and the charge by the court - consumed exactly one hour and forty-seven min utes, s . Sa eager was the Jury to convict that as soon aa the Jurors were Instructed to retire to prepare their verdict. H. M. Pierce: one of their number, arose and asked the coufl If a ballot could not be taken right there and then, as well as In the Jury room. Denied this privilege, the Jurors re tired, walked upatalrsto the Jury room, tookone ballot and Immediately filed back Into the courtroom with a ver dict of gullt At the beginning three or four labor- ites had given Schultxer the comfort of their company from a distance. They huddled in a corner of the courtroom, where he could look back occasionally and see them. . But tiiey were in the woeful minority. Of the seventy-five talesmen exam ined during the two days, an over whelming majority felt called upon vigorously to denounce the -tactics of the labor onions. When the verdict was announced, Schultxer stared blankly back at where -his supposed friends had been sitting. He saw only empty benches. CRIPPEN PAPERS ARRIVE Scotland Yard Sends Staff Sergeant for Prisoners. FATHER POINT. Quebec. Aug. 13. Chief Inspector Dew. of Scotland Yard, who a week ago Sunday boarded the steamer Montrose off here and caused the arrest or Dr. Hawiey H. Crlppen and Ethel Clare Leneve in their flight from London, today again made his ap pearance .in company with Chief Con stable Charles .Uauvrrtu to await the arrival of the Canadian Pacific liner Lake Manitoba, due here about wc'clork this afternuon. While the Inspector did not make public the reason for his de sire' to meet the incoming liner. It Is probable he wishes to have plenty of time before the steamer's arrival at Quebec to confer with Staff Sergeant Mitchell, of Scotland Yard, who is on the lke Manitoba. Sergeant Mltchelf is bringing from London the documents necessary for the removal of the pris oners to England. The 1-ake Manitoba is due to arrive In Quebec tomorrow morning. ROAD CAVES IN, ONE DEAD Several Persons Injured in Yellow stone Park When Coach Sinks. MAMMOTH. HOT SPRINGS.. Wyo., Aug. 13. When the last coach thia morn ing passed through Silver Oate, about three miles from here, the road caved in and the coach with Ita load of people ssnk f feet. ' Daniel Mackay. of : New York, who. with hla wife, waa touring the park, was killed. Mrs. Mackay received injuries, but her condition Is not ' reported as serious. Others -who were bruised or sutrered from the ahock of the accident are J. 1 Louchlenler, New York; Miss Mueller. Chicago, and W. P. Almon, of Helena. Mont. The Hutchinson party, in ' 13 coaches, from Chicago, and about 20 other coaches had passed safely over about K minutes before. Government Place Offered Boer. EL PASO, Texas.. Aug. IS. General B. J. Ylljoen. who gained his title In the Boer war, ana who Is now farm ing near Lascruces. N. !.. yesterday received a cablegram offering him the post of Assistant Minister of Native Affairs of the South African. Federa tion. The offer came from E. W. Bock. Secretary of the Prime Minister and General Ylljoen la considering it. Junction City Mayor Burned Out. JUNCTION CITT. Or.. Aug. 13. The residence of Mayor O. K. Hurlburt was destroyed by tire laet night. There was no one at home when the Are waa dis covered. Mr. Hurlburt being at Medford. and his wife having gone visiting. There was XVTO Insurance on the house and contents. REGULARS DROERO TO WALLOWA FIRE Other Troops Held in . .Readiness to Go. ."5 OREGON SOLDIERS OFFER AID Flames Continue o Rage-in Idaho and Montana. HIGH WIND CREATES HAVOC Conflagrations May Interfere With Continuance of Army Maneuvers at . American Lake Moscow Jail Emptied to Secure Help. FOREST FIRE DEVKIXM'MENTS. Three companies of First Regular Infantry ordered to Wallows. Or.. Other troops at American Lake In structed to be in resdlDMs to leave. Situation - In Western Montana ' hows no Improvements. Regulars or dered out to fight flames. Oregon regiments at American Lake offer their services. . Wind Incresees flames In Nations! forests In Idaho. Moscow Jail emptied to secure men to attack Area ' COSGROVE. Wash., Aug. 13. (Staff Correspondence.) With the receipt here tonight of orders for the removal of three companies of the First United States .Infantry to Wallowa County. Oregon, to fight forest fires, word waa sept-out from division: headquar .ters for all regular troopa to be held In readiness, to move at an hour's notice. All leaves of absence have oeen cut off among the regular regiments. , .'. . . . Serious Interferences with the man euvers baa already been occasioned, more than a fourth of the force of reg ulars having been . withdrawn within the paat 4$ hours. Seven Companies Leave. Seven companies of the Twenty-fifth United Statea Infantry left last night for Montana, a battalion of the Four teenth left the day previous and fur ther orders are expected at any time should new situations develop. There is an .unofficial report in camp that the Idaho National Guard will not come to the maneuvers early next week. but. wllj be used instesd in fighting Idaho forest fires. Withdrawal of another regiment or two of regulara would then make necessary the discon tinuance of the field exercises, aa no troops would be left except fragments of cavalry and artillery. Oregon Regiments Offer. The. two-Oregon regiments were, to night placed at the disposal of Acting Governor Bowerman for Immediate use in fighting Oregon fires, should the need arise. Adjutant-General Flnxer wired Governor Bowerman informing him that the troopa could be with drawn on brief notice and dispatched to any part of the state where " an emergency might exist. The two- Oregon regiments have aomethlng over 1000 men available for Immediate use and a week in camp has served to get them Into shape for ardu oua duty, such aa coping with forest fires. TROOPS GO ' TO FIGHT FIRES Conditions In Forests of Western Montana Show No Improvement. MISSOULA, Mont.. Aug. It Conditions today In the forests of "Western Mon tana show no appreciable Improvement and the . work of securing fire fighting crews still Is being vigorously pressed. Companies T, L and M of the third battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry, stationed at Fort Missoula, arrived home from American Lake in a special train this morning and later in the day were despatched to the scene of the forest fires In this district. Compsny I left with Forester Greeley for the Clearwater forest, via the t,olo Pass, snd Companies INDEX OF TODAfS NEWS The Weather. TE8tCRDAT'8 Maximum temperature. 72 derrees; minimum, 3 decreea. . TO DAT 8 Fir, westerly winds.- .. - - . . Politic. . ... Joker uncovered In echem ot IT Ren. Sec tion 3. Mia 10. City Engineer Tbomp-on. of Seattle, rebuke. . Inturitenrr In State of Washington. Sec tion 4, par I- . Real - Estate. Central heating; plant fer three butldinprs to be installed in new structure. Section page 11. Weeks, tulldlnir permits pass 91,000,000 mark. Section 4, page 11. - Third United Presbyterian Church on Sast Bide plans new edtO.ee. Section 4, pmaje lO Many pretty homes rise in -Walnut Park. Section 4. pas 10. Pour-story reinforced concrete building- soon to rise on Grand avenue. Section" 4, page 10. Beautiful homee In Ladd tract add to port- land's reputation. Section 4. page ft. New hotel to be built pear Mt. Hood. Section 4,- paga . . ; Building contracts let every 6ay on East gfde. Section 4. page 8. Heavy purchases and much building features of week. In real estate. Section 4. page 8 Sports. . .. Horse more expensive to keep than auto. .Section 4. page IS. Boxing game In San Francisco to be revived In no-declslon four-round bouts. Section 4.. page 6. - ' - Day when auto will replace draft horses In cities Is near,- says humane superintend ent. Section 4. px 6. ,. , Autolsts eager for completion of Mt. Hood boulevard. Section 4, page 4. Automobile men Indorse campaign to regu late auto traffic and suppress Joy riding. Section 4. page 3. Auto manufacturers aroused by - statements that auto Is responsible for financial tightness. Section 4, page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Rev. Mr. Brougher revisits scene of former Portland pastorate. Section 3, page 7- Portland laymen plan to co-operate In mis sionary movement. Section 3. page lu. . Good roads movement growing throughout state, declares L. R. Webster, ex-County Judge. Section 4. page 3. - Greater kindness to animals one of Portland's needs, says lawyer. Section 4. page 17. BANK CLEARINGS INCREASE Week" In Portland Gains' Over ST .Per Cent on Last Year. Solidity of Portland business conditions Is reflected In the bank clearings and the comparison . with those of other cities shows how much better things are In Portland than elsewhere. For Saturday the clearings amounted to $152,524.61'. and for the corresponding" day In 1909, they were -$126,246.90. The total for the week Just closed is S9.804.528.40. and for the corresponding week last year, $8,073, 482.48. - Still showing a gain, last week's clear ings are 27.1 per cent more than last year. Seattle, on the other band, accord ing to the figures of Bradstreet's, shows a loss of 12.7 per cent. Los Angeles gains 2 per cent, Tacoma 7.7. Oakland 61.9. while Spokane, loses 7.9. , . . LIND STILL NOT TALKING Minnesota Declines to Discuss Ac ceptance of Nomination. EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 13. John Llnd. ex-Governor of Minnesota, was found at Montborne, a small saw mill - town 75 miles north of ' Seattle today, and when ask A over the long distance telephone if he would accept the nomination, declined to 'commit himself. He was asked several ques tions, but In each instance hla reply waa the same. . "Will you accept -the nomination V asked the interviewer. ' "I have nothing to say," was the an swer. Mr. Llnd stole a march on the politi cians who had. been expecting to meet him when he returned from hla Alaska tour - by coming back - a week -earlier than hla schedule called for. He slipped Into Seattle Monday evening and im mediately dropped out of sight. It was not until this morning that It was as certained that he had gone to visit friends and keep away from the Interviewers.- LABEL DISPUTE ADJUSTED Tentative Plan for Ownership New Association Made. by MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 13. The Inter national Typographical Union ad journed today. ' Previously, however, the convention passed a . law giving Joint ownership in- the allied printing trades- label to the Brotherhood - of Bookbinders, the International Press men and Assistants, the Stereotypers' and the Photo-Engravers' Unions. Tentative plans were made for the organization of a new label associa tion, to which all . rights to the label will be assigned if the other organ izations will a,gree. The proposal for equal representation- on the Joint conference board was voted down. Boy Killed Over Crap" Game. - . COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kan.,' Aug. 13. John' Snelling. a white boy. 18 years old. shot and killed Guy Shepherd, col ored. 'here at midnight last night. The two quarreled over a crap game and the killing was the result Snelling escaped and has not been captured. CALIFORNIA RACE NARROWS TO THREE All Think Thev Will Get Nomination. CAMPAIGN PRACTICALLY OVER Curry, Johnson and Anderson Await Tuesday's Results. ORGANIZATION IS - ACTIVE Politicians Rally for Anderson and to Beat San Francisco Man, Who Has Strong Following In Tenderloin Region. SAN FRANCISCO, vAug. 11 (Special. The campaign for the primary election which takes place next Tuesday virtually Closed tonight, each of the three leading candidates for the Republican nomina tlon Charles Curry, Hiram W. Johnson and Alden Anderson, claiming the nomi nation for a certainty. Stanton and tilery being eliminated aa possibilities. The "organisation" whip, directed prin cipally at Curry, has been cracked In every direction to aid Anderson, with what success only Tuesday's primary can tell. Curry, brimming over with confidence, says that his support is a solid nhalanx. personal In nature and cannot be swerved from him. "I have thousands of worker all over the state," he said tonight, "who have determined to make me Governor; I have made my fight Independent of any ma chine or organization, standing solely on my record and reputation. Johnson con cedes that I will carry San Francisco by from 5000 to 8000 votes. If they make it from 13.000 to. 15.000 they . will be nearer right. I am going to be nominated and I am confident fit a handsome, plurt allty." .. ; . . -- . ' Insurgent Candidate Hustling. Johnson, the reform and insurgent can didate. Is all hustle and bustle. ' t'The' fight is won. We've whipped the Southern Pacific machine to a frazzle, and their candidate, Anderson, will not know tie was in the race," said an insurgent candidate tonight. "The only candidate we fear is Curry. While we will not concede San Francisco to him. it is folly not to recognize his strength here, but he can't get a big enough plurality to offset what we ahall roll up in Los Angeles and south of the Tehachapi. The Insurgent cause Is stronger In the south than anywhere else, and voters know it well. Johnson Is going to sweep the state." The organization camp admits that it is a hard fight for Anderson, but It asserts that 14: will spilt the vote with Johnson and will win. Situation Hard to Forecast. To an impartial man it is . hard to forecast the situation. On all hands it Is conceded that Johnson has been making a wonderful fUght, but whether Anderson or Curry will be the con tender In the 'race remains to be seen. One political writer has estimated the situation as follows: "The" fight is between Anderson and Johnson. Curry will come out of the south, with not more than 6000, . and possibly only 3000. How he can ex pect to overcome the lead that the other candidates will have I do not understand." On the other hand, San Francisco Is strong for Curry, and especially in the "tenderloin" and saloon circles he has many supporters. In the ' country, however. Anderson- seems to have the advantage, and It looks very much as though the fight will center between themachlne candidate and Johnson. Strike barkens Jersey City. NKWVORK, Aug. 13. The streets of Jersey City were in darkness last night because of a strike of lamp trimmers and linemen employed by the Public Service Corporation. Today the atrik ers threaten to extend the trouble to Bayonne, Hoboken, Newark, Trenton, Camden, Elisabeth, - Paterson and other towns and cities served, by the company.- They also threaten to tie up all the trolley lines which are also owned by the. corporation. aSnpKJ1SJ'K1 GETS ! WOMEN DRESS HORRIBLY, . - FRENCH DANCER SAYS. . They Are Charming, She , Ventures, but Says They Lifted Skirts to "See Her Legs. PARIS. Aug. 13. (Special.) Polaris, back in Paris once more, does not bear the slightest resentment toward Araerl cans for advertising her as the ugliest woman in the world. She said: "American women are charming,, but they certainly have a sense of modesty that is purely their own. Would you believe they ' even pulled up my skirts to see my legs. "No American man would have al lowed himself - to do that. I . like American men . Immensely. They are always well groomed, smart and ele gant. Everything about him suggests he has a dally bath. In dealing with women he may not have a Frenchman's esprit, charm and delicate little ways, but he is all right. ' ' "The American woman is too slack in her appearance. She does not make as good an impression as the American man. and dresses horribly. She sticks an Immense hat on her head, without knowing .whether it will suit her or not. It is a flno hat, she thinks, so long as it is adorned with Immense feathers. They are mad for feathers over there. If they were not afraid of stepping on them they would have them swing to their feet." MICE START $30,000 FIRE Blaze in MarysvlIIe Threatens Whole of Business Section. MARYSVILLE, Cal., Aug. 11. (Spe cial.) Mice and matches are charged with the Are . that this morning des troyed goods to the value of over $30,- 000, belonging to- the H. 8. Bruce Com pany and Charles Hexter. The Are broke out in the very heart of the business section and for a time it looked as if the whole block would .be destroyed.- The surplus stockroom of the Bruce Company was gutted and the' flames en tered the main store. iHexter's also suffered from smoke and water. Both stores are In a thickly settled block and tenants of adjoining stores moved their stocks , and belong ings expecting to be without shelter today. Damage to stock and buildings will amount to over $50,000. Losses are carried by 20 insurance companies .and a joint adjuster has been agreed-upon. This is the second time within six months that this block has suffered from Are. - - AGED BANKER IS SHORT Treasurer for 50 Years Admits Dls- crepancies in Accounts. 'BIDDEPORD, Me., Aug. 13. A sensation waa created in Biddeford 'and Saco to day when it wae officially announced that the York County Savings Bank of this city had closed its doors because of alleged irregularities in the accounts of Richmond H. Ingersoll. for 50 years trea surer of the institution, and one of the leading citizens of Biddeford. The bank is in the hands of a state bank examiner. Treasurer Ingersoll. in a letter which he left at the bank before he went to his home Wednesday, admitted a dis crepancy 'in his accounts. The amount of the shortage Is not known. Deposits of the bank, according to the last statement, amounted to $1,209,831. Most of the depositors are cotton mill workers. BRITISH CRUISER ASHORE Duke of Edinburgh in Dangerons Position Near Cowes. PORTSMOUTH, England, Aug. 13. The Brltleh armored cruiser Duke .of Edin- brugh went ashore today , in a dense fog on- a rocky ledge off Cowes. She sent out . wireless messages for assistance, which was dispatched from here. The cruiser is in a dangerous position. She carries a. crew of 750 officers and men. HEIRESS TAKES OWN LIFE Disappointed In Love, Girl Drinks Carbolic Acid. 1 EL' PASO, Tex., Aug. 13. Disappoint ment in love prompted Miss Josie Ro mero, 18 years old, to commit suicide by swallowing carbolic acid at Ben son, Ariz., last night. The young woman was a descendant of a notable Spanish family and heiress to the fortune of her grandfather. DIME DEGREE Woman. Radiant Witfu Joy at Reno. DOCTOR DRUNKARD, SAYS WIFE Story of Cruel Treatment on : Part of Husband Told. DEFENDANT NOT IN COURT No Money . Settlement Is Provided by Decree Matron Laughs Nerv ously as She Recites Wrongs - of Her Married Life. J RENO, Nev.. Aug. 13. (Special.) -Amid intense excitement in a crowded courtroom, after one hour and 20 min utes, Mrs. Margaret . Emerson McKIm was granted an absolute decree of di-. vorce, without a question from the. court. Her story of drunkenness and1 cruelty on the part of her husband,: Dr. Smith Hollins McKim, occupied 2S. minutes. She was quickly surrounded: by a crowd congratulating her, and; after thanking Judge Pike, almost hys-j terically laughed with Joy and relief,: accompanied by "the Countess," herj traveling companion, who sat by her side, she left the courtroom with her. attorney.. . , s In the absence of any attorneys fori her husband, her testimony was not cross-questioned. Gowned in a pursl white lace dress, her only ornaments being a simple small band gold ring oir . her wedding finger and a large borse-j shoe brooch studded with diamonds onl hen breast, with a large green plcturai fiat, her flushed yet animated and smllV ing face presented s picture. - - 1 Proceeding Is Unusual. j An unusual proceeding was the filing ofl every paper Individually in the ess from the start, as exhibits for recor by her attorneys and notwithstanding th defendant's" refusal to come within the" jurisdiction of the court by answer or de murrer. Judge Pike ordered that the hue band be recorded as making an appear ance.- Mrs. McKim did not resume her maiden name by any decree order, and she de clares no money settlement has heent made with the doctor. It is understood he intends to reopen the case in the Nev York Federal Courts. Mrs. McKim Very Happy, . T am so happy cow; I have gotten just what I deserved although Dr. Mc Kim tried to make it so hard for me. I" am so happy, so happy," exclaimed Mrs. McKim, a nervous laugh manifesting het mental strain. "I can now rest peaceful ly in my new little home until my father arrives in September, my mother being) ill now. We. shall take a good long hunt ing trip in the mountains. What a loadi is -off my shoulders now. I thank alt my friends here and East for their many; kind wishes sent me during this trying time." Nervously laughing all through hen testimony, Mrs. McKim told clearly that following: "I was married Dec-ember 30, 1902, at Baltimore. We then lived at Irvlngton,' then Summered at Newport and resided at New York. I never eaw my husband drunk until after our marriage. Then, he was intoxicated much of the time. He has never practiced his profession: since we married. He was Incapacitated: for business. My father provided me with funds and I paid our doctors" bills , Wife Carried to Window. "During a New York horse chow, at a) dinner party of 60, my sister telephoned! me to come home, that my husband waa so frenzied she feared something would happen. I was so embarrassed to leave) the party that I returned home and, fainted. He carried me to a window sill on the sixth story of the hotel and leffi me. I rolled inside instead of outside, saving my life. At another dinner parly, he swore at me. I could not attend an other dinner in our honor because of his) , drunkenness. "Once he threw me to the floor. MyJ (Concluded on Page 5.)