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Pages 1 to 12 PORTLAXD, OREGOX, SUXDAY 3IORXIXG, AUGUST 28, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXIX. NO. 3T 72 Pages FXPRESS RATES . CHOPPED IN TWO BRITISH CRITICS FLYING OPERATOR : SENDS WIRELESS TAFT QUOTED AS TRUE TO B ALLI H G ER NEW CLAIMANTS . TO ESTATE APPEAR RATE CONFLICT IS TO BE FOUGHT OUT TURN Of! KAISER ILLINOIS COMMISSION MAKES . PER CEXT REDCCTIOX. MESSAGE RECEIVED . FROM AEROPLANE 500 FEET IX AIR. TWO WOMEX ASSERT RIGHT TO SALEM CHARLES' FORTTJXE. ROOSEVELT FINDS WEST STILL ALIVE Cowboys CheerColonel on Horseback. DAY FREE FROM FORMALITY Gallop Around Race Track Enjoyed by Grandstand. INDIANS HOLD RECEPTION Reference o "Dead Game Man," Whom Colonel Extols, Catches Popular Fancy Cheyenne Show Frontier Spirit. CHEVEXXE. Wvo.. Aug. 27. "I run here to see what you fellows can do en the hurricane deck of a bron cho," Theodore Kooseveit said today, a a group of cowboy, the hardiest riders In the U'et, gathered about him. mounted on their horse. Colonel Roosevelt saw all of the West the Wild West Show bad to show him In the way of skill and daring. nd said that the spirit of the West was still alive. As Colonel Roosevelt watched the cowboys at their work, heard the In dians yell and saw the familiar sights of more than -0 years ago. when he was a plainsman, the spirit of It all came over him again and he climbed down from the flag-draped reviewing ttand and mounted a big white horse. Track Performers Cheered. He galloped around the half-mile track at Frontier I'ark and past the crowded grandstand, while cowboys yelled. Indians gave their warwhoop and the rest of the crowd joined In a tremendous shout. He dismounted after one, lap. smiling his delight, and went back to his place to see the rest of the fun. There was no formality about Roose velt day at Cheyenne. Every cowboy who had drawn a year's pay and conld get here came. There were thousands of them, with a good many cowgirls. They came on horseback, some of them from points hundreds of miles away. The streets were thronged with men and women on horseback. In pictur esque attire of many colors. There were a good many thousands of other persons, too. "'astern tourlnts and the tradesmen and plain farmers of the re gion, but they rt little attention. It was the day of the old West. - Dinner Follows Parade. By the time that Colonel Roosevelt arrlveil here, shortly after o'clock this morning, the celebration was well under way. They met him at the sta tion with a band and an escort of cav alrymen, and then there was a parade. The exhibition at the park followed, and thrn there came a dinner which ;overnor B. B. Brooks gave to the ex Preslilent. A smoker at the Industrial Club and a theater party, both of which Colonel Roosevelt attended, wound up the day. The celebration at the park, which Is set In the midst of the brown plains of Wyoming, was the star attraction of the day. Theodore l.oosevelt was the star attraction of the park, and Sand Creek came next. Sand Creek la said to be the wickedest horse In the world, and after a long combat he best ed Al Whitney, one of the most skill ful horsemen that the West has. Colonel Roosevelt watched the ' strug gle and after It "as over he shook the hand of Whitney and complimented him. Anto Somewhat Disappointing. The sun was buklng the plains with its fiercest heat when Colonel Roose velt appeared. He rode In an auto mobile from Cheyenne, although some of the boys were expei-ting that rf would appear In chaps and sombrero, on a horse. The Indians were the first to spy him as he roumied the tnrn of the half- I ( m-lul.i tn rase J. I i Merciless Cut Made, Reaching Maxi mum or B Per Cent Companies Will Fight to Finish. SPRINGF1EIJ, 111.. Aug. . (Special.) The nght'of the State of Illinois against exorbitant express rates reached a climax this afternoon when the Illinois Railroad A Warehouse' Commission issued "ex press tsriff No. I." establishing a schedule of maximum rates .and charges for the government and control of all the ex press companies doing business or op erating within the state. Sweeping redactions In existing ' rates are mads under the Commission's schedule, which. It Is ordered, shall be put into effect October' 11 next. ' In many cases the reduction exceeds SO per cent. This Is especially true. In the schedule on shipments of less than 100 pounds, which constitutes by far the greater bulk of express business and In which ths greater number of shippers are directly Interested. Even where . the 100-pound rate between given points remain undis turbed the percentage- of decrease in charges . on package o less than 100 pounds ranges from 30 to 50 per cent. This Is by far the severest jolt that has been given the express companies la any state and they are prepared for a fight to the finish. DIVORCE TO, BE ARRESTED Mill City Man Would Recover Child, Alleged Stolen From Him. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.) Constable Ira Hamilton has a warrant for the arrest of Clara E. Klmsey. on complaint of Charles E. Klmsy, of Mills City. Details, of the story surrounding the warrant are meager as given out here. It is stated that the two per sons mentioned had been divorced and that the husband had been-given the custody of two of the children. It Is alleged that Mrs. Klmsey went to the home of her former husband In Mill City. and. at the point of a revolver, secured possession o,f one of the child ren. It Is stated she was accompa nied by her brother. POSTAL BANKS REQUESTED Six Oregon Postmasters Ilave Made Application to Department. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Aug. I J.. To data, six Postmasters in Oregon have asked that postal savlnga banks be established la their towns, and nine, banks have ap plied to be made depositories of postal funds. -..'. from Washington the department has received applications from nine' Post masters and IS banks, and from Idaho, two banks, but no Postmasters hsvs applied. RANCHER HANGS HIMSELF X. E. Schoff, of Marlon, Ties Rope Around Neck and Jumps'. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.) Word was received tonight from- Mar lon, a few miles south of here, that N. E. Schoff. a rancher, who recently bought a farm from Harry Roberts, had hanged himself In his barn. Schoff climbed a ladder, tied a rope which was attached to a rafter about his neck and jumped. He was 65 years of sge and married. No reason is given for his act. One Added to Durand Death 1.1st. DC RAND, Mich.. Aug. 7. That at least seven persons lost their lives In the Grand Trunk wreck near Durand was established late last night, when H. A. Jeffers. of Washington, Identified the supposed body of Mrs. Catherine Squires as that of his wife. It Is known that Mrs. Squires perished, and the Identification of the body of Mrs. Jef fers adds one more to the death list. Coroner 8. C. Hatchel Is inclined to be lieve two or three other persons were killed In the wreck besides those whose bodies wars recovered. Widow Would Re Administratrix. VANCOUVER Wash., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Margaret Huston, today filed petition In the Superior Court to be appointed administratrix of the es tate of J. M. Huston, her husband, who died May 15- In the petition the peti tioner aays there Is about 16000 li. property to be divided among the heirs, who are. besides the petitioner. Mrs. l'.mma Spencer, Mrs. Ella Shearer. Pearl Rosenqutst. James Huston. Frank U Huston and W. E. Huston. HAEBT MURPHY r.sv m i s i . m i ,ik iur a . w Mzr . j r - - - i Storm in Germany May Be Caused by Speech WOROTOVONCwELOWEROKEN Another Furious Dispute With Reichstag Is Predicted. SUFFRAGETTE 'IRE : BOILS William's Opposition to Women In Politics Provokes Retort His Idol, Queen Louise, .Cited as Woman Politician... ' LONDON, Aug. 27. f. (Special.) . Kaiser Wllhelm's "instrument of the Lord" speech at the Koenigsberg ban quet, with his dlsspproysl of women In politics, is the topic of ths day In London. All the critics seem to sgres that on this occasion the Emperor has outdone even himself In Ris ' imagina tion and piquancy of his eloquence. One writer, referring to the passage about Queen Louise, particularly- ths phrase ; reporting her as marching !n" spirit before the Prussian banners, says that for airiness and beauty It Is wo.thy. of the poet Shakespeare.. Speech Forebodes Trouble. But, putting aside the literary" quali ties -of the oration, moss Englishmen regard It with astonishment and un easiness. Does the Kaiser, they ask, recognising that ' constitutionalism Is menaced by socialism In Germany, in tend personally to deliver the Father land from such a position?- The gen eral feeling is that, . if VWilhelm has mads up his mind to embark upon an enterprise ef this sort, the fuiure of Germany will be Involved In the grav est uncertainty. " "In a town so peculiarly historic ss Koenlgsburg." remarks tbe London Daily News, ""and amid the company the Emperor Iras been "keeping during his stay In East Prussia, it may be easy to think-contemptuously of par Uamenta, national assemblies and the popular voice, but these circumstances are not likely to have much weight with the German public. The speech violates the understanding given to Van Buelow two .' years ago, which closed for a time these long and bitter conflicts between the . court and the Reichstag. On the question of per sonal rule, the Kaiser's speech will provoke a furious dispute." Suffragette Anger Is Boiling. The Dstly Chronicle believes the Em peror was carried away by the ex uberance of his eloquence and address. "Such are the penalties of rhetoric upon the throne." . British suffragettes, have been aroused to a high pitch of resentment by the' Kaiser's Invitation to the women of ' the world to keep out of politics. They retort that" the suffra gettes are generally better housekeep ers thsn the antl-suffragettes, "who devote themselves mainly to society, golf, lawn tennis and feeble literature. when they are not engaged in public demonstrations against their own sex." Tbe Kaiser's attention Is called to the fact that Queen Louise, whom ha Idolised, was not only sn angelic woman, but a successful diplomat and politician. ..'" ; - DIVINE RIGHT STIRS GERMANY Four-Fifths of Press Unites In Criti cism of kalser'a Speech. BERLIN, -Aug. 27. The speech, of Emperor William at Koenlgsburg. with Its openly expressed belief in the divine right of the Prussian King and his choice, not by peoples and assemblies. I but by God. continues to be the theme f Concluded on Pfe 5.) SEES IN THE WEEK'S EVENTS SOME THINGS WORTHY OF NOTICE BY JiW5LV'".r. UQ.vun , UNDEA STATf 05 J aaerri What -Dees' He Waatt World Record In Science. Is Estab .' llsbed at'sneepshea Bay With- - oat ..Cse of Wlres.- KEW TORE, . Aug. 27. (Special.) Over a barren Island at :tt P. M., Mc Curdy sent a wireless message from an aeroplane in flight to H. M. Horton, the wireless operator on the roof of the Sheepshead Bay racetrack grandstand. McCurdy. aviator and wireless operator, was driver of the big Curtlss biplane which was swinging a mile sway over ths barren island. S00 feet above water. Seven thousand people In the stands did not know that a wireless roan in a fly ing machine and a wireless man on the grandstand roof had made a world's rec ord, sending and receiving tbe first tele gram without ' wires. McCurdy did not "have-to move ths lingers of his right hand an inch to get Horton's ear, for Horton had rigged up an lngenlus sending apparatus to the steering gear Itself. . Five minutes after "sending ths mes sage. .McCurdy swooped down to say it was no trouble at all. He wiggled his fingers ; over the sending key . without swerving his. machine a foot out of his course up. or down. He was traveling slantingly against wind at perhaps 40 miles an hour when he wirelessed to Hor ton. ' DYNAMITE MAY BE TRACED Witnesses Against Dr. Burke Called ' From Kanaka Peak.' nRnvTT.T.E. oal.. Aug.' '27. (Special.) Deputy Sheriff IGUln, of Santa Rosa, bam . . v.-.ba Ottalr rll,nl tl Hreiurnca . irvm xvom, . . , - - Ifent yesterday to serve subpenas on two witnesses ' whose testimony, is wamea during the trial of Dsf W. P Burk, of o.MM. fnimtv ' who is charged with dynamiting the cottage in which Louetta Smith and her child were sleeping. Inasmuch as it is, alleged thst Dr. Burke obtained, the dynamite at Kanaka Peak.' evidence of these men will De me most material factor in the case. BnniKiiu have been Issued for Thomas Riley and James -Hedge. . The case is to be called in 'September.- ROSEBURG WANTS CANNERY Fruitgrowers. Plan to Have Plant In Operation Next Year.' OSEBtTRO. Or.'. Aug.' 27. (Special.) The members of the Douglas County Fruitgrowers' Union in regular session today went .' en record favoring tne erection, of a cannery in. Roseburg at an early date. 8 D. Cooleyone of Douglas county s most prominent' fruit growers, stated that he had seen enough fruit going to waste In this vicinity to make the operation of a cannery profitable. It Is expected that the plant win De completed- In time for next season. There Is no-question as to its Denems to both the grower and the canner. At the noxt' meeting of the union a committee will be appointed to solicit funds to pay .for the work. LENTS DWELLING BURNED Valentine Home 'Could Have Been Saved With Fire Department. A five-room house at Lents, belong ing to J. Valentine, was burned down l.t nla-ht. The fire was caused by a defective flue,-and was discovered In time to have been .checked, says Mr. Valentine, had a fire department been available. A great number of people volun teered their-- services, many coming from Arleta, , near by. ' The furniture was all saved, but the house was en tirely consumed. The loss is estimate! at about $1200. Bank of Jacksonville Reorganized. MEDFORD. Or., Aug. 37. The Bank of Jacksonville, heretofore conducted as a branch of the Farmers' and Fruit growers' Bank ef Medford, has. in com pliance .with the ruling of the State Bank Examiner, which prohibits banks from operating branches, been organ ized into a separate corporation. The directors are: J. W. Bybee. of Jackson ville; John ,W. .Pernoll and W. H. John son, of Applegate; O. M. Ruoh. of Ruch: John Dunnlngton. W. H. Bowen and B. M. Collins, of Jacksonville. The officers are: J. W. Bybee, president: John W. Pernoll. vice-president; B. M. Collins, cashier:' W. It. Bowen. assistant cashier: W. H. Johnson, secretary.- ALL SHOT TO ?JECES 0 After the Ctreas. t President Will Stand by His Secretary. EVEN IF COSTS' WHITE HOUSE Fordney Tells Lumbermen What President Told Him. ALSO ATTACKS ROOSEVELT Ex-President Accused of Aiding Democrats by Dividing Party. Polndexter Called Man of No Party, Only Seeking Votes. HOQUIAM, Wash.. Aug. 27. (Special.) In an address before the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association to- Ulay, Representative i. W. Fordney, of Michigan, said: "I talked with President Taft a short time ago and the President said to me: " 'Fordney. I believe Secretary Ballln ger has been misunderstood and misrep resented, and, Fordney, I will stand by that man, even if it puts me out of the White House." " Fordney's subject was "The Tariff," and during his remarks, which were ap plauded at almost every point, he said: Roosevelt Given Sharp Dig. "I regret to see Jhe former President of this Nation going from ci(y to city saying he is out for a pure administra tion, thus ' reflecting upon our present Chief Executive and -the Republican party. I regret that Roosevelt is out of sympathy with his party. The con tention in the ranks of the Republican party has split It asunder, and will mean a Democratic majority in Congress next term. This will mean a revision of the tariff and this will mean hesitation. . "I look to see the day when stumpage in the State of Washington will be $10 a thousand and it will not be longer than 15 years. And I want to say now that, although lumber Is on the tariff at SI a thousand, . nothing on God's earth will keep it off the free list when this tariff question comes up again. Polndexter "Only Seeks Votes. "And yet the State of Washington is thinking somewhat of sending Miles C. Polndexter. the insurgent Congressman from Spokane, to the United States Sen ate. He Is neither a Democrat nor a Republican," declared Fordney, "but anything to get votes." The lumbermen adopted a resolution condemning the Northern Pacific Rail way for Its carelessness in setting fires which have resulted In burning consid erable logged off land and threatening green standing timber In Western Wash ington. George H. Emerson said; that he had counted 100 fires between Tacoma and Mosjesano set by Northern Pacific locomotives. State Senator Alex Poison said that the Northern Pacific had burned 10 times more timber in Chehalis County than it had hauled over its rails. The lumber manufacturers devoted considerable time to a discussion of the advisability of closing the mills or cur tallnlng the output to maintain prices in the lumber market, which is reported weak, with buyers, holding off in the ex pectation of another drop in prices. To prevent this a committee of two from each district was appointed as follows: Charles E. Patten, Seattle; J. W. Dempsey. Tacoma; A. L. Paine, Ho qulam: W. B. Mack. Aberdeen; W. C. Teomans. Pe.Ell; P. J. Gilchrist, Cen tralis; F. K. Baker and J. H. Bloedel, Belllngham. MAXY NAMES ARE SUGGESTED Candidates for Possible Vacancy, in Cabinet Are Numerous. WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. (Special.) In the event Secretary- Balllnger finally de cides to quit the Cabinet, the President (i-oncluded on Fuse 5. ) The IfMCt Booraelan After Odd Old Man's Will Has Been Held Forgery and Estate Divided, Case Is Revived. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) There Is no rest, it appears, for the ghost of Salem Charles. The mys terious wealth of the old man, who died here in 1902, has more claimants. Now come two women who think that the odd old man was their brother. Representing them. Attorney F. E. Osborne, of Laporte, Ind.. was In the city today looking over the records of the Superior Court In relation to the estate of Salem ' Charles, . or Charles Hill, as he was known here, with a view to possible litigation. The call was in the Interest of Mrs. Nancy Fos dlck, of Spokane, and Mrs. Minnie Thompson, of Oklahoma, who believe that Salem Charles was .their brother, who left KaABas 28 years ago and came to California. The settlement of the estate of Salem Charles, as the courts afterwards found his name to be, is celebrated in the world. After disposing of the possible claims of nearly 600 alleged heirs, the case ended with a verdict that the sig nature of Charles Hill to the will was forged by some one. and that the real name of the ttator - was - Salem Charles. The estate, valued at about J 160,000, w-as distributed to the heirs, the most of whom lived in Massachu setts. - , , POLICE WANTJIISS GOULD Anto Speeding Is Charge and' Tona wanda Would Make Example. ' BUFFALO, N. T., Aug. 27. (Special.) The authorities of Tonawanda, a lit tle city Just over the boundary of Buf falo, assert that they have a case of automobile speeding against Miss Helen Gould, of Irvington, N. T. Her car, it is alleged, travelled at a rate of 62 miles an hour last Thursday on a street there, where the limit is ten. Police Commissioner Daniel O'Day took the number of the machine and identified it today as ' that of .Miss Gould. . . The machine carried four "women. Tonawanda authorities say that a war rant will be issued for the aires t of Miss Gould on Monday and that she will 'be brought here for trial. " The idea is to make an example of Miss Gould, say the Tonawanda police. . CITIZENS TO BUY BONDS North Bend Electric Line Practically - - . Assured. ' MARSHFIELD. Or., - Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) At a mass meeting of citizens of North Bend the matter of the proposed electric line of the Coos Bay Traction Corporation, was discussed. The citizens were asked to take 50.000 worth of the bonds of the company, of which 125.000 worth was subscribed at the meeting. The company proposes to build an eelc tric line at once if a sufficient amount of bonds are sold. TEACHER SOON PREACHER Oregon Woman Quits Washougal for Heathen of South Africa. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Mies Bertha Fowler; of Mountain dale, Or., who has been teaching In the public schools at Washougal for the past two years, will leave here September 1 for South Africa, where she will become a missionary of the Methodist Mission Board. After landing in Cape Town, Africa, she will travel inland 600 miles to Rhodesia, to the old Umtal Mission, where ahe will begin her work. ' Bohemia Gold Mines Inspected. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 27. Dr. H. E. Smith, of New Haven, Conn., af ter having made an inspection of the mining properties of the West Coast Mines Company, In the Bohemia gold mining district, returned to his home in the East.last week. The inspection was in the interest of the Wheeler estate, which owns the controlling in terest in the West Coast mining prop erty. After Dr. Smith's report on con ditions, a decision will be arrived at as to what will be done with the mines In the future. - HIS HUMOROUS PEN. FALL REALTY SITUATION. Looks Goo. Battle of Figures toi Begin Monday. RAILROADS CRY POVERTY! Shippers' Insist Volume of j Freight Greater Than Ever, i PUBLIC WAITS ANXIOUSLY! Burden of Proof Rests With Kail roads,, but They Assert. Confi dence In Ability to Prove Facts in Light They See Them. CHICAGO. Aug. 27 (Special.) A de cisive encoutner in the momentous con flict between the railroads and the ship pers, the two most powerful commercial . Interests in the country, will begin in , Chicago on Monday. It Is to be a battle , of facts and figures, the culmination of protracted differences about freight tar iffs. - The outcome is awaited with intense . interest by every business man and every consumer who is alive to the Importance of the issue at stake, for its effects will reach all sections and all lines of trade, i This is the contention of the roads j First The railroads are without mony to finance necessary physical improve-! ments. J Income Reduced by Laws. ' Second They cannot finance the exten-j stars and renewals which commerce de-' mands without enlarged revenue. Third During ten years past' 650 state ' and Federal laws have been passed. In-' creasing the expenses or reducing the earnings" of railroads. Fourth Cost of materials have ad-, vanced and so has the type equipment ' now in general use Fifth Substantial Increase In wages paid employes, coupled with reductions of working hours, has Increased the cost of labor. Sixth These facts justify increased anil readjusted rates for freight carriage. Trade Injured, They Argue. Seventh Without such an increase, the country will be crippled and many other lines of trade be directly or indirectly In jured. This is the contention of the shippers: ' First The railroads are better off. finan cially than they have been at any pre vious time. ' ' . Second The earning capacity of every mile of railroad has increased rapidly in the last decade. - Third The proportion of operating ex-1 penees to operating income has remained! practically unchanged in ten years. Fourth Roads are better managed, fewer are in - bankruptcy ; dividends on railroad stocks are growing. More Business, Shippers Say. 5. Growth of population and improved . facilities should have a natural tendency to reduce freight carrying charges. 6. No present emergency exists to justify an advance in freight rates lu the face of these facts. As the matter stands, the burden of proof rests with the railroads. That the railroads can make a showing of fact that their lines are ten years behind in improvements because of . the serious handicap of their situation the represent atives of the carriers declare themselves confident.. One of the principal reasons given for dull business in the steel and other Industries' at the present , time Is held to be the inability of the railroads to purchase' needed supplies. Old Couple Are Married. SALEM. Or., Aug. 27. (Special, j William Salzsieder, 7S years of age, and RIaloeser Pfaffinger, 2 years, both of Woodburn, were granted a license to wed today and were married a few min utes later in the clerk's office by Judge George H. Burnett. The bridegroom was a bachelor. Dark Cloud Over His Head. 4: '