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Newspaper Page Text76 Pages fflff Pages lto 14 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL,. XXX XO. 4. rnDTC lurrnrn m IUIIIU I1LLULU IU MAKE CANAL SAFE Taft Urges Necessity of Defenses. RIGHT CONCEDED BY TREATY Britain Consents and Shows Intention. Law EXPENSE GOOD INSURANCE Voyage of Orrpon Impressed Nation With Necessity of Cmnal. bnt If . It I Not Fortified. Main Purpose WU1 lie IxmU XEff TORK. Jan. !!. President Taft tonight began In earnest hl cam paign for tha fortification of the Pin ams, CanaL Hla entlra speech at tha annual banquet of tha Pennsylvania Society In Nir York waa devoted to thla subject. Ha ha high hopes that . .1.1. ....in. will Attrlmrm In hla favor and appropriate i. 000.000 to begin, the work. In the Senate tha Prealdent haa been told tha aentimcnt for fortification la almost two to one. The Honse seems pretty evenly divided, but not along (artisan lines. Moat of the members appear to hare an open mind, how nr. and ara willing fo be conrtnced by the aide that makea the better pre tentatlon of Ita case. . Mr. Taft will bring; all his Influence to bear In favor of fortification. The President left Waahlngton short ly after noon and will be back In tha Capital early tomorrow morning;. It waa tha first trip under tha North Rlrer through the new tubes, and he waa keenly Interested In them aa well aa In tha huge new atatlon at Seventh avenue. From tha atatlon ha went di rect to tha Hotel Astor for the Fenn i Ivan la Society dinner. At the conclusion of hla address there he looked la at the annual dinner of tha New Tork Press Club, at tha Hotel Martinique and made a second ad dress, thla lime Informal, and then aurrled to his train. In reply to a toast tha President said: Right to Fortify Canal Exists. I am going to Invite yonr attention to tha question now pending -in Con gress aa to whether the Panama Canal ought to be fortified. I cannot think that any careful person will read tha record of historical facts, treaties and acta of Congress and diplomatic nego tiations without conceding tha full right of the United States to fortify tha canal. "But memories are short, records ara not alwaya at hand and without In the slightest degroe conceding that the ex istence of the full right of tha United States to fortify ber own property on the Isthmus Is In the slightest doubt, I venture, before considering the ques tion of the policy of fortifying the ca ns!, to refer to the history which makes the right incontestable. "In 1SS0 we made the Clayton-Bul-srer treaty with England, by which we agreed with Fngland that neither ef us would own any part of tha land In which the ranal was built and we arould neither of us fortify It and we would unite together In guaranteeing Ita neutrality and would Invite the rest ef the nations to become parties to tha sgreernent. Oregon Mwwed Need of Canal. The canal was not built under that treaty. The French attempted It and failed. We had a Spanish-American war. The cruise of the Oregon of 11.000 miles from San Francisco to Cuba, at a time when tha seat of war waa In the West Indies, fastened the attention of !ha American people upon the absolute aeresslty for a canal as a military In urnment for doubling the efficiency f our Navy. "This lesson brought about the effort o modify the Clayton treaty, with tbe I Concluded oa 1st S.) . 1 WHICH'END? T ' Ilath K.ada lint. N. fv X V "50 men in plkil - HI ICRS WIRELESS KTKAMKIC CHICAGO. OF SOl'ND. IX DISTRESS. Victoria Operator Iterfke Mewages Whit h (.row. Faint, Then Die Out Position Not Known. VICTORIA. B. C Jan. II. Calls of "S. O. S.." the wireless signal meantng- "distress." sent by the halibut-fishing steamer Chicago, of Seattle, were r. celved at the Dominion Wireless 6t tlon here at 11:50 o'clock tonight and are being repeated. The steamer In peril carries a crew of 50 men. and aa the distress signals i gradually becoming fainter it believed the vessel and ita half-hundred fishermen are In dire danger, but the wireless operators here have been unable to ascertain the Chicago's ex act position. The calls first sent out by the Chi cago were picked up by the statlom at Cape Laxo. from which point word waa aent to the chain of stations along the coast. At 10:30 o'clock Prince Ru pert and Triangle Island, picked up tha Chicago's call. Soon thereafter V the messages were caught here and grad ually became fainter until finally they failed entirely. The Chicago Is a steel steamship ot 41 gross tons and belongs to the San Juan Fish Company. It la said the op erator on the vessel Is making bis first trip and Is not thoroughly acquainted with 'his Instrument. This may nc count for the 'Inability of the land sta tlona to obtain the Chicago's position at the time of sending tha distress signal. GOODWIN YIELDS FIGHT Noted Corned Inn Abandons Contest In Trust Share. NEW TORK. Jan. Jl. (Special.) Nat C Goodwin today abandoned his contest of the rights of his current wife. Kdna Goodrich, to share and share alike In tha revenue from a H. 700.000 trust fund, which he made over to her hlle ha was still tha husband of aTkxlne Elliott. This was the announce ment made by Herman P. Roth, counsel for Edna Goodrich, aftjr a long con ference today with representatives of tha husband. Roth said: "In the present action, the matter of tha trust fund whereby Geodwln set aside $1,700,000. the Income of which was to be shared by himself and Edna Goodrich, hla prospective wife, dur- ng their lives, will not be Involved at 11. It has been settled." -Was It settled because tha trust funds are so hard to break or because thla money waa Blast, money T" ha waa asked. The trust deed waa an Ironclad agreement and Goodwin could not break It." Does this leave Mr. Goodwin broke? Did he make over everything as Chan ter did to Cavallerir "Mr. Goodwin Is still a rich man. This action, which begins at 11 o'clock Monday morning, privately, before a referee. Is a simple action for divorce," waa the answer. INDICTED FUGITIVES TIED BUI Compels Governor to Ask for Persons Grand Jury Accuses. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Jan. Jl. (Special.) Following close on the an nouncement of Governor West that Jie will exercise great discretion In Issuing requisition papera for fugitives from Justice. Senator Abraham has prepared a bill In which he makes It mandatory for the Governor to Issue such requisi tions In the rases of treason or felony hen an Indictment has been returned against the fugitive. In casea other than treason or fel ony, or In cases of treason or felon." when a charge Is made In some other form than an Indictment, the bill leaves tha Issuance of the requisition discre tionary. Senator Abraham says that tha new bill hedges In. tha Governor In numer ous cases, but at the same time la so worded that It la necessary for the (tovernor to know that the man wanted la a fugitive from Justice and Is also sufficiently under the ban of the law to be Indicted, making It practically certain, as far as the Governor Is con cerned, that there la at least a fair chance of convlc'tlon on return of the , fugitive. CURRENT EVENTS Tbat .Mtloasl ( onnlulm DvcUloa. A t.Lic 7m 0 M. ttg"&jJ v i 1 ii k. w i v b Ai4Jm jm r j-, x i isTr! , vii' iii.wv 'i y v mmi r wr --o i 4v.H'.. i i f a, s:ai t.v tl- or .vr a E ISSUE USED TO KILL MEASURE Direct Election Bill Is in Hard Plight. GARTER STIRS SECTIONALISM He Says Congress Is Asked to Surrender to South. FAVOR VOTE SUPPRESSION Opponents of Popular Election i Senators Seise Opportunity to Kill Measure Without Open ly Showing Colors. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. The eonstltu ttonal amendment providing for direct election of United Slates Senators la In danger of going to wreck through the In Jectlon of the race Issue of the South Into the debate In the Senate and the smoldering party feeling on this subject wae aroused still further today by speech made by Carter of Montana. The controversy haa arisen over the control of elections for the choice of Senators. As reported from committee. the resolution authorising the submls slon of the amendment to the states In cludes In the amendment a provision that tbe State Legislatures shall fix the times, places and manner of holding the elections, but Sutherland moved amendment giving Congress power to regulate the elections. Thla has aroused the opposition of the Democrats and though the Republicans are strong enough in numbers to secure Ita adop tlon, as a bare majority suffices, they would thereby ImperH the adoption of the resolution Itself, aa this requires three-nftha majority, which cannot be secured without the aid ot Democratic votes. Conservatives See Opportunity. The conservative Republicans, who are t heart opposed to direct election but fear to ahow their true colors, have selxed thla opportunity to defeat- the amendment by indirection. They have but to stand firm for the Sutherland amendment In order to ensure ita adop tion or to provide themselves with pretext for bringing about the rejec tion of the main proposition In caae tha Sutherland amendment should be re jected. They are also bringing face to face with a disagreeable alternative thorn Republicans who are heartily in favor of direct election but shrink from the ap pearance of Indorsing the suppression of the negro vote In the South. Carter said that the questions of elect Ing Senators by direct vote snd of taking out of tbe constitution the right of Con grens to make any law or regulation for the protection of Senatorial elections gainst fraud, violence or corruption were so united In the resolution that the voters could not separate them In order to express their choice. The addition of the elmple proposition of which Carter complained would pro vide that tha times, places) and manner of holding elections for Senators shall be prescribed In each state by the 'Leg islature thereof, Just as It Is now pro vided by the constitution, but the suc ceeding clause, giving the Congress the right to "make or alter" such regula tions, has been eliminated. This alleged rider was characterized by Carter as a "curiosity In legMatlve Jockeying manifestly used as a float to bring the main amendment out of the committee room." - Rider Is Dead Weight. He predicted It would prove a "deadly weight" In more than one-fourth of the State Legislatures, if It does not serve ss a "sinker" In one or tha other branches of Congress. "The occasion demands plain speech and forbids evasion." said Carter. "Cer tain Senators, not content with the suc cess obtained In suppressing the negro vote through a curious vagary of state constitutional provisions and legislative "I (Concluded on Page - ) ARE DEEMED BY HARRY MURPHY WORTHY Tbe !! Language for Newslef INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum "temperature. 42 degrees; minimum. 34 dogreV TODAY'S Occasional light rain southerly winds. Legislature. snow: Appropriation, akd of Legislature already exceed s3.000.OOO. section l. page a. Multnomah County likely to be alighted In reapportionment by legislature, tlon 1. page 8. Employes' compensation bill promlaes to be Important topic netore wwmnsiwn -- lalature. Section l, Dage i. Foreign. Fntlanil fares rreat political battle. Section 1. Din 6. China haa programme for creation of great navy. Section 1. page a. Kat tonal. Taft. In speech at New York, asserts right and necessity to fortify Fanama CanaL Section 1. page 1. rh.ri.. TV Milt., offered appointment aa secretary to President. Section 1. page 2. Resolution for direct election of Senators attacked by Carter on race iaaue. Section 1. page 1. Doctor Cot accused. In suit brought for accounting, of fraud and conspiracy. Sec tion 1. page 2. Uncle Sam seizes warship Hornet Section 1, Page 1. roltlre. William Barnes re-elected chairman of New York Republican atate committee. Sec tion 1, page 6. New Mexico adopts constitution by large majority. Section 1. page 5 Dooaeetlc. Mayor OI11. of Seattle, facing racall elec tion Issues challenge for Joint debate. Section 4. page 12. Attorneys for Mrs. Bchenk say her life was sought. Section 1. page 1. Carnegle'a astronomical predictions are ver ified by Mount Wllaon scientist. Sec tion 1. page 3. Vote-buyers at Danville. 111., ready to ex pose huge scandal. Section 1, page 2. Biplane, equipped with wlreleea. aenda mes sages to earth. Section 1. page o. Sport. Jefferson High School defeats Llrnton High School at soccer football 5 to 4. bec tlon 2. psge 3. Hesrlea" get big offers to tight. Section 2. page 2. Automobile parade tomorrow to be feature of week's show. Section 4. page 10. Seala aee roaeate career for team next sea- Section 4. page 10. Fate of Pacific highway rente with Wash ington Legislature. Section . page Hawaii supplies many athletes In all branches of sport. Section 4. page 0. Ralph de Palma. champion mile-track driver, save dissipation causes loss or many races. Section 4. page 6. Waverly company to exhibit commercial electric cars at Chicago ana New iork. Section 4. page 7. Ex-Manager of John I Sullivan says ca rousing with ex-cnampion wrecneo him mentally and physically, page 7. Section 4. Speed of auto-ambulance la regarded as real life-saver. Section 4. page a. Hetllng case closed forever; appeal from commission decision Impossible, section 4, page 8. A. J. Drexel Blddle. millionaire, save boxing and Bible Jibe. Section 4. page v. Pacific Northwest. Second wife of Chsuncey I. Wood. South Dakota Democratic leader, and two sons fight for body and court delaya burlaL Section 1. page 3. Flshtno- steamer Chicago, of Seattle, aenda wireless message or distress: oo men in perlL 6ectlon 1. page 1. Idaho expects Incresse In Congressional re apportionment, section l, page i. Commercial and Marine. Naval Reserve not agreed ai to proposed leg islation. Section 2. page 14. Oregon onion-growers again advance prices. Section 2. psce 13. Steady now of cash to New Tork. Section X page 15. Stock market closes heavy and unsettled. Section 2. pace 15. May wheat sells under dollar mark at Chi cago. Section 1, page im port land and Vicinity. Bill for teachers' annuities to provide safe guards, but leave details to beneficiaries. Section 1. page 11. Home Rule Association frames bills to pre vent abuse of liquor regulation laws. Sec tion 1. page 11. Rallroada to advertise Roae Festival. Section 2, page 19. Elks of PL Paul. Minn., extol Portland aa beat city for 1912 convention. Section 1, page 4. Commercial Club urges Just distribution of reclamation fund. Section 1, psge 12. Portisnd promptly responds to San Fran cisco's "hurry call" for exposition aid. Section 1. page 11. Octogenarian dying at Junction City, pro bate ot 112.000 estate Is asked without knowledge of Portland heirs, who begin Investigation. Section 2, page S. Members of fair sex to attend hardware- mena convention proceedings. Section 8. page 12. Portland Y. M. C. A. writ try to beat rivals for membership. Section 3, psge 12. Smaller high school will be built if bonds are detested. Section 2. page 6. The Osks to be transformed Into fairyland for next Summer. Section 4. page 12. Reunion of Company I halls beloved leaders. Section 1. page 1. General Owen Summers dies at his home after two days' Illness. Section 1. page 1. Judge Tszwell to resign from Municipal Bench February 1. bectlon 1. psge 4. Prizes awarded in cat ahow. Soctlon 1. page 10. Lumbermen refuse to limit Indorsement of San Francisco fair. Section 1. page 10. Good Roada Association to fix date for "Good Roads day." Section 2. page 14. Employers and workmen near agreement on liability bill. Section 2. page 18. February' 4 Is the Day. MRSsSCHENK'SUFE IS CHARGE Death Conspiracy Told by Attorneys. HUSBAND'S BROTHER SCORED He Hoped She Would Die in Auto, Testifies Heir. CONFESSION TALE HEARD Prosecuting Attorney Tells Xenspa per Men That Alleged Poisoner Once Started to Relate to Him Story Adjournment Xaken. WHEELING, W. Va., Jan. 21. This was an Important day In the trial of Laura Farnsworth Schenk, - charged with poisoning her husband, John O. Schenk, the defense completing Its case in the afternoon. Mrs. Schenk's attorneys plaoed their strongest card In the effort to estab llsh the allegation- that a conspiracy had been formed by members of the Schenk family to get rid of John O. Schenk's wife. This came when Mrs. Jane Hedges, one of the heirs to the large Nlcholls estate, which Albert Schenk headed syndicate to buy, said John's brother had told her: "John has bought his wife a $6000 automobile. Every time she goes out In It, I have hopes she will not return. will leave no stone unturned to get rid of that woman." Cross-examination failed to change the testimony of Mrs. Hedges. Character Witnesses Testify.' Prosecutor Handlan put on 29 charac ter witnesses today to prove the stand lng In the community of Dr. J. W. Myers, who said he had sold lira Schenk sugar of lead and that she had tried to buy arsenic from him. Dr. S. L. Jepson, editor of the West Virginia Medical Journal, who ex amined the packer, was called. He test! fled that he found nothing to indicate poisoning, but when questioned, admit ted the symptoms described by phys icians for the state would Indicate both arsenic and lead poisoning. Prosecutor Handlan told newspaper men today that Mrs. Schenk had start ed to confess to him, had stopped on account of illness and had promised to tell the whole story later. This state ment was flatly contradicted by J. P. O'Brien, who said Mrs. Schenk has always maintained her innocence. ' Adjournment was taken until Mon day morning. Note to Schenck Read. At the afternoon session Mrs. Jane Hedges was recalled for further cross examination, , Prosecutor Handlan read a note al leged to have been written and deliv ered to Albert Schenk, as follows: "No doubt you will be surprised when you learn that I will be a witness in behalf of your sister-in-law, Mrs. Schenk." it was the purpose of the prosecutor to show that Mrs. Hedges is an enemy of Albert Schenk, to whom she testi fied she was friendly. 'I suppose this Is the first Insanity witness' said the prosecutor, When Isaac Smith, aged 84, was called to the stand. "There will be no evidence whatever to show Insanity," said Attorney Boyce, for Mrs. Schenk. "The defense merely wants to prove that In early life the family of this defendant was deserted by the father, that her mother was weak-minded, and that poor, helpless and defenseless Laura Farnsworth was cast forth at a tender age to shift for herself. That her environment was bad. affecting her future actions." Silverton Has Hew Postmaster. WASHINGTON." D. C. Jan. 21. Robt. C. Allen was today appointed post master of Silverton. SOUGHT OF HUMOROUS PICTORIAL ELUCIDATION. Mrt Himf UNCLE SAM SEIZES WARSHIP HORNET BON'ILLA'S "XAV1T" TAKEX BY COMMANDER. DAVIS. Honduras Rebel, Defiant, Is Cast Ashore and Cruiser Tacoma's Crew Boards Craft. NEW TORK, Jan. 22. A special to the Herald from Truxillo, Honduras, by wireless to Key West, says that after two hours of defiance from General Bonllla. Commander Archibald H. Da vis, of the United States cruiser Ta coma. Friday afternoon selxed the armed ship Hornet, General Bonllla's chief asset, cast the rebel ashore, manned her with gunners and en gineers and ordered her out of. the In ner harbor. The Herald's dispatch says that the Tacoma steamed into port early In the afternoon to see that no disturbances had broken out. Commander Davis sent an officer bearing a message to General Bonilla declaring his Inten tion of taking charge of the vessel In accordance with Instructions from the Washington Government to prevent the bombardment of Honduran ports where American property was In peril. General Bonllla curtly informed Com mander Davis' emissary that the Hor net was his property, that he had pur chased the craft for war purposes and intended using her. Commander Davls'then sent an ulti matum that he allowed two hours for the rebel leader to consider. On the expiration of this time General Bo nllla told tha American commander. 'It's up to you." Commander Davis then passed close to the Hornet, guns trained on the lit tle ship.- The Hornet's commander and General Bonilla offered no resistance to a boarding party. Her crew was sent ashore in small boats. LAWMAKERSCOST $36,000 Washington Legislature Proves Ex pensive for First Week. OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. 21. (Special.) According to a statement issued by John G. Lewis, State Treasurer, today the first week the Legislature was in session the lawmakers cost the tax payers of Washington 36.000. This Includes the first week's pay for all members, employes, mileage and Incidental expenses in connection with the opening. The receipts for the week were behind the disbursements. However, the general fund still has a cash balance on hand of more than $211,000, while the total cash on hand Is slightly below $1,000,000. Last week it was more than $1,000,000, but for the next two months it Is expected to dwin dle steadily. FLOODS MAROON 5 STAGES Road From Eugene to Florence Is Inundated by High Water. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 21. (Special.) Five stage loads of laborers for the Jetty at Florence, who left here Wednesday, are held up In the Coast Range 30 miles from here by floods. The road In places Is washed com pletely away and travel is impossible, even on horseback. Men have been put to work at road construction,' establishing a new cut in the side of the mountain and building bridges that have been washed out. The Eugene-Florence stage has not been able to get through for three days. One stage and Its load of pas sengers is marooned somewhere along the way. WIFE SEES HIM END LIFE James A. Brown Commits Suicide at the Buckingham. James A. Brown committed suicide ast night In the presence of his wife t their room at the Buckingham Ho tel by drinking cyanide of potassium. Mrs. Brown said last night that she new of no reason why her husband should end his life. She said they had ved lMppily together for, 15 years. Brown was 30 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Brown arrived In Port land from Spokane on Christmas day. Brown soon after. Identified himself Ith the Continental Casualty Com pany of Portland and was connected with that company when be committed . suicide. Aa to Certain Objections. REVERED OREGON SOLDIER IS DEAD Gen. Owen Summer Passes Suddenly. PNEUMONIA TAKES VETERAN Civil. War and Philippine Island Record Is Noted. PRESIDENTIAL PRAISE WON At Close of Far East Insurrection State Presented Him With Jew eled Sword Wife and Son Survive Warrior. Brigadier-General Owen Summers, commander of the famous fighting Secorld Oregon Volunteers In the Phil ippine War, for many years United States Appraiser for the Tort of Port land, one of the youngest veterans of the Civil War and one of the early-day merchants of this city, died at his home at Fifteenth and Halsey streets, at 10:15 o'clock last night, after an illness of pneumonia lasting less than two days. He was 60 years of age. General Summers was In his usual good health and attended regularly to his duties at the Custom House until Friday afternoon, when he was strick en with his fatal illness. His condi. tlon soon became serious and, although recovery was despaired of, the end was not expected until within a very few minutes before he died. Dr. San- ,ford Whiting, the attending physician. announced yesterday evening that it would have been Impossible for Gen eral Summers to survive more than 48 hours. Soldier When but 14. Althotfgh a native of Canada, being born at Brockvllle, Ont., June 13, 1850, General Summers' early life was spent in the United States. As an Infant ha came to Chicago with his parents. At the age of 14 he went to La Center, 111., to attend school and while there he and three companions, of whom he was the youngest, ran away to enlist in the Army. He first was rejected be cause of his youth and his deficiency in weight and height, but by securing the consent of an improvised "guar dian" he was accepted. Hoentered the service February 1. 1865, at Dixon, 111., and was mustered .Into Company H. Third Illinois Cavalry. lie took part In Beveral important engagements in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Ken tucky and the Carollnas. At tha close of the war he was sent on an Indian expedition against the Sioux in Minne sota and Dakota and was mustered out December 11, 1865, after which he re turned to Lee County, Illinois, where he resumed farming. Island Record Notable. But his most notable war record was that gained during the campaign in the Philippines. As Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Regiment Oregon National Guard he gained distinction in military affairs and when the Second Oregon Volunteers were organized at the opening of the war with Spain he was made Colonel. Filipinos' Bullets Faced. The regiment went into camp May i, 1898, and three days thereafter the or ganization of the field and staff was made. On May 21 the men set sail for the Philippines, this being the first expedition to leave the United States for war in a foreign country. Eight days later they arrived at Honolulu. On June 20 they touched at the Island of Guam and the next day two com panies disembarked and secured Ita sur render. On the last day of tha sama month the ship bearing the troops an chored in Manila Bay off Cavlte and on the two following days the men landed. During the first few weeks they saw little service, but took part In the sieg9 around the walled city, receiving tha surrender of 15,000 Spanish troops there (Concluded on Page 4.) Kg ed to Import.