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iL-- . jr - PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' 1U1L1LA- I." V SUNDAY MORMSQ. AUQLST T. 1011- 1 i 1 "vol xxx-M). i - ; PIIC PREVENTED, ROOSEVELT SAYS Ex-President Justifies .Steel Merger. CRISES CALL FOR ACTION No Effort Made: to Find Ex cuse for Non-Action. CRITICISM FULLY EXPECTEO Colonel." Voluntary Wllnt. Be fore Steel Commute. Say He Approved Measure lor Country' Sahratlon. NEW YORK. Aug. S.-Theodore Roose velt Ulked ooldly before the Hause R.pres.nf.tlve. committee of Inquiry into th. State. Steel rP,0 her. today and voluntarily told how Ms .ctlon in consenting to the h.rptlonr of th. Tennessee Coal Iron Company py th. ftel Corporation In 1W averts a dlustrous panic. Th. es-Pre.-Odente action In submit ting to a Conre.lonal review of hla ' on Admlol.trstlon was almist unpre-ced-nted In the history of th. I ntte Ft.tw. and wa. thoroughly Rooseveltn. H. en-Wed unheralded at th. City IH-T. vigorously shook hand with member, of th. committee, declared himself de lllhied to see everybody, and got down to boalneaa. AH Blame Assumed. First he Plced upon himself re.por. .Iblllty for spprovlng th. .' J .vert financial dl.tre.a In Wall a reel. .., condemned any man who would b. weak a. not to act a. b. did In that crisis. Not to have don. so, h. ald. woulJ hav. been crlmlnaL ' Probably nothing In th. life history of Theodore Roosevelt ws more dramatic than hla Public appear ,c. today at th. crisis of th. inve. tlgatlon of th. transaction which baa been recorded In hundred, of -page; of Congressional Inquiry. Th. chapter he contributed not only dealt with hla part In th. .rent, of that threatening time, but h. save th. committee seme Interesting opinions on the tru.t question that loomed up la th.lr import even more than hla re cital of fact. In th. Tennes.e. Coal Iron tranaaction. Critical ' Situation Saved. After declaring- that hla object In approving th. sale of th. Tenne.ae. Company was to restore confidence, th. x-President. In response to inquiries by Representative Littleton, relating to the cas. aa presented to him by Judge O.ry and H. C. Frlck at th. WhUe Hous. conference Jn November. 107. said: - -Th. altuation was so. critical that It was llabl. to break at any moment until th. action was taken, and th. instant it was taken an enormous Im provement occurred and aa said In th. poem of Mr. Emerson, with which you ar. all ao well acquainted: If the r.4 alarir think he .lay. or rf th. .tal Uitnfc be le .lain. It matter. Then Mr. Roosevelt launched Into a dl.cou.slon with Chairman Stanley of the general truat queatlon. aaylag that the Cnlted Statea had aom.Uilng tot learn from Germany. Trust -Question DUcussed. -Mr. .Btanley." Mr. Roo.ev.lt brok. In. .witching th. lln. of Inquiry In progr.es. "may 1 say In connection with what haa been said on th. general trust question and of this particular corporation, the Steel Corporation, that X know you will not acc.pt allenc. on my part aa Indicating anything as to my attltud. on th. general trust ques tion, a. you know It. -I hav. stated again and agaln.-wbjls I was President, In mesaagee to Cos 1-re.a. which wer. not always received with as much .ntrusiasm as they wer. rrttten. and elnr. then In artuciea ana fi:on-lulel on If. ft- POLITE CELEBRANT WINS POLICE PARDON OFFER! OF FOOD TO PRISONERS LEAD TO ARREST. Bat Diplomacy of "Ed." Who Corr aiders night In Privacy of Celf, Results In Freedom. . i Krnnrht Ed Le . unmistak ably Intoalcat.d. Into the police sta- .1 ran. him (O De I"""" Friday nlghf and politeness let him out early yeaterday. EUher qualifica tion without the other would have held Lewis still In th. city Jail, but the com bination induced Captain Keller to call Lewis early In th. morning and dis charge him. Lewi, was .trolling along Oak atreet nea? Second when he saw on th. cor ner by th. Jail aeveral of th. long term men. engaged in labor, about the patrol wagon barn. Lewis had an nexed a bag of doughnuta In the courae of his travela and his pity for khe men who wer. forced to work while h. was free touched him. He proffered a doughnut. Even th. long-term men have pride and th. offer waa Indig nantly rejected. Lewis became angry and protested, vehemently. Then a mo torcycle policeman noticed him and his plight took blm Into the station. Cap tain Keller booked him aa "Ed Lewie. " Lewis objected to the curtailment of hta first name. "Hut reflection In the cell cooled Lewla and restored hla natural politeness. This Is th. letter h. wrote Captain Keller, which an obliging Jailer deliv ered: -Captain Keller: Friend Keller. The rea.on that I am Incarcerated this ev. Is because I wanted to give one of th. long terra boy a a. few buns and dough nuts and they objected and I naturally (possibly aa you would) declared my aelf somewhat too vehemently on the sidewalk In front of the Jail and was fotced' in by one of th. motorcyclists. To make a long story short, for Ood's sake call Lewla at six o'clock and I will guarantee to answer to ray first name, aa you require. I hav. a gr.at many friends her. and good ones. You are young and ambitious so am L Yours sincerely, Lewis." AMBITION IS $50,000' ASSET Workman Says Hope to Enter Grand Opera Blasted by Fall. Alleging that while In th.lr employ he sustained Injuries which mske It impossible for hlra ever to become the professional singer he had hoped to be. Q. E. Blum, a laborer, has Bled suit against the Leonard Conatructlon Com. pany and Hugh Maclean In the United States Circuit Court for the recovery of 5.000 damages. The suit was filed by C.JA Weston. Blum's guardian. It was brought In the State Circuit Court originally, but yesterday was trans ferred t8 the Federal Court. - In .his complaint. Blum allegea that he. was working for the construction firm on a new building on the East uM. i. rwmh,r. While so emnloved he avers that he fell through the floor of the building and sustained . injur ies which so Impaired his mental Ac uities that he la Incapable of engaging In ordinary -lines of employment.' Blum represents that he apent considerable time and money developing his voice and atudylng music with the Intention of entering grand opera. His hopes In that direction, h. says, have been for ever blasted, because of the Injuries on account of which he Is now suing the construction company. SOUTHWEST IS- DELUGED JUvers Continue lo IUe From Heavy Rains Through Region.. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Aug. S. The crest of the high water In atreams of Kan.ae and Southwest Missouri, which, yester day did damage to property estimated at tl.000.oeo. has not .yet been reached. Three inches of rain fell at Concordia. Kan, today, raising the Republican River two Inches. More than three Inche. of rain fell In fly. hours- today at Arkansas City. Kan. Around Joplln. Mo., several mines, mining and power planta are ahut down. More rain laat night and early today increased th. flood In th. Solomon Riv.r. The carrying away of a bridge at Bolomon Rapids Is holding up trsfflc on a branch of th. Missouri Pacific Rail road. " x.-.. , r.i.n F-H.r aeveral rarma flooded and valuable crops washed away. CERTAIN EPISODES N . TmpontUT . Tin,. ..Get By . ""T , ....X ' V ' Q Week,. Week. . t. Woo, Before fcU,, Eye.. , ' 1' L-1L - " "" """ " V 1 DES MOINES STRIKE IS ENDED BY-COURT Both Sides Ordered to - Resume Service. UNION PROMISES TO OBEY Conductor " Is , Reinstated, i Pending ArBitration. . 1 7- DAY; MARKED BY RIOTING Effort to Operate With Strlkebrak- ers Is Complete Failure Traf fic Completely Paralysed Entire Day. DES ' MpiNES. la., Aug. R.Judg. Isawrence Degraft Issued a mandatory writ of Injunction In the District Court at :4S tonight, ordering theclty rall way and lta employes to resume car aervlce within a reasonable time. . . At midnight International Organiser Fay of the Carmen's Union announced that the strike of th. Des Mo!nes City Railway employes was ended, so far as the union was concerned. He said the union wold obey the mandate Issued by Judge Degraff to night and tomorrow, th. men would T. ordered to return to work. . Conductor Is Reinstated. It Is also ordered by the writ that Conductor Hlatt ahall be temporarily reinstated pending arbitration. Papers to carry out the provisions of the'writ were Issued for service upon President Leonard, of the Streetcar Men's Union, and General Manager Harrigan. of the City Railway. Striking streetcar employes of the Des Moines City Railway required Juet one day in which to rid the city of their ancient enemies, the strikebreak ers. Tonight it was announced that every strikebreaker brought to this city from Chicago or Omaha either hsd given up his Job and gone home, or ,wai In Jail to protect himself from violence tonight .and would depart hence by the first train tomorrow morning. V Traffic Tied fp Completely. 'Riots, which at times threatened to wild .hunts for strlke- braekers, a.saults and broken headk marked a day or intense nnwureiii. Traffic In the- city, was completely paralysed, not a single car having been moved since the men walked out at 1:1s o'clock this morning. In .anticipation of further riots Mayor James R. Hanna thla afternoon ordered every saloon In the city closed. They will remain closed throughout the strike. - The mobs sought out the boarding housea of tho Imported men and wjn with difficulty prevented from, starting pitched battles. . Hose Turned on Crowd. A mob. the worst of the day, sur rounded the Iowa Hotel during -.the afternoon and demanded that the atrikebreakers under guard thre be turned over to it. It was necessary to call out a fire department hose cart and put It Into action to disperse the crowds. Strikebreakers who came in last night from Omaha were aent to a car barn thla morning. They found the crowd outside entirely too vicious and refuaed to take any chances. In the meantime the crowd of union sympa thisers grew larger and the strike breakers suddenly found themselves cooped up in the barn without food and with little prospect of getUfcg 'out. The men became restless and hungry aa the day wore on and finally de manded that they be sent back to w- wn . muad of police at- umiu. -' - -- - . tempted to escart the strikebreakers to the train a mob gatn.reo. m tried to get through the crowde. but were finally forced to take refug. with their chargea in the Iowa Hotel. . w.,-. the mob gathered again and for three hours kept the police busy 0F PUBLIC INTEREST OWN SWEET WAY . NOT FOR CO-EDS COLLEGE WOMEN MUST DO AS ADVISERS TEIX THEM. . . University ofCalifornla Lay" Down Strict Set of Rules About Con duct and Boarding Places. BERKELBT. Cal., Aug. 6. (Special.) With the opening of the Fall semester of the University of California, new rulea for the regulation o! th. conduct of the feminine members of the fresh man class will go into effect. nv .dipt of the faculty, each woman- entering college will be required to have a senior woman adviser, who shall re port the conduct of her charge to Miss- Lucv Snrague. dean of women. .. The rules against mixed boardingouses wllV also go into effect, as student advisers will insist that their charges live only at boarding places having Ihelr official sanction. mi.. TVirnihv Flnh. nromlnent sorority girl snd candidate for the presidency of th women last April, is cnairnmn i the newly-named advisory committee. It Is proposed to divide the women entering college into six groups, eacH under charge of one f the senior wo.men. There will also be Junior and1 other .enior class women to aid In. the work of supervision. A' faculty member will be adviser for each group. ROCKEFELLER IS, SICK MAN Brother of John D. Arrives In Seattle In Doctor's Care. SEATTLE.' Wfh., Aug. 5. William Rockefeller and party, consisting, with servants, of 40 ptrsona. arrived from Vancouver today in five special cars, sfter having Journeyed over the Cana dian Pacific. Mr. Rockefeller, who is 111. Is travel ing Tor his health, and moves slowly. He was not due to arrive In Seattle until next week, and hla early arrival l taken to mean an Improvement In his condition. John D. Rockefeller's physician. John D. McCabe, ta earing for the sick man. With Mr. Rocke feller are his wife, his son. Percy Rockefeller; Mrs. Percy Rockefeller, Miss Whitney, a granddaughter, and A. J. Earling. president of the Milwaukee Railroad. . - ' John D. Rockefeller.. Jr, will arrive from Victoria by. steamer tomorrow. The travelers will go east over the Milwaukee Railway, of which William Rockefeller Is the principal stock holder. FILL LARGEST ON COAST Aberdeen Tideflats Reclaimed at Cost of Nearly $1,000,000. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Aug. 6. (Spe cial.) WJth average good weather and barring accidents, the Tacoma Dredg ing Company will complete the largest tldeflat fill ever undertaken on the Pa cific Coast by March 1, 1912. When finished, nearly one-half of the resi dence portion of Aberdeen now on "stilts" . will be filled, streets paved and other Improvements made. . The work will cost nearly $1,000,000. ' With ample power the compaby will be able to pump day and night. Up to now most of the work has been done at night. There passes through the pipes, which are 14 Inches In diam eter. 1B0O yards fit dirt every hour. . Owing to the enormous cost of the fill, property owners are demanding higher prices for lots, tut It Is expect ed that this property will be the most desirable In the city within another year. . UPSET COFFEEKILLS BABE Walla Walla Child Reache Scalding Urn Unknown to Mother. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 8.-EU-gene Krtstlan Falkenberg, the year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Krlstlan Falken berg. of thla city, was burled today. -The baby waa playing In the dining-room and. unobserved by Its mother, reached on the table and graced the wire cord of an electrlo coffee percolator, pulling the urn over and emptying the boiling content, over Itself. The baby was scalded so badly that It died the next morning. Mr. and Mrs. Falkenberg are promi nent In society circles or vaua yyu- ATTRACT ATTENTION . - . . ' . . . lb ill! XI. W Y 3fT7,' TV 7U T TAFT ASKS 'J ftPi TO JOin FOR PEACE InvitationSentThrough . -Admiral Togo. PRESIDENT DINES COUNT Mikado Would Be Welcomed z by Others. . . NAVAL HERO MAKES REPLY At Dinner In State Dlnlngr-Roonvof White House Historic, Banquet Is Held ta. Which Japan's Rep- -. resentatlve Is Honor Guest." WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. President Taft tonight extended to Japan through the Nations guest. Admiral Togo, at a dinner in the White" House In honor of the Japanese naval hero, an Invita tion to Join the Untied States, Great Britain and France in the great world movement for itnernatlonal peace. .Rising from his chair between Ad miral Togo and Speaker Clark, the President offered a toast to the Em peror of Japan. Then turning to Count Togo, he said: Invitation Is Sincere. "I would lneed fall in my duty and be untrue- to my own deep convic tions did I not take this occasion of the first public welcome to you as our National guest to express my own ap preciation and that of the-American people of the broad and humanitarian view taken by His Majesty, the Em peror of Japan and the imperial Jap anese government in so readily and generously affirming, in the most posi tive and solemn manner, that no con sideration of selfish interest should be permitted to obstruct the progress of the great world movement for Inter national peace as exemplified in the general treaties of arbitration, be tween the United States. Great Britain and France signed on the day of your arrival in this, country. "I gladly acknowledge this Important part which Japan has played in facili tating this notable achievement by Its prompt and unreserved recognition, in the recent Anglo-Japanese agreement, of the great moral principle of arbflra tlon. and I entertain the hope with con fidence that the time may not be far distant when Japan will see fit to Join in the movement now so auspiciously lnauguraed." In toasting the Emperor of Japan, the President said: , Toast Drunk to Mikado. "To one who has shown himself a great ruler,- who has given all of his time and. energy and Intellect to the progress of his country and the preser vation of the interests of the people whose wonderful power in the selec tion of great men to accomplish great tasks has lifted Japan to a place among the first nations of the world, and whose sense of humanity and Justice can be always counted on to contribute effectively to the peace of the world his majesty the Emperor of Japan." The toast was drunk standing. Count Togo acknowledged the toast through Commander Tanlguchi, his aide. He said: "Mr. Fresident: It is my pleasant duty and great honor to convey to his Majesty, the Emperor, my august sov ereign, the most kind words you have Just said of him. As for me, words do not express how deeply I feel at heart. I can only say that I thank you most heartily for the honor you have done me." The dinner was held in the state dining-room and a magnificent old service waa used. Following the din ner, a reception was held in the east room, at which several thousand peo ple were present to honor the Japa nese Admiral. FROM HARRY MURPHY'S HUMOROUS PEN. "EL SMELLOS" PUT SENATOR IN SEAT .i REAL SECRET. OF CHAMBER LAIX'S SUCCESS OUT. Suit Over Bill for Campaign Cigars Lea as to Supposition All Who Smoked Them Voted Other Way. Had Ferdinand' E. Reed C. W. Hod son and A.. A. Bailey bought a better brand of cigars. George E. Chamber lain might not now be representing the State of Oregon in the United "States Senate. ,Had the blll 'for the cigars been paid for by' their political faction this interesting side-light upon a chap ter of political history might never have come tonight. - A suit now pending in Justice Court has brought forth the story of the ac tion being filed by S. J. Kamlnsky aealnst the three ' leaders, for the re covery, of 25, with Interest since the fateful primary election or April, iu. Kamlnsky, however. Is but a man of straw, beirfg the pseudonym for a local firm of attorneys who make a business of collecting bad debts. The real plain tiff Is John Wehoffer. who formerly conducted the Lewis and Clark cigar store. . ' The complaint sets for.th that the three defendants organized themselves as the Anti-Statement Number One Committee, and as such bought from him 500 "good five-cent cigars," of the aggregate value of $25. Wehoffer does not set forth the brand. " ' The cigars were duly handed out to 600 voters, every one of whom, after smoking, it Is supposed, cast their bal lots for the Statement and brought about the election of Chamberlain. The bill never was paid.' A. A. Bailey has filed a separate an swer to the action, in which he denies that he had any hand in. securing Chamberlain's election by this round about method. Attorney Powers, on behalf of Ferdinand Reed, has filed a motion to make the complaint more definite by setting forth which of the trio ordered the cigars and which agreed to pay for them. The litigation stands at this' point for the present. MATES WILL BEAR CASKET Brother Firemen Pallbearers at Fu - neral of R. W. Pryke. Former mates of R. W. Pryke in the Portland fire department will- march as pallbearers at 'his funeral on Monday, when the body will be borne from Hol man's chapel to Riverview Cemetery- For the last three years' Pryke has been a member of the Portland fire department, being attached for much of the time to the flreboat service. Men from this di vision of .the force will predominate at the funeral, which will be held at 1 o'clock In the chapeL ' Pryke left the Portland department a little more than three weeks ago, going with his wife to Seattle, where they took a . house at 1S29 Eighth avenue. Last week he fell from one of the water front piers Into the Sound, and was dragged from the water too late to save his life. Mr. Pryke was the only son of Mrs. Fannie Pryke. of 344 Front street, and had lived In Portland for 23 years. - Two years ago he married Miss Fay Stanton, of Pendleton, who survives him. ; r NAUGHTY CADETS BLAMED West Pointers Must Drag Cannon Over Campus as Punishment. WEST POINT, N. T., Aug. 6. Seven teen mischievous cadets, who recently amused themselves by removing the reveille guu from Its place on the campus, are being punished according to the formula that "like cures like." They are required to drag the heavy gun, tandem fashion, from camp to the gun shed, nearly a half mile, once every day until the close of camp, August 28. .- The offenders furthermore will be on probation for six months. . Belligerent Loggers Curbed. CHEHALIS, Wash., Aug. 6. (Spe cial.) Sheriff Urqubarfs office and Chief Doyle, of the police force, are having good success In a campaign they are waging to rid the city of un desirable characters who drift Into Che. halls from nearby logging camps with the Intention of cleaning up the town. LA FOLLETTE FEARS BOOMERANG fJIJl'J Taft May. "Put Him In! Hole," He Thinks. YETO ACT WOULD INJURE Insurgent Alliance With Senate Democrats Likely to Fall. PLAN TO HALT AGREEMENT Wisconsin Solon, Believing Com promise Wool Bill Will Xot Prove : Popular, Would Prevent Set tlementHears From People. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Aug. 6. Senator La Follette, who engineered the In surgent alliance with the Senate Demo crats "toput Taft in-a hole" in the wool bill .and free-Ust bill, is begin ning to fear that Taft, If the oppor tunity Is given him to veto these two popgun tariff measures, will come out victorious and La Follette and hfs ln surgent allies will find themselves in the hole. Having heard from the country. La Follette, according to Insurgent friends, now fears that any compromise wool bill that may be agreed upon will not be popular, and therefore he has de termined to prevent any agreement be-, ing reached," thus denying- the Presi dent the opportunity of exercising the veto power. His advices also indicate that the ree-llst bill Is regarded . as a mere sham, and that It veto will add to rather than detract from the Presi dent's popularity. He therefore does not favor any" final Congressional action on this measure or on the wool bill. Xo Chance to Agree Seen. Inasmuch as the conference commit tee on these two bills has left the ad justment of differences between the two houses to Senator La Follette and Representative Underwood, La Follette -has decided to attempt to prevent the adjustment by refusing to reach any agreement with Underwood. It remains to be seen how long the Democrats will submit to the La Fol lette dictation. Most Democrats are now willing to concede that all tariff bills will be vetoed by the - President, and that nothife can be accomplished by remaining In session. Unless the Democrats revolt and in struct UndeVwood to deal with the en tire conference, committee and not La Follete alone, the Wisconsin man will be in a position to keep Congress here all Summer and Fall with .nothing more accomplished in the way of final results than has been accomplished al ready. . Failure to Agree Announced. La Follette and Underwood an-,' nbunced late today the failure to reach., an agreement In the sub-committee, which undertook to adjust In confer ence the differences between the Sen ate and the House on the wool tariff revision bill. The full committee then made an ef fort to reach an agreement, and It failed also. It was then decided to let Messrs. Underwood and La Follette try again, and the bill once more was turned over to them, with the farm ers' free list bill, over which there are also serious differences between the Senate and the House. J "It will be several days before wq will be ready to report," said Under W6enator Bailey urged that the free list bill should not go to the President ahead of the wool bill, and the confer ence practically agreed to this request. Mr. Underwood wanted the .free list bill reported back adversely to both Houses, so as to permit- another vote in the Senate, which lacked but OM Democratic vote to have it passed un-amended. im 1CT7.2