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Pages 1 to 12 PRICE FIVE CENTS. Portland; oregox, Sunday morning, septejiber 17, 1911. 74 Pages -- -- v v vn as IWIu .V .iw. . . j h TAFT TELLS PLAN TO PftGIFHEiTE Control of Joint Com mission Offered. PRESIDENT WOULD DO MORE "Either We Want Arbitration cr Not," He Declares. RECIPROCITY PLEA WAITS Snblrrt Not to Pe DlM-oiwed fntll Canada Has Volrd Necessity for Better Farming Meth ods Is Explained. ERIE. Ta.. Sept. II President Taft ended the flrt of hl days speech maklnr with an address la tha audito rium her tonight. Befora arriving hara he apent nine hoara In Syracuse. N. T-. where he made three speeches. Mr. Taft reserved fcla most Important utterance of the day for the epeach here, when he outlined a plan by which he hopce to wipe out objections In the United States Senate to the recently negotiated treatlea of arbitration with Great Britain and Franca. Theee treatlea hare been held tip and threatened with defeat largely became several Senator hare contended that the propo.ed high Joint commlaalon would determine whether or not a qaes tlon ahould be aent to arbitration, prac tically robbing the Senate of 1ta fonc tlon of passing upon tha question. rewarvnaUe la Offered The Frestdent suggested tonight aa a eo: .promise that tha membera of auch a Joint commliilog ahould ba confirmed by the Senate. He aald he aaw no rea aoa why they ahould not be. If Congreea or the Senate thought It dangerous to trust the President only to make tha appointments. Mr. Taft Indicated that he would go ' further than thta and be willing to wipe out ttie Joint hi Kb. commission entirely If need te. and leave the decision whether a question were arbitrable to a board of arbitration. He also would be willing to have this board pass not only upon the merits of the question, but upon the Jurisdiction. Alternative la Clear. -Either we are In favor of arbitra tion of Issues which are likely to lead to war. or we are not." be exclaimed. "If we oj-e In favor of war as the only means of settling questions of Im portance betwen countries, then let us rrcocnlie It as a principle and de cl.ne all arbitration; but If we are really In favor of arbitration aa a r-.eans of avoiding war. why should we not be willing to aubmlt "to im partial men the decision upon a ques tion, rather than to leave It to the re ault of a bloody battle, in which, with a fair cause, we may be beaten or with an unjust cause we may con quer." One of the most significant things the President said waa at the luncheon with the New York State Fair Com missioners at Syracuse today, when he explained why he had not discussed reciprocity In his outdoor address to several thousand city folk and farmers. Hrrlprwltr Talks Malt. "I am not going to talk about reciprocity." he aald. "until after the matter la settled In Canada. We hare don our part and are watting, and It Is Just aa well for ua to keep quiet." In further explanation of hla trip, the President aald: "I expect to talk on this trip about tha issues of the day. and some of my policies If I may dignify my relation to them by the possessive case and count them among the Issue of the day. I hope I may be able to bring out somewhat more clearly, from the standpoint of on who Is cbarud with some responsibility In respect ol them, many of the questions that perplex the lionclutl4 on P 4.) rallra-e Yeata. Arraraias; MlllUa alr ens, I MASKFD COWBOYS I HALT JOURNALIST GLINT OF CCXS TERRORIZES FRKXCIIMAN" AT FEXDLETOX. Thrilling Narrative of American Went Cabled to Paris by Roundup Visitor. PENDLETON. Or.. Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) Monsieur E. La Gautler, who writes articles for a French syndicate of newspapers at the head of which ta the Pari Petit Bleu, had a real thriller to cable from Pendleton to night. Two masked cowboys, great In sixe and fierce looking, presented two guns at the head of Monsieur Le Gau tler tonight one block from Main tre. They ordered turn to "cough up," and when the Parisian coughed In deadly earnest they explained that It was hi cash and hi valuables they wanted. -Wringing hla hands, the writer told of his predicament a few minutes later to Ms friends In a local hotel. He ex plained that the terrible men had forced him to pay. that he waa denuded yes. stripped of even his last centime. With his mask off. Secretary Gwlnn. of the Round-Up. entered upon the carefully-laid scene and told how be had heroically captured the brigands and forced them to "give up." He then had the Inestimable pleasure, so he said, of returning the valuables. M. Gautler knows but little English. Hla powers of description are said to be wonderful In his native language and hi dispatch lacked nothing In the terrors ir will convey to Monday morn ing readers of Le Petit Bleu. To those who knew that Mr. Gwlnn and President Raley of the Round-Cp were the brlganda the dispatch waa mora humoroua than thrilling. MOVE AGAINST FOREIGNERS Farmer and Hired Man Held for Shooting Italian Laborer. SPOKANE. Sept. It With the death Friday night of lanzl LukI. an Italian section hand, who waa shot In the leg at Wilson Creek Thursday afternoon. Zack Finney, a well-known farmer of that town, and his hired man. George Howard, may have to answer to a charge of manslaughter. Finney and Howard admit shooting Lugl. but claim he and some fellow countrymen were stealing fruit In Fin ney's orchard. The Italian claim they were hunting rabbits and were shot from ambush. The farmers are being held under 92500 bonds for assault. The feeling at Wilson Creek Is In sym pathy -with Finney and Howard, and already a petition I being circulated to have tha Great Northern Railroad remove all Italians from aectlon work In that district. WIFE IS TOWED ASHORE Cook Answers Argument With Blow From Oar, Woman Say a. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. It (Spe cial.) Asserting that Martin Anderson, cook of the schooner Soquel. knocked her Into tha water with an oar in the course of a dispute that arose while the three were coming ashore, refus ing to pull her out of the bay. Mrs. Katie Matson. wife of Captain John E. Matson. of the Soquel, waa taken to the Central E-r-jrsency Hospital with several bruises on the head and a black eye, "We were coming ashore about dark." aald Mrs. 'Matson to the hospital au thorities. "After we left the ship we got Into an argument and Anderson struck me on the head with an oar, knocking me Into the water. My hus band caught hold of ray hand and or dered Anderaon to row ashore. I want ed them to help me Into the boat, but they refused and towed me all the way to land." KERMIT DONATES GOATS Skeletons and IJides Removed by Moonlight for Smithsonian. WASHINGTON. Sept, It (Special.) The skeletons and salted hide of three mountain goats killed by Kermlt Roosevelt during his recent hunt In Arliona, New Mexico and old Mexico have reached the Smithsonian Institu tion aa donations from Young Roosevelt. HABRY MURPHY SEES MORE GOOD J 'f ta Psllvwlsg nisa Vw . 1 MS BIND MURDER SUSPECT Scappoose Man's Char acter Deemed Bad. CLOCK STOPS DAY OF CRIME Pender Also Failed to Attend Cow and Calf Monday. FRIEND CONTRADICTS HIM County Authorities Declare Case Against Suspect In Weinman Tragedy Grows Stronger as They Delve Captive Glum. County authorities say circumstan tial evidence and personal character strengthen the suspicion against A. J. Pender, who Is held aa a suspect In Investigation of the murder of Mr. Daisy Wehrman and her 2-year-old son near Scappoose, September 4. Sheriffs Thompson and Stevens and Detective Levlngs say the evidence against Pender grows stronger as they weave bits of Information and mi nute detail gathered In the neighbor hood of the crime and places where Pender lived formerly. Sheriff Thomp son spent yesterday In the Wlllam mette Valley looking up witnesses and returned to Scappoose last night to be near tha Pender home when nelghbora have time Sunday to dis cuss the crime and what part Pender might have had In It. New circumstantial evidence, re garded as Important as the delivery of a newspaper and bundle at the Wehrman home on the afternoon of the murder, came to the surface yes terday. On the night of the murder Pender forgot to wind his clock and went a long distance to a neighbor next day to Inquire the time. On the same night Pender did not milk the cow. nor did he turn a young calf In with the cow. Pender explains that he did not think It necessary to milk the cov that night and that the weeds were wet and he did not go out for the calf. He said his neglect to wind the clock was merely an over sight. Neighbor Contradicts Sasseet. What la regarded by the authorities as an Important bit of evidence Is a flat contradiction by J. LlndlofF, a neighbor, that Pender had a light In his tent about 7 o'clock the night of the murder and was In the yard feed ing his chickens. While Pender waa explaining bis actiona on that particu lar night he said be lighted his lamp about 'dusk and then went out to feed the chickens. LlndloS say he passed within 30 feet of the tent about dusk the same night and saw neither Pender about the place nor a light In the tent. The authorities have agreed that the murderer must have been someone living In the Immediate neighborhood. At the mailbox, where community mall Is placed for distribution, the road divides Into three branches. The , road leading to the Wehrman home is little used and ends Just beyond the house. It Is pointed out that a stranger could not have identi fied the mail and package wtlh the Wehrman residence and It Is not prob able that a passerby committed the crime for the reason the road leads nowhere but Into the woods. Ride With Foe Noticed. Pender' action have been followed closely from Monday, September 4, un til hi arrest at Independence Friday. Pender started to Scappoose In the morning and on the way was over taken by a neighbor with whom he was not on friendly terms, but the neighbor asked him to ride with him. Pender did so and the sight of the two men together In Scappoose, when they were regarded as enemies,' caused comment. It was this circumstance that attracted particular attention to render and convinces the clerk In the Out' for the Altlrnda Reer. NEW INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61 decrea; minimum. 60 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly( . winds. Foreign. Canadian reciprocity tight drawing near close. Eenton 1. pas i. KatlonaL President Taft onrs to compromise with Senate on peace treaties. Section 1. pass 1. Domestic. ' Abductor of Manitoba teacher trapped In Hotel Dakota. Section 1. page 2. Henry J. Pierce confirms proposed $100,000 lumber merger. Section 1. page 5. Republicans figure on retaining Illinois. Sec tion 1. page 2. Refusal to accept resignation will not delay lieutenant's wedding- Section 1. page 2. Iron man says Harvard ! turning out an archists; colleges growing worse. sec tion 1, page 8. Nine killed. 14 hurt, when Lee Oldflald's rac ing auto, going 75 miles an hour, swerves Into crowd at Syracuse. N. Y. Section 1. page 1. Pacific Northwest. Governor Hawley comes Into limelight through Democracy's move in Idaho. - Section 1. page 7. Round-t'p puu all circuses far In shade. Seo tlon 1. page 6. Thousands cheer to echo Oregon maid In cowgirls' race at Pendleton Round-Lp. Section 1, Page e. New Westminster bank robbers drop from sight, leaving no clew. Section 1. page T. Weflded bliss of rich Seattle couple lasts Just 23 days. Section 2. page IS. . Real Estate and Building. Many big deala mark beginning of Fall realty season. Section 4, Page 8. Merger of sawmills Is discussed by business men as meritorious. Section 4. Page s. Completion of Central Oregon line and col onist movement predict prosperity for Interior and Columbia River counties. Sec tion 4. page 9. Irvington Club completes playgrounds, classes open Saturday. Section 4, page 9. Olrostead Park shows great building activity. Section 4. page 8. Sellwood begins campaign for modern streets. Section 4, page 10. Portland auditorium attracts noted architects who are to compete in drawing plans. Sec tion 4, page 10. Autos and Roads. Two sutolsta make trip from San Fran cisco to Portland In rain and enjoy Jour ney. Section 4, page 4. Monroe Goldstein Is named manager of Ab bott'Detrolt agency In Portland. Section 4. page 4. State and city automobile laws conflict. Sec tion 4. page 4. Fowler In flight scross continent uses heavy automobile engine. Section 4. page 5. "Jack" Snead completes 1000-mile automo bile trip on his honeymoon. Section 4, psge 6. , Peelflc Highway markers In Canada witness ruh to newly discovered ore. Section 4, psge 7. . Automobile dealer declares price of csrs la not likely to lowered. Section 4, page 7. Sports. Results In Psclflc Coast League yesterday; Portlnsd 1. Vernon 0; San Francisco 8. - Osklsnd 2; Sacramento 3. Los Angeles 0. Section 2. page 2. Results ln Northwestern I.esse yesterday: Portland S-0, Seattle 2-4; Victoria 7. Spo kane 8; Vancouver 4, Tacoma 2. Section 2. page 2. Tennis season of 1911 in Pacific Northwest Is one-man affair. Section 2. page 4. f Marqula of Qunberry asks campaign be started to uplift word -sport." Section 2. nage 4. Races at State Fair alleged Juggled on last day. Section 2, page 6. Besvers get seven players by draft. Section 2. page 3. With many college stars turning out. Mult nomah Club'a football prospects are bright. Section 2. page 8. Co miner rial and Marine. Lower prices stop wheat selling In Northwest. Section 2, page 19. End of Moroccan war scare csuses declines in all wheat markets. Section 2, page 19. Stocks in Wall street bid up sharply. Sec tion 2. page 19. Crop funda not yet moving from New York, j Section 2. psge 19. I River dsta studied In connection with pro posed public dock. Section 2. psge IS. Portland and Vicinity. Elks hsve most elaborate plan for deco ration of city during big convention. Sec tion 1. page 10. Linn County'a Blue River mining district showing promise, declares Great North ern mine manager. Section 1, page S. Portland to greet Grays Harbor at opening of O.-W. R. N. bridge at Aberdeen next Saturday, section 1, page 8. Reply of alien who thinks McKlnley Is President bars him from citizenship. Sec tion 1, page 8. State Fish and Game Commission to Increase facilities of Bonneville hatcbery. Section 1. page 8. - Thirty-four persons In Portland sell liquor without city license without molestation by police. Section 1, page 10.' Guard over President Taft Is strongest ever kept in protecting Nation's chief. Section 5. page 10- Robert V. Cresap, who died In Vancouver, waa veteran of Indian wars of Oregon and Washington. Section 3, psge 10. j Portland wheat receipts for season break all records. Section 1, page 1. Painting of Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway Is unveiled. Section 1. page 10. New Zealand plan would not be practicable In United States, says ex-offlclal of coun try. Section 2, psge 20. Grand Jury to investigate flourishing of vice ssld to exist in roadhouaes. Section 2, page 7. Governor West would have Legislators con fine action to good road bills If special aesslon la called, section 2, page 7. Business men ready to support proposed Coast-to-Coast marine line. Section 2, page 7. Colonist movement - from East for North west now on promises to excel records. Section 2, page 6. j New Hebrew Synagogue at Sixth and Hall streets to be dedicated todsy. Section 2, : page S. - ; THINGS IN CURRENT Sanaa Ota era Are Aaxlons. RACING CAR PLOWS INTD CROWD: 9 DIE 14 Others Injured on Syracuse Track? AUTO GOING 75 MILES -HOUR President Taft, Honor Guest, Just Misses Accident. LEE OLDFIELD IS, DRIVER Tragedy Occurs on Course That Had Been Wet Down So Nation's Ex ecutive Would Escape Dust. Police Guarding Chauffeur. SYRACUSE. N. T., Sept. IS. Nine persons were killed and 14 injured, some of them seriously, as a result of an accident In the closing; miles of a 150-mile race at the State Fair track today, when a Knox racing; car, driven by Lee Oldfleld, leaped from the track, crashed through the fences surround ing; It, and plunged Into the throng that lined the side of the speedway. Six of the nine persons were killed outright, and three were so badly in jured that they died on the way to the hospital. ' The dead are: Fred J. Arnold. Syra cuse, N. Y,; Claude HamiL Hammond, N. Y.; Charles Ballantln, Syracuse; Jamea Coin, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.; Fayette Funk, Farleyvllle, X. Y. ; Leo Halpin, Syracuse; two unidentified men and an unidentified boy. The identified Injured are: Lee Old field, driver of the car that left the track; William Sharkey, Harry; Brad ley, Charles Dolly and Miss Anna Youker, all of Syracuse. It is believed several of the Injured cannot live. Taft Just Misses Accident. The accident came as the fatal ter mination of a day that undoubtedly waa the biggest the State Fair has ever known In point of attendance and attractions. The honored guest of the day was President Taft. It was but a short time after he had left the grounds that the tragedy occurred. Just before he departed, -President Taft took a short ride In an automobile on the track, which was wet to keep the dust from the President and his party. This caused competitors in the 60 mlle race to protest. When the race was called Ralph De Palma and Bob Burman, who bad been driving In pre vious races, refused to go on because of the condition of the track, saying the water made It too dangerous. There was some delay. In which the track was dried somewhat. The race was called and'De Palma and Burman both were entrants, along with Oldfleld and six others. - Xv Car Going 75 Miles an Hour. The accident occurred In the 43d mile. DePalma was leading by a lap, with Oldfleld trailing him. Their big cars traveling, It Is estimated, at 75 miles an hour, were running side by side and they shot past the stand. " As they took tha turn there was a report. The car driven by Oldfleld leaped Into the air. "Then It swerved to the outer side and crashed through the fence. The crippled machine, be yond the control of the driver, plowed through hundreds of persons lined along the fence. The runaway auto left Its victims piled together on the ground, several mangled almost beyond recognition. At once nearly a score of dead and In jured were picked up. Hurry calls were sent to Syracuse for ambulances and every one In the city responded. Vehicles of many kindB on the fair grounds also were pressed Into service. The dead and Injured were taken to the emergency hospital on the fair grounds and the woman's build ing was turned Into a hospital. One woman tore oil her undergar ments that bandages might be pro vided for the wounded. ' For more than 20 mHes. spectators Concluded on Page 2.) AFFAIRS TO DRAW PICTURES ABOUT. Wet, Dry, Wet, Dry. GIANT BUBBLE IS FORMED OF LAVA INCANDESCENCE ADDS TO VOX DEB OP HAWAIIAN SCENE. Scientist Secures sPhotographs of Phenomenon Witnessed , by Only Three Persons.' LOS AXGELES. Sept. 16. (Special.) Mail advices from Honolulu tell of the most amazing phenomenon -ever ob served within the crater of a volcano by a white man. It was no less than a tremendous bubble of lava, inflated by gas from the very center of the earth, which supported an island as it floated across a lake of fiery liquid. Frank A. Perret, the scientist who ob served it, estimated that It covered an area of 3000 square feet, and he was fortunate enough to secure a few pho tographs, although conditions were far from favorable for picture-taking. "The bubble was a huge, sausage shaped affair, inflated with volcanic gas and composed of lava glass," says the scientist in his report. "A lava fountain, boiling continuously under the eastern .end. gave the appearance of a screw propeller and the amazing contrivance seemed to be navigating the lake like a great whaleback steamer. "There was an Island of black crust, which, when it began to sink, evolved a great quantity of gas which blew the bubble of laa glass and this In turn sustained the Island and pre vented it from sinking. It made sev eral tours of the lake before It dis appeared from sight at last." All this" was observed in the vol cano Halemaumau. and Perret and two Japanese assistants were the only ones who saw It They believe It may never be given to man to witness such a sight again. TOOTH IS BASIS OF FINE Court Makes Boy Pay for Incisor Whacked From Opponent. For knocking out one of the front teeth of his rival in a fight over a girl. Delbert Snyder. 16, was sentenced by Juvenile Court Judge Gatens yester day to pay for the tooth Bert Hopfer, also 16. lost In the fisticuff. Hopfer came to Portland with his parents. from the East a few months ago and Is alleged to have been flirtatious with a maiden to whom Snvder avers he had prior claim. In the Juvenile Court " yesterday young Hoofer appeared with a badly mashed face and a missing tooth as the result of a pommeling lie received at the hands of his rival. The fight took place a few nights ago near a grandstand at Michigan avenue and Shaver street. Judge Gatens decreed that Snyder must pay for a new tooth and warned him that worse fate will be his lot if he ever appears In the Juvenile Court again. Hopfer denies that he flirted with the girl and also declares that his antagon ist summoned two other boys to his aid in the fight, otherwise he would not have been "licked." ANY WOMAN IS TOO GOOD Gaynor Philosophizes in Replying to Seeker for Wife. NEW YORK. Sept, 16. "Most any woman a man happens to meet Is too good for him." was the reply of Mayor Gaynor to a letter from a resident of Arkansas City, Kan., who aaked the Mayor to find him a Wife. "Do you not know the proverb that he who goes far away from home for a. wife is apt to be fooled? And then," again, how could I recommend any good girl to you? You may not be as attractive as you think you are." POSTAL DEPOSITS $30,342 Daily Average for ' First Week of 3few Bank Is $4475. Deposits In Portland's, postal savings bank for the opening week amounted to J30.342. JThe deposits received yes terday were 15048. During the day there were 90 depositors, and the total number of depositors for the week; was 688. The highest amount of deposits was on Monday, when't6719 was received. Saturday's deposits amounted to $5457, and the average for the week was 14476. Herre Taesa I IfVHEAT RECEIPTS PALE ALL RECORDS Portland Gets 97 Cars More Than Ever. GAIN IS 126,100 BUSHELS Seattle and Tacoma Ship ments Are Exceeded. RAIL INCREASE TELLING Growing Demand Also Figures In Unprecedented Movement 2 Steamers En Route Here for Cargoes, 8 Due on Sound. FOBTLAND WHKAT RKCEIFTS BREAK ALL RECORDS. Bushels. Week ending Sept. 16, 1011.. 881.400 Week ending Sept. 9. 1011.. 473.200 Week ending- Sept. 17. 1910.. 643.400 Week ending Dec 24. 1910.. 702,000 Week ending Oct. 8, 1909... 736.000 Portland, season to date, 1911 2.308,800 Portland, season to date, 1910 2.080,000 Tscoma, season to date, 1911 2.037.100 Seattle, season to date, 1911 1,409,200 Portland's wheat receipts In ! the past week broke all records. The total arrivals at the terminal yards and grain, warehouses from the Interior were 678 cars, or 881,400 bushels. This is 97 cars of wheat, or 12,100 bushels more than the best previous record, which was 'for the week ending Octo ber 8, 1909.. The .next best movement was in the week of December J4, last year, when the receipts were 179,400 bushels.less than In the past week. Since the current cereal year opened, Portland has received 2,'308,800 bushels of wheat. In the same period, the re ceipts at Tacoma have been 2,037,100 bushels, and Seattle's receipts . have been 1,409,200 bushels. The gain over last year, so far as this city Is con cerned, exceeds a quarter of a mil lion bushels. A number of reasons can be given for the Immense movement of wheat at this time from the producing sec tions to Portland, aside from the fact that this is the natural wheat distrib uting point of the Northwest One of the chief contributing causes is the ability of the railroads, particularly the O.-W. R. & N. Company, to handle more wheat than in former years be cause of Increased equipment. Demand la Growing. There is also a stronger demand for wheat at the present time In this market than elsewhere on the Pacific Coast. Besides the large shipments to California and the quantity of wheat required for milling purposes, a healthy export wheat trade is being worked. There are at the present time 29 steamers and sailing vessels ' headed for Portland to carry out wheat cargoes, while only nine vessels are listed for Puget Sound ports. The total shipments of wheat from Port land this month to European and other foreign ports will be more than 600,000 bushels. In September of last year, only 112,000 bushels were ex ported.. Wheat is also .being accumu lated for shipment In later months. Taken altogether, the season's export wheat trade promises to be enormous. Since the Puget Sound grain dealers and millers Induced the railroads to give them a lower freight rate on wheat from the interior, arrivals at the northern ports have also Increased, but not at the expense of Portland, as is shown by the big movement now under way to this city. Identical rates have been obtained by all the ports, but the natural advantage that Fort land enjoys, in having a water-grade haul from the interior, is plainly indi cated by the heavier volume of the Portland trade, the local receipts since t Concluded on Page 8.) Say ! Mr. Jobholder t