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mm 1 Pages 1 to 16 PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXI. NO. 32. GOOD SPORTSMAN IS REV. C. F. AKED CANAL BILL FIGHT LIGHTNING HURLS PIPE AS HE PUFFS IS SPECIAL WOMEN IN AUTO i HELPED BY TAFT SIGHS' FAVOR BUI 10 BE CONTINUED ENVOY TO JAPAN I TO EXPOSE BECKER PRESIDENT SXAKES CAR FROM BRINK OF CREEK. XIMKOD FAMED AS ROCKEFEL LER'S PASTOR LANDS FISH. T ES KNOX DEMOCRATS DOUB Shipbuilding Centers. Send Protests. FREE MATERIAL IS DEMANDED Registry cf Foreign-Built Ves sels Is Made Issue. TAFT EXPECTS TO SIGN Senate Believed to Have Conferred Important Extension of Tower on Commerce Commission by Amendment. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. That the Panama Canal bill will not pass to final enactment without a further fig-.t against the amendment permitting American registry for foreign-built hlDs owned by Americans was inai rated late today when telegrams of protest were received from the New port News Chamber of Commerce and other civic bodies in snipDuiiaingr cen ters. The telegrams demand a full hearing before action Is taken. The amendment put Into the bill by the Senate opens the way to American owners of foreign-built ships to enjoy the privileges of American registry, provided they keep their ships exclu sively in the trade to and from foreign ports. It is understooH many House members are demana.ng that if foreign-built ships are permitted to fly the American nag. Congress also shall pass a law permitting the importation without tariff duty of materials used in the building of ships in American yard. j his demand frequently has been be fore Congress. The cost of manufac turing ships In the United States Is much higher than in foreign shipyards and it Is said conditions-would be somewhat equalized if the cheaper for eign materials could be imported with out the payment of tariff. The House. In requesting a confer ence today, named as its members Rep resentatives Adamson, Simson and Ste vens, of Minnesota. The Senate named Senators Brandegee. Brlstow and Sim mons. Little difficulty Is expected in ireconciling the differences between the Senate and the Houie on the bill. President Taft told several callers today that he expected to sign the bill. The President Is said to hava declared that some of the provisions of the measure did not meet his views entire ly, but that he expected to approve It. Railroad and legal experts in Con gress hold the view that the Senate authorized a highly important exten sion of the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission In adopting the Bourne., amendment to the Panama Canal bill. The provision would authorize the Commission to divorce competing rail roads and steamship lines wherever they were found to operate to1 the det riment of the public and would extend powers of regulation over water routes. Such control has long been desired by. the Commission, but the water lines have never concededthe right of the Commission to supervise their business or their relations with the railroads. Conrt-Martlal Acquits Marshal. VALLEJO. Cal.. Aug. 10. Martin S. While, chief yeoman of the naval ship Iris, who was eourtmartlaled last month at the . Mare Island yard on a charge of sending letters to officers of the I'acific torpedo flotilla threatening Lieutenant-Commander C. E. Vander beck, of the Iris, was acquitted today. FOREIGN : .,- AGAY I Xyvgty I . I I X . 1 : L- 1 " ; ! BOLT ALSO CLEANS SOOT FROM PIOXEEK'S STOVEPIPE. Edward Renfer, SeUwood Farmer, Escapes Injury, However, In Fantastic Electric Flash. With the lightning playing around him. tearing up the stove and knocking the pipe he was smoking from his mouth, and yet escaping without In Jury, was the experience of Edward Renfer. a well-known East- Side pio neer during the electric storm Wed nesday, at his farm near Sellwood, on the Estacada electric railway. Mr. Renfer was sitting In his tent enjoying a quiet smoke. The tent is near an apple tree, and the stove-pipe Is connected with the tree by a wire. Suddenly there came a blinding flash of light in the tent. It was all over so quick," said Mr. Renfer. "that at first I did not real ize what had happened,. But to say that I was not scared V d not be telling the truth. In fao. tnougm. that It might be the end ot world. On Investigation I found thax bolt had struck the apple tree and v? ed the wire to the stovepipe, and n. rfnwn the Pipe to the stove into v 0 ground. Vv nire was knocked out of m mouth and flung into one corner but ....,. i,. av. I did not leei a biiui outside of a peculiar sensation, which lasted but a second. Th. ltchtnina- cleaned oui my pipe, anyway, but I would prefer doing that myself." SPRING IMMERSES DOCTOR Member or. Mrs. Hearst s Party at Klamath Falls Gets "Ducking." KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. 10. (Special.) The memDers Phoebe Hearst's party wl.o nave o- spending the last lew w. sightseeing at resorts along Upper Klamath Lake, returned here tonight. Mrs. " mother of the publisher. William Ran dolph Hearst. All are enthusiastic over mo and say that they win cumo .s ----Summer for a longer stay. A visit to Crater LaKe was in.iuU in the Itinerary. The trip was slightly marrea loaay when Dr. J. M. Flint, or New .tiaven. Conn., lost his balance ana mmuicu Into an Ice-cold spring near Harriman r.orlee" Aside from a cold "ducking," however, the doctor was uninjured. Included In the party are Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Mrs. Phoebe C. Rock well. Mr. and Mrs. toward it. Liar, Leslie D.' Clark, Edward H; Clark, J r, Mlsa Helen Cfcirk. Miss ' Ethel Whit man, Mrs. Adele Brooks and Kanaoipn Apperson. all of San Francisco; Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Flint. New Haven, Conn.; Mrs. Clara B. Anthony, of Boston; Miss Jennie Glover, of St. Louis, Mo, and Arthur Holdsborough. Washington, D. C. The party will leave tomorrow for McCloud, Cal., where the Summer ome of Mrs. Hearst Is located. WOMEN TO GUARD WOMEN r Prussian Authorities to Try oveI Experiment In Penology. BERLIN, Aug. 10. (Special.) A novel experiment In penology Is about to be made by the Prussian authorities, who have decided to open In Berlin a women's prison exclusively managed by women. Not only the guards -and wardens, but superintendents and di rectors of the various prison labor de partments will be of the same sex as the prisoners. There will be 36 women Inspectors and several teachers will also be ap pointed to Instruct the inmates in use ful and remunerative occupations. . It is a theory of the authorities that a women's prison exclusively under fem inine management would not only avoid many administrative difficulties arising under the old system, but would bring about a more Intelligent and systematic treatment of the pris oners. The Institution will be opened In October. INTERNATIONAL AND Secretary Will Attend Emperor's Funeral. FRIENDSHIP IS TO BE SHOWN Mission Regarded With High Favor by Eastern Nation. CRUISER TO TAKE PARTY C'orean Missionaries Question' and Japanese-Russian Understand ing Concerning China Make Visit Timely One. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. For the first time In the history of the United States, the Secretary of State was de signated today as a special ambassador to a foreign power. President Taft assigned Secretary of State Knox as special ambassador to Japan to attend the funeral of the late Emperor Mutsuhito on September 12, with the statement that the mission was given to the premier of the Cabi net as evidence of the American friend ship, for Japan.. When the Japanese Ambassador to Washington heard of the mission he asserted It would be tak en by the Japanese as an act of the greatest courtesy and one calculated to make even warmer and more cordial the existing relations between the two governments. Important Question Pending;. At present the United States and Japan are vitally interested In several Important diplomatic questions, includ ing the great International loan, soon to be made to the new Chinese Re public; the neutralization of the future railway systems of Manchuria; the de velopment of Manchuria and Mongolia, With the aid of outside capital. The treatment of American missionaries .In Corea, the' use of the Panama Canal by Japanese ships, and Japanese-Rus sian leiatlons with China. For somo time Secretary Knox, In view of the flow progress . of diplomatic procedure - has contem plated a personal visit . to Japan! as a means of reaching in a short time a complete understanding with the Japanese government. The assumption of the office of Minister of Foreign Af fairs by his friend. Baron Uchida, who formerly was the Japanese Ambassa dor to Washington, promised to facili tate an easy exchange of honest views regarding the policies of the two countries. Policies May Be Discussed. Thus the Secretary, having concluded his duties as funeral ambassador, may find an opportunity to dfseuss these questions of policy with the Japanese Foreign Minister. Secretary Knox will be accompanied on his mission by Mrs. Knox. As aides he will have a Major-General of the Army and Rear-Admiral of the Navy, to be selected. Ranford S. Miller, chief of the Far Eastern division of the State Department, will accompany him as secretary of embassy. The party will leave next Thursday and will board the armored cruiser Pennsylvania at Seat tle for the trip across the Pacific. Sec retary Knox expects to return early in October. " Aviator Beaumont Is Upset. BOULOGNE, France. Aug. 10. De spite the high wind which was blow ing, Andre Beaumont made an . at tempt today tj fly from Boulogne to London in a hydroplane. The aviator had not gone 100 yards when the hy droplane turned turtle. A launch res cued Beaumont, uninjured. POLITICAL EVENTS OF Occupants Recognize Rescuer and Are Grateful, but Refuse to . Tell Their Names. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. President Tuft Ma aide. Malor Thomas L. Rhoads. and XV.'- C. Herron the President's brother-in-law, took part last night in the rescue at two , women In distress in Rock Creek Park. A mile down a shaded road through the park the Pres ident's car flashed another big auto mobile Just a few rods ahead. Its front wheels and parts of the body were hanging over the bank "15 feet above Rock Creek -and seeming ready to plunge down at any moment. and their driver were looking at the machine. but were apparently helpless, inetnree of th Presidential car held a hasty consultation and the President's chauffeur was called upon to give nort testimony. No one could solve the problem for a few minutes, but Mr. Tsrft-finally came to tne rescue. "Turn the car around, Robinson,"i he said the chauffeur. "Put out your skid chain and we will haul them out." cnMinon ohfvei orders and the Im perilled machine was pulled back to the roadway. Its occupants rerusea m give their names, but they recognized the President and thanked him heart ily. , -- HILL SCORES "SLEEPERS" President of Good Roads Association Would Abolish Tourist Uppers. ,.rr,7nDn nr An. 10. (Special.) Samuel Hill, president of the National Good Roads Association, and son-in-law of James J. Hill, the railroad magnate. ,i, .rlit .ipcner abolished. He started to return from the meeting in San Francisco by train, but tno oei u ... a a tourist unoer. After 11 0 CUU1U " " one night on the road he abandoned the train and had hts auiomomie him up. "t iiira to have a few railroad in a tourist sleeper car once," said Mr. Hill, as he passed through Medford en route 10 u.u .jo,. t think thev would abol ish these inventions of torment and squalor. With the howling babies and the lunch baskets I decided -1 would prefer my auto even though all the roads are not precisely what they should be.'' ' - .- ttiu aM that' macadam .as a ..,.f. hai hi its rfv and should only be used as a foundation. The new In vention of Major Bowlby, tne gooo roaa .mr. he said, would make some form of asphalt the standard surface mate rial. 9 HUSBAND'S JJABITS ANGER Wife Would Leave 31a n Who Chews Tobacco in Bed. k-ixsAS CITY. Mo.. Aug. 10. Mrs. Julia Gunton today filed suit for di vorce against William Gunton. Here m n. few of the unaesirapie mings she alleges her husband does: Chews tobacco in bed. Refuses to go .to church. Sleeps in his trousers. "Butts in" when her daughter, Daisy, has "company." TtanailD, of tVlASA AfBfA UllCOIlVetl. . i i . ) r, nuntnn aam no hus. LlUUClil HUB, ' VJ band would be preferable to her spouse. STORK LEAVES TRIPLETS Vancouver House Blessed With Two Boys and One Girl Baby. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) Two lusty boys and one healthy girl, a total of 20 pounds of babies, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Slothern. near Fellda, this after noon, and tonight mother and children were doing exceptionally well. Mrs. Slothern, who has been married less than two years, is 25 years old. The happy parents will have the babies entered in the Clark County Fair baby show this year. - THE PAST WEEK ARE Ghost of Many Defeats ' Jades Washington. PARTY ORGANIZATION IS LAX Strongest Leaders Shun Per sonal Sacrifices in Fight. FACTIONAL WOUNDS MINOR Republicans Concede Chance to Rivals but Winning Candidates Are Shy Voters Expected to "Turn Out," However. BY M. M. MATTISON. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) Apparently Democratic politi clans have become so thoroughly In ured to the habit of being beaten dur ing the long series of defeats extend ing from 189S to 1910, with but a tiny fracture in the otherwise perfect Re publican score, that they cannot take seriously what the leaders proclaim that is, that the Bourbon prospects In Washington are brighter than they have been" at any time since 1S96. Even Republican politicians admit the chance of Democratic success, and Democrats grow enthusiastic when talking about It. But Bourbon enthu siasm cools rapidly when the sugges tion of running for office is made. -The record against it running from the meager 4000 by which "Dude" James Hamilton Lewis was defeated in 1893 to the 75,000 majority by which Roose velt carried the state over Parker In 1904. The party is not organized rnd the men who would make logical candi dates shy at the recollection of sacri fices that others have made to keep Democracy alive. Personal Sacrifice Shunned. Iuai is .me lea&uu wiij, ui Lituug it there are a number of interesting state -contests In sight, it was necessary to ca!l the Democratic State Committee together to fill out the state ticket-and to summons Bourbon leaders to a seri ous discussion of the situation In each of the various counties of the state. Roseate promises of victory are wll llngly accepted so long as the question of personal sacrifice does not enter. Only one man, the late Governor John R. Rogers, has been elected as a Demo crat to a state office during t e last 16 years; that is, since the fusion vic tory of 1896. He was re-elected Gov ernor of the state in 1900 by a margn. so close that even he was Impressed by the change In the drift of politica sentiment. As a result, Demorats fear to go against the long line of prece dent. It is undeniably true that a large number . of former Democrats coming to this state and desiring a voice In government have affiliated with the Republican party. There are numc ous conspicuous examples of former Democrats occupying important pui,.i. posts, but they carry the Republican label at present. It has become m -e or less of a habit to become- a Repub lican when crossing the Washington State line, and the habit I - hard to shake off this year. Party Has Real Chance .Voir. Unquestionably a large number of these former Democrats have already returned to their party this year. There have been Democratic gains from other sources and the party has a real chance in the state right now. It may be different in November, but ConcltHler1 on Pag fi. ) GIVEN POLITE ATTENTION BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. At Klamath Falls He Forgets Dig nity and Reserve When He Smiles Over Oregon Trout Catch. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) Guests of Harriman Lodge on Upper Klamath Lake have added "good sportsman" to the many other titles now being shouldered by the Rev. Charles F. Aked, a Baptist minister of San Francisco, formerly famed as Rockefeller's pastor in New York. Dr. Aked, his wife and two maids are now on the . Upper Lake enjoying a two weeks' outing. Sermons have been left at home by Dr. Aked apparently, for since his ar rival .at the lodge no one, who did not know his calling, would suspect for a minute that he was a member of the cloth. Dr. Aked is a fisherman from the word go, and landing good strings of flsh hourly has changed him Into a boy once again. Today he landed an eight-pound trout with a five-ounce reel, using a spoon. His joy was un bounded. Dropping the reel he rushed up the walk leading to the lodge carry ing the fish. Hearing his cries his wife came out to meet him. See." he cried, "isn't it a beauty?" Forgetting dignity and reserve he hailed other fishermen and guests at the lodge. "My word." he cried, holding the fish at arms length. "I have never seen the like of it. I have fished in many waters in many quarters of the globe, but never until today have I landed such a fine specimen as this. I tell you," he added. "This Klamath Falls country beats anything I ever visited for good fishing." Not content, he caught five other six pounders and a couple of four-pounders before the afternon was passed. JUDGE 'SEES' MUTES TRIED Tnble Etiqnette Basis for Silent "Hearing" in Medford. MEDFORD. Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) What might be termed a seeing in stead of a hearing was held in the local Justice Court today when C. J. Lidberg, a deaf mute, was tried for attacking his sister-in-law, Mrs. Anna milskv. who is also afflicted. The evi dence was taken down in writing by an expert In the sign language ana after the defendant had acknowledged the charge he proceeded to kiss the aggrieved relative and joining his wife the three left the room with their fin gers flyl.ig In mutual love and har mony. Lidberg declared that all would be well If his sister-in-law would go some where else to live, as he had only laid l;is hands on her because she insisted upon objecting to the way he ate at table. According to neighbors recon ciliations of this sort have often been nfrnteii. hut the sister-in-law returned and a silent but damaging conflict re sulted. MIEN PAST 40 NOT WANTED -ireetcleaning Department Wants Younger Ones at Xlght. When Alexander Donaldson, superin tendent of the City . Street-Cleaning Department, informed members of the Civil Service Commission yesterday that men over 40 years of ac;e are not able to do night street-cleaning work, the information was resented by mem bers of the committee, all of whom are well over 40. "I don't like this Doctor Osier idea." said A. P. Armstrong, a member of the committee. "When I was 40 I thought I could hold my own with younger men, and I think I can now." "Seems tunny to me that a man of 40 cannot do the heaviest of work," re marked P. L. Willis, the most elderly member of the committee. "A man is in his prime at 40." But the idea of Superintendent Don aldson carried, and the clerk of the commission was requested to give Mr. Donaldson a list of names of younger men on the eligible list to' fill vacan cies in the department. ' JT1 109.2 Desertion's Effect On Officer Watched. WITNESSES' STORIES AGREE Inquiry at Banks Gives Evi dence of Graft Deposits. "SYSTEM'S" DEMANDS HIGH Information Gathered by Prosecu tion - Shows Becker Collected $15,000 Monthly, Keeping Only $5000 Himself. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. "Jack" Sulli van, under arrest in connection with the murder of Herman Rosenthal, promised today that Monday he would go to District Attorney Whitman's of fice and tell all he knew about the alleged connection of Poller Lieutenant Becker with the murder. Sullivan made this agreement with Assistant District Attorney Smith. Unwilling to tell his full story until he had seen Mr. Whitman, who Is out of town over Sunday, Sullivan said to Mr. Smith that he had seen Becker In conversation with "Jack" Rose and "Bridgie" Webber a few hours after the murder. Stories Are Corroborated. This corroborates the stories of other witnesses indicating close relations be tween Becker and the men Involved In the murder plot. Sullivan denied, how ever, knowing previously anything about plans to do away with Rosenthal and also, denies that he had driven away in the gray automobile in whloli the murderers escaped. While on the streets shortly after the killing he went from the Hotel Metro pole to "Bridgie" Webber s gambling house on Forty-sixth street. He saw Becker and Rose conversing on the sidewalk, he said. Later they were Joined by "Bridgie" Webber and the three held a low-toned con versatlonjn which he was not permitted to Join. Bank Depoalta Traced. Sullivan makes the sixth of the nine men tinder arrest for the murder who have "squealed" and the effect of the addition of another "recruit" upon Po lice Lieutenant Becker, who still main tains that lie has nothing to confess, will be watched with interest by the prosecution. Efforts of representatives of District Attorney Whitman to trace Becker's bank deposits resulted today in finding five more banks in which accounts were recorded in the name cf Becker and his wife, representing altogether deposits of more than Jio.ftOO. All the deposits were made. It is learned, within the last eight months. In one bank Becker was credited with $13,000. It was also learned by the in vestigators that two police inspectors had made recent deposits totalling al together T.00. Evidence of graft taking against one of these inspectors is in the hands of the District Attorney, who will seek his Indictment when the graft feature of the case is taken up by the grand Jury. System-' Gets Big Share. Information charging that Beckir turned over to "those higher up" more of his alleged graft collections than he kept himself was obtained today by Assistant District Attorney Smith. Becker s receipts according to this evl- 1 1 flrtrt a. dence amounted io auuu,. , - month, but of this 11,000 ni so-called "system. "Jack" Rose. It was learned iuu.. r At va lPlT