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' JOURNAL , CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 30,355 VOL. V. NO. 27. w PORTLAND, OREGON, , SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1808. PRICE . FIVE' CENTS, m .of m msmm iwi soivox sayqmson 5SecUonsr 60 Panes north westerly winds. : . . -. - : '- " ' , , rtz . - cZj ' r ; , PKOB A FAMOUS INUENTOR IS NOT CONVINCED HAS MiOIIED . CHASE FOR GOLD Commercialism Abandoned in Development of Things for Han's Betterment. The problem of. atrial navigation has not been solved by the aeroplane, notwithstanding the seeming success of the Wright brothers as shown by the flights of Orvllle Wright at Fort Meyer, Virginia, , during, the . pasl week. These were the words of Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor, who, with Mrs. Edison and his daughter Mad alene, arrived in Portland last night from Seattle, "The problem will never be solved along that llne.'.sald Mr.: Edison. . The aeroplane Is successful In , its peculiar way but It will never be of practical or commercial value be cause It takes an' expert to operate It. The least wrong touch of the levers : will send. th& aeronaut hur ling to the ground. , Men Will Fly, "will the problem of aerial navl- Ration be solved? 'i Certainly, It Is only a question of time. But It will be along an entirely-different line. What line? Hellospherlc rotation; SCHOOLS READY FOR GET YOUR BOOKS TOGETHER - FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FALL 11 t' A Institutions Throughout the City Open Tomorrow to Register Between 20,000 . and 30,000 Pupils, J Who Will Begin Tear's Work: L Thomas A Edison BAIILIU6 DID HOT OFFER FIGHT Trades School at Atkinson . Three New Buildings on East Side toBe Occupied for First Time No Work Tomorrow. . Somewhere, between 20,000 and 80,000 school children will resume their stud ies In Portland's publlo schools tomor row, and the youngsters have been com- TfTrrtv T,itt! "Fio-htpr ln lB rrom the bche- mountains, uaruy idiue xigiiier lit- tn(S ranche tno hlns ana an the other fuses to How With Bump- place tfter to 'j "ir. summer I vacations, to be on hand when the gong tlOUS Streetcar Jlian. announcea the opening session. When the. army of children assemble at their respective schools they will find their San Francisco, Sept. 12. Battling teachers end schools ready for tfce year's I mean. The machine must rise from I N.i.on. .h. hardest nut in the busi- work the ground spirally, then go Straight pess," declined a battle last night with But here is some Interesting news for ahead.' ''- a conductor on a ; Haigbt ,. streetcar, those who may still be haunted with "No, I have no Intention of trying Whether he did so because there was the memories of the trout uncaught or t6 Invent an airship. I have left all no gate money Ir. sight, but he refused -LaV, VhatPwfu "be donJ that Kind or worir. Denina me ana in- l" ""?' " - J ,11 -l,f,li n ttro ; ; . . . other kind of go, and beat a dignified I toiseci tend to devote the remainder of my bUt-slient-retreat In the darkness, - Ih nflv of work tomorrow will be secure, a list, of the text books to be used throughout the year. The students life to purely scientific work, work Battling, took jjassage on-th, car wlll then be dismissed in order to haxss which will , pot : bring me a ' "J ,774 teecbiow eeres and "student body and I the reassembling of - the - hosts after! money .but which will be of great to get off, he tried to catoh the eye of .i... ; -m . t a.i rk the conductor, but falling, reached for ",u" w " " " rlTwT I in. : ."OT 55 v i ,i ,aiiyan,lt- several jnonths- Vacation will "mean the years ago for James Gordon Bennett J Fatal mistake, the greatest fighter in J meeting of old friends an4 new. who alona the line Of airships, out I am iP o. '" '" lv wiu start anew tne work wmcn me long jo .L ir the ropes. He had pulled the wrong one young people, will find prepared for goipg to leave the problem IOT Otn- and registered a fare. In a second the nem by the school authorities. The era to solve now. conductor was our on the back plat- pleasant features and the disagreeable bhwiwiiiiv form with blood in his eye and demand- tasks will both be present, but to the I am worKing on only one ming now, ea an exira raro. , lusty-voiced- youngsters, fresh from n. concrete house poUr it Into moulds, "Bat" refused to come through as their vacation and strong in body, will S-SlnTS hli'r 1 promptly as the conductor thought was find the arrangements better than ever you know; build a house in on day. l tne proper caper, and he threatened to before, for the school officials have .think I shall have it finished in about knock off i the champion's , block. He jjlanned and worked to make this year's Ahran months and' readv for t radical might havs tried 4t had hot another study the most pleasing and instructive ' three montns anq reaiy ror VTmouau pttssenKer who knew the battler by that has ever been offered the young I've got it virtually completed now. I wRlspered Into ; his (r0th .f.tho.1 Trade Bchool at Atkinson, ftave, my battery . nnisnea up ana n -.v Mto.bU 8heeDlSh h There will be one notable departure firaetlcal use. The only trouble now is at the awful break he had been kept from last, year, a trade scnooi has o turn out enough of them. It Is a j fr0m making, and before he recovered Lbeen established In the Atkinson school hard thing to make, you Know, xne ex-i his composure the man from Heges- l ouuaing wnere a young man may learn press compniB wiw bu t"'Mwlcn neat it inrougn me gioom. lurn cue. xnvrrv am uvcr ivv ui iwiu m vse In New York City. I think the bat tery Is perfect now. It can't -be reduced In sire or weight beyond what It is at present." Still -Vigorous. Mr. Edison arrived, with his wife and daughter, at the Portland hotel about 9 o'clock last nleht. registered privately. and at onoe retired to his room, request- AND WARDE ntniin nir vi n ii i j II i 0IHNU THI Governor Mead of Washing ton Hastens to Portland for Conference This Morn ing With Oregon's Eiecu- tive Ovor Fish Law" Cliamberlain Hefuses to Ac cede to Bequest That War den McAllister Make Only One Arrest for Violation of Fishing Statute. Dear Old School Days Again ilEEDIIT WORRY TIBDROII ISLAND. STORIES FALSE ing that he be not disturbed as he was very tired, v But he granted an Interview nd came down stairs-again, for, the pur pose, Edison is a. ranter snort. stocKiiv rmme?t&tyw of Fancy WTrit- I'm good yet. There's a good, deal of I . , . x i i Ufa and vigor left In me and I can do s much work as I ever could. And I oan get along on as little sleep as ever I could." I have all the time to sieep now that I need, but l can t sieep. Five hours Is as much as I can put in. It's all a matter Of habit, you see. Sleep- ers Proved to Be Abso lutely Unfounded. Edison is only moderately gray. In sDlte of his 63 years. But Tie is (United Press Leued Wire.) Los Angeles, Sept. ill. Captain BV E. Thompson, ,of the schooner Estflla, who very deaf and uses no trumpet or other I na, just returned from an exploring mechanical arrangement. Me evWently . tn .Tih,,rn uiand. In tha Oulf (Continued on Page Two.) POLICE; DOUBT SUICIDE THEORY Peculiar Circumstances Sur round Death of prom inent Chicagoan. of California., completely texplodea the seaaatlonal stories of canlbalism has proved false the tales of savagery circulated ror years, uaptain xnom son, found the Island natives friend In the extreme.. . He was cordially greet ed b" Chief Francisco and found the so called ' "savages" a most peaceful . and harmless people. He dined at the chief's ramp - and exchanged presents with the natives. -"He covered muoh of the Island.- landing at -- half a doxen fiolnts. Although primitive in the ex reme he-found the people far from be ing cannibals. CROWD AT ALT0& DUCKS THE IMP IN . FATHER OF WATERS (traltoS Press Lease Wtn.t Pittsburg. Pa, Sept. IX. Andrew Klo- an III, 21 years old. grandson of An drew Carnegie's first partner, who was found unconscious on Grand boulevard at Centre avenue, with a bullet wound in his head early today, died at Mercy hosDltal this afternoon. Friends of I Klnman say he was attacked by thugs who robbed him. but the police do not accept this theory- The revolver with which the deed was done belonged to bis brother, who nleeed the weapon for the first time yeeteraay. - . The police are Investigating the re port tnat young n.iomsn naa or-an en gaged to Mias Kate Jack, a niece of J. p. ("apneas or toe firm or cappeea. fclomley. Miller at Co.. broker, and had left the Jack residence about 12:19 this morning. Only a few minutes before Kidman expired a rarrlaaS drove up at fast pace in ironi or ine nospitai Joeeph P. Cappeau. an elderly womait j and a yonug woma a aimniei ana went t oace to the bed'toe. The youag woman was cry'na bitterly. Following the death of Klomaa tne tnree lert tbe hoT-ltaL (Hearst News ky loairm Leased Wire.) Bt Loots. Mo.. Sept 12. When Peck Ohley of Alton reversed his 4? ' decision while ampirtng an a, d teur game of ball at a picnic at d Bailey's Island, opposite Alton, la the Mississippi river today, he d was unceremoniously eelsed by members of both teems, hustled df - to the river and ducked. . e They carried him fOa feet and g threw him In the water with his e clothes on, - Two teams of pleasure elat were playing. Otto Roller was e at the bat He hit the ball a vl e clous swat sod seat It far Into e right field. -Fair ball, yelled the umpire. e. and-Roller, started around the bases. 0 The rpoeiaaT nine contested d the declaion. claiming the baU The pol're are not definitely satisfied I e fell oatalde the foul Use. that the Kidman ce Is one of suicide, I A -ru! halt- rorrected 1 It te po"IM. thv wr. that he was I ' - shot bereuee of cnwipltcatlosie growtpg. out of his reported engagement te the Die-e of Mr Cappeau. T-Ne ' wedding le eald te here bea withla tot we, according to report of the police the m- plra, and Roller stopped at sec and. Joined the other players and helped sMee the nrnplre. some trade which will assure him a livelihood from the day he leaves school. This department will be under the di rection of Principal O. W. Hamilton who has had many years of experience along this particular branch of work. He will have for his assistants, Charles A. Mar lltt and F. F. Sullivan. There will be several new schools In addition to the school of trades. They are the Albina Homestead. Beach and Garfield, and Richmond. East-Fort first arid Grant streets. They have been constructed within the past year and will aid materially In taktng care of me overriow Much interest is taken in the number or students who will attend the schools this year. The registration, last year showed 11,116 girls and ll,r7 boys, a total of 22,213. It la believeakthat many more students will be registered this year, but the number will not be ascer tained oerore tne nrst work in- October. when the school census Is taken. Many of the children will spend the first week or two of the school ytear In the hop fields, or at least that has been the ex perience of previous years, and until these students return there will be no way to properly estimate the attendance. ABOUT HIR-GDIIS Army Men Discredit Dire Prophecies of Sky Bombardments.- LUMBER COMPANY'S COOKHOUSE BURNS fRperUl niapateh to The JoeraaLI Rainier. Or.. Sent. 12. A fire at the cookhouse of the Portland Lumber com pany destroyed the cookhouse and Ita contents. It Is thought the fire started from an explosion. The loss la between 1800 and 11.000. (United Press Leued Wire.) Washington, Sept 12. With the dem onstratlOh already given of the pracfica bllity of the Wright" aeroplane aa i means of war observation and for mes senger service, army officials here are turning their attention to a means of de fense against flying machine activities. To render present 'grans capable of rearing on an aeroplane, radical changes will have to be made in their carriages to permit tneir rirmg almost perpendic ularly. Mr. wrignt nas not yet at talned a height beyond the range of small arms, ii ne can reach the alti tude of a mile, and he Is certain of that, then only big guns could bring him to earth. ' Brlgadler-Ueneral Croxler. who In vented tne gun wnich bears his name, and who introduced the clause in the first Hague convention prohibiting the use of flyln machines as instruments or attacic in war, doubts ir an aeroplane will ever be commonlv used for the carriage of freight or passengers. "I am firmly convinced," he said to night, "that for purposes of observa tion, the carrying of messages and the taking of photographs, the aeroplane Is eminently practical In warfare. Even If aeroplanes were used as Instrumonta of attack, I don't believe they would be practical, as onlv the lightest suns could be carried aloft." HEW SESSION IS OrJFORTOMORROW School Teachers Meet and Discuss Instruction for the Young Idea. L Don't work too hard. Have a good time but don't have too good a time." Such 1$. the .gist of the advice of Su perintendent Rlgler yesterday afternoon to the several hundred school teachers of the city of Portland when they as sembled In the auditorium of the high school In the first teachers' meeting of the- new school year. Superintendent Rlgler amplified on thia theme. He started out by telling the teachers what a fine looking lot they were whereat the teachers, each one decked out In her best, smiled at him sweetly. He told them, however, that he did not refer so much to beauty as to the appearance of health, which, after all, la the beauty that is most pleasing. Bigler's Woras. ' Tou look fine and healthy now." said Superintendent Rlgler, "and there is no reason why you should not keep your health all through the school term. But I know that there are still a few of the teachers,- some of the most consclsn tioua of you. too. who adhere to the old idea that they must give long written a t) COLORADO 6.0. P. I TICKET McDonald for Governor and Goddard for One Su preme Judge. Ijlg bask- lessons and then take hoi jp and then find out that etful of papers to read and work over ugni. in marking thes (Continued .on Pae Two.) TWO NEW WORLD'S RECORDS MADE BY WRIGHT'S FAMOUS AEROPLANE . (Hearst News by Laesert Leased Wire.) Washington. tept. it tv new world's records were made again today by Orvllle Wright In his . wonderful aeroplane at Fort Myer. and the end Is not yet, aa he still insists that he can do hotter. There was a continuous float of eoe hour. 14 salautes sad 2S seconds at a height ranging from ! to 2SS feet and at aa average rate of speed of 4 miles an hoar. ' . Paulas Paaaeager. Is a preliminary flight. Major George O. Sgolre. acting chief of the signal corps .was carried as a pas-wager by Wright 'for Bine salaates and sis sec onds at aa aVerage height of about 1st reel, and at the rate or afeovt sty, miles aa hour. It had been anno-ed thai Wrlafit Intended making a sred tt this after noon, and a larse crowd was rreeeet te se what the atrahlp muld di when sent heed at ruj ar-4. The di.ll lp1 wss not right for e-h a tt, and Wright rr,tetd rlneeif wtth ea efluraafe f!'gM te farther try out the n-hlnry. M atM b 4 fuel mhrn be t.'A -r,l. nS th m.Mor was la perfect Ti,r. pre 1 leg that the aeropUse caa fly iecg- r than It did today, and Wrjght will have It do so In other testa. Ooadittoaa 4ood. With the exception of a wind of about six miles aa hour over the parade grounds .conditions at Fort Myer were good for a flight If anything. It wss too warm, but the discomfort of the heat was felt more by the spectators than by Wright, who had the ad ran tare of a eoel breese daring his sail throuah the air, and his machinery was pot af- lecieo. Wright attempted no unusual miium. vers with the aeroplane today. His rut ting of the f I cure yesterday waa prompted by no desire to toy with the machine. It was te demonstrate to the signal mrpe fcoerd that- the aeroolan oould tura on either plane, to the right or fe wit a equal facility. Thai the machine ehall anake such tarns la railed for la the specifications of the government. radaraaos might. The endnrence . fllgt.t cona'atod a 1 great. saeplng cirri over the peralej groenda. limwl as even and gir e ! a re-er on a ila trs-a. The rWeat attention of the srla;nr was a!i t. day to be acttn of the forward a!. whk-h are e4 le reaulite the h!t He tiled theca ost la various nays. sometimes for a long standing ascent, and wgaln for a quick ujard dsrt. Under both conditions, they worked ad mirably. Tho preliminary flight with Major Squire waa for the purpose of further testing the ability ef the machine to carry double. In this all were gratified by the action ef the aeroplane. It got Into the air off the monorail with little difficulty, although not as easily and readily as when it carried Wrhiht alone. After the main planes caught the air there wsa no further difficulty and the ship aalied away as rea1ilr mlth the two aa with one. The dlfferea.-e In (United Press Leased Wire. 4 Denver, Colo., Sept 12, The Colorado Republican .convention this evening nominated the following ticket: Justices of the supreme court A. K. King, Joseph C- Helm, J. M. Maxwell and Luther M. Goddard. Oovernor Jesse F. McDonald of Lake county. Presidential Electors--Thomas F. Walsh. W. L. Storey. F. J. Carnahan, C. A. Ballrelch and John W. Springer. Congre8smanat-Large-James C. Bur rpr nt Denver. Lieutenant-Governor C. V. Benson of Larimer county. Secretary of State Timothy J. O'Con nor. Treasurer George Stattler. Superintendent of Public Instruction Katherlne L. Craig. Auditor S. H. Stevens, las Animas. Attorney-General George L. Hodges. State Railroad Commissioners G. G. Wither. Michael Geurln and W. L. Day ton. Resents of State University O. J, Pfelffer snd W. J. King. State Chairman John r . Vivian. NEW LANDS TO OFEX IX SOUTH DAKOTA Disconcerted at the firm stand of tha Oergon fish commission In the matter of enforcing the close season for salmon fishing pn the Washington shore of the Columbia river, as well aaf-on the Ore gon aide of the stream, and fearing that the vigorous and unhesitating policy of v Master Fish Warden MnAlllnti" or fire. gon in arresting all violators of the law, regardless of which state thev are resl- dents, will result In bloodshed, perhaps. Governor "Mead. AttorneyrGeneral At kinson and Fish Commlslsoner Rleeland are hastening to Portland on the North Coast Limited for af conference with Governor Chamberlain, which will take place at 10 o'clock, this morning. Overlooked a Bet, Washington fishermen by the advice of Attorney-General Atkinson were noti fied that the state' of Washington would protect them In their rights to fish in Washington waters in - violation of tho Oregon laws. It is the supposition that the officials from the state arross tho lino did not think Warden MeAUistar would care to molest the fishermen on the other side of the river in .view of ; tha nmmlM of Waahlnarton to be re sponsible for offenses committed by residents of that state In violation of tho Oregon Initiative fishing law passed . at the last election. That they made a mistake In taking the attitude they did Is evidently real ized now bv the Washington state de partment heads for the flying trip like Governor Mead and his .party are now making shows that grave consequences are feared by them as the result of their assurances that the fishermen of their state would have' the support of the state In breaking the Oregon laws. Another thing' that is not dented by either Oregon or Washington officials is that the Initiative law passed by this : state was vary, unwise even If the char ter does make It constitutional, which Attorney-General Atkinson of Washing ton declares it does not. . , Oovernor Staads Pat. According to the construction of tha charter by the supreme court of this state the provision for concurrent Jur- Isdictlon of the two states is ample , authority for all legislation applicable to the entire river which may be put into effect by either state. If this Is so, then according to the best legal information the charter should, be amended by aet of the legis lature as eoon as possible, as It does not seem to.be in line with the prin ciples of common sense that either" state should make laws for the other. Just at present Washington appar ently Is getting the worst of tho .deal, but that state has equal rights wltbi thia in enforcing its laws on the Ore gon shore. Oovernor Chamberlain said last night that unless some other basis for a com promise should .be reached, then the suggestion of Governor Mead that War den McAllister make only one arrest (Continued on Page Two.) (United frees Leased Win.; Chicago, Sept It. A record-breaking siege for the Tripp county. South Da kota, land Is promised by the United States land office when the Rosebud reservation la thrown open for settle ment, October i. Advices received here from the department of the interior at Washington Indicate that nearly 2.000 applications are being received dally from persons all over the I'nited Slates for information regsramg me registra tion and drawing. The arawlng begins October S and will continue until Octob- ber ', Kverv application must be In by 4 30 o'clock in the afternoon of October 1;. The government has mailed thou sands of circulars explaining the scheme of registering, all oyer the country, and Superintendent WItten. in charge of the drawing, has completed all arrange- menta , Hotel Man Takes Lift. a'olted Pnas Lews' Vhw.t New Torh. Bept. 12 FrsnltT. Ben nett. IS years old one of the beet speod caused b- the additional wHghtlknown hotel managers of Wash ins ton. n of a mile an j commit tea suiciue in ma noin xx nam total ly toe fraction hour. Usee Care. Mr. Wright descended because he thought Major Squire had enough of the right. He could havo continued wmb hia prAgreea through rhe endurance teat. It le tils belief, ail hough he 4m not think It wise t attempt this until be gte fcetter machinery- vVrtgM Is not ttatteAd with ttw rwrtM speed of his riahts after r--xl1 Ijf Ms ae nomn.f. aVnit It it rrl aa hour tvar-ng day hia m a. Ft Tayinr Sad . . W. Furw-e. gor4 lOatinued a rag Twa.) Washington. Sert It.- Frank V. Ben nett, who committed suh-tde la New Tnrk today, was for ze rears muir.r of the Arlington hotel In this eity. Mr. ell ror .ifv lora in tne eoring to teke eherge of the lfotl Bennett W of JJ Gotham. He left that hotel soma ti-r ego protahy no Kot-j man in the l'nltd States htd a wiirr a-.(i .:nt,r - thaa Mr. praaett l!e a rn iw Kf r of j l-t (h Grld ron club ea tk a i(t''- una. rort 4 maw nf tne -.Tt,i.. mnts of Mt ora-en'.!!"!! ani l3 L is- UK t ef Colombia a(lara. CITIZENS FIGHT TO SAVE Will Assisted by Naral Eesrrve, Men of Grand Marals Bat tle Against Fire. (Valted rraaa Leeacd Wtre.) Duluth, Mtna, Sept. 12. Through dense clouds of smoke which hang like palls over Lake Superior, tha lighthouse keeper hero tonight peered out over the lake awaiting the return of the steam er Amerl-w. and with it news nf the fate of Grand Marat. Minn. In this little town the citisens reinforced the Minnesota naval reserves atwtarl the gunboat Qopher. lave r-aitUvi e l day with the forest ftrvai which, at last reports, were devsstating the ritm shore of the lake. ANbUher th'ir l.itt checked the fires' ei'read or te lonn has ben destroyed will not be kvt until the steamer returns Th Is expected here shortly sfter mil 1: 1 bringing with It refucee fenm t f Marals and the stricken shore l.''a north of here. Telegraph commmilitlm idi ' north shore has h-ri lrk.-a ""1 t' ia only the smoke that rr,(a : a ' -t down on Ltiluth te tell f t t prrrees. The flree ahmit H.t.l '. -wak and tbm vloinity wr i( ' out. af-onllng to rcori lt 1 the iarar in that n ,r hare -. The 0-1,'y M near hero rviw tat i -wa. r"t far fr" H ' - ' aftmn t tr .' to 9 eml a . - - - T. T:lllJl t ft tk arid a' 1 I 1 a. e - - 1 . . " .
