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Swallows Strychnine at Home;
, Another Girl Takes Same
: Poison : but Lives; Married
Woman Also Seeks Death.
: Believing death better than worry,
which mingling with the gay theatre
crowd could not relieve, Miss , Grace
Peed, SB years old and attractive, swal
lowed 'strychnine at her'-home, 693
Multnomah avenue, last night She
was dead by the time Dr. J. O. Grim,
who was called, arrived.
About the same time, Bertha La Belle,
aged 23 tried to end her life with the
same poison in her room at 232 H
Washington street, and at " 9 .' o'clock
this morning, Mrs, Dorothy Sorenson,
aged 24, tookJimmottla-at & 9-E
street, but she also will recover.
According to her friends, Miss Grace
Reed Saved money which she earned by
halrdresslng, : and built three houses,
which, she rented. : Heavy expenditures
made -'net fear that it would be im
possible to meet the next payments
when they fell due. She confided to' a
friend several days ago that she would
rather be dead than . to be unable to
pay the money she owed. ' ; ' 1
Last night she. attended the theatre
with k young man friend. , , Returning
late she went Immediately to her room
and disrobed. Soot her sister, who lives
with her, heard her' eroanlnsr. Jlelfl was
called In. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ace Reed, of Mil waultle, were called.
; WTn search wajj made after her
death a vial that had contained strych
nine was found In her purse. So far
s Is known the young woman had
neyer had a Jove affair. Some years ago
she attempted :. to conduct a ' boarding
houseln San Francisco. "When this
failed she nearly became Insane. Miss
Reed was very popular among her
friends, who " assert that she always
bore a good name. She Is survived by
her father and mother, one sister1 and
three brothers. .,;. - ..A
Mrs, O. M. Jonesj of-1727 East Elev
enth;' who volunteered last night to go
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TAFT SPEAKS
Dwells Upon Right of States to
, Make Laws Governing Inter
nal Business Affairs of the
Country.
St. Paul,. Mlnn Sept. B. President
Taft, who came to St Paul today to
speak before the conservation congress,
is likely to remember this as one of the
busiest days he ever experienced.' From
the hour of his arrival, In the city, st
:30 this, morning, until he retires to
est tonlght-scarcely - a moment is - un
provided for in the. program mapped out
for him to follow. k
State and city officials welcomed him
st the station and a squadron of cavalry
from Fort Snelling escorted him to the
St. Paul hotel, where he took breakfast
in his private suite with Governor Eber
hart, James J. Hill, Senator Clapp and
One or two other notable' guests. - Im
mediately after finishing breakfast the
. president reviewed the Labor day parade
and at-' 10 o'clock sharp he appeared in
the Auditorium and -began his address
before the hundreds of delegates com-1
prising the - national conservation,; con
gress. A noon luncheon at the "hotel
was followed" by ornate conferences
with prominent Minnesota Republicans.
President Taft spoke In part as fol-
. lows: . k '.; i:' '
"The two classes Inthe community
that are most Important are Its" form
ers and Its working men; and this occa
sion and this date, suggest thoughts of
both. There is sitting now in the city
! of St. Paul a convention : for the pro
motion of the conservation 6f our na
tural resources. If anybody Is to profit
bjjj conservation and if anybody is to
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warn
! maxe conservation tproiuaoie o otiiers,
It is' the farmer. Proper farming ac-
. cording to modern Ideas involves a
I i knowledge , and understanding of the
' mechanical and chemical qualities of the
I "soil and . the scientific methods of its
' treatment, so that instead - of being
I .merely a i.tnannal vooaUwr--tt was
u years ago, it hBS now become a scien-
tific nd ptactlcaW profeEslon."
J Reviews Legislation. ' '
j The president reviewed the legislation
j " in congress In the interest of the farm
j ers, including the department of agrl-
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PORTLAND'S AOniY OF TOILERS
MANfJER
Today the nation Is honoring Its toll
ers. -In Portland alone more than 13,-
000 union men and women are observing
the Day of Labor. . - , - ,
Elaborate exercises are not attending
the celebration, which. are confined ,to
a parade- and a dance. More than 8000
workers were ready at 2 o'clock to par
tlfcipate In- n. parade which had its start
from Park and Burnside streets and fol
lowed a Circuitous route about the city.
The Labor day dance," given by the
Portland Labors council,' will be held to-,
night ..at , qhrlstensen's hall, Yamhill
street. " --. i
After the parade this afternoon an In
formal celebration will be held at Coun
cil Crest It will be a gathering of
the'hosts. -r-.'v , i .
Organized labor ln Oregon is celebrat
ing not only In Portland, but in Salem,
The Dalles and-Astoria. Parade. were
given in those cities. - v" x ; v, 7 -
1 Portland's Labor Day parade - "was
probably the largest la the history of
union labor InOregon.. From Park and
Burnside streets,, the line of. march lay
on Park street to Morrison; street, east
on 'Morrison to Fifth, south on Fifth, to
Taylor, east on Taylor to Fourth, north
on Fburth to Burnside, east on Burnside
to Third, south on Third to Jefferson,
west- on Jefferson : to Sixth, north on
Sixth to Burnside, where the marchers
disband.";, a.;, .' -''(;
Throngs of people , that crammed nd
choked the sidewalks and streets along
the line of march were' in their places
early to view, the parade. -
V Zndloatrve of labor's Strengtn.
Labor's strength in Portland never has
been more forcibly shown than by the
Ship Sails With One-Fifth Crew
-in Hospitals Cause of.
-; Poisoning Unknown.
(United Frees Laied Vtlrt.1
Seattle, Sept 6.- Twenty members of
the crew of the steamship Prince Rupert
are in local hospitals ; suffering from
ptomaine poisoning, and several are still
in ganger, aunougn neroio : measuresl
iwre ranwT-iT-aiienaing puysiciana yes
terday afternoon as soon as tho mn
were stricken. The Prince Kupert car
ries a crew of 100 men and the depart
ure for Vancouver Inst nfteltf was not
delayed by reason "of the Illness of pne
fifth of the crew. The physicians have
not determined the cause of the poison-
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parade. ; Mt Is the biggest - turnout In
the history,, of .'Portland, labor' unions,
and shows something of the growth and
unity of the laborers. ' ... v4
T The Taln'ters' union with a banner
180 feet In t length; , and .' the . linemen,
trapped out in their frigging,", with a
huge banner exploiting the necessity of
an , employers' liability law, were In
teresting features. :
William Daly, president of the State
Federation of Labor, was marshal of the
day, and as such was chosen to lead the
parage. , . , , s
Each union had . a place assigned to
It in the parade .and. prepared for the
event by suitable . uniforms or banners
or 'both, i - . .
-The -painter chose working suits of
white,' with natty caps. As . their hon.
ored guests they have four aged work
men who for- 60 . years have been fol
lowing the trade and have been mem
bers of the painters' union since it was
organized. : "
The Ironworkers In striking blue
suits and the carpenters, members of
the largest of Portland unions, in fit
ting costumes., prepared to turn out In
numbers.1 ; . , . ' - ; v
The parade was scheduled for the af
ternoon so as to permit such . workers
as barbers, bartenders and . bakers to
participate. On account of Its lateness
It was decided, not te hold other exer
cises, topping off the day. with the La
bor day dance In Chrlstensen's hall.
The garment workers, . 250 strong,
nearly all of whom are women, ar
ranged to ride in the parade upon dec
orated trucks and wagons. .1 The gar-
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LDING WINS
Receives Less Votes but Cap
tures More Senatorial Dis
tricts Than Opponent.
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f San Francisco, Sept. 6. Though A. 43,
Spalding received 1500 votes' less than
John D. Works, his opponent In the face
for the nomination for UnLted States
senator, Raiding hasapturelanoj
retiafftflar districts : and will therefore
oe fiiven the nomination by the legisla
ture, y-' i..f .y :,-.
Official ' figures, show thatx Spalding
received 63,461 votes against Works'
4,961. , But Spalding carried 30 coun
ties against Works' 22 and the compila
tion shows that he will have 75 legis
lative votes to 39 for Works, --
FITTING
OVER JOHN WORKS
THRONGS JOURNEY
OUT TO GROUNDS
TO SE FEATURES
Opening of Six-Day Exposition
Marked by Long Street Pa
geant in Which Prominent
Men Figure; Races Next.
J. J. HILL'S ADDRESS
! READ BY DR. DRAKE
Children, Admitted Free, Find
Much to Amuse ThemFair -.
Great Success.
Taie sose city cars.
.For the lnformntlon of those
who will go to the race meet
and live stock on street cars the
Portland Railway. Llcht & Power
A C.6. flnnoiinoon that tho nm Tna
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Ci tyw-ser.vlcfthBs boen nut A
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ctiDn muy. ,4 ua cars win
cross the river on the Burnside
bridge, will proceed up Bum
side to Fifth, turn sodth on Fifth
to Washington nnd loop back to
Burnside by way of Second
street. ... .
. With the representative citlzws of
the city, county and state in attend
ance, the annual Portland livestock ex
position and . harvest festival opened
this morning with a gala automobile
parade nrrrougfr'thr'prlncipat Streets" of
the city,
United" States Senator Chamberlain,
Acting. Governor Bo werman, Mayor
Simon, members of the city council,
city and county officials, leading digni
taries of the state bar and bench and
business men ' occupied the scores of
motor cars that started away from the
Oregon hotel a few minutes after 10
o'clock to proceed through the spectator-fringed
thoroilfi'hfBraa Tn' anlta
of the somewhat cool weather and
cloudy skies that 'prevailed -popular en-
muuiasm was noi. quencnea.
All things considered, the beginning
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Quick Work of Policeman in
Extinguishing Flames Saves
PropertyOther Fires Keep
Firemen on Run.
. One Incendiary fire In a hotel, a
blaze In ' a church . building and three
other smaller fires occupied the atten
tion of the firemen yesterday and last
evening. "In addition another incendi
ary fire was extinguished by two boys
and a policeman put out a fire In a lot
which had . become - overgrown with
weerts, the flames threatening an ad
Joining residence.
The flames Ma a ""tangled - growth of
weeds on a lot at East Fifteenth street
and Broadway -were discovered shortly
after o'clock yesterday-morning by
Patrolman R. E. Butler. He obtained a
bucket from a residence in this neigh
borhood and succeeded in putting out
the flames after a hard fight. The fire
had creDt . to within
from a house when Butler discovered it.
earn basal. .560 -East Seventeenth
street,, told Patrolman J. .R; White yes
terday thafan attempt had been made
to burn his barn at, midnight Saturday.
Two boys saw a man running from the
building at that time' and then, notioed
that the burn waa htirnni, " Th fi,n..
had not obtained much headway and
iuey exungujsnea inem ana notified
SasaL He found , a can containing oil
near tha barn and mi nnarta an n.mv
of the attempted arson.
i wo men took , a room at the Phil
lips hotel. Fifth and Burnside streets,
Saturday nllrht nnd vhn tha mamiIa.
saw them hurry from the building early
yesterday morning ne necame suspi
cious and went to the room they occu
pied to investigate. , He found the bed
in flames, but with the assistance of
guests and employes of the hotel the
blaze was put out before the fire de
partment arrived.. , , .
Fire which started In the residence of
N. Alias, Tenth and Everett streets,
yesteidajf aXUrnioon omnicste(JTo
the Afro-American Methodist Episcopal
church next door. A strong wind was
blowing and both buildings were prac
ttcally dpstroyed. the fire dennrtmant
having difficulty in preventing the
flames , from spreading to adjoining
houses. The total loss was about J3S00.
The church carried Insurance of jiooo,
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BURNING lEDSl
Ofl LOT THREATEN
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Recreation Parku Sept. 6.The Angels
defeated the Beavers this morning in
a great hitting game by the score of
6 to 3. A triple play by the Angels was
the feature. .. " ' .
" Today's Uneupr""
Los Angeles Daley, ef; Bernard, rf;
Howard. Sb; Dillon, lb; Murphy, If; Hal
llnan, 8b; Delmas, ss; Smith, c; Tozer,
PortlandRyan, cf; Olson, ss; Happs,
lb; Casey, 2b; Sheehan, Sbj Speas, If;
Ort, rf; Fisher, c; Boice, p.
umplre-van; Haltren, .
, , rtrst Xnnlnf.
Los Angeles Daley grounded -out to
Rapps. Bernard tripled to right field.
Fisher grabbed "Howard's foul fly .off
the grandstand. Dill out, Casey" to
Rapps. No. runs, one hit
Portland Ryan beat out a 1 hit to
short. Olson sacrificed and safe on a
bad throw to Dillon by Smith. Rapps
sacrificed and Tozer made a bad throw
to' Ilallinam- Casey hit to Tozer? and
Ryan' was out at the plate, Tozer,. to
Smith and Casey out at first.- Smith
to Dillon. Olson out at third, Dillon to
Hallinan, completing a triple play. No
runs,' one hit. ,
AD GAME .
Second Inning.
Los Angeles Murphy out, Sheehan
to Rapps, ; Halllhan struck out Del
mas filed ' out to , Sheehan. No -' runs.
No hits. -
Portland Sheehan singled to. left
Speas sacrificed, Toser to Dillon.' Ort
out, Delmas to Dillon. Fisher fouled
out to Smith. No runs. One hi..
Third Inning'.
Los Angeles Smith alked and stole
second. Toaer struck out. Daley filed
out to Speas. .Bernard walked. -.Howard
singled to center field and Smith
scored from second. Howard , went' to
second - on - the play. ' - Dillon grounded
out to Rapps. One run. One hit .
Portland Bolce out, Tozer to Dillon.
Ryan out, Delmas to Rapps. Olson, filed
out to Daley. No runs. -No hits.
Fourth. Inning. ; ." v
Los Angelcs-i-Murphy singled -down
the third base line. Hallinan hit into
, (Continued on pase Thirteen.)
Millionaire Turfman Suffering
From Pneumonia at Lex-
ington, Ky.'
Lexington, Ky., Sept. -' B. Bulletins
early today from the bedside of James
R. Keene, millionaire turfman and stock
uionla, stated that he is not Improved
and that his condition is causing much
anxiety. , ;. ':. .; r, .. ;
Keene was stricken last evening at
the Phoenls hotel. He had come to, Lex
ington to jvLslt his stock farm at Castle
ton, neir 'here. He was removed imme
diately, to the Good Samaritan hospital.
Members of his famtlyare en route to
Lexington. ' v : .. v.. ',. -;
IS NOT MOVED
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Colonel Roosevelt and Governor Urooks-of Wyoming (npper). Colonel
; Roosevelt and General Smith, U. S. A., saluting the flag. ' Pictures
.y v taken durfng parade at Clieyenne, Wyo. . :.'.,
HOW I II. SAVED
OFFICIAL SCALP
OFF.
After Secretary :Ballinger ; In
duces Taft to Dismiss Direc
tor of Reclamation Service,
Roosevelt Pleads for. Him. ;
F.. H.. Newell, director. of tha TTnifi
States k reclamation ' service, .with the
army board of engineers, -i will be In
Oregon tomorrow. With the board he
Mfill , Inspect the Umatilla project in
..j cxtsicrn pan- or tne state and he
will send in a report of the inspection
to .Secretarv- ntrhnrd A rtin-
the interior department Mr. Newell
Is, accompanied by the board, on a tour
-1 mo. vJ"noa Diaces ror the. purpose
of ; inspectinr ami Tinpiin, k.
reclamation projects., - . i..,:..i-cv
; But according to a .statement made
yesterday by a special correspondent
for an ' eastern miner.- vdn' in
land on a. trip over the country gather-
lusr. u.itt on pouucai conditions for' his
paper." Director Newell would not now
be in the government orvlr. if it v.j
not been for the opportune arrival' of
Colonel Roosevelt from Africa,
The correspondent says , that fee 'has
learned from an unquestionably authori
tative source Ithat Secretary Ballinger
sought' to have Director Newell removed
from ,. office and , that i President 1 Taft
had.aa-reed tn dlamica h.
chief. Louis J. Hill, supervising engl-
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..uu, UJ. wo oaii nvor project in Ari
zona, was suddenly summoned f rom the
field on a hurry call to Washington
i njr- . 411, kid . summer. , .
. Demanded Investigation.
Mr. Walker-sava that i t
tention ; of . Ballinger to put Hill in
pac, aunough Hill , was not
aware.: and probably is not yet, of the
reason why he' wag sent for
To explain vhy ' Ballinger wanted
Newell removed . it In t1Arntinna
back to ;the ,Glavls. Investigation. It
will-; be-: remembered luat ' Newell was
a. witness , on i that oceeBion arid Jijat
JUtetlmiir was-atrytWng tut favor
able to BaHinger.
Ballinger all at once dlspla-ed an
unusual assldultv In iisivino. tnn
records of the reclamation servluej The
result of ; this ; activity whs that the
secretary found, to ..his own satisfde-
uun-ai ichsi. , max uia aununlstratlon
of Newell1 had bfen wasteful.. JJaJ
llnprer.'it is Bald"," charged the reolaina-
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ROOSEVELT JOINS
E LABOR
mm
Lays Cornerstone of Library of
' College and Makes Speech
.Openly Advocated for
President in 1912.
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Fargo, N. D., Sept. 6. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt was the principal feature of
today's Labor day , celebration here.
The city was crowded to the limit and
the people were, enthusiastic over tho
distinguished visitor. Fr the first
time In a fortnight the members of the
Rfiosevelt party slept in a hotel inste.ul
of a Pullman car. But their rest vas
not much improved.. Thousands of per- ,
sons surrounded the Waldorf hotel
Where the party was quartered, and
until long after midnight shouted
"Teddy" In the hope that the former
president might come out. and make a
Short speech. . When the colonel ap
peared on: the streets today the crowd
was still on hand, and wherever he went
to fill in tho various parts of the day
program he. was followed by 15.000
persons .who cheered heartily every ut
terance of the former chief executive.
. Xiaya Cornerstone.
Senators McCumber and I'urcell and
Congressmen Gronna and Manna wr
Roosevelt's special escort. The cnlonei
laid the cornerstone of the new library
of Hlllsboro oollege and later spoke at
Island park. ; ' :
. Hundreds of worklngmen were In th'i
crowd that listened to the spredi at
the park. Koosovelt and his party l.-v
tonight, for St Paut to attend thj Nh'
tional Conservation congress Ti a
Colonel , was ' 'accompanlnd today bv
Sjrlvarrus.and Joe Ferris, brothers, who
Were fellow-ranchmen with li-Mi-evr-'t
during his ranch, .life and who. a .uar.
ter.of a century ftgn. roda wliii l.im on
many, a roundup. : They cnlli'U at thn
hotel during the niornlng anij W'r r
ceived Jpyously and at mici nuxle a
part of the Roosevelt li.irtv
Roosevelt" for. the. niovi.ti in v in ni'
They .beueye -the tr!i t!.in
will convince the eoiu,i.- t:
larlty Is greater (h mi r-i
Will be forro.l to r .
there "I" a" "ropul-'r ' ,
become a cnrdiii.-u; f.u- t.,i,
fice In the1 luiul. 1
th -rnlnnrl "Tins t :: i. i .
refuses to ts.lk t a
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