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THE WEATHER TEMPERATURES TODAY Boston, 8 ft. m, , .63 Wtw xoxfc " nh, . .'.Ot Chartes'n . . . .60 Chicago. 7 . m, 60 Xan. C7 ..,.70 t. nL ,.M Portland, ft ft. m. .69 sou. , e attie, " . ,..ea Bun. rraa., , ...ea o,barr. ,,,.6 sTrshfUld. " ....89 Fair tonight and Friday a o rthweit- erly winds. ,'v X Spokane, " ... .a rortUnA hnmldity, S ft. la. . , 1 , VOL. XI. NO. 126.. PORTLAND,' OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, . 1912-TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OW TRAINS AND STANDS riVE 0EMT8. ATLANTA WOMAN ON TRIAL Tells Taft He's Nominee REVEAL PLOT TO L ill Ill MAY sis DERM GRACE PRESIDENT TAFT ' ICQ JSIIL KILL Steps Probably Will . Be at : . Once Taken to Raise Bonus . t)f 5 $225,000, Which Will " Assure Three Year Service. ALL. HANDICAPS THEN' - WOULD BE ELIMINATED Oriental Trade Commitee San guine That New Plan Will Be a Success. I ' 6eventy-flve thousand dollars' yearly subsidy, for ft period of three consecu Ulye years it Js believed by the special : J commutes i ; of the oriental trad oora- tnlttet of the Portland chamber or com taerceidll give Portland a permanent 'steamship line to the orient. Recom " tqendatlon tfo raise the J7U.000 Is made ", by the committee. -O. M Clrk. chairman of the oriental trade committee, this morning received -report from the -special committee, 1 . composed of a M. Mears, Theodore a. ;Wilcox and F, C. Knapp, president of . the chamber, appointed to investigate 'the possibilities of securing ft perma nent steamship line between Portland "and tha orient The report will Be dle " cussed at ft meeting to be held by the full oriental trade committee in a few, days, and the faot that the special com mittee has given the matt" its most ? careful attention, leads to the predic- tion that the report will be adopted and rthat steps will immediately bs taken to ; raise the suggested amount, $225,000, to - cover the subsidy for three years. '.. The report explains why the commit tee considers a bonus necessary and further sets forth that it is apparent 7 that -with Better dock facilities in Port land, deeper water to tne sea ana in creased railroad facilities, a paying and r-iiflptrtahtline can be built UP between ; Portland and the orient.. Report as Submitted. ' The report as addressed "to O. M. -Clark-follows:'--"- . - - . ... -vvyour-special. committee appointed to try nfl - Outline ft concrete proposition to WfeftHa.the chamber of commerce, ; with ft View of seftarlng the establish ment of a permanent steamship line for 'State Department May Deem Inonmritinn' NArpsnrv tn Check Outrages, ' ' tmlua Prem Wire.) Washington, Aug. 1. American con luls in Mexico were ordered by the state department today to thoroughly -investigate reports that two American "cftlsens verr hanged by Mexlcan-Tebels nn the state or sonora, Mexico, uinciais : of the department regard the Mexican situation as extremely grave, and it it ' is shown that the hanging was the carrying out of threats made by General Orosco nd General saiazar, 01 tne reuei forces to massacre American residents, the government" may- decide .to inter "Vene. .The expulsion of -u; Mormon colon ists by General Orozco. has aroused bit ter" feeling In Texas, Arisona and New Mexico." It is believed that Orozco deliberately planned to loot the-Mormon colonlel to re-flnance, provision and equip his army, but later deemed It In advisable to carry out this plan. - (Cnttntt ei Page Kiw.-"- HANfilNW RY MFYIP.AN f iiuiuinuu ui ii uHwiiM REBELS TO BE SUBJECT ' OF OFFICIAL INQUIRY El Paso. Texas Aug.' 1. Dispatches "v received here today say. that the Ameri i cans reported hanged by Mextcanrebels in gonora .have been Identified as 8. ! Schubert, formerly of Douglas, Ariz., and S- Hurtling. GHOSTS VISIT PARISH "Unseen Hands." Said to Play ; Pranks With Furniture and Frighten Housekeeper, i" ' (United Pirn Ind YVlre.l ' South Hanover, Mass., Aug. 1. -Ghosts have driven from the parish bouse of the Church of the Sacred i Heart, the Rev. Father Charles F. Dona hue and his household. . According to his own story, furniture has been dashed Iftbout and broken apparently without v plausible explanation. Unseen hands nave nppea oea cioines ana waved -.haroc'.-with Crockery and glassware. Father Donahue fays he will not at tempt to explain the "strange pherio'm ena." : u - v" 'T. rnnnnt account for It lif all". h Isftld. ' .'ar two weekr iTie strangest things have been going on In the hous, ;and my house keeper, Miss O'Connell, ( In. MiiP h... ft. fttata...shn . cannnt ramaln 'fp , the place.- :s 1 realise how it sounds, but It is true, nevertheless, that I have seen pieces Of furniture dashed to the floor and broken tilth no possible explana tion at htnd." . l HOUSE GIVING PASTOR CAUSE TO LEAVE HOI jn oil TV mv iA-1'- I; " Mi fl ' 't I ' i. 2 Mrs. Dalsr Ople Grac on trial at to kill her husband, Engene H. Grace, in their home March 5, last. The husband was dhot while he slept. Mrs. Grace was caught by the camera while reading an account in an Atlanta newspaper con earning her husband's condition. mm. Mt S BEN SELLING WILL SUPPORT TAFT Candidate for U, S, Senator Makes - Explicit Statement -asio His Stand, - V - In a letter-written by Ben Soiling, Re publican candidate- for United Stat senatorver-iouiinonth's-Tigor-whlcb has just come to light,. Is to be found his latest explicit statement as to his favorite candidate for president. This letter, written In response to a question from C. B. Baker, an old soldier at Lake side, becomes interesting- now. because of the cloud of silence that settled over the Republican candidate for senator al ter the Chicago xonreittlon. r-----Unless Mr. Selling has experienced radical change of heart, he is- for Taft Since -his refusal to Btate how he re garded the nomination of Taft, Just after the convention, Mr. Selling lias been out of the city and inaccessible to inter viewers. -The opinion of many of his friends that In view of the active part he took in the Taft campaign at the outset of the primary fight he would in evitably line up for Taft Is borne out by the letter to MivrBaicer. This letter, under date of March 25, reads as follows: .. . . "Answering your esteemed favOr of the 21st Inst I appreciate your frank ness very much and 'I must be equally honest with you and tell you that-1 an (Continued pn Page Six.) COLORADO SHERIFF IS . " DETERMINED TO 1 LI Posses Close in Behind "Billy" Sawtelle, '"Noted Outlaw of Western Ranges, (flrclnl to The Journal. 1 Craig, Colo., Aug. 1. After capturing Charles Fransen, one of the members of the "Hole-ln-the-wall" gang, who es caped from the city Jail Tuesday.Sheriff jonn xearora ana nis posse nave gotten fresh 'mounts and are spending the seo ond day in the saddle close behind "Billy" Sawtelle, acknowledged leader, of ine gang, ana a aozen mempers wno are aiding their leader and Andy Comstock to escape. Franzen was shot by a deputy sheriff yesterday as be rode out into the open the better to essay a hillock, and he gave himself up. He is not known as ft desperate criminal. ; A -reward, for the capture of Sawtelle, dead or alive, has been offered by Sher iff Ledford. Sawtelle, it is believed, will never be taken alive. He is regarded as one of the worst of His class of "bad men." For years he bullied the cattlemen and others of this section until many were afraid to come to town if it was known that he was here. He Is. quarrelsome and proud of his record os a killer. It was not until a few years ago that he joined the "Hole-in the-WalV gang. But trmnyof his former friends re side here and recently he came back. Sheriff, Jeonard was once , his best friend and he believed that the sheriff woujd mak no special effort to bring him to justice, He Wad been in the co"lmty but few days when Ledford mtntndeputles pouncH1 ipim btirrnnd brought Mm to the city Jail. It was then that the desperado realised that the sheriff was stronger on luty than (Continued on Page Two.) AND EADERS OF BAD GANG Atlanta, Ga., charged with attempting PRIMARY CONTROVERSY E U. S; SUPREME COURT Justices Vandev'anter and Pit ney Hear Story, of Contests --at -Chicago Convention,--1 irnltiKl Prim Lhi1 Wlr. New York, Aug. 1. The Kanshs elee toral eases,- involving the legality of fu ture action of presidential electors In states where the direct, primary pre vails, were taken up here today by Jus tices Vandevanter and Pitney of the United States supreme court. The pro ceedings resulted from the Kansas su preme court's decision that the names of eight- -Kansas - pwsldfcntifM. --electors-hould go on the official priwaj-y bal- lot in the Republican column, although It was announced the electors would not support Taft and Sherman. ' , As a result of the Kansas supreme court's deoleion tlio Taft lfader. ap plied for a writ of error. The case of the Taft peoplo is being- presented by Congressman Olmstead of PennsylvaH nia and Richard Hltn of Topeka. L. W. Keppllnger of Kansas City and F. S. Jackson of Topeka are the Roosevelt attorneys. Congressman Climate ad asserted the Kansas delegates went to Chicago de termined to support Colonel Roosevelt regardless of whether he was the Re publican nominee. Olm stead read a let- fer Indicating this was the attltudv of (Continued on Page Two.) .ii" FROM KANSAS BEFOR 1 tlNCOMa'TAj 1 V ' Attorney Outlines Plan of Combatting Murder Charge by SRowing Quarrel Qver Power of Attorney. -- HUSBAND TRANSFERRED PHILADELPHIA LAND Self-inflicted Wound May Have Followed Bitter Family Row. (United Prw Le.i.d Wire!) Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1. Attorney Branch In outlining the defense of his client, Mrs. Daisy Grace, accused of attempting to murder her husband charged today that Grace's wound was self inflicted following a quarrel with his wife. The quarrel, he declared, was over the power of attorney given to Grace by. his wife and which Grace expected to use in Philadelphia March 8, when -he. dis posed of his wife's property there. Th-defw- announced . that . 1 4 - wit nesses, Including two doctors and ft nurse, who are expected to testify that Mrs. Grace is soon to become a mother, would be called by the defense. Attorney Branch bitterly denounced the prosecution. He promised to Show that Grace did nothing for a livelihood and that his wife spent $20,000 In set ting him up In business. Branch fur ther asserted that Grace plotted to get his wife's money and treated her cruel ly. The defendant will testify tomorrow. VACCINATION INSTEAD )F DISHONORABLE ' ACCEPTED BY MARINE Sentence Imoosed on Joseoh : rlMsl KappsOicJentist May Bo Rescinded; nn(td rrm Leased Wlra.t Wafjhlngton, Aug. 1. After belpg sen- fenced to one year at nara labor and to be dishonorably discharged because he refused to submit to vaccination, Gunner's Mate Joseph J, Kapsa, a Chris tian Scientist, has changed his mind and will allow the navy surgeons to perform the operation. . .United States Senator Works of Cali fornia, advised Kapsa to submit In the hope of prevailing upon the navy offi cials to rescind his sentence. fJOWBOY "SHOOTS UP" W)ME OF FATHER-IN-LAW (Doited Pre. I.rtfi Wti.l Chicago, -Aug. L-sGrovet Qrlmsley, ft Montana oowboy, Is under arrest here for starting a revolver battle In the home of his father-in-law, Frank Berna sek, as a result of which his bride and his mother-in-law are in the hospital nursing bullet wounds. The fight, Is alleged to have started when Grlmsley suggested to Bernaeek Jhat he have his life insurance Increased to 2000. CA GOING THE LIMIT JVOW Z WAATT VERY HW SANZLGD JQZCr&jN' YQVVtS 6CT Stf THE OfOP fO THIS GAL. District Attorney Whitman Ex pects to Get Story of Gam bier Murders From Man .Who Paid Money for Job. "DAGO FRANK" ALSO READY TO CONFESS Occupant of Murder Automo bile Would Trade Information-for His Life. (t'nltfd Prrat I.d Wire.) New York, Aug. 1, Bargaining only that his -life be spared, "Dago Frank'1 Ciroflcl, one of the assassins of Gam bler Herman Rosenthal, the first man killed In the pollo-gambHng-murder scanaai, weatcenea today aner eye vrn nesses to the murder had identified him as one of the occupants of the gray automobile in which the slayers escsped after the crime, and notified District Attorney Whitman that h will make a full confession. Clroflct 'declares that rtherWhltey" Lewis of "Lefty Louie" did the' actual shooting of Rosenthal. He Is expected to tell sufficient of the facts at once to substantiate the story told by Harry Vallon,' "Brldgle" Webber and "Ball Jack" Rose who declare that, through Ben Schepps, Police Lieutenant Charles Becker paid the gangsters to kill. Important developments as to Beck er's share In the murder plot were foreshadowed today In the fact that John Hart, Becker's attorney, wns sub penaed forthwith before the grand Jury. Hart was before the grand Jury only two minutes. When he emerged Whit man told Judge Mulqueen that Hart had refused to answer his questions. Hart alleged .Whitman had assailed his private character. Whitman said: "I am Informed that (Continued-on Page Two.) - - Ultr4 Pre. UtSed WlrO Mftcon, Ga., Aug. 1. Thousands of signatures have been added today to a petition asking congress to Investigate the charges made against United States Judge Emery Specrrof thesouthcrn dls trlct of Georgia, by former Mayor Huff, of Macon. Huff charges that 8 peer la using his Judicial position for personal and financial gain. Huff, who was arrested by order of Judge Speer, on contempt charges, fol lowing a letter sent to the Jurist bitterly crttictring-iils record on the bench, was admitted to bail today . by Judge Speer. The court also announced that another federal judge would hear the contempt charge against Huff. The sympathy of Macon residents Is with Huff, hundreds of cltlxcns seren ading his home here last night. ' ' " SUFFRAGETTES RUSH ON ISAAC'S GUARD Reading, Eng. Aug. 1. Attorney Gen eral Isaacs today had a taste of suf fragette methods when, under guard, he attended the dedication of a new police building here. Suffragettes rushed the guard and tried to' attack Isaacs who barely,, escaped being manhandled. PETITION CONGRE TO TRY JUDGE SPEER if ,a I EI inn Root, United States senator front New York, chairman of Re publican national convention. Mother of Bride Not Taken Into Couple's Confidence;. Wit ness Secured by Luck, (Sprclnl to Tb. Journal.) Vancouver. Wash., Aug. 1. It was lust two minutes before closing time at the county auditor's office last night when Dr. Frederick R. Hunter of Port land rushed In, accompanied by Dr. C. C. -Wilcox of Vancouver and secured a license to wed Miss Gertrude Truman, The couple appeared at the license counter at 4:30 o'clock and were told they must have a witness. After a hasty consultation they could think of no one they knew here,- and suggested to Auditor Marshall that they call ij some one at Portland on the telephone taidCTttfr.them, bu t thta- wsa contrary to rulesT Mr, Marshall informed them. They then hurried - from the court house, presumably having thought of Dr. 'Wilcox, who was a former Portland physician, and at two minutes to S o'clock -dashed -down- Eleventh stret-lu their big touring car at record speed and reached the counter Just as the books were being deposited In tha vaults. . Neither Dr. Frederick R. Hunter nor Mlsg Gertrude Truman could be located today. Mrs. J, H. Truman, mother of the bride, of Greenwood avenue near Schiller, did not, know whether her daughter was married or not, and said she did not know where the couple could be found today. When told that her daughter and Dr. Hunter had secured a marriage license in Vancouver yestecr day, Mrs. JTruman did not seem very much surprised. ' ' "I had been expecting, this for some time," she said. "Both are of age and I suppose it Is their business If they wanted to get married. I do not know where they are today." Dr. Hunter finished his medical course at the Ujilversity of Oregon medical de-. partment. last term" He formerly re sided at 74 LoveJojr street. Mr. Tru man Is one of the bridge tenders on (he, Burnsids street . bridge. PORTLAND DOCTOR AND HASTE AT VANCOUVER United States Senator Elihu' Root Spokesman : for Com-, mittee Named by Republi1 . , can National .Convention. PRESIDENT SOUNDS ? ; -KEYNOTE OF CAMPAIGN Speech of Acceptance Lauds1 Party and Gives Rbosevelt Caustic Mention. ' ' : a. .i (Cnlttd Prra Leased Wire.) .- t Washington, Aug. 1. In a brief and :. clear-cut speech by Senator Ellhu Root ' of New York, President Taft waa for mally notified today that he had re ceived the Republican nomination for" the presidency at tha recent national convention in Chicago; Today's ceremony was held in the -east room of the White House. Presi dent Taft originally intended to speak from the south portico of the White House, bu changed the plan on account of the possibility of 'Inclement weather. zeroises in Ball Boom. , ,.' The notification committee waa com posed of one representative for each state. At 11 o'clock the j?artym8rche(lJ from the executive offices to the ball room, where they were met by President, and Mrs. Taft. Charles Taft, the presL dent's son, was the only other member : of the family present. Just before the ceremonies began, President Taft -and -Senator Root were photographed to- ; gether. More than 1000 guests were grouped : , Informally about the east room.--.J"ol- lowing the ceremony a reception and buffet luncheon was held. Root laid particular stress, on the claim that Taft's tltlo to the nomination ' was as "clear and' unimpeachable as the title of any candidate of.any party since political conventions began." Referring to the Roosevelt boIVTROot " said: t Boot on the Bolt. .... if i "For the second time in the history of the Republican party, part of the " delegates refused to be bound by the action of the oonventlon. The reason assigned for this course is dissatlsfae- -tlon with the decision of&irtftin con-J tests in .making up the temporary roll f the- eonventlon. Those contests -were' decided by that tribunal upon which the ' law that has governed" the Republican party for mare than AO years. Imposed, the duty of deciding such contests. . "So long as those decisions were made ' honestly and li-goodfalth.-ftill peranos are bound to accept them as conclusive in making up a temporary roll of the, t convention. Neither in the facta nor in the arguments produced before the na- f tlonal committee, the committee on ere- dentlals, the convention Itself, nor other- wise does there appear just ground for Impeaching the honesty and good faith - of ... tha committee', decision, ,u Prlnolples Xnst Control. "Tou believe in a rule of law ratKer than a rule of men, and sealize that (Continued on Page Sixteen.) . 3 AT (VERS A DIATRIBE ;t B Statrtar'AsgoctatioTrtiets Rebuke for Lending Itself to Portfand lawyer! v- (Cnlf-d Prew t.wfl Wire. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 1. -Angerel by the address of President W. T. Dovell, who decried popular government, and by the diatribe against the initiative and referendum by W. C. Bristol of Portland, progressive lawyers last ven Ing at the annual convention of the Washington State Bar association, started the fireworks wlttt caustio re bukes. " ..., Attorney Bristol said: "Thera are 92,000,00 of the drattest fools that ever Inhabited the face of the earth," -when speaking of those favoring .the- Initia tive and referendum. " " - -- "This State Bar. association ought"' sot to select speakers who oppose these principles of rule by the peoplev It ought not to lend Itself to those who now, oppose all principles of progress," replied Fred C. Robertson. , , Seattle, Wash., Aug. L Declaring that the present State Bar. association Is controlled by atandpat corporation lawyers, progressive attorneys here to day are -planning to- organise an inde pendent state association"., The speeches made by corporation lawyer's .yesterday at the Tacoma meeting denouncing th -trend towards popular-government, and -the indorsement of ex-Judge llanford " by the association, jpame as the climax which wm naeiy cnuse. .majority ot the attorneys of the state. to form the new .organisation. - t ' jrnlte-t Press Lttwd Wlm.l ; v New York, Aug. I. The stork I t. pected to visit the home here of Mi. Madeline Force-Astor, winow or -inmei Toh!TJrirfwrrwtic- went1 nown-w Titanic, before the end of the Two physicians and three nHf-."", ' in attendance, By the terms t A ' will, the child wt;iM-I,',,'ll ' " ' BRISTOL TACOMA DE AI POPULAR RUL ASTOR MILLIONS FOR HEIR SOONTOARRIV A -rwrt -t SV -