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THE TEMPERATURES TODAY WEATHER Rain tonight and Sunday; eo u t h e r 1 y winds. , Boston, a a. ta.. .EG PortHnO. 8 . m..8 New York . .63 Boiae " ..M Washington " ..68 Seattle . " ,.M Charleston - ,.83 Bn rren. ..64 Ciioago, 7 fc-JH7 RoMljur " ..60 K CltT " . .g3; Mrhfl1el An St. Paul . Ad! CtrvnVana U ' .A Portland humidity, 5 a. m., ......... ,82 PORTLAND, . OREGON, SATURDAY . EVENING, AUGUST " 3i; " 1912TWO SECTIONS 18" PAGES."; " " '" PRICE TWO "CENTS VOU XI.-NO. 152. OS TS AISS AlTD ntwt STASIS mi CI IS. Feels Young at 70 . Mm CITY IS 'CAPTURED1 Missionaries of "United Pa cific' Coast," Their Sgfrits 7 UndampenecS by Rain, Are Given-Warm Greeting. GUESTS SHOWN BEAUTY " OF CJTY FROM HEIGHTS Public Reception Given to the Visitors" in ; Commercial '-- Club Rooms. Coming out-of -a morning of gloomy "" gray to city; where the sun suddenly hone a welcome, the Flying Legion of Ban Francisco descended upon Portland : thle morning, the missionaries of a . - "United Pacific coast." the prophets of a world's trade revolution through t ie completion of the Panama canal which the Panama-Pacific Universal exposl- V tlon celebrates. Early as was the hour the. Call fornlans tumbled out of sleepers and dining cars only to find the complete " corps of the white uniformed Portland " Royal Rosariana drawn up outside with 4 salute for greeting: as hearty as the ' respo'nse given by the Flying Legion. Members of the excursion did not come direct from San Francisco. ' They cam from the north. They have been preaehlng' "unity doctrine" In VI c torla and Vancouver, in Seattle and Ta coma, r.nd, conccrninR their visit to Portland today, they wild: - . "V'i have been saving the best until thelast." y5'rom the time of thnlr arrival too Ybgrain was action, spefled with a hlg i7"A. Cars were-lined up Just outside ''the union , depot and they carried t ho Flying Legion to the heights Whew tney could look out over the city, the For- estry building where they marveled nt he magnificent bigness of th Oregon logs that compose the historic struc ture! then over the streets of "the city, going to the east side by way of Haw thorne bridge and giving the visitors opportunity to see the handsome homes, (Continued on Page Ten.) A FUTURE FOR S1EAMER T Trade in Wheat and Flour Alone Inducement, Says Yokohama Consul General, Thomas Sair.mons, consuf-general for the United States at Yokohama, Japan, was In Portland yesterday on a tour of the states. He left for San Francisco last night. Mr. Sammons Is on a leave Of alsence, but Is making the trip at the request of a number of commercial or ganisations of Jnpan to investigate pos sibilities for trade development between Japan and the states. Yesterday Mr. Sammons called on the rortland Chamber of Commerce and prominent exporters of wheat and' lum ber. Mr. Sammons stated that last year -tb trade showed a tremendous Increase and therefore he regards the proposed establishment tf a steamship line be- ;tween Portland and the orient as a mat ter of the greatest Importance He be lieves the citizens of Portland should take the Initiative as the lines In opera tion between the orient and other Pacific coast ports ar enjoying a good business and therefore cannot logically be ex pected to Inaugurate competition against themselves. The Japanese lines plying between Japan and Seattle and San Fran cisco he reports well employed. Mr. gammons before entering the con sular service was a newspaper man of Tacoma and Seattle. He served as con-'aul-general In Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese war. (Snrliil to The Jonmnl.1 PROPHESIES GREAT SERVICE WITH SCULPTOR POTTER'S COMPANION MOT Seattle, Wnah., Aug, 31. The peculiar W AAflth fti l.nilta Pnttor nntnA Fnnl.,tA., at a local hotel following treatment by a Chinese physician, who the police are aeeklng, has brought to light a strange romance. The woman accompanying the famous artist, registering as 'his wife. Is not legally married to him, ac cording to admissions she made to Cor oner Synder. While she refuses to disclose her identity, the - facta reveal a romance born in the earlv life of the two nrln. cipals. A student camaradte later de veloped Into closer relation and when Potter went to Alaska to study the In dians, she accompanied him and has - slnoe remained with him. The disclosure came wjth a telegram from the sculptor's brother. H. M. Pot- , tr of Chatham, N", Y saying Louis waa posItUely. not married, whereupon the woman admitted Its truth, although previously claiming they were married . three years ago last February. She la about 48 years old, of medium height and of slender hulld. She gives very impression of high Intellectuality. They registered as Mr. and Mrs: L 1 1 1 1 rsreyew-a tux. "I Intend to remain here until the Chinaman has been placed In Jail and the cloud surrounding Mr.'Potter'a death n cleared.'V aha told tha coroner. i UPa ARREST, ftl&TEDDY. . ROO-tt If- lT 1 rTYiT - zx r rvrmrvM i T ; MRfKJfii mm.. . v- nMmmss- ,vm' www,.. L- , ..J : H tHFrAOUSlLVULUElJ V THERE 5 WHAT jOmmi I S ( liwniRlUNOOM HIM I 5. I iWHSflN'?: MMPnlRN- nF PJUHl WINS Ifflffl - HRRS flF F.W flF IMLUUH V UitillllUUII lU 1111.11111 IIIMV LV III Illi-lllW VI UUIMIU VI iiiiinpisn aii e ii hi i-i ir-t it-x -r ri mi Arnnnr r a nurnn Tft nflAnlnl'l llv nnflv I Ml 111 RflfllM LILKI I V A I LI I MM. I'LIIUI'L "TJIUV I WSJ MBJ BJ W MBJ SSBB SBBiBSSff V V I W W - - - - " w - I i in jhj nniiTniniiTiniiol rriii rnnn nnronrn iiirh! nniiT nmrrnvr mrn nu i ii i i in ii uiu ii i iiiMV iw ii rviiiii uukk u nun m u iniimi iiwki air a i uBBiaBiaaaaaiMi a v a a a r ni vmi a a a i a i a a a a a aa a a u a a i i U UTUU UU U U I? UL UllLI I HLUuLU I Hill U UU n LU UIL - I U. S, Steel Corporation Said to Have -Sent $10,000 to Aid National Committee, (United l'rss I.eued Wlr.) New York. Aug. 31. That managers of Governor Woodrow Wilson's cam paign for the presidency hope to show that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's cam paign In 1904 was financed almost ex clusively 1 y "big business" was ad mitted here today at Democratic na tional headquarters. When the senate committee on privl-legea-.resume's Its inquiry at Washing ton, October 1, into campaign contri butions" Chairman Moses E. Olapp will be asked to Inquire Into a contribution of J10.000 which the United States Steel Corporation Is alleged to have made to Treasurer Cornelius N. Bliss of the Re publican national committee In 1S04. Governor Wilson's managers profess to Jiave excerpts from the minutes of a meeting of the steel trust directors, when the payment of the money to Roosevelt's campaign fund was author ized, and this alleged evidence will be C Iven for investigation by the com mittee. SON OF DEVELOPMENT LI (Special to Tbt Journal.) South Rend, Wash., Aug. SI. Charles Rose, a 15-year-old Tenlno boy, fell off the Tenlno special at Rock creek bridge this morning and was Instantly killed. The boy had opened the vestibule door and was leaning out when the rail struck him und knocked him off. He was the son of H. It. Rose, proprietor of the Tenlno steam laundry. Two brothers, Henry ami Hubert, and a sister, Mary, were on the train. The Tenino delegation left for Tokeland at 11:20, but the spirit was gone and none of the anticipated stunts was pulled off. KILLED IN N. P. SMASH Seattle, Wasji., Aug. Jl, W. B. Stov er, engineer, and E. R. Glud, fireman, of Seattle, and L. P. Kurtz, engineer of Tacoma, were killed late last night when eastbound Northern Pacific pas senger No. 6, and a double header extra freight crashed head-on two miles west of Hot Springs. Th.e passenger had orders to meet tho freight at Maywood, hut ran by. The freight was coming down the mountain afr'buk'-VlMA"uwt't,inPM engines were completely wrecked, 10 freight cars ditched and a boggage car on the passenger train wrecked. ... No pMsengera w . EAGUE VISITOR im Driver Captures Trophy Con test and the Automobile Free-for-AII. (Tutted Pr LeaMd Wire.) Elsin, 111., Aug. 31. In one of the hardest fought events in the history of automobile '""""racing,'"' Ralph Pe Talma, driving a Mercedes car, won the free for all event in the Elgin road races heie today. Da Palma also won the Elg!n trophy race. In the free lor all race, De Palma covered the 305 miles in 263 minutes and uG seconds, an average of 70 miles an hour. Until the start of the last lap the race belonged to Bergdoll, driving a Benz car. Bergdoll was forced out of the lead In the last lap by tire trouble. In the Elgin trophy race, 254 miles, De Palma's lime waa 223 minutes and 20 seconds. Mulford was second. The Elgin trophy race was for a dis tance of 254 miles and the free-for-all race for a distunce of 305 miles. The two races were run simultaneously, entries In the longer event continuing after the finish of the shorter One. Tezlaff Forced Out. Teddy Tezlaff, the Los Angeles driver, was forced to withdraw from the free-for-all owing to his car not being equipped with tires under contract ubs. He was replaced by Hearn. Drivers Bruce-Brown, Hastings, Trus sell and Whalen were scratched. Mul ford was the first starter. In the Elgin trophy race the prize of $1500 was split 11000 to the winner. $300 to second place and $200 to third. In the free-for-all a prize of $230t was divided $1750 to the winner, $500 to second placo and $250 to third. Hearn blistered his hands after mak ing three laps in the free-for-all race andi was forced to withdraw. Clark, driving a Mercedes car, left the track and plunged into the section of tho field in which the spectators' machine's were parked.No one was Injured, but Clark was compelled to withdraw from the race. De Palma Is in XaL De Palmd, Bergdoll and Mulford were leading at this stage of the free-for-all. All the drivers had lowered the one lap record, Bergdoll's time being the best, 6:40 for eight miles. Bergdoll dashed Into the lead during the eleventh lap. Bergdoll's new .record for the eight and a quartet1 mile course was C:15. The (Continued on Page Three.) Gamut of Harves Injuries Run by Hap Davis (S;ieell to The Journal.) Walla Walla, Wash'., Aug. 31. "Hap" Davis, a harvest hand, who worked this season west of the city. Is In the city after finishing the season with a thresh er; and Is telling tho most unusual story of the year. He Is a transient harvest hand and leaves tomorrow for Coifaa - 4o -finish -worlt -in (he -Palous country. "Hap" started sewing sacks, but got tha wrong end of the needle in his hand and bad to go to forking. A fractious , , Children of Pioneer Portlander Want Courts to Divide Prop erty on Agreement Basis, . Further litigation growing mt of the old George T. Myers' will case, in which Myara'-children, Mjs Xiaurgi.t Jianiift Stevens and George Tobias Myers Jr., fought for share and share alike of the estate, with the victory finally go ing to the son, has been opened by the filing In tho circuit court of a new suit by Mrs. Stevens, against her brother. Emmons & Webster, attorneys for Mrs. Stevens, base the setiori upon the assumption that tho elder Myers, after making a correlative will with his wife, awarding their property to each other and each to the two children equally, had no right, after his wife's death to take her property, and then to make another will giving the bulk of the estate to the boy. In the suit filed yes terday Mrs. Stevens asks for sn equal division of the Myers property, as set forth In the original will. The estate involved in the Miit Is estimated to be worth at least $7.Vi.O00 and Includes considerable Portland real estate on well as a salmon cannery In Alaska. Litigation of Long Standing. The Myers Will cne has been In tho courts since soon after the death of Myers, July 12, 1!07. The will was first attacked on the ground that tho father was prejudiced against his daughter, to whom he willed $20,000, leaving the balance of the s tnte to the son. The county court, Judge L. R. Webster then presiding, held in favor of the daughter on the ground of the mental incompetency of Myers. ' Tho circuit court sustained the county court, but the supreme court re versed the case. It Is set foitta in the suit filed yester day by the daughter that her father nn I mother agreed to make wills, each leav ing the other his or her property. Them wills were made February 11, 18S6. Berth provided that In case the other die I, the pioperty should be equally dlvnleu between the two children. Both parent), held property In their own names. The mother died January 12, 130'.', her prop erty going to tho father l:i line with the agreement and the wills. Will Was Destroyed. The copiplalnt filed yesterday sets forth that soon after the mother's death, the father of tlio two litigants (Continued on Page Five.) team Jerk.d the fork Into his foot, ar,d he was laid up two .weeks. On the ho down, in threshing barley, a fork-r dumped a load In his face, and a hurley beard may cost him tre sght of ono eye. He then went to flrlnst the straw burning engine, and when the glass in the water gauge Htuv out, he waa bad ly scalded. He then,, as a Inst resort, took- er-neteiwHi 4o en -the-wwrn-ran away with him, dislocating his arm. He has Just about recovered from this last injury and hopes to.llalsh the season oihil i mo urn lEnoti tint!! 1400 Head, of Money-Makers Will Fill Livestock Pens 900 Chickens, Pride of . Many Fanciers, Promised.; SIX COUNTIES COMPETE FOR SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE Children's Industrial Exhibit to -Bring Jam of Products From All State. (Sdlfm BureaD of The Journal. Snlem, Or.. Aug. 31. When the gatea ef the Fifty-first Annual State Fair I .Hrin at c nVlnr.lr Mntiilnv rrinrn- r 1 1 J i t ' " ii ' . n v f " j lng, it Is expected every exhibit and every piece of decoration will be In place. Secretary Frank Meredith and his corps of assistants are- doing every thlne nossible to have all arrangements completed for the opening h.iur. Work men will remain on the Job all day to morrow and, if necessary, late tomor row night. No exhibition space Is left un taken. and with the several new featurea for which extra space has been provided and which have never been seen at the state fair before, it eeems the fair Is going to reach Its highest mark this year. As In the past there will be a won- rfnllv ftnA showlne of fat. sleek. money-making cattle, and horses, and hogs, and sheep, and vegetables, ana fruit, the like of which will be a sur prise to strangers within tho state and source of great pride to Oregoniana. 1400 Animals In the Pens. til ,- thom will be about 1400 linn ' , head of stock In the livestock section. There will be 60 more head of blooded cattle than have ever been shown at fair. More than 900 chickens will be there to illustrate the possibilities In raising fine poultry in this stute. And for the first time an exhibit of China pheasants will be shown. Six counties will contest for the sweepstake prize for county exhibits. For the last three years Benton county has been pocKeling me prize wun regularity that seems to have stirred ,,r, .nm. nt th other counties consider ably and they are here With excellent showings. The five, besides uenton, are Multnomah. Clackamas, Columbia, Washington and Marlon. Children's Contest Big Affair. Much interest attaches to the chil- Iren's Industrial exhibits. They will oc cupy space beneath tno grandstand. When three-fifths of all the school chll- Jren In the state have engaged in the (Continued on Page Ton.) BE HELD TO DISCUSS L Gov, West and Pastors of the Leading Portland Churches to Speak at Tabernacle. For the purpose of arousing the church, religious and moral forces of the city to the support of Governor West in his campalRii for law enforce ment in this city nnd throughout the state an well, a great mass meeting has been arranged for next Wednesday night In the Gipsy Smith tabernacle. Eigh teenth ar.d Taylor streets. The meet ing will be called nt R o'clock. Every good citizen of Portland is Invited and ui'Kcd to be present. Governor West, Dr. Henry Russell Talbot, pastor of the St. David's Epis copal church, nnd a member of the vice commission which recently submitted a startling report cf the Immoral condi tion of tho city, and Dr. Luther R. Dy ott, pastor of the First Congregational church, will speak. Others are to be Invited io address the meeting, but these are the only ones who have defi nitely accepted. Dr. .1. h'.tcomh Broueher, of Temple! Baptist church, Los Angeles, and for merly of the White Temple here, was Invit. d to speak, but was compelled to il'!im us bin appointments necessitate his departure from Portland next Tues ila v. Uu was enthusiastic over the meeting, bo'.vever, and declared that nothing would delight htm more were it p, ssible for him to remain. Should the weather remain cold and damp the auditorium will be heated that it may be comfortable. 1 he tabernacle is capable of seatirg' nearly 10,000 peo ple. The meeting will be absolutely free to all. "We n'nnt all decent people of port land to attend and give their moral and active support to this movement for Inw enforcement In Portland." declared II. YV. Stone, general secretary of the Y. M C. A., who Is one of the men making arrangements for the great meet i nr. "Everybody should attend who wishes to see the city cleansed." ROYAL MAIL ORDERS 4 PANAMA STEAMERS (rntteij Pre, linnet Wtr.t Vancouver. B. ('., Aug. 31. Within the last few days four larse steamers have been ordered by the Royal Mall Steani Packet company and the vessels wll bft4 -for- the- propod rvieof he company and the United Kingdom via tha Panama canal. Each resael will' be 650 feet In length and will ba strict ly. modern throughogt. , MASS MEETING WILL I'll CONDITIONS ' 1 ' i1' ' A ' tijj ULM..,.. l&s' Prf sitlcnt George F. Baer of Reading road, v.lio declines to retire. Pottsvllle, Pa., Aug. 31. Because he still feels young, although he will cel ebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth September 26, President George Baer, of tho Reading railroad, and erstwhile fighter of any and all railroad or coal mine strikes within his Jurisdiction, an nounces he will not resign on his birth day. Baer says he will not think of re tiring as long as he feels aa good aa he does at the present time. T uvtl and uimmarrrosecu tions of Future Violations; Letters Sent Out, In furtherance of his fight against "blind pigs" and other resorts where liquor Is sold In violation of law, Gov ernor West today, In an open letter ad dressed to all liquor Interests of the state, gave notification that sale of liquors in such places must cease forth with. If the order Is nbt obeyed, he says, civil and criminal proceedings will be Instituted against them. In another open letter, Issued at the same time. Governor West orders the express and (Continued on Page Five.) F S IS Eleven Men Contribute to Aid in Electing People's Candi date for President. Contributions to the Wilson Fund. Previously acknowledged $U59.75 H. C. Huntington, Portland 5.00 Andrew A Hall. Portland, 6.00 Friend Of good government, Port land 100 Another, Portland 1.00 Harrison H. Duff. Portland 1.00 J T. Cox, Glenwood. Or 1.25 H. H. Steidl, Portland 1.00 Peter Wilson. Oregon City, Or... 1.00 C. M Benham. Harbor, Or 2.00 J B Wallace. Halsey. Or 1.00 J. W. Thompson, Halsey, Or... 1.00 . Total $980.00 The Journal fund enables any Individ ual to become an active, participating partner in the campaign for the elec tion of Governor Wilson. The privilege Is not reserved for a few. Tho Job must be performed by a great number,, work-, lng for a common purpose, and eech giving from his means in proportion to his interest in the cause. There is no Intervening committee. There is no machinery to shave off com missions or demand salaries. There is no delay In getting the monev to the nolnt where it will do the most Rood. It is a direct offering, that goes direct ly Into action, and will be used only for the legitimate expenses of the fiht. Contributions from 11 persons re ported today, with a total of $20.25. shows tle popular character of the fund Tho Journal is turning in. This Is an average of $2 each, practically, $1 being the most popular amount. One giver explained he has not been naturalized as ft citizen, but he Is interested -ill promoting good government by the elec tion of Wilson. Remember to Include your full name and' address with each subscription, even though you do not w-ant your name published. A coupon will be found on the first page each day to be sent with the money. OV IS DECLARES WA Li PIGS RAILROADS WARNED JOURNAL'S CAMPAIGN UND WILSON A E IN Woodrow Wilson Campakjn Fund . - TO THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL: , Herewith I inclose for the Woodrow Wilson cam paign fund. . .. : v V-; ;; : V A(i ,., (name) ..... ;i;.;i..;",;jv;f;l;..i... , (ADnRESsy?;-; .; .... . Kail this coupon, with your contribution enclosed, to The Jonmal. V"1 ion Campaign Fund, fortland. Or, Checks should ha made payable to Journal. , ' - , s , . mmmmt- fflLIBFL- Each Side Wins and Loses a Pint in Legal Tangle Be-'r tween Governor West and -District Attorney. r -JL ESTERLY P R0SEWT0R IN ALL IMMORAL CASES Litigants Take Advice of Judge McGinn and Shake Hands Over Result. Ten minutes of legal decision and five minutes of old-fashioned advlce-Judge -Henry E. McGinn, in the circuit court this morning, smoothed out the tangle of legaf complications in Governor West s "clean up" crusade in Portland, and put It on a sound footing.' . Judge McGinn declared George Cameron to be district attorney, and v called the governor's attempt to remove him a sample of "Deadwood law," and put out H. M. Esterty. the governor'a . appointee of the office. Then before his words on the flrat point were cold. he named Esterly a special prosecutor for the state, with full power to appear before the grand Jury and take Juris diction over all vice cases that coma up.- In the course of the crusade. Besides that, Mr. Esterly, aa his pow-, ers were defined by Judge McGinn, la' to have the power to bring before the grand Jury charges against any officer derelict In his duty, and will have full authority to appoint as many dtputlt to assist him as ha needs, . Thsy Snake Bands. And then after he had cleared up all this. Judge McGinn told Mr. Cameron and Governor West, who were both In court, that they had better go outside and shake hands. They did not wait for that. As the court finished his remarks, the Governor walked up to the district attorney and grabbed his hand. Mr. (Continued on Page Three.) L Report of Vice Commission Is Sent to Robt. Stevens as1 Reminder of Official's Duty. That Sheriff Robert I Stevens la likely to be the next objective of Gov ernor West's attack in his "clean up" campaign In Portland and Multnomah,, is Indicated by two letters which the governor sent out this morning. One letter was to County Clerk Fields. It read: "Will you please furnish ma with a copy of tho certified bond .of the sheriff of Multnomah county." Whether the significance of thie re quest had to do with his Intention to carry the fight to the sheriff by possible, action to forfeit his bond, the governor! wouldn't say. But he straightway dic tated another letter, this time to tha sheriff himself. It read: "For your Informatlon and fujdance I am enclosing herewith a copy of Ih second report of the Portland Vice com mission . to the mayor and . council jjf the city of Portland. Hint la Given. ' "This report contains much lnforma-, tlon which will be of value to of flcera ' who wish to enforce the laws of thla state." Then the governor had something to Eav verbally. "This ought to be a happy day for those who believe in decency and law enforcement," he declared. "Judge Mc Ginns decision this -morning gave ma everything I wanted. I consider the fight won already now. All I aet out to do when I camo here was to aecure an honest and efficient man aa apeclal prosecuting attorney to prosecute vlca (Continued on Pag Three.) w An order to the district attorney of Douglas county, directing him to take action against the Roseburg Brewery St Ice company to forfeit its charter aa K -corporation from the atate, waa forward-: ed this morning by Governor West in connection with the opening of his cam- " palgn against "blind plga" and Illegal liquor sellers. The governor said that ha had evi dence that the brewery, which operetta " In a dry county, has been manufacturing real beer Instead of near-beer. ' ) ' SPOT IGHT IS TURNED SHERIFF BY 1ST CRUSADE VICE OULD HAVE CHARTER OF BREWERY FORFEITED