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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, EVENING. JULY ' 15, 191S TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ffiJ&APcBS OF IS: . , ) f jr yt y t ' . t t 4 f .kW UNITED STATES SENATE LOBBY "IN VESTIG ATI NGCOMMifTEE SITTING IN ,WASH I NGTQN 1 n, ! ' I. I. . . i, i , i ,. , - . , - ' . ,.' .,, ,. , . ... , - jr- ..- -,.-r,.. ,- y ... f,..-l -V..-. CONGRESS PASS FOUIJDMSMIlfl MIM1I AC :$15,522L0STFEES .vol. xiij t no.;uo. , nOTH HOUSES UM Ml JOI'COFFEYIT RESPONSIBLE FOR IS PROBAB yn Senate and HouseUnanimous 1y Pass Newlands, Amend ti ment to Erdman Acuor roe f diation, . PRESIDENT .WILL SJGN ; AMENDMENT. AT'ONCE Wilson Has Two Names Ready " to Place on "Arbitration ' . Board This Afternoon. 1 (United Tieit Leased Wire.) Washington. July 15. By unahi mous vote the house thin afternoon 1 adopted the ' Newlands amendment , to the Erdman act. - It undoubtedly' frill b& Signed by': President Wilson 'before night. , ' ' The senate ' unanimously concurred ' thin afternoon in tho Nwlands amend i O 'ment as! 11 passed jth house. The , amendment JnoW goea,jtzthe J resident ' for Ms Ignattrewr.rS'-'.., -r : ' ;' , All danger of strike of upwards of 80,000 eastern; railroad trainmen ana " conductors was averted. - by the ac tion of congress. Announcement of the personnel of the new federal mediation commission au : thorised by the Newlands amendment ' (o select two of the six arbitrators In the dispute Is expected late this after - noon. It 1h understood' that the presi dent submitted to the cabinet this morn Ing the names of those lie expects to . appoint. ' ' p To Mediate All Disputes. ". The Newlands amendment to: the Erd "tnan arbitration act. provides for the mediation of all disputes affecting thj waxes, hours and conditions of employ ment of common carriers. Under it a board of mediation and conciliation Is created, consisting of commissioner, an assistant commissioner and not more than two other government officials, to bti designated by the president, whose - office In mediation may be invoked Dy one nartv to a dispute. , ... Controversies which cannot be decided by tho mediation board may be referred ' to an. arbitration board of either: three or six members. If .4 hoard of three members Is decided 4pon, one of theso . m(.mheKia 4ta . represent the employers ftn the emoloves. and these two Shall clec the thUd insmber ; lf t ooadojr T lx, members Is'Sstectea, c stq pa " have two members tbeseTotir choose " to agfree in writing to aWde by ihe de j, tlaion of, the arDurators.iwnose aecinton " is w he mMt JydfirrtBfj ttdetat ' courts. -yr .'-'Jc v:? ; 1; ' V Tho arbitrators selected w setue any dlsDute are to receWo? compensation ; fixed by the permanent mediation: board. An annual appropriation of 125,000 Is made to defray the expenses oi roeaia tlon. - ' .... Mrs. Karrlman Played Part. Mrs. J. Borden Harrlman, a niece of iit .railroad wizard, and now a. member of the industrial commission. clayed a prominent part In preventing a " . I 4tA tin A ..Ml.,MAn strike or more iuh which was settled st a meeting at the AVhlte House between President "Wilson and representative's of both sides to the controversy. Months ago, when she heard the first rumors of a rupture between the eastern railroads end their employes, she begged President WUson to Interfere, but he i:-llnd at that time, fearing that he might be accused of exerting "White House inriuence. tia prummu, mi ever, . to act as an intermediary. In a conference arranged front the outside. Mra. Harrlman went before the Na tlonal Ctvio federation, find President Seth Low of that organisation at once arranged yesterday's conference,; STEVENSON IS P iL SIRES All NIGHT Still Dazed This! Morning, He Says He Wanted to Get Away, from Everyone,. ; , ' OUND mm KED TACOMA Cnltf Press lsed Wlre. . " , ' Tacoms, Wash.j July 16. After wan-i ! derlng about all night Ja the. vicinity Of Wright park and the Sixth Javsnue boulevard in a daxed condition, George M. Stevenson; the well known politician who, dlipprd from bis residence late MondayY walked into the home of a friend this morning, called4 up hf aU ' torsey end In company with the latter, walked to the Fannie PadJogk hospital, ? .where Tie Is now under the cars bfa ti physlclnn. ;.. ; rv: .w ':, iv:,;:",' ' ; : i. Stevenson; who is ft former member )g of the state legislature and wealthy; iei( noino, gar iiik jiio iiuiiiij'.ing iniirni. sion that; he .Intended to take his life ??rt"ln letter ho left ho bsde his family ' furewell and instructed Mrs. fitevenson s ti 'Where' Bhewould find list1 oi ' his personal effects. He also left an' e js other letter' addressed tOYlilS brother i y, .t In Bkamunla ' county, lh" which; he de r'i -clared he was t suffering- great . palnl-fS-' 'XpsJk Although ; still" in- dased Condition, ,i ! Ktevsnson explained v today- that an In i Jury tiqstalned two "years ago -when he fell,' from train -along ttte; banks; of ' ' ' ' the Columbia- riviMv resulted In his be ;? Ing seised with sstt-ange Impulse ,to ': ";vf'gt 'sway from everyone.' . ' $ ,' Stevenson 'owns. the' Oilier hotel at " (Seattle .e.nd..iss enormous timber inter '', sts in - south,ern;-t'Wsshlhgtoni, V i t .i',tt'uK.. .:.::.?'.' ixmx, 'P'-''i'y Powder. Mills Blow, Vp..;';;--;-; : iv twilmlngton, Pel., July 16. Two roll. ? ' Ing -mills of ; the. Pupont- de Nemours i . i Powder company near here were blown ' tip today by art explosion of 1009 pounds of powder. . Tiicre, were no casuajtiqsf Body ofrFormer, With Neck and Onja -Arm; Broken.- Dis covered Among. Lava Rock ; on bouthwest Slope. AUTOS ARE' SENT- FOR r. TO BRING. OUT BODIES Success Comes .Yesterday to ' Searchers After They Had "Grown Discouraged. . Clinton B. Smith. , r -. .. : (Special to Th Journal.) Woodland. Wash., July 15. Clinton B. -Smith's oody was found on the southwest slope of Mount 8t Helens yesterday,. His -neck and one arm had been ."broken. The . body lay ; among snow and lava rock." 1 ' Mrs. Smith's body has not been found, but Is supposed to be no$ far from that of jMjr,' Smith,..:' The eftrcblng? parties'. v. m ic . aiacoBrage- ment, because .of tlie prolonired storms. tb eslfc'ndi:,:th lick ;bsucWa;'r-jMw 8pUrredyeVvery; effolri; ItfrsCSraitli may bi'discoVerertooAy: 'bufe if ao. Jiews jwltl hardly coine ojit until tonight as It" Is 18 miles from the mountain to the North . Folk"1 Logging company's camp, the rartherest telephone point to ward 8L Helens frm this .side. Randolph Carroll of Portland, one of the companions of the Smiths on their ascent of St. Helens a week ago last Sunday, telephoned news of the finding to Woodland. He was r understood to say Smith's body lay about one-half mile from where Carroll aad Miss Mon roe slipped during the descent of the mountain, after which ' time they saw no more of the Smiths. Xhe body was about half, way up the mountain. Word has been" sent to Portland for two large autoa, presumably to bring (Continued on Page Fifteen) NOT ' ';:P 32 :-:'y'-:''t ".iv? '' " ' ' ' j "Every Principle r of Natural ; 'Justice 'Demands Jhat He Not Pay," Says Supreme , Court; Payers Are Losers. INMAN-POULSEN MILL HAS i RIGHT TO CLOSE STREETS When Mill Is Abandoned, How- ever, Rights Shall Cease; ." J Other Decisions. (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) Salem. Or., July 16. Three opinions of particular public interest were hand ed down by the supreme court toda.y. I. . k.U ' 1 n L . n I Coffey, as clerk of Multnomah county, Is not liable or responsible for the $16, 622 of court fees which his predecessor, F. S. Fields, failed to turn over to him. In another the.xourt affirmed tho Multnomah county circuit court's de. rlalon to the effect that the city of Portland has no right to the use of streets through the grounds occupied oy tna inman-roulsen Lumber com puny ko long as the property was used lor a sawmill Bite. The third reverses the circuit court for Jackson county and upholds the validity of the amended charter of Gold Hill and the officers elected thereunder. In the Multnomah county court fees case, which was brought before the courts on a suit for mandamus brought by A. M. Haradon against John B. Cof fey. as clerk of the county,- the court held that those who had paid the fees will have . to stand the loss pending a possible settlement of the affairs of the bank In which County Clerk Fields naa the funds deposited when the In stitution failed. The opinion says: "The partlea'who have advanced . fees In civil BUits, actions or proceedings, (Continued on Page Sixteen.) DEATH OF N: E. A SEEN BY DR. SCHAFER; ( LATE :;.;SESSI0N rA, FAILURE'' Program" Poorly 'ahdleSa pers; Lbngj 'Tiresome;' Asso cjatioit Driftingirlto Politics, (Special to The Journal.) , , University of Oregoni Eugene, Or., July 16. Calling the recent 'conference of the National Educational association at Salt Lake a failure. Dr. Joseph Scha fer, professor of history at the Uni versity of Oregon, in a public lecture here yesterday, declared that 'the-existence of the association Is In danger, and prophesied that it will possibly be come a political Instead of an educa- (Continued on Page Five.) THE WAY TO KILL A BEAR! ::i'k'';C--yyi( .il-Vg,'- fo." .j-;- : V. , 1 1 1 imJTJUfi 1 .J . ffm - r . .. fpy r 1 r 1 : : ' r, AU , r: , -r.;..'-- -A ; . 1 1 M UZS, ,v .;.'! i v ; yr ' -- )i zv-? . tuW HL l i ' I IV i f. .lic? w a ' ' " sJ , - iA ? J " nTIi '', Political Powers of the Nation All Had Their Assigned Num bers on Association's List, Mulhall Tells Lobby Investi gators N. A. M. Counted Majority of Leading Repub licans With Them; Taft's Address Is Referred Tp. (Cnlted Pre Leaned Wire.) Washington, July 15. The senate lobby committee resumed its hearings today with Martin M. Mulhall of Balti more, self-reputed chief lobbyist and strikebreaker for the National Associa tion of Manufacturers, on ,,the stand. Senatdr Reed of Missouri. itook, up the examination of the witness. Mulhall identified large number of letters and telegrams, tnosi Of wntcn aireauy nave been- .pubHhtV&-ii 'ZrksifiZ 'in An. Mtr to-Wl'D. yle of tlew. hand, tn" JulyiHWW JhaH- sugweste 'that Uayles aSH f resioent n. ven Clevemnd unite tovdefat the late am L. Johnson for may sr. Mulhmi, swore he went to Cleveland under Instructions to defeat Johnson, ana tnat,ne aia so. In Ausust Of the same year, Secre tary Schwedtman of the N. A. M., wrote to Mulhall: Some large things are br'ewlng, and there is every Indication that in our tariff camDAiKn we have with us a ma jority of .the leading Republican con gressmen, senators and those higher than that, too. To a small degree, this is a fact also in regard to the labor issue and some other propositions ad vocated by the N. A. M." On September 6, 1907. It Is alleged. Schwedtman wrote Mulhall as follows "You saw, of course, where Secretary Taft referred to the National Associa- tlon of Manufacturers at great length In his Columbus address. If now we succeed In getting the, council's plans thoroughly established, then our power for good will grow right along, and next year, during the presidential cam paign, we will be a factor of national importance that cannot be overlooked." Mulhall testified that while Cushlng was ' secretary of the association he was very secretive and that no names were mentioned. "We were known by numbers- then,' 'added Mulhall. 'Vice President Sherman was No; 8, Congress man Lit tttafleid was No , and Itnyself, wa No., Ji."f ""ir t.-.y-t.aB-.( 'V Mitch of today's; testimony -was tlre sonte, ths letters- telling principally -of ine vperao)s Hi Ma(my lh behalf "of ' MUlhall evidently In mistaken vlion he said he went to Cleveland In 1907 and defeated the late Mayor Tom John- eon.w jonnson was reelected in that year. Bribing' Labor headers. - Senator Re?d again led Mulhall buck to th alleged plan of the N. A. M. to bribe Samuel Gompers,' president of the American Federation of Labor, but deferred going into the matter. ' Mulhall identified expense' abcountn showing moneys paid to striking shoe worxers in St. Louis In 1907 in efforts to break the strike there. , "I had been given $3000." Mulhall said, "to pay the strike leader if lie would agree to call off the strike with in a certain period. It took two days longer than the association planned to get the men back to work and the N. A. M. refused to pay this man a cent. They certainly gave him a rough deal." Mulhall also said that in O.tohrr ilA. C. ... mui, ocnweaiman sent n m to rp congressman Bartholdt in St. Louis. He said he met Bartholdt and thev aiscussea national politics. Senate and House Agree. A truce between the senate and houai committees probing President Wilson' (Continued on Page l'lfteen), FRAUDS USED TO KILL IS Score of Referendum Circula tors Will Go to Prison for Forgery, It Is Said, (T'nlted PnM taae Wlro.) Cleveland. Ohio. July 13. A series of public prosecutions to stop finally fur ther attempts at fraud In tho -use of (he initiative and referendum was or dered hero 'today by Attorney' General Hogan. Indications this afternoon were that scores' of petition circulators will go to prison for forgery, as a, result of efforts to get a referendum. vote on tbs Green law .providing; compulsory com pensation to workmen injured in in dustrial plants. The Ohio Equity society, backed by Cleveland capitalists, started a refer endum' and recently petitions were filed. Examination developed that at t least three-quarters of the names were forged, A canvass shows that less than one per, cent of the names exam, lned so far are genuine. The names of dead men and women and persona now living) outside, the, state were, copied rrom oia -directories tana telephone books, according to confessions of some of the petttton circulators. ",;Of .one batch of . 85 names, one signature was gvnulne. '(- f! J'rf -f i-'""'"'- ' ; : 1 1 it was declared that solicitors were pld 6 cents per, name, and .omebjtir mlnr 1trnIorlp clarwt , tta la!1v' .TTa The onjo jnity aasoctation, state of. flrfiala .uv. had no Dart In tha . framl bUtiwere buncoed by its agents, s - i Copies civ fraudulent petitions have been forwarded " county prosecutors with' Inrftmctlona to call special grand Juries i to rtturn i; Indictments. - Many Ui;,nts) - already lav llsppaMA''.,..";v COMPENSATION A T.N CLEVELAND CHARGE This committee is investigaiinu tue marges oy i-rrsiaent, unson tnai n lohhv la maintained at Washington to defeat, the tariff . bills." From left-to right they are Senator Walsh; Senator Reedy Hcnator ... Overman (chairman), Senator Nelson and Senator Cummins. .." BOY ON SKATES WHO 1 DIES FROM INJURIES Child' Turns 4o' Pass; Steam -6f MotarCar,, - 'vr Kenneth George Smith. . Kenneth George Smith, the 9-year-old son of Kenneth Smith, 320 Kast Forty fourth street, who was run over by an automobile yesterday afternoon at Thirty-eighth street and Hawthorne avenue, died early thia morning at the Portland Sanitarium from his Injuries. . The boy was ' coasting down Haw thorne avenue on roller skates. At Thirty-eighth street he turned out 'to pass a steam roller and ran into an au tomobile driven by John P. Pink. The boy struck with such force that his skull was fractured. Mr. Fink- picked him upland took him to the office of , Dr. H. H. Hattery on Hawthorne avenue, "where "emergency treatment was given under the direc tion of Vr. Mattery and Dr. J. W. Slf toh. Later the boy was taken to the sanitarium, where he lingered, until an early hour today 'Without, regaining con sciousness. ' Froni tho sanitarium the body was removed,, to., the parlors of the Hoi man Undertaking company. Funeral'servlces will probably . be held next Thursday afternoon. ' . AND A L. L. R. DIED AND LEFT HER $1,000,000 . ' ,"'i''.-A--'''-.'.'t'MSf jj Cnlted Front Lm4 ' 1 ton Angeles, July , IS.- Aftelf pound Ing out folios In the county recorder's office at seven cenU pert folio, and Working long hours each 'day to support her seven children, Mr. B, . A; T. Jones, a-widow, awoke toaay to find, Herself the possessor of Investments and 'se. otirltles worth more than 11.000,000 and a vista ahead of carefree days with her children. : f , v gu?,:v.-;:lT'W'i' i,, Mrs,' -Jones 'wss notified by calila that a brother from whom alio bad not hiai d for a deca.de, had tiled In .the' antipodes leaving her. his-- entirek estate, without condition v:?:.,!'',,..;,! ,;.. :-y:i.'f She .resigned ner . stenographer po p-) COLLIDED WITH AUTO I " i t- ,,'. - - " y PSEUOO MILLIONAIRE TAKEN PASSING ALLEGED BAD CHECKS "NabijedTAfterCatting 'Gay; jSwath Doubtful Paoer, i ' ' i ; , .'s; , Representing : himself te be- ,a 1 Jf e W York millionaire,; yacht .owner w ho ' wad Seeking .'acreage '.in'- Oregon, v Auguet Heinxmann,. alias' Paul- Turner' one of the smoothest bad check artists operat ing in Portland for soma time, was ar rested .last night at :the Elks, club by Constable Andy Weinberger and lodged in the county; Jail. .ly.--.;., ,v,. . Since., f Helnrmann's ' apprehension, checks hav been coming in to :ie con Stable's office lit bundles. Heinsroann succeeded In victimising - thd' Multno mah , hotel, . the Portland "Automobile club, the Portland Yacht club. -the Elks,' the Oregon Motor Car company and a number of others. His checks - ranged from $19 to 1500 and 'the-strangest feu-' ture In connection -was that they were written upon the "Bank of Commons'' of this city, although no such institution exists.,''. . ,. . .'. r ..; , ; '-i.- Many People "Cang nt.; ' " ' Helozmann when questioned by Andr Weinberger tbl morning first stated, that he. Came to this city: from San Francisco but "later" admitted that ha was a recent .arrival .from Y&noouvsr,. B. C. The remarkable part of his sue. cess,, it is' pointed out, lies in, the fact that he succeeded in,t vlcfimlilng'. so many and stitl is " so ' poorly,' educated that his lack of culture Is , easily, de tected. . . Heinamann apparently N'Bun- his ca-y reer.ln this city 'last Friday.: He took a party of frlendst to .the-. .Multnomah i' nuie iia cnivriainvu inent, wiin a oin-. ner which cost him in tthe neighborhood of $20. When the slip was presented, he. tendered a check for $20 which was ear- 1 rled to the-desk.' It, was refusedby-the-clerk, who did not know Helnsmann. H.j then gave the hotel what money he had. (Continued on Page Flve. - Peter McDonald Second Victim ' of Rabies in Portland In the 1 . rast rew Days. w Peter McDonald died Hhia morning at 4.30 o'clock at St. Vincent s-hosplUf of rablos. ' The man Vat bitten June I bjj a stray' dog on the street when h Stopped, to pat tlte anlnlal'a head. Me" Donald was brought to the hospital HU urday evening and . was In convulsions practically all that time tilt his death. McDonald was blttsn six weeks.- axu, but the .disease td , not develop1 sri. otisly until ip days ago, when extreme nervousness came upon him. ft )n creased, until If was found necessary to take htm tff the hospital, whr h was placed in restraint with twu guards ot Prs.iS, rr ."Tucker 4 and C. If.; Wheelftr ttendfld him. .Ha was a f"r ians jtor the" Oregon Rlectrlu t-ofni i v, S2 ,y f are old,, unmarried, sol roo'n. i i t Sell wood. , 7, j.'i-s-t. ' - ' ..This is the second esse of hyd. ' thl year, the first being-that ot 1 lOrlfflth. who died Thurnilay, : AWFUL CONVULSIONS