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" Jiiwriiitif VOL. Ill NO. 15,746. PORTLAND. OREGON. MONDAY. MAY 15, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PATTEN MILLIONS PORTLAND HOLDS YALE PROFESSOR, - DIVORCED,' QUITS CHOKUS-GIRIi KS-WIFE WANTS HER $100,000 ALIMONY. ; TAFT CANNOT SAVE SON LEAD IN WHEAT ALLEGED PLOTTER ARE HARD PUSHED ILL IN HEW y FATHER WUO GIVES FORTCXE YEAR'S EXPORTS WELL EXCEED TO FIGHT PLAGUE LOSES. . ALL PORTS OF. NATION. TUFT'S FRIENDS IN HIGH FEATHER SupportersSeeChange in Sentiment. MADFRO BRIBERY CHARGES 1 TAKEN ml EASY YIGTORY PREDICTED Washington Folk Declaring Confidence in Chief. CABINET SHAKE-UP HELPS FtnScats of Political Situation As- ffrl by Next Spring President Will Be Ilecognlzed as ! Real Froeesslve. WASHINGTON. D. C. May H. Spe claL) Those In' tbe higher places of the Taft administration who are stu dent of local political conditions In various sections of tne country are lm mensely pleased with tbe changed character of comment and sentiment that la being- reflected by the public prese. The President of the United States dwells In an atmosphere of political Intrigue where his enemies a-enerally re more noisily active than bis friends, where the acme of endearor Is the planning- of the next strategic move and where the strategy fre quently is Inspired by that personal element In the equation which plati tudinous voicing of principles cannot disguise sufficiently to fool the aver age spectator of the game. Taffs Insight Deep. . In spite of such environment, there is no person la the country today who keeps In closer touch with the real sentiment of the country than Presi dent Taft. Every morning when he enters the executive office he finds on his desk systematically arranged for Ms perusal, the best and the worst that leading molders and reflectors of public opinion. East. West. North and South, have to say of him and bta ad ministration. There was a time when the criti cisms were In the majority. That was before the country had begun to measure the Executive, when the dlffl cunj vi luuuwmg me iremenaously popular Roosevelt was most pro nounced and when there- was an ap parent determination to regard he Taft administration as a failure on genera! principles. President "Plods Along." The comment of these days naturally was disheartening, but the President went plugging along on the lines he had mapped out. telling his advisers he didn't care a continental rap whether he served eight years or only four In the White House, but declar ing that as long as he was President he Intended to do what he thought was light. Irrespective of the applause or the hisses. Having, as a student of the country's comment, been In a posi tion to note the actual change In the opinion toward him. It Is of course, highly gratifying for the President to observe that appreciation finally Is at taching to his course of "doing what la right and not fishing for a renomlna tlon." The Interesting thing to note at present la the revival of spirits on the part of the President's Intimate . friends since the change set In. Long faces are not so common now among Republicans who fear the party Is done for. or will be next year. The Administration supporters and the Administration Itself are perking up i and. public sentiment having set In. : la the President's direction, as Is be- lleved. there Is a disposition to be a bit . militant and to give attention to prac- ttral details with the object of stop . ping some of the antl-Taft plotting that has been so manifest or at least render It Ineffective. Situation in Illinois. It Is In this spirit that attention i directed tr the situation In certain state Illinois, for Instance details I of which have been emphasized by the I recent movement preparatory to next 1 year's campaign started by progres- ' alve members of the. Legislature at Fprlna-fleid. It Is the feeling In Administration circles at this writing that by next Spring; the sentiment of the country will hare turned so strongly toward the President as to make his noml nation a mere formality. It Is being pointed out that the President Is the only progressive in the country today who has "done things. He is the one leader who Is In a position to work re. forms which the cumry demands and In this position the sober-minded prog resslves will rally n his support and refuse to heed agitators who have not been able to perform any constructive work of a National character. With the partial reorganisation of the Cabinet, it Is felt that the offi cial family now Is more than ever representative of the President In his position as leader of the Republican party. There are Republicans of all shade In the Cabinet now and the sali ent fact Is that while the President believes he Is a progressive In the Mghest sense of the term. be. from his position, must be representative of all Republicans In all sections Brother Death Prompts Big Gift to Scientists, Then Own Child Dies of Tuberculosis. CHICAGO. May 14. (Special) James A. Patten, who has given a for tune to aid In the fight against tubercu. losls. today was dealt a second blow bv the scourge In the death of his son, Thomas Beveridge Patten. 17 years of age. Mr. patten's brother, George Patten, died last September of the same dis ease that today took his son. It was shortly after the death of Mr. Patten's brother that he announced bis gift In furtherance of science's war against the dread disease. It was a gift of 230.- 000, presented to the Northwestern University Medical School to be used In research work to conquer tubercu losis. Almost three months after the death of George Patten came the Inception of the disease that was to cost the life of the son. The young man became 111 with pneu monla last December. Of more than or dinary strength and ruggedness. half back on the football team at the Evans ton Academy, where he was a student In high standing, he threw off the dis ease, but his system had become In fected with a germ that caused ensu ing fevers and wore down his strong constitution. FOWLS SCRATCH UP GOLD Man Who Missed $170 Finds All ' but $10 on Farm. VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 14. (Spe cial.) When W. H. Robinson, of Salmon Creek, went lntohis barnyard this morn ing before breakfast to feed the chick ens, he was astonished to find 130 in gold, a S10 gold piece and a 120 gold piece which the chickens bad scratched op. He went out to the road to talk to a neighbor who was passing and un der the gate found a purse containing 1130 in gold, making 1160 In all. Robinson was robbed of 1170 as he slept Thursday night. The purse con taining the money was his as were the gold coins be found In the bsmyard. Now be has, all but 110 of the original amount he lost. Hubert Wilson, who was arrested at Watson's sawmill, charged with the theft, is in the County Jail awaiting trial on a charge of burglary In the first degree. CONTINENAL TRIP IS CUT Xew Schedule Will Save Half Day From Coast' to Coast. SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. J. C. Stubhs. traffic manager of the South ern Pacific Railway, announced the new timetable today which the Southern Pa cific and Union Pacific Railroads will put Into effect May 28. cutting off four and one-half hours from the running time between San Francisco and Chi cago. Connections will be made with At lantic Seaboard trains In such a way as to cut Off. In some Instances. 12 hours from the running time between the two oceans. PROMINENT FIGURES IN b 73r . I . si . ' .'L -;V ' 1 c: Al rf I : .- M t -r-v 1 a '! ; '? T in ek . . ( - l I ABOTF, PROSm'TITO ATTOItXF.r EDWARD C TTR.VER, IT CHARGE OF CASEj DR. GEORGE B. XTB ATiD SENATOR C. K. SETO.V, TWO OF THE Af'CVSKD BELOW, DETHrTTVK BI'RJlS AAD DICTAGRAPH, WHICH HE DECLARES CATGUT IXCRIMI.-VATIXG STATEMENTS- Orozco Declines Bribe to Desert Chief. PEACE AGAIN IN PROSPECT War in Mexico May Come to End Within 24 Hours. REBELS ARE FAVORABLE Plan Said to Contemplate Four Members of Revolutionary Party In Cabinet and Insurgent Governors for 14 States. JUAREZ. Mexico, May 14. Resump tlon of ' peace negotiations under at favorable auspices as to bring a pros pect of an end to the war within 24 hours, and the banishment from Juarez of Senor Esquival Obregon, who is sus pected by Madero of directing a plot to break up the rebel ranks by offer ing bribes to bis generals to Induce them to quit the Madero standards. were the Important developments to day In the Mexican situation. , Senor Obregon. who was formerly one of the go-betweens in the peace negotiations, was informed by Provi sional President Madero that the revo lutionists did not desire his presence In this city. It was said at the Insurrecto headquarters that Obregon offered a large bribe to General Pascal Oroxco, but that the latter Indignantly refused it- Obregon denies the story. In the meantime, peace negotiations. unofficial but auspicious, had been re sumed between therfederal government and the Insurrecto, and the prospects now are that a definite understanding will be reached within 24 hours. Proposition Is Favored. Rafael Hernandez, the original go- between when efforts were first being made to bring the warring factions to gether a few months ago, has trans mitted propositions looked upon favor ably by both sides. Messages were passing back and forth today, but it was not expected that a plan of pro cedure would be determined upon be fore tomorrow. The propositions are somewhat dif ferent from those hitherto considered, tnougn oi tne same intent. The resig nation of President Diaz, vaguely bandied In the Diaz manifesto it Is now felt, was amplified and explained sufficiently by Minister Llmantour In an Associated Press dispatch two days ago, and the Insurrecto leaders are satisfied. What they really want Is that the reforms be put Into effect and that (Concluded on Pace SO OHIO BRIBERY SCANDAL, AND MACHINE SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED -'SyL m - (' 3 M', 'i, - -, r. Third of Outgoing- Trade of United States Controlled Puget Sound Is Second on the List. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton. May 14. Portland continues far In the lead of all other wheat shipping ports of the United States, according to figures made public today by the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor. During the 10 months ended with April, 1911. Portland exported 7,123,190 bushels of wheat, one-third tne total wheat ex ports of the entire United . States. This Is a greater shipment than made from Portland In the corresponding months of the past two years, and is nearly double tile exports of Puget Sound, which now ranks second in wheat exports. In the corresponding months of 1910, Portland's wheat shipment arapunted to 6.492.3S7 bushels, and in 1909 to 6,860,033 bushels. During the past 10 months Pucet Sound exported 3,915,991 bushels of wheat, as against 1,223,133 bushels In the same months Of 1910, and 4,625,827 bushels in 1909. Thus it appears that Portland has made great gains over two nrevlous years, 'while Puget Sound is materially below Its own record for 1909. Portland Is the only Important wheat exDortlng citr In the United States whose wheat exports this year show an Increase over 1910, with the exception of the slight gain made by Puget Sound. Portland will round out the fiscal year In first place, for its' exports of wheat to date are greater than the combines exports from Puget Sound and Balti more, which occupies third place. New Tork alone shipped more wheat than Portland In April. Portland's total wheat export last month was S40.6S3 bushels, -as against 487.649 bushels In April, 1910. Portland's exports of flour during the past 10 months amounted to 429,970 bar rels, an Increase of 18,930 barrels over the corresponding months of last year. CAR WRECKS AUTOMOBILE Chauffeur Tries to Drive Between Two Coaches; Brakes Fail. Because Glen Allen., of 531 Alder street, tried to drive an automobile be tween in, outgoing Portland Heights car and an Incoming Twenty-tnira-street car at Sixteenth and Washington streets last night, the automobile is ruined and. James Foley, who was rid ing with him, carries an arm bandaged up as a result of cuts received from the broken glass of the wind break. The automobile is the property of E. E. Cohen, liquor dealer, 324 Fourteenth street. Allen was driving Cohen's new car and going up the street at a reasonable rate of speed. In attempting to cross In front of the Portland Heights car ha noticed that the. Twenty-third-street car was coming in an opposite direc tion. He endeavored to stop the auto by pressing the brakes, but found, to his horror, that they would not work. As a result the Portland Heights car bumped into the auto, breaking It In two. Allen jumped to the pavement, while Foley, a bit slower, caught upon his wrist the falling glass, receiving a severe gash. Allen was uninjured. Ohio Prosecutors Fear Big Hush Fund. DELAY WOULD BE DANGEROUS Efforts Made to Begin Trial o Nye Wednesday. DICTOGRAPH IN EVIDENCE Detective William J. Burns' Men Use Unique Methods In Getting Direct Evidence of De bauchery at Columbus. COLUMBUS, O.. May 14. (Special.) With a mass of alleged incriminating evidence in its possession and records of actual conversations In the course of which bribes are said to have been ar ranged or passed, such records having been made by means of a dictograph in the hands of detectives unknown to the alleged plotters, the grand jury Invest! eating charges of bribery against 20 members of the Ohio Legislature is stllr hard at work. The situation is so complicated be cause of the various forces at work upon the cases Involved and the manner in which evidence was secured that a con fllct of authority Is feared. In addition to the legislative commit tee's work, the probe of the grand Jury now in session is being Inserted deep into the scandal and the committee is desirous pf summoning many of the wit nesses of the grand jury, which body has cautioned the persons it has examined not to reveal secret of the Juryroom on pain of punishment for contempt. Prosecutor Desires Haste. Prosecuting Attorney C. E. Turner, of Franklin County, tonight said that the first of the bribery cases would be tried next Wednesday, three days later than originally planned, owing' to the Siml murder trial being uncompleted by Attorneys Belcher and Connors, who are also attorneys for the indicted legisla tors. The attorneys for the defense will go before Judge Kinkead Monday morning in an effort to get further postponement. which Prosecutor Turner will oppose. The court is fully aware that a de laying game Is being played, but the case Is so strong against Representa tive Nye. It U said, that the trial Is wanted before any "hush fund" can be circulated among witnesses. The Senate "whitewash", committee, appointed a few days ago, has "cold feet" and will await tbe report of the grand jury before making any Investiga tion. . Developments daily reveal dramatic or (Concluded on Page 2.) IN OBTAINING EVIDENCE. Henry Ixrd AATieeler, Chemistry Ex pert, Separated Prom Wife for Cruelty, to Resign. NEW HAVEN1, Conn., May 14. (Spe cial.) The formal retirement of Pro fessor Henry Lord Wheeler from the Tale faculty at the close of the pres ent school year is assured, according to a close friend of his here. Professor Wheeler has gone to his' former home in Chicago and it is said that he will not return to resume his class in the Sheffield school, where he holds the chair In organic chemistry. He Is the first Yale professor from whom a divorce has been secured on the ground of intolerable crnelty, and while no rule exists to cover the case, there Is no doubt of the faculty's wish that he retire and that he will do so without contesting the point. One object of his sudden trip to Chl ago is said to be to make it impossible for his wife, formerly Eva Swarthout, a chorus girl, to collect the $100,000 ali mony he is expected to pay. It is said that Mrs. Wheeler will In stitute suit In Chicago to compel him to pay It, attaching property he is be lieved to have in that city. QUEEN BANISHES SMOKERS Women Who Use Cigarettes and Wear Hobble Skirts Barred. LONDON, May 14. (Special.) Queen Mary has given notice that no woman who has smoked a cigarette may come near her. Smokinfe is - so common among women here nowadays, arte meals, that this order would entail- serious deprivation if it could be en forced. It means that no cigarettes will be allowed at any party the Queen attends. Queen. Mary's order about hobble skirts was disobeyed at the two courts recently held by all except actual court ladles. All the rest wore tight skirts, but their trains covered them. They say they do not see why they should make themselves unfashionable because the Queen herself Is abnormally large around the hips and unsuited to tight dresses. Now she has caused it to be known that she does not wish to see any woman in a low-cut dress or a big hat in the royal Inclosure at Ascot. Society simply laughs at these edicts and there actually is a concerted ar rangement among smart women to stand together In disobeying the royal ttempt to dictate what they shall wear. ZELAYA'S FRIEND IS DEAD Dr. Jose Madriz, Ex-President of Nicaragua, Dies in Mexico. MEXICO CITT, May 14. Dr. Jose Madriz, who was placed in the Presi dential chair of Nicaragua by Jose Santos Zelaya, when he was forced to flee, died here today of brlght's dis ease. Dr. Madriz came to Mexico City when he was forced to leave his country by Estrada. ' ' NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The" Weather. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Foreign. Madero banishes alleged plotter ana pro.pect of peace in Mexico agaia seem, ungnu Page 1. Kalier Wilhelm leaves for London to Join King George in dedication oi v icionau monument. Page 2. National. Phone companler roetnoas mi oy deci sion. Page 2. Arpsxently congress takes more Interest In summer reaoru iuu m t.i iu nucati'm Page 2. President Taffs friends predict that he will I e nominated zor anouier terra, rage x. Domestic. Actor charges ex-wife, Madame Barry, with holding him up wnn revolver to set papers." Page 3. Ohio prosecutors attempt to Hasten Bribery trials, fearing fcusn rund win do raised. Fage 1. . Despite big gifts in aid of anti-tuberculosis tight. James A. fallen iuu aie ui kuuo disease. Page 1, Portland leads all United states pnrts in wheat exports, page l. Professor Henry L. "Wheeler. Tale faculty member divorced for cruelty, will re tire from University. Pa; 1. Wife of President Taft is ill in Ker York. Page 1. Danville. III., speculates tipon possibility of renewed activity of grand jury In vote buying probe. Page 3. Priest pleads for better cities in which to rear children. Page 4. Sports. Pacific Coast Ieague results yesterday: Ean Francisco 2-2. Portland-0-1 ; Vernon 11. Sacramento 9: Los Angeles 5-2, Oak land S-S. Page 8. Northwest Tvcague results yesterday: Port land 8. Vancouver 1; Tacoma 5, Eeattle O; Spokane 8, Victoria 2. Page 8. Pitcher Kastley, of Seals, to Join Roadsters. Page 8. Willamette Valley I-eague results yesterday Albany 3. Oalefs 2: Hubbard 4. Wood burn 2; Salem and Dtlworth Derbies, no game. Page s. Pacifta Northwest. Seattle finds Itself peculiarly involved in fight of Alaska coalmen. Page 5. Secretary of State Olcotfs - reservation of space in Capitol shown to be discrim inatory. Page IS. Industrial. Mlllmen to aid In project to settle logged otf lands. Page 10. , Bend-Burns highway is opening. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Mothers day obseried with special church services. Page 9. Experience of other cities shows that muni cipal convention hall pay their own cost. Page 9. Council will be urged t authorize damage suit against bridge obstructionists. Faga 14. Printers build two houses in day for af flicted fellow workman. Ptge 14. Sellwood pastor and Mount Tabor pastors. Presbyterians, resign. Page i. L. W. Hill and party note great changes in Central Oregon. Page 14. Christian Brothers Business College Jubilee la observed. pace 4. Historic slate and furniture of Late Lady Condition Not Regard ed as Serious. PRESIDENT'S FLANS CHANGE Mrs. Taft Suffers Nervous At tack at Banquet. DAUGHTER IS SUMMONED Mistress of White House Remains in Bed at Home of Brother-in-Lau President Goes to Har risbnrg, but Hurries Back. NEW YORK, May 14. The sudden Ulness of Mrs. Taft tonight brought the President back to New Tork from Har-fisburg-. Pa., where he had etone this morning to deliver an address. Mrs. Taft was taken ill here late last night at a banquet she attended with the President. Her illness was described as a nervous attack similar to that which she had two years ago. Her duugliter. Miss Helen Taft, was called from Bryn Mawr this afternoon. Tho two Taft boys, Charles, who Is In Watertown. Conn., and Robert, who is in Harvard, were notified tonight of their mother's illness, but were not asked to come to New Tork, as It was said that the attack was not at all alarming. Following the President's arrival here tonight he" was driven directly to his brother's house. Mrs. Taft Improves. Soon afterwards a statement was given out which says: "Mrs. Taft is much improved tonight. lit. Evans says she will be able to re turn to Washington within a few days. President Taft will retusn to Wash ington at 10:30 'tomorrow morning. Helen Taft - will remain with her mother." The President looked somewhat tired and careworn after his hurried and anxious trip. He found Mrs. Taft bet ter than when he left this morning. Mrs. Taft came to New Tork with the President late last night and at tended with him a banquet at the Hotel Astor given In connection with the conference on reform of criminal procedure. Illness Conies at Dinner. Mrs. Taft first felt 111 during the dinner but remained until after the President had finished his address, shortly after midnight. At 10 o'clock this morning, the hour the President had set for leaving New York, Mrs. Taft's condition was such that she could not accompany him. The announcement prompted over alarming reports of her illness, which the President thought would be still more exaggerated if he did not keep his appointment to speak in Harris burg. Henry W. Taft said tonight that the President's wife had remained in bed all day, but that she was less serious ly 111 than Bhe was two years ago. The first direct announcement that Mrs. Taft was ill came in a dispatch from the President's train while it was passing through Philadelphia this afternoon. When Mrs. Taft suffered her f 1 -st serious nervous hreakdow in 190s it was said she was overcome by the oo deal of witnessing an operation on her son Charles, in the Washingt.'-n Eye and Ear Hospital. TAFT SPEARS AT HAKRISBTJKG Stay Is Cut Short on Account of His Wife's Illness. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14. Much against his personal Inclinations, but in tjie belief that it would do much to silence sensational reports of the seri ousness of Mrs. Taft's illness, President Taft came to Harrisburg today. He had Intended to spend the night here. but. instead, he remained three hours and then departed for New York. He will go to the home of his brother, Henry W. Taft, where Mrs. Taft lies ill. That there might be no misunder standing of Mrs. Taft's condition. White House officials issued the fol lowing statement just after the Presi dent left New York: "Mrs. Taft had a recurrence this morning of the nervous trouble which she suffered two years ago, but In less severe form. On account of this, she probably will not return to Wash ington for three or four days. President's Plans Change. "This has caused a change in the President's plans for the Harrisburg trip, and he will return to New York tonight. The President will probably return to Washington tomorrow, unless there are unlooked for developments." In the few hours he was here the President motored throueh streets lined by thousands of persons, visited Representative Olmsiead, of Pennsyl vania for half an nour, an made a. speech to several thousand persons. The speech was delivered to the tenth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The President was Introduced by Governor Tener. The President spoke of trades unions. aieux will ne sola ai auciion. race 4. (Concluded on Page 3.) 4