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1 rORTXAXD, OREGON, t'lF-SDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1911. PRICE FITE CENTS. VOL. I.I NO. 15,873. BUFFALO COATS GO SHIP REFERENDUM PLAN E CONVICT BUYS OWN TUFT URGES LEASE PUN FOR ALASKA TOHIGHEST BIDDER CALIFORMIA ISSUE TICKET TO PRISON AS IF E NAILS REFUGEE it COXRXME.T WIlXi AUCTION ARGUMENTS OF SUFFRAGISTS TO WITH COMMITMENT HE GOES LONG-STORED GARMENTS. BE SETTLED TODAY. ALONE TO WALLA WALLA. GOMES RACK CONTINENT C BEAVERS CLINCH CRUGIGALSERIES Semi Self-Governing Body Favored. SEATTLE CHEERS PRESIDENT Part-Elective, Appointive Ad ministration North's Need. CANAL PREDICTION MADE Executive Conflde to nelllngham Folk That Waterway May Be Ready In 111 Newspaper Mm Hold Chinook Reception. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. . President Taft faced here tonight one of tha largest and by far the most enthuslas tle and responsive audiences he haa met on anr of hla recent travels. He wn termed with prolonged cheers and ronatantlr was Interrupted with out hurete of applause. The President discussed a variety of subjects. Including the relation of government to business, the tariff ve in's and Alaska, the latter subject of vital Interest her. lie declared that Alaska should hsva at least a seml-self-governlng body. Two years ago Mr. Taft advocated her a straight commission form of government for the territory, declaring: the population not stable enough for a full measure of self control. (',ranU Is Bsaaeated. "That proposition haa not met ap proval." said Mr. Taft tonight. "I still think It the better way. but tha man who stands on a dogmatic statement snd saya 'No' and never consents to a violation of that principle makes no progress. I am willing to make a con cession for a partly elective and partly appointive government In Alaska. "Congress cannot make the neces sary laws for Alaska. Alaska "must hav a local body. In bringing this about. I hope there will be no politics played. 1 hope the two houses of roncresa will unite In hrtnalng about a change that will result In the de velopment of Alsska and making that territory valuable to Itself and valu able to all mankind. eaae tytrmm ' Favored. "I see no more reason for govern ment ownership In Alaska, however, than elsewhere. We should Introduce there the same limitations as to the disposition of the public domain aa In the rest of the country. "As for myself. 1 favor the leasing system- It haa proved a success In Australia. New Zealand and Canada. What you want Is a condition of own ership that will attract capital. Some people have an Mea that you can drive capital where It dmt not want to go. Put If anything haa wings. If, any thing Is sensitive. If anything won't go where It docs not want to go. It Is capital. ledaeeaveal Is Offered. "Under a leasing system you offer an Inducement In capital to go In. 1-et s try It. I am not Insistent, but It does seem to me to he tha best way. The profits to the tjovemment from the leasing tcm could be turned hark Into tre trensury for Its further development." Representative Humphrey, who In troduced the rrejLlent. uVct.ircd the people of the Pacific Coast, "from Brit ish Columbia to California are for Mr. Taft." "And." he adid. "they are onty wait ing for a chance In the convention and at t!-.e polls to say. 'Well done, thou good and faithful tenant; enter for four years more." There was a great outburst of cheer ing at this. v Trtast Law Imsnnaal. In dlsclrg the Sherman anti-trust law Sir Tatt said he was Just as much bound by Meeair. to enforce thst i. u:e as t!.e lw ac:r.t counterfeiting. Trie Supreme Court, the President declared. I-as decreed t;.at bustsesa must go on under o! system of competition or not at all. lie spoke agslr.st decrying a business slirply be rsue it was prosperous, declaring that t: vr ehou'd be every encouragement to t?rift and Industry so long as It was cor fucte,' along legitimate tines. K.;nw:nc Ms address at the Armory, the Ire.i.'-ni vm ewortet ta the rooms of tie He title I're.s Club, where a iivev programme of songs and oeeches. m. .t.v m th Chinook Jar gon, was presented, to t"e great de light cf the Ire.ident. who did not understand a word of the Indian lan guage evceoi Xf frequent use of the word "Tvs, Taft " "tye" meaning chief. The rre.ljerlt. an ex-news- parerman. wae elected a member of the club and ma.'e a speecn on "Hla Broth ers of tt e Craft." -eiabt (seat - A.a.r. .- This was tha president's fourth tight "ashore" ! he left Herer'y, Sep tember IS. to begin Ms swing around t.'ie circle. In : dars he i:m been out. the President has granted him self "sLore leave" over nigl.t from hla private car oply at Erie. Pa ; J! nr. ourtte. Mich.; Otrana and Seattle. He stared at a hotel tontgt.t- In spite cf the rardshipa ef eorstar.t travel, ha baa stot tne trip wail and Is looking fit and t-iTv. Mr Taft spent the dav traveling south f-om ife'itagham. Wh-. a lu ll more than : mls from tf Cana- daa line, to bent tie. He atlpped at ICM.uae4 eai rag, . Demand for Rare Furs by AotolsU Is Fjpected to Brine Good Returns at Seattle Sale. SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. . (Special.) Within two weeks there will be ten genuine buffalo coats, the kind tha Government used on the Northwestern plains In the days of Indian campaigns, for sale at the United Statea quarter master's department In the Arcade building. The Government has had them stored for many years, but they are In excel' lent condition and are Just as they were In every way when the Govern ment bought thern from the whole salers. The costs will be sold to Individuals bidding the highest price for them. A minimum of $25 a coat has been fixed, but there Is no question that they will bring much more than that figure, for they will be In great demand by auto mobllists. The Government lias 4100 of the roata on hand and most of them will be aold in New York City, where they are stored. These coats are believed to be the last In existence. GALE BLOWS RIVER BACK Thonsandi of Fish Left Ilelplesa and City I-aolated. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Oct. . (Special.) One of the most severe Fall winds known In this region In many yeara gripped the city yesterday and caused considerable damage. Tele graph and power lines were put out of commission. Dreamland dance pavilion was wrecked, signs were blown down and destroyed and the watera of Link River "blown bark Into Upper Klamath Lake. leaving thousands of fish flound ering; In the river bed helpless, so that men were able to pick them up. Warden L. Alva Lewis notified !S men to quit the practice and consider themselves under arrest. Where 10 feet ef water usually flows from the river Into the canal which turns the water wheel for the Klamath Falls Light A Power Company, people walked yesterday. Lack of current stopped the plrture shows. Ice cream makers ana others who use motor power. The Western Union wires were down and the city was Incommunicado to the outside world. DELEGATES BAR SPOOKS Slrttualllfl Decide Convention Most Xot Be Interrnpted. ST. LOI1S, Oct. . Spirit rapping, dancing tables and other psychical manifestations are barred in the an nual meeting of the National Spiritual ists' Association of the 1'nlted States, which began a few days convention here today. Business sessions are to be held In the morning and afternoon and messages " III be received in the even ings. NATION'S V "V ,.9 -M' . .. - 2 1 .-: I IL. , y -. , ' J,'V. : ... -.JV - j. W.. A" S : C WVtfc CRKAT IKOWD IIERIi nirjDF.T TUT AT " tUt W.U.IA UT IT1 ROIT. ABOVE, TAFT. IX HIS VARIETY. (TRH LARGE PHOTO BY TTAELUY et Mtl .OLIiS, "MAXXJL HAIXa. IMKIaaJT AT tlTREME BIGHT tOFl K1GUTED BY MOFKITT). Bravery of Skipper and Mate Save Steamer. WOMAN NEARLY LOSES LIFE Cyclonic Gale All but Sends Vessel to Bottom. WATER SURGES ON DECKS Lost, of Part of Cargo Gives City of Panama Heavy Lint Officers Defy Storm, Righting Craft. Port Reached at Last. FAN FRANCISCO. Oct. . (Special.) With the starboard side of her saloon smashed In, steering gear disabled and a crowd of unnerved passengers, one of them a woman, the wife of Profes sor Juan Carpio, of the University of California, lining her rails, the Pacific Mall steamer City of Panama, which departed from this port early last week, returned this morning after a battle with the elementa in which the vessel barely missed being sent to the bottom. For 15 hours the City of Panama was laid on her beam ends off the Southern California coast, while a cyclonlo gale, of the sort experienced only once In a decade, sent the seas tumbling over the ship and struck terror to the hearts of all on board. Much of the cargo stored on deck was swept over board during the storm and ber decks and the starboard rail were continual ly under water. Wosnaa Nearly Drains. Alone In a stateroom on the after- deck, Mrs. Carpio was wakened In the early hours of the morning by a ea that came crashing through a weakened bulkhead, drenching her to tha skin' and filling the room with water. In the darkenss she scrambled out of bed. only to collapse on the floor. Panic-stricken, she cried out In the night for assistance and succeeded in bringing the ship's steward and mate to her rescue In the nick of time. A minute later and she would have been swept overboard. Strong arms gathered the little woman np and car ried her to the main deck, where she remained In fear until the storm had spent Its force. It was shortly before midnight on October J. that the wind began to blow and the glass began to fa.lL It blew from all points of the compass, and, catching the City of Panama helpless. (Concluded on Page 3.) CHIEF. WHO IS SOON TO BE PORTLAND'S -3TJEST, AS CAMERA CATCHES HIM. 4 1 a" . - . --'1 V : .- W M( asal aTM.SlSsitsT . . '-r' Jr ! I ) Lrvaa.it' - 1. -mi iff f-- Proposed Recall Amendment In cludes Judiciary and State Offi cersGovernor Leads Fight. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. . Twenty three amendments to the state constl tutlon will be voted upon tomorrow throughout California. Suffrage Is the Issue of chief Interest, with the initia tive and referendum and the recall next in order for consideration. Gov ernor Hiram Johnson has personally led the fight for the latter two pro posed amendments and has made speeches throughout the state. Unloa square. In the heart of San Francisco, was a seething mass of en thusiastic suffrage workers and audit ors tonight. Five open-air meetings were In progress at one time, Mme. Lillian Nordlca drawing the largest gathering. Other speakers were Helen Hoy Greeley, of New Tork City; Miss Helen Todd, representing the factory work ers of Illinois; Rev. Charles Aked, for merly of the Fifth-Avenue Baptist Church, New Tork City, and J. Stitt Wilson, Socialist Mayor of Berkeley, CaL The recall amendment Includes the recall of the dietary. It provides that 20 per cent of the electors can seek to recall any state officer, a ma jority vote being necessary to make the recall effective. The proposed initiative and referen dum would take the Initiation of legis lation out of the hands of the Legisla ture, permitting t per cent of the elect ors to propose laws or constitutional amendments to be voted upon at the general or special elections. OREGON PENSIONS LEADING Washington. Has Most Pensioners; This Stat Gets Most Money. WASHINGTON. Oct. . A study of the rolls at the pension office discloses the fact that while the state of Wash ington has the largest number of pen sioners of any Western state and Mon tana the smallest number, those of Ore gon receive by far the greatest amount of money. Following are the totals for six West ern states, showing the number of pen sioners and the total annual amounts paid: Washington ll.oos $ is;. 804 Oreron 8.2.18 l.Bfti W2 Idaho J,5tS 4.18, 6t4 1'tah 1.110 IIKl.W Wyoming PS3 ' li'.".ttrJ7 Sumau las 404.S17 NORTHERN PACIFIC ELECTS Lamont and Baker Succeed Perkins and Cochran on Board. NEW TORK. Oct. 9. Thomas M. La mont. one of J. P. Morgan's partners, and George F. Baker, Jr.. were elected directors of the Northern Paclflo Rail way today to succeed George W. Perk- Ins and Alexander S. Cochran, resigned. Mr. Perkins Is a former partner, of Mr. Morgan. Mr. Cochran, It. was said, re signed mainly on account of ill health. Tho directors re-elected all their for mer officers, J " J -.... - I V - ... x, . t - - i HirV lntJ3 a. t -a' w . r.. - . . in Head of Counterfeiting Gang' Caught. MAN THOUGHT HIDING HERE Officials Believed Criminal Lurked Near Pacific. PORTLAND BANK VICTIM As Albert Leon, Russian Jew, Is About to Sail From Xew Tork, Secret Service Men Make Catch. Coast "Flooded With Paper. WASHINGTON. Oct. 9. After a search across the continent and up into British Columbia, the Secret Service nneratlves tnrlav captured Albert Leon . 7-tiianian Jew and Dolltlcal refuge, as he was about to leave ew ion lor Ronth America- Leon Is allecred to be the head of an evtenslve counterfeiting gang which haa flooded the Pacific Coast with spu rious 110 bank, notes during the last year. -Th Kacret Service was advised to day that Leon was alleged to have per. f.cto a nrocess br which he pnoto rronhert tho face of a note that looked so much like surface printing that many experts declared it to ijave been printed from an etcnea piaie. Pals Caught in Chicago. Tare, of Leon's alleged confederates "Rnriolnh Swanson and Fred Marneek were arrested in Chicago two weeks ago. charged with passing counterfeit money. Leon arrived in this country about three years ago. He took up a sec tion of land at Beaumont, near Los An-e-Biea. Cal.. where it is believed the first nuperlous notes were made. In December. 1910, he went to Nooicta island. British Columbia, and It was charged that most of his counterfeit work came out of his plant there. The notes of these National banKS, It was alleged, were counterfeited by Leon: Portland Baak's Note Faked. The Riverside National Bank, the First National Bank. Tuma, Arts.; Plrar National of Orange. Pasadena. Cal.; Pasadena, Cal.. National Bank: First National of WUllamsport. Pa.; El Centre California, National; First Na tional of Portland. Or.; National Bank or Commerce, Wichita. Kan.; Anglo and London. Paris National Bank of San Francisco; Illinois National of Spring field, 111.; Clair County National of (Concluded on Pase S.) - " ' 1; - . - - - :: - Si T3r - Lewiston Junction Man Unwilling to Waft - for Penitentiary Guards Boards Train. s COLFAX, Wash., Oct. 9. (Special.) What is believed to be the first case on record of a man buying his own railroad ticket and going to the pen! tentiary with his own commitment in his pocket and asking to be taken In to serve a term in that institution, oc curred today at Colfax, when Eugene Ray, of Lewiston Junction, left Colfax for Walla Walla with a commitment of from six months to IS years for re ceiving stolen property. Ray was convicted of receiving stolen wheat at Lewiston Junction. He appealed to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the decision recently. Since bis conviction Ray has been out on bonds. Last night he came to Colfax and announced that he would surren der and go to Walla Walla. Rather than wait for a guard to come after him, he bought his own ticket for Walla Walla this morning. With the commitment he started for the penitentiary without a guard. He was due to reach the penitentiary at 8 o'clock this afternoon and is passing his first night there. Ray was not locked In jail at Colfax last night, as he is still under bond. . SPRING WHEAT'S YIELD 9.7 Crop Report Shows Production 200,307,000 Bushels. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. The October crop report of the Department of Agrl culture, issued today, shows: Condition of corn, 70.4; acre yield. 23.8. Production of Spring wheat. 200,367, 000 bushels. Buckwheat, condition, 81.4; acre yield. 19.S. Potatoes, condition, 62.3; acre yield, 79.7. Flax, condition. 69.6; acre yield, 8.1. Apples, condition. 69.8. Spring wheat, acre yield, 9.7; quality. 79.8. Winter wheat, production, 455,149,000 All wheat production, 655,516,000; acre yield, 12.6. Oats, production, 873.641,000; acre yield, 24.8; quality. 84.6. Barley, production, 145,951,000; acre ylQjd, 20.7; quality, 84.9. Rye, production, 30,677,000. Hay, production, 46.969,000 tons. 23,000 VOLTS DO NOT KILL T. E. Andrews Has Triple Escape From Death Artery Bursts. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) T. E. Andreewi. an employe of the Klamath Falls Light & Power Company, some days ago was on the roof of the transformer-house trying to cut a piece of tin roof with his hatchet. Holding the tin with "his left hand, he struck with his right, at the same time raising his right foot to bal ance himself. His foot struck the transmission wire, carrying 23,000 volts. Fortunately Andrews did not get a full contact, but his right foot and left hand were burned badly and he fell 14 feet to the concrete floor. He was improving until this morn ing, when an artery of his burned hand burst and he lost about a gallon of blood. Willard Miller grabbed Andrews' wrist and held It tight 10 minutes pend ing arrival of the doctor. Andrew was to have gone to his work Wednesday, but cannot do so now. He considers that he has had three narrow escapes from death, the voltage, the drop and the blood-letting. JOHN D.'S CHURCH STRIKES "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" Xot Nonsensical, as Wilson Says. . TARRTTOWN. N. Y.. : Oct. 9. The nnno-resratlon of the First Baptist Church here, which .John D. Rocke feller attends, placed the seal of its approval last night on the hymn, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, wnicn Governor Woadrow Wilson, of New Jersey, recently declared was too "am biguous and nonsensical to retain a place in the hymn book. A vote was taken after the pastor. Rev.. Arthur T. Brooks, as soloist, had sung the hymn from the pulpit, and the congregation was apparently unan imous In declaring that the hymn should not be placed under the ban. Mr. Rockefeller, with his family, at tended the mornins: service at the church when Dr. Brooks announced his Intention of asking for a vote on the hymn. The oil magnate nodded approvingly. BACK TO LAND," IS LOGAN International Catholic Body Has Plan to Aid Congested Cities. WINNIPEG, Man.. Oct. 9. "Back to the land," is the slogan of the Inter national Catholic Colonization Society of America, recently formed with the aim of relieving congestion in crowded cities of the United States and increas ing the rural population of Canada and of the Vnited States. It Is the inten tion of the association to bring people not only from the United States but from Europe, colonizing them in Cath olic colonies. Of the European Immigration to the United States 23,000 are members of the Catholic Church. A location In Canada has been - in spected and approved by the heads of the International organization extend ing along the Canadian Northern Rail way from Watson to Dana. Sask. The tract Includes several thousand acres. Portland Wins 5 Games Vernon but 3. DOUBLE-HEADER IS DIVIDED Beavers Victorious in After noon; Lose in Morning. . CLUB FACES ANGELS NOV. SrcCredie's Men Will Remain if Los Angeles to Engage Dillon's Team While Villagers Meet I Oaks Oregonlans la Lead. i STANDING OP LEADERS. Won. Lost. Pr.Ct Portland 105 72 .SPS Vernon 113 7 -oSt LOS ANGELES. Oct. 9. (Special.) After losing the morning game because of the precipitate and unlooked-fo slump of Pitcher Seaton In the slxta inning, the Portland Beavers concluded the stirring series with Happy Hogan't Vernon Tigers by shutting out th enemy this afternoon. "Speck" Hrk ness flung the finale of the engagement shutting out the Village lads. Th score was 3 to 0. The morning scor was 4 to 2, In favor of Vernon, as al ready related. Ushered In last Wednesday by th hoarse cries of 15,000 fans, augumented by a din generated from almost everj known noise-making device, the serlef which disclosed the real leader of th Pacific Coast League was concluded today before 6000 persons fans con vlnced that McCredie's baseball ma chine is superior to Hogan's but still loyal to the erstwhile Happy. Ths crowd last Wednesday cheered with the exuberance born of belief that th Villagers would get the Beavers' "goat") the crowd today cheered both teams, a concession which proved that Loi Angeles had been "shown" the superl. ority of Portland. , Portland Captures Series. Portland won five games of the se ries. Vernon won two regularly sched. uled games and the postponed gam played this morning, making the total for the six days Ave to three in favor ol land.. Portland Is now two games and fraction ahead of Vernon in the rac for the league flag. Beginning tomor row, Portland will play a series here with Los Angeles, while the Vernon club will wrestle with the Oakland club on the latter's home grounds fol a week. Manager McCredie believes Portland has the pennant in its grasp. "We'll win easily now," he said tonight. I The fortunes of the week have no! entirely subdued Hogan, the Village general. "I'll win that pennant yet," decla.-ed Happy, as he hopped on the train for San Francisco. . Beavers Are Jubilant. The Beavers are feeling Jubilant, for their decisive victory over Vernon stamps them as the better of the two clubs, and every man feels that he Is a member of the Pacific Coast League champions for 1911. The result of this series does not mean that Vernon has lost the flag yet, for Portland Is slated to hook up with the Los Angeles ciuo this week, and three of Dillon's best twirlers have been resting here for an entire week. . Delhi. Nagle and Halls did not make the Sacramento trip with, the Angels, and Happy Hogan has of fered each Los Angeles pitcher wns beats Portland a h.onus of J26. When the Portland players learned oi Hogan's offer before the game today they joshed Hap unmercifully. "Offer them a couple of hundred. Hap, they'll have Just as much of a chance to win," said the Beavers to Hogan. "We made you enough money last week to buy . them all automobiles," shouted McCredie. to Hogan. No "Cinch" Ahead, The coming series with Los Angeles will not be a "cinch" for the Beavers. Portland has lost both series played here with the Angels so far this sea son. The Angels won the first series by taking four of Beven games, and the next time the two clubs met in Angeltown Dillon's warriors won fiiie of seven games played, so Portland will have another bard week if prece dent is followed, and much of McCre die's pennant chances will depend up on what Oakland does to Vernon. Discussing the Vernon club's chances, - Happy Hogan said before he left fo San Francisco: 'My club has been handicapped all week by the absence of Johnny Kane and Hosp, both of whom would have made a great difference In the club's showing had they been able to play. My club has beaten every other team In the league except Portland, and Mc Credie has been lucky all the time in catching my team when it was crip pled. Hosp and Kane to Play. We will beat Oakland this week and the last week of the season we meet Los Angeles. We had it on both of those teams all the time and we (Concluded on ?w T. '1