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illlll PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL 1AX0. 15,924. V BOAST CAUSE OF UNDOING Bribe of $30,000 Of fered Detectives. "MEN UPSTAIRS" REFERRED TO McManigal Moved by Indiscre . tion to Save Himself. STORY IS TOLD BY CAPTOR Inronwr I All-Day Witness Before f.rand Jury, trat Brother Are Not Called More Indict- menta Eineeted. LOS ANGELES, Dec 1. Tn got honored of thousands of dollars and tho American federation of Labor back of ma. It took only IS0.000 to clear Vincent Altman. of Chicago, and If they couldn't eonYlet htm they can't con Tlct me." Th!a boast, attributed today by Do tectlva Malcom McLaren to James B. McNamara as McNamara was being taken on a train from Detroit to Chi cago on the night of April S last, caused Ortlo E. McManigal. then also under arrest, to become angered with McNamara for his Indiscreet statement and was ths nrt circumstance that led McManigal to break from his compan ion and eventually confesa his connec tion with various dynamite explosions throughout the country. lafetraM-r Before firms Jary. McManlgal'a real confession hsd been saved for the trial of James B. snd John J. McNamara. now under sentence, after their pleas of guilty, but this evi dence, as well as all that had been Fathered by ths state, was turned over today to the United States Government. The Federal grand Jury heard Mo Manlgal'a story all day and will hear more of It tomorrow. laying the foun dations for the probe Into the alleged dynamiting conspiracies that extended from coast to coast In ths last three years. Ths McNamaras were not taken be fore the Federal grand Jury and It may be that McManlgal's story will be re garded as salTIclent and the other two be removed to San Quentln without further Interrogation here. Other Mea Implicated. That McManlgal's story Implicated other men In the International Associa tion of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers became known through va rious sources. McManigal allegea that persona other than John J. McNamara. the secretary-treasurer, paid him for the 19 "Jobs" of dynamiting which ho accomplished since 107. As a question probably will be raised as to the competency of testimony from convicted felons, it was considered un likely that the revelations of the lie 1 Namaras. if any. would ba of conse quence, for such testimony could not be used In court against those In dicted. Ths story of McManigal. who has not yet even been brought to trial, will be of great value, however, to the Government'a Investigators and ths state will not try him on ths Indict ments against him until ths Federal authorities are through. Discharge 'Will Be Asked. . Even then. It was said tonight, on good authority. District Attorney Fred ericks will recommend Ma dlschargs on account of signal service rendered. "McManigal never killed anybody; In fact, he took good care never to en danger any man's life. remarked one of ths Assistant District Attorneys to night. Malcolm McLaren, ths Burns detect ive who arrested J. B. McNamara and McManigal. has been In close co-operation with Oscar Lawler. the special at torney appointed as prosecutor for ths Government In ths Federal investiga tion, and sat outslds the grand Jury chamber today, walUrjf for McManlgaL While thus waiting. McLaren gave a . complete version, new In many Import ant details, of the events snd circum stances which led up to the arrest of McMsnlgsl with McNsmara In Detroit, and told how the thoughtlessness of James B. McNsmara on ths Journey from Detroit to Chicago gave ths de tectives ground for persuading Mc Manigal to confesa his crimes. The statements of McNamara were made, according to McLaren. In the pressnce of Detectiva Sergeants Blddlnger and Keed. of Chicago: Raymond Burns, a son of William J. Burns, and McLaren himself. Stetry of tag Chsee Tela. McLaren told In minute detail the dates, hours and places of bis shadow ing of McManigal for a lung period prior to his arrest. When he confront ed McManigal with the knowledge that ho bad thus gained, the dynamiter de rided to break from his companion and tell all bo knew. "About the 7th and (th of April last. said McLaren, T picked up Mc Manigal at his home In Chicago. lie hsd Just arrived from Spring-field. Mass.. where he had blown up the municipal tower. He had stopped at Indianapolis and obtained S400 from J. J. McNamara for the Springfield Job and the one at Milwaukee. We shadowed blm the next day as ii'oDfiodcd ea i'age &- TWENTY GREATEST WOMEN ARE NAMED ILLINOIS SUFFRAGISTS OFFETt MEN TO EQCAIi LIST. Mary Baker F.ddy, Jane Addams, Mme. Curie, Mm. Pankhurt and Bernhardt Among Selections. CHICAGO. Dec T. Illinois women, members of the.Etate Equal Right Association, today announced a list of "the world's 10 greatest women." which they offer to compare with lists of men recently selected. Ths women are: Carrie Chapman Catt, Mary Baker Eddy. Frances E. Wlllard. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Jane Addams. Ella Flags; Toung. Emmeltne Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale. Clara Barton. Elisabeth Cady Stanton. Susan B. Anthony. Lucretla Mott. George Eliot, Elisabeth Browning. Charlotte Bronte. Marguerite Fuller. Sarah Bernhardt. Mrs. Raymond Robins, Rsv. Anna Howard Shaw and Mme. Curie. It was explained that the list wm drawn with an eye to those who had dons the most for women. Csrrle Na tion and Lady Tennessee Claflln Cook also wers suggested ss entitled to place. SURF OVERWHELMS PAIR Ne-ivport Mien Barely Escape) When Caught by Huge Ware. NEWPORT. Or.. Dec 7. Roy Ray mer and George Russell, of this place. had a very narrow escape from being drowned In ths surf today. In company with Game , Warden Gatens they were going around from ths bar beach to Nye Creek. The tide was near high water and breakers were running almost to the bluff. As ths party came near Castle Rock Point, about half a mile from this city. Gatens turned back, considering It too dangerous to proceed- Raymer and Russell attsmpted to pass through a narrow cut between Castle Rock and the bluff and were partly through the cut. Raymer being well In the lead, when a huge wave rolled in. RussslI managed to scramble up on some rocks, but Raymer was caught by the sea, which swept clear over htm. A shotgun which hs carried exploded, bursting the gun to pieces. Ths ex plosion forced Raymer to the surface of the water and ha succeeded In catching a rock as ths swift receding wave was carrying htm out Into the surf. Clinging desperately to It until the sea subsided, with ths asslstanoe ef Russell, he reached a place of safety, painfully braised from the bursting of the gun and contact with the rocks. PORTLAND LEADS COAST For Building- In November, City Is ' Third in I'nlted States. CHICAGO. Dec. 7. Portland Is third among ths large cities of the United States In the volume of new building authorised In November, and leada all Pacific Coast cities for November bulldlns:, showing a gain of 79 per cent over November a year ago In the "American Contractors' " table. Per mits totaled S2.012.S6. Los Angsles figures are ll.7J7.IIJ, a dscreaae from last November. Esn Francisco. S1.C17.S90. a 6? per cent gain. Oakland. I7:i.S33. New Tork, with permits aggregating 1 14.000.000, led. and Chicago was sec ond, with more than 17,000.000. Bos ton. Baltimore. Cleveland. New Orleans, Philadelphia and Pittsburg fell below Portland. CHANLER TO RAY $70,000 Singer Has Agreed to Give Husband His Freedom, by French Divorce. NEW TORK. Dec. 7. (Special.) Robert Wlnthrop Chanler, who returned from Paris today on the Olympic, an nounced that he would shortly be a free man as ths result of a financial set tlement he had made with his wife, Llna Cavallert. ths operatic star. He refused to say what the settle ment was, but It Is understood that hs consented to give 170,000 to his wife. Chanler and Cavallsii would obtain a divorce In the French courts within four or'flve months. EDOUARD DE RESZKE ILL Indianapolis Girl Who Will Sing In Europe Brlng-s News. NEW TORK, Dec. 7. (Special.) Miss Mary English Jeffries, of In dianapolis, who has been studying un der Jean de Resxke. arrived on ths Olympic today for a brief vacation and will then return to sing at ths Paris Opera Comlquo and later at Covent Garden. London, England. She said that Edouard de Resxke, ths famous basso and brother of Jean, was near death from heart trouble. BROWN SWEEPS GEORGIA Eighty-Four Conntles Give 200 Ont of 168 Electoral Votes. ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 7. Returns from all the 14 counties of the state show that ex-Governor J. M. Brown swept the state In the Democratic primary for Governor today. Eighty. four counties give ex-Governor Brown ZOO of the 3S electoral votes. ANOTHER ROAD 10 TAP COOS BAY? Pacific Great Western Announces Plans. CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET Tunnel Crew to Leave Today to Commence Work. TWO-YEAR LIMIT IS SET Ftigene Officials of Company Say Paciric Coast Line Also Will Be Rushed to Completion Ident ity of Backer Withheld. EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 7. (Special) Coincident with the filing of a suit for condemnation of more right of way for tunnel purposes at the summit of the Coast Range, it was declared hero tonight from the offices of the Pacific Great Western Railway Company that contracts for the construction of their road from Eugene to the coast have been let to McArthur. Perkins & Co., Ltd.. of Chicago and New Tork. and that work will begin Immediately and rushed through to completion. McArthur, Perkins & Co. have' also been awarded the contract by the Pa cific Coast Railway Company, an allied line, for the construction of a line from ths Sluslaw River to Coos Bay, and It Is declared outfits will be strung out along the entire line as soon as the weather will permit. Sab-Contract Is Awarded. -- The contracts call for the construc tion of 114 miles of road and ths cost of the project will be approximately $5,000,000. it Is said. R. B. Hunt, chief engineer of ths Pacific-Great Western, said tonight that construction would be rushed with all possible speed, and that trains would probably be running over th new line within less than two years. Ths contract for construction of the tunne! at ths summit of the Coast Range has been sublet to Roylance, Messenger 4 Dye, who have Just fln lshsd a contract on the Natron Exten sion, and they will leave here tomorrow with a wagon train of equipment and a crew of 70 men. and begin work im mediately on the tunnel, which paral lels that of the Southern Pacific Com pany. Crews will be put to work clear ing right of way westward from the tunnel sits. It Is announced that as soon as the weather permits In the (Concluded on Pas 6- GET BUSY AND AVOID THE RUSH. - j i fU (YOU M-ALWYS S&MV&J I t ( ' "fZhQ 1 I MOST ArTECTiOVATE 1 WMJT l Is (Pz V at this riMB I MMJr t j Ho i j f ' ! ANNUAL WILL COVER WIDE FIELD, That part of The Oregonian Annual which is devoted to Ore gon industries will not specialize on any one subject. It will be comprehensive. Apples and other lines of horticulture have justly received much attention in recent years, but the Annual, while em phasizing Oregon's leadership in fruit production, will do full jus tice to other subjects. There will be articles calling attention to the great .progress that the livestock industry is making, with Portland as a pack ing and shipping center creating a demand far in excess of the sup ply. Specialists will tell what is being accomplished in poultry husbandry, in dairying, in the raising of hay, grain, hops and other products of the soil. They will lay stress on the opportuni ties that are open for many thou sands of additional farmers to live in contentment on Oregon's fertile land. All important phases of our industrial development will have place in the Annual. Every resident of the state should read The Oregonian An nual and become. more familiar with his own commonwealth. He should do more. He should send this big special edition to his friends in the East, the South, the Middle West. It will arouse their interest in this land of un equaled advantages. The Annual will be printed January 1, 1912. CYRUS H. WALKER AGED 73 Oldest Living White Man, Born West of Kocktes, Celehrates Birthday. ALBANT, Or.. Dec. 7. (Special.) Cyrus H. Walker, the oldest living white man born west of the Rocky Mountains, celebrated his 73d birthday anniversary at his home near Albany today. He was bora at Whitman's mission, near Walla Walla, Wash.. December 7. 1838. Walker Is grand commander of the Indian War Veterans of the North Pacific Coast snd a prominent officer In t. e Oregon Pioneer Association and Stats Grange. Since his 72d birthday he has organized 10 new granges in Oregon. During the past two years he has organized 30 granges In this state. AVIATOR IS HEAVY LOSER Grahame-White Gets In Poker Game on Way to America. NEW TORK. Dec 7. (Special.) The White Star liner Olymplo arrived today on her first trip since her collision with the British cruiser Hawk in Eng lish waters. There was a poker game on board and somebody -lost 11000. It was reported that a card-sharp had taken part In the game and that Claude Grahame-Whlte, ths aviator, had been one of the heaviest losers. White de nies this, hut admitted that "some body" had lost $1000. OREGON'S PRAISES SUNG III CHICAGO State's Day at Land Show Gala One. EYES OF PEOPLE ARE OPENED Lectures, Fruits and Flowers Advertise Community. APPLES EAGERLY EATEN Ex-Oregonlans, Taken Elsewhere by Business, Pathetic Figures at Exhibit, 8lhinB for Old Home Country Again. CHICAGO, Deo. 7. (Special.) Ore gon, the grand commonwealth of the Northwest, which Chicagoans picture in their minds as a land of choice fruits, beautiful flowers, artistic bun galows, salmon and crawfish, was the entertainer at the Land Show today and representatives of tho state "made good" in all respects. Eastern pehple who have never vis ited Oregon, but who gained their im pressions from railroad folders, maga zine articles, the stories told by return ing travelers and by contact with ac tual residents of Oregon, think the people there use nothing but gold coin of large denominations as a circulat ing medium and that they subsist chief ly upon fruit and Ash. The eyes of these people were opened to the real possibilities of Oregon by the display today. Tho lectures on the resources of the state were illustrated by moving pictures and proved enter taining and instructive. Talks Are Illustrated. Governor West had named J. H. O'Neill, of Portland, as his official rep resentative. Tom Richardson was one of the chief speakers. Among others were Grover B. Simpson, superinten dent of Wells-Fargo & Co., In Chicago, and a native son of Oregon; J. E. Ver ree, Harry A. Wheeler,' president of the Chicago Association of " Commerce; George de Haven, Hallett W. Smith, of Ban Francisco; F. H. Graham and Pro fessor A. E. Chamberlain. All the talks were Illustrated with etereopttoon pictures. A silk Oregon badge was pinned on every visitor to the Coliseum when he entered the show. "If Chicagoans were told about the size of Oregon they would hardly be lieve it," said Mr. Richardson. "We have a state into which you could put (Concluded on Page 3.) WIFE, 60, IRKSOME TO VETERAN OF 80 BENEDICT OF FOUR MONTHS IS STJIXG FOR DIVORCE. Anthony W. Presley, of Orting Sol diers Home, Says Son "Dangcd Poor Judge of Women." TACOMA, Wash.. Dec 7. (Special.) After less than four months of wedded life. Anthony W. Presley Civil War veteran at the Orting Soldiers' Home, is more than ready to quit. He sued for a divorce today. Anthony is 80. his , wife 60. They were married here August 14 after a long-distsnce courtship, Presley's son in Colorado being the matchmaker. Presley vows his son is "danged poor Judge of women." Mrs. Presley is cruel to him, the old man says. Once when he was talk ing to a neighbor woman in the garden, his wife grew Jealous. With the aid of a man neighbor, she beat him, then tied him up and spit in his face. Pres ley alleges. Once she told him to buy himself some strychnine, his com plaint reads. Presley is unwilling to pay alimony. He says he gets only 1 a month pension and that his wife is big and husky and can look out for herself. STEER BRINGS HIGH PRICE Xinety Cents a Pound Paid for Prixwinner In Chicago. ' CHICAGO. Dea. 7. Victor, the cham pion steer of the International Live stock Exhibition, owned by the Iowa Agricultural College, came close to a new record for cattle in the auction ring today, when he was sold to a de partment store for 90 cents a pound. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 7. The car load of fat steers that won the sweep stakes prize at the International Live stock Show in Chicago was sold here tndav to a packing company of Buffalo, kj v fnr 115.7! iter 100 pounds. The steers were yearlings, bred and fed Irwin. Ia. They had been fed since they were calves and weighed 1203 pounds apiece, bringing $189.47 a head MAN STUMBLES TO DEATH Rancher's Fall Sets Off Dynamite Which He Is Carrying. KEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 7. Henry Thompson, aged 40, a rancher living at Pacific City, stumbled and leu in nis front dooryard. while carrying a bomb of 15 sticks of dynamite with cap and fuse attached and was blown to pieces today. Thompson, who was single, came from Walla Walla four years ago. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 43 degrees; minimum, ov ue.. TODAY'S Rain, southerly winds. Vnrelen. Berlin paper quote. Taft as sympathizing with Germany. Page 2. India arrayed in magnificence to welcome Emperor ana wv"- - National. .. President sends message on foreign rela tions. Page 7. Domestic Elusive Dr. J. Grant Lyman Is placed on Oregon'' day "ft Chicago Land Show attracts attention. Page 1. Illinois suffragists name "world s 20 great est women." Page 1. Dr Hvde wins important point In cross examination of nurse. Page bBurn.F;d:nat,0.dCnanpden" .fSnart on"JnMtrad,r MfCCar" OrSot McNamara's boast that he could bribe way . to freedom assigned as-cause of down fall. Page 1. Helena McDonald Stallo. 10 years old. spends 21.40 in 18 months. Page 6. Pacific Northwest. Octogenarian sues wife of 60 for divorce after being wedded four months. Page 1. Irate settlers near Burns accused of demol ishing offending dam. Page 8. Promoter, on trial Seattle -.Wash for alleged AiaK iulu ' President Gray, of Hill line, in Northwest, asks better understanding between rallr roads and public. Page H. La Grande business men unite in effort to suppress labor troubles. Page 0. Construction of second railroad from Eugene to coast is announced. Page 1. Boise Mayor staunch in fight against com mission plan. Page 18. Sport. Coast League adopt, double-umpire system. Pago 10. Heads of two Northwest football coaches fall in baskets because of defeats. Page 1. Nick Williams gets busy with plans for 1912 Roadsters. Page 10. Fair Multnomah Club swimmers go to Gear hare tomorrow for sea plunge. Page 10. Commercial and Marine. Stowing of wheat shipment on dock dis pleases captain of bark. Page 18. Hop buyers turn their attention to Cali fornia. Page 22. Covering steadies wheat market at Chicago. Page 23. Firm monev rates affect stock trading at New York. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Elks ask National committeemen to set party conventions at dates which will not conflict with Portland reunion. Pace 11. Ten leading bank, of Portland report gain of $;t.0u0.000 in deposits in three months. Page 4. Proposed oil-storage ordinance revolution ises present system of handling oil in Portland. Page 14. School Board to recommend that 6-mlll levy be authorized for district No. 1. Page 14. Chief Blover orders policemen to arrest of fenders only when absolutely necessary until Jail is cleaner and has more room. Page 14. Secretary of Oregon Dairymen's Association scores Governor West for vetoing sani tary inSDeCllUIl 1"- - Convention of State Dairy Association 1. marked by great enthusiasm. Page 16. Liauor license committee advocates In creasing liquor license from J800 to $1000 a year. Puge IB. Elk ruler, after visit in city, leaves for Se attle. Page 11. San Francisco merchant arrested for lead ing 17-year-old Portland girl astray. Page 4. Chickens on exhibition at poultry show are all Judged. Page 14. ELUSIVE DOCTOR LYMAN 01! TRIAL Los Angeles Promoter Appears in Court. DEFENDANT IS IMPASSIVE Officers Sigh With Relief at Seeing Him Secure. ARCHITECT YAKES STAND Principal in Sensational Escape From Oakland Hospital lias as Fellow - Prisoner Deputy TTnited States Marshal. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 7. (Special.) Safe and secure and at last a de fendant at the bar of Justice, Dr. John Grant Lyman, the slippery Los Angeles high financier and promoter, was placed on trial today in the United States Dis trict Court for conspiracy to escape. Sitting- impassively beside his attor neys, as tho charges against him were read, the Jury impaneled and sworn, the case against htm outlined and the first testimony taken, the man who has caused the police of two states so much worry and so many sleepless nights listened quietly to the formalities which Indicated that the net of the law had closed around him at last. Depnty Marshal Also on Trial. The charge upon which Lyman is on trial In this city Is one of conspiring to escape from the custody of the United States Marshal, on the occasion of his sudden and spectacular depart ure from Providence Hospital, In Oak land, last September 24. On trial with him for the same conspiracy is Charles M. Courtwright, who, as United States Deputy Marshal, officially held the elu sive doctor In custody. Tho gathering of a Jury proved a matter of an hour and a half. Little difficulty was experienced, as most of the veniremen had only a fleeting Im pression of the case.' Four challenges were used by the defense and one by the prosecution. Lyman Is represented by Attorneys Carroll Cook and William Hoff Cook. Assistant United States Attorney Mc Klnley is conducting the case for the Government. Plan of Roomlng-konse In Evidence. A spectacular touch was given the proceedings of the morning by the pro ducing in court and later introduction as evidence of two large diagrams rep resenting the plan of a rooming-house and resort at 466 Sixth street, Oakland, where Lyman Is said to have stayed im mediately after his escape from the Providence Hospital. The defense ob jected to the use of the plans and was overruled by Judge Van Fleet. The drawings were made by J. Davis Hatch, an architect, of Oakland, who was the first witness. United States Commissioner Brown, who was taking Lyman to the Ala meda County Jail at the time when ths prisoner fell and sustained the acci dent that necessitated his removal to the Providence Hospital, identified tho warrant under which he had held Ly man under arest. ROADS WANT MORE TIME Class Rate Cut Ordered by Commis sion Prompts Meeting. SEATTLE, "Wash., Dec. 7. Protest ing that insufficient time had been given by the Interstate Commerce Com mission in which to revise, publish and file the new schedule, representatives of all North Coast lines held a meet ing here today to discuss tho situation and find a remedy from the standpoint of the carriers, regarding the new dis tributive class rates from Puget Sound points to the Interior, effective Jan uary 2. The new class rates, ordered In by the Interstate Commerce Commission a few days ago, directed a reduction of present distributive class rates up to 25 per cent, with an approximate saving of 20 per cent from Seattle. Ta coma and Portland to points in Wash ington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. The new rates will, it Is declared, give Seattle. Tacoma and Portland an ad vantage over Spokane. The committee did not determine whether it would appeal to the Com merce Court in the event that the re quest for more time was declined by the Interstate Commerce Commission. HALF LOT BRINGS MILLION Rate of $8 7 0 a Square Foot Paid for New York Property. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. A new record price for New York real estate is marked by the sale of a plot represent ing exactly half of a city lot at the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth streets for $1,000,000. The plot con tains less than 1200 square feet and thus brought nearly $870 a square foot. The former record of about $800 a square foot was paid two years ago for a plot at the corner of Nassau and Wall streets, diagonally opposite the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. s