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K VOL. LII-XO. 16,185. PORTLAND, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V v GENERALWAR IN 43 HOURS IS EXPECTED Montenegro Leads Way With Declaration. BATTLE IS ROW UNDER WAY AUTOIST SUFFERS NOVEL PENALTY OFFENDER MTTST NOT DRIVE CAR FOR SIX 3IOXTHS. Greece, First Chosen, Refuses to Accept Responsibility. POWERS STILL NOT IDLE Austria Mobilizes Fonr Great Army Corps, but, With Russia, Is Be lieved to Have Refused to Become Involved. CO.VSTAXTIXOPLB, Oct. Montene grin forces early this morning attacked Berana, which at noon wii surrounded. Skirmishes also are reported on the Servian frontier and with Greek bands In the neighborhood of Dlakata. An exchange of shots has occurred near Djumabala, on the Bulgarian frontier. An official dispatch from the Mont enegrin frontier says Montenegrins on Monday attacked the block house at Kalva, but were repulsed with heavy loss. Fifteen Turks were wounded. The same day a large detachment of the Montenegrin army crossed the frontier and attacked Brano. A battle ensued. which, according to latest reports, still continues. It is also reported that the Turks surrounded and annihilated a body of Montenegrin soldiers. PARIS. Oct. 8. A general conflagra tion in the Balkans is expected within 48 hours by officials here. Montenegro today declared war, and this is regarded merely as the begin ning. It is believed that the other units in the Balkan coalition will fol low suit as soon as the mobilization of armies is complete. There is only faint hope that the representations o the powers will avert general hostili ties., - Flan Believed Prearranged. Montenegro s move is considered In Paris to be part of a prearranged plan.. It is asserted that Greece was first selected by the Balkan confedera tion to force the issue and inaugurate the war. This easily could have been done by Greece's seating in the Greek parliament the deputies from Crete, wmcn was certain to prove a casus belli to Turkey. Greece, however, declined to accept responsibility for starting the flame. Montenegro then was picked. She had a long, standing quarrel with Turkey over the boundary question, and Turkey's refusal to grant satisfaction was seized upon as Justification for Montenegro's resort to arms. Bulgarian People Aroused. It is not doubted that though cooler heads in Bulgaria have been against the war from the start, popular excite ment is at such a high pitch that that country will be driven to war to satisfy public opinion. In the face of intervention every fibre of energy will be exerted by the great powers to prevent the war flame from engulfing Europe. It is realized that all depends -on the attitude of Austria, which, according to late advices, has mobilized four army corps in Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Southern Hungary and stands ready to occupy the Sanjak of Xovipazar should this coveted strategic territory be menaced by the Servians and Montenegrins. Russia and Austria Aloof. Despite Russian sympathy for their Slav brethren of the Balkans, whose political welfare Russia has fostered, no complicati'ons are expected between Russia and Austria, and both these na tions have assured the powers of their determination not to be drawn Into any Balkan imbroglio. Official circles in France greatly regret the censure of certain French newspapers that Great Britain's slow ness in agreeing to the phraseology of the note has retarded the representa tions of the powers. This censure, it is said, does not represent the official French view. It is pointed out that such criticism is likely to cause a false Impression abroad, and that it has fur nislied ammunition for an attack by the German press on Great Britain. Aote of Powers Forestalled. The real story of how the Balkan powers forestalled and outwitted Euro pean Intervention is told in the off! cial advices from Cettinje. The Aus. ti Uui and Russian representatives pre sented the note in the name of the powers, warning the Balkan states against war, at 11 o'clock in the morn ing; but two and a half hours earlier the Montenegrin government had bunded his passports to' the Ottoman charge. Thus the Montenegrin Cabi net was in a position to say that the representations of the powers came too late, a rupture of diplomatic rela tions having already occurred. The note follows: "The governments of Russia and Austria declare to the Balkan states: "First, that the powers energetically reprove any measure susceptible of causing rupture of the peace. Guarantee of Reforms Promised. "Second, that, leaning on article XXIII of the treaty of Berlin, they will take in hand, in the interest of the Balkan peoples, the relation of reforms in the administration of European Tur- Judge Adds Condition to $100 Fine Jn Case of Millionaire Who Goes 80 Miles an Hour. LOS ANGELES, Oct- 8. (Special.) Novel punishment, in addition to a fine of J100, was inflicted by Police Judge Frederickson today upon Benjamin W. Kittredge, a young multi-millionaire. who wrecked his own machine and collided with another on a wild auto mobile ride. He drove 80 miles an hour In the city. For the next six months Kittredge may not drive an automobile or ride in any machine where he has authority of direction over the chauffeur, under penalty of 30 days Imprisonment. Klttredsa has been arrested three times for wild auto escapades. Once he drove his machine to the middle of a railroad bridge and blocked traffic half a night. He was celebrating the advent of a son in his home. Kittredge told Judge Frederickson that he was guilty, but somewhat un der the influence of liquor. He de clared be had since signed the pledge. PORTLAND WOMAN IS SHOT WON ANSWERS COLONELS DEI 0 In Thought Steel Trus Leads T. R. He Says. FINANCIAL AID NOT CHARGED Mrs. Grace Brooks Found Dead In Her Room at Tacoraa. TACOMA, Wash, Oct. 8. Mrs. Grace Brooks, SO years of age, was shot and killed tonight in her room. Officers are searching for Elmer Fillmore, a young grocery clerk, for merly of Cle Slum. Wash., where he Is said to have been a suitor of the woman. The victim was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Douglas, of Portland, Or. A married sister is sup posed to live In Portland also. Democrat Admits Corporation May "Intend", the Best. CONTROL PLAN BORROWED Governor Asks If Roosevelt, Having Accepted Perkins Ideas, Won Id Not Go to Him Also to Work Out Details. Two persons of the name, W. E. Douglas, named in the dispatch, appear in the Portland city directory. Both had moved their places of residence recently and could not be located late last night. W. E. Douglas, of the Dil enbeck-Douglas Company, was listed for 762 East Davis street, and William E. Douglas, listed from 162 Boundary street, had recently moved to the West Side. Information of the former rest dence of Mrs. Brooks in Portland could not be found. , BULL MOOSE FADES AWAY Colonel's Support in - Josephine ' Passes With. Portland Episode. GRANTS PASS, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) . It looks as if the Bull Moose In Jose phlne County had left the range in search of better picking. During the dry season along in July a number were seen to come down to the river and drink, but since that time what tracks were made have faded away. If there has been any meetings held or any executive work done or gatherings for such purposes, it must have been so small as to escape public notice. No effort has been made to put out a county ticket Outside of a little flirting of the Democratic party and an effort to rub the bull moose on the shoulder, no other functions have been held. In some quarters the ardent workers for the Colonel have been cooled, owing to that gentleman's con duct while in Portland. EXPRESS TRAIN HELD UP Safes Dynamited by Robbers Rock Island In Oklahoma. FORT SMITH, Ark., Oct. 8. Rock Island train No. 41, west bound, was held up and the express and mail cars were robbed tonight near Howe. Okla., according to a dispatch from the sta tion agent of the road at Halleyvllle, Okla. Safes in the express tr were dyna mited. The amount stolen has not been learned. Passengers were not molest ed. Howe is 25 miles south of Poteau, where a Kansas City Southern train was held up a few days ago. The robbers brought the train to a stop by waving a red lantern. A dispatch from Wister says the rob bers have been located In a com field near there. A posse is en route from Haileyville to Wister. IDAHO TIMBERMAN FREED William Dwycr, Accused of Jury Tampering, Reproved by Court. BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 8. (Special.) Judge Frank S. Dietrich today dis missed the charge of contempt of court against William Dwyer, of Lewiston, but severely reproving the tlmberman for trying to communicate with a grand Jury in the Federal Court. Dwyer was arrested on the charge of attempting to influence the Jury that indicted G. W. Thompson, L. G. Bradley and other officers of the Medbury Land Company, through a, telegram he sent to George Fletcher, one of its members. detrimental to Thompson. BURTON PLEADS FOR TAFT Only Possible Fault Declared to Be He Is Not Politician. (Concluded od Pace 4.J DENVER, Oct. 8. "If any fault can be found with him, it Is because' he is not a skillful politician. He does not possess the dangerous gift of appealing to the imagination." This was the characterization of President Taft made here tonight by Senator Burton, of Ohio. Senator Bur. ton, following one day behind Governor Wilson, made a plea for Republicanism and the protective principle, declaring that tho Democratic tariff nroerramme i would spell ruin for Colorado industries, j KANSAS CITY, . Oct. 8. Governot- Wilson in his speeches at Topeka, Kan, and here tonight replied to Colonel Roosevelt's request at Albany, N. T. ast night, that the Democratic nom inee "prove or retract" the declaration that the United States Steel Corpora tion is behind the third party pro gramme for regulating trusts. The Governor reiterated that the Steel Corporation was "behind the third party programme In thought," and add ed that he knew nothing of any finan cial support. The Governor amplified his position and made a new attack on the tariff policies of both his op ponents. "I understand from the newspapers,' said Governor Wilson, "that Mr. Roose velt was distressed by my saying the other day that the United States Steel Corporation was back of his plan for controlling the trusts. money Not In Mind. "He Interpreted my remark to mean that they were supporting him with their money. I was not thinking about money. I do not know whether they are supporting him with their money or not; it does not make any differ ence. What I meant was they are sup porting him with their thought and their thought is not our thought. I meant, and I say again, that the kind of control he proposes Is the kind of control the United States Steel Corpor ation wants. . I am perfectly willing to admit that they think it is best for the country. My point Is that this is a method con ceived from the point of view of the very men who are to be controlled, and that this Is Just the wrong points of view from which to conceive It." Plan Conceived by Steel Men. The Governor charged that the Roosevelt programme was . "not pro gressive at all In its fundamentals," and remarked that Elbert H. Gary, head of the Steel Corporation, and George W. Perkins, a'- director, sug gested the plan of governmental con trol of trusts. If Mr. Roosevelt," said the Gover- (Concluded on Page 2. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. degrees; minimum, 48 degree. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. . . Foreign. General war In Balkans Is expected within 43 nours. page l. - Details of battle In Nicaragua reach Wash ington. Page 4- Politics. Wilson says steel corporation Is behind Roosevelt In thought. Page 1. Rival state chairmen each says sentiment favors his candidate. Page 12. Taccma man may supply 1904 lists of cam paign contributors. Page 2. Senator Bourne announces platform for can didacy. Page 14. President Taft's brothers gav $150,000 to his pre-conventlon campaign. Page . Candidate for Sheriff, Tom Word, announces platform. Page 11. Domestic Auto 1st who exceeded speed limit Is de nied chauffeur privileges for six, montns. Page 1. Attorney for men accused as dynamiters out lines defense, page 3. - Wealthy victim of New York swindlers close ly guarded before grand Jury, page s. Sport. . Boston Red 8ox defeat 'New York Giants 4-8 in first championship game. Page 1 Heine" Heitmuller, star Los Angeles out fielder, dies from typhoid fever attack. Page tf. Boston fans exult at victory and odds shoot up to 10 to 0. Page a. Wood Is master of Giants In opening clash. page s. George Capron, ex-dlamond and gridiron star backs Boston. Page 8. Pacific Coast League results: San Francisco 8. Portlai-d 2; Oakland 6. Sacramento 2; Lorf Angeles - Vernon game postponed. Page 9. Pacific Northwest. Woman shot by husband In crowded hotel dining-room, page a. . , General Wood hints at heavy coast defense Page . Jury completed and sworn to try Mrs. Anna cnristensen on murder charge at Fasco. Page 6. Millionaire Aberdeen lumberman acquitted of murder charge, page L Commercial and Marine. ' Grain standards are fixed by Portland Cham ber of Commerce. Page 1ft. Wheat advances at Chicago on war news, j Page 18. Rebuilt steamer Rochelle springs leak on maiden voyage, page is. Stock trade sluggish and prices Irregular. Page 19. Portland and Vicinity Councilman Daly suggests that large Bull Kun water users should pay extra tax. Page 14. - Wood charter ordered submitted to voters November 2. Page 13. Police court practitioners forbidden to solicit patronage In jail. Page 13. W. C. Bristol praises Oregon roads, after motor trip across the continent, page 18. Suffragists of Oregon plan lively finish to campaign, .rage ia. 'Jack ILlsby and William Rose confess plot 10 extort sum irom v. Lively, page 1-. Mayor threatens discharge of Seton If Kay charges are sustained. Page 7. Use of new O.-W. R. & N. bridge will cost city o per cent on s&fi.iz. page 18. Debate on single tax between State Commis sioner Galloway and H. D. Wagnon as sumes Interesting proportions. Page 5. Nurse, severely beaten, escapes in hysteria. Page 1. L1BE1AN FREED BY ABERDEEN JUR Creech Collapses Afte Hearing Verdict RiCH MAN HALF HYSTERICA On - Fifth Ballot Twelve Are ; 'Unanimous for Liberty. ALL JURORS RETIRE TIRED Remarks of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Cross, Keen and Cutting Though They Are, Lose ' Force of Effect. UNKNOWN STEAMER SINKS Fate of Vessel Reported on Fire Is Likely to Remain Mystery. HALIFAX, N. S.. Oct. 8. The fate of the crew of a large vessel. Identity un known, reported afire and then sunk tonight off Prospect, east of Sambro, remained unrevealed up to a late hour. First word of the wreck came at 9 M when the lighthouse-keeper at Sambro sent a wireless message that 'a large vessel" was on Are near his station. An hour later he sent a mes sage that the vessel had sunk. No other particulars are available. The government steamer Aberdeen sailed at midnight to render any assistance possible. - . j ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct 8. (Spe cial.) John 6. Creech, wealthy lumber man of Aberdeen, was acquitted of the murder of Detective Frank Welch, of Aberdeen, on the fifth ballot, the Jury coming In at 8:30 o'clock after an ab sence of three and a half hours. The first ballot was ten for acquit tal and two for conviction of murder In the second degree. The jury stood this way for three ballots, and on the fourth ballot stood 11 to 1 for acquit taL On the fifth ballot all were unan lmous. John Creech stood trembling and with drawn face as the Jury filed Into the courtroom. Then he sank into chair while the cour.t asked the fore man his verdict. When the answer came Creech ap peared for a little while to be his natural self, congratulated the attor neys and then went up and thanked the Jurymen, shaking each by the hand. Creech Become Hysterical. Then suddenly he collapsed and for 15 minutes he sat crying and laughing by spells in his chair in a half hys terical mood. The crowd which thronged the courtroom was moved deeply, and many mem besides the women In attendance, cried audibly. With her husband went Mrs. Creech, who has shown the strain of the trial least of all the family. Robert, the 16-year-old son of Creech, also cried, unashamed. Mrs. Brown, the daughter, was not in the courtroom. Finally the Creeches left the courtroom, but half an hour later Creech was unable to talk and showed symptoms of break ing Into tears again. Few of the court officers and neither of the state's attorneys were present when the verdict was announced. Judge Sheeks has chambers In the courthouse and came in when the jury sent out word it had decided. Trial Attract. Attention. The trial began seven days ago, and because of Creech's wealth and posl (Concluded on Page 5.) W00DR0W IS DEVELOPING A PUNCH, NURSE BEATEN, FLEES IN HYSTERIA DOROTHY GLASS, SEVERELY BRCISED, CAN'T TALK. With Hat In Hand, Girl Presumably From Tacoma Makes Escape Screaming at Midnight. urying at the top of her voice, "Don't beat me," and "Don't use that ehloro form," a young woman presumably i nurse from Tacoma whose name Is be lieved to be Dorothy Glass, was stopped at Union avenue and Holladay street this morning shortly after midnight. She was, taken to St. Vincent's Hos pital, where It was discovered she-was literally covered with bruises and was so hysterical as to be unable to talk. The cries of the young woman at tracted the attention of Charles Ryan, ex-manager of the Empress, as he was on bis way home. He detained her long enough to call the police station. She was then taken In charge by Patrolman Niles. On her person she had a pass 'book from the Bank of Cal ifornia, Tacoma. She carried her hat in her hand. The hospital authorities believe she either was In charge of a patient on the East Side, who became violently Insane and administered a beating. The hospital authorities say the woman Is not injured aside from the bruises. The police are trying to learn from where she came. PORTLAND SUPPLIES STEEL Specifications for Spokane's Big Hotel Being Prepared Here. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 8. (Special. Three of the brick buildings now oc cupytng .the new Davenport Hotel site will be raxed within 15 days. The Pfister building will be torn down within a period of 80 days. This ln sures rapid progress toward the actual construction of the Davenport, the new 12,000,000 hotel. Louis Davenport said today that work is now being rushed in the as sembling of the specifications for the building. "These specifications are being as sembled in Portland, Or, New Tork and Spokane," he said. "The specif! cations for the steel work are being assembled .In New Tork, the mechan leal and engineering specifications in Portland, and those for the buildinsr itself In Spokane. WOOD STOPS GIANT RALLY: SOX WIN 4-3 One Fast Ball in Ninth Surmounts Crisis. LUCK IS AIL WITH NEW YORK Crandall Fans Amid Uproar as Runners Strain on Bases. BOSTON STAR HOLDS NERVE CUTTER TO BE REPAIRED Manning Ordered to Mare Island 3IcCullough to Visit Astoria. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wuh. mgton, oct. s. The revenue cutter Manning, now at Astoria has been ordered to Mare Island for repairs. In eluding the Installation of new boilers. Most of the Winter no cutter will be stationed at Astoria, according to ores ent plans, but the cutter McCullough, now en route to San Francisco from Alaska, may visit Astoria several times during the season. The McCullough and Tacoma.Niow In Alaska, are ordered south, the McCul lough going to San Francisco for per manent station ana the Tacoma to Puget Sound, relieving the Snohomish, which goes to Puget Sound for the an nual overhauling. FIRE BREAKSOUT AFRESH Hclmeted Rescuers, Caught in Mine and Have Narrow Escape. KELLOGG. Idaho, Oct. 8. After ap parently being conquered, the Are in the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine broke out afresh tonight and now threatens to exceed its former proportions. Five helmeted rescuers were caught on the 1200-foot level, but by using their sup ply of oxygen they managed to escape through a side tunnel. They had been searching for the body of F. A. Bentz, missing pumpman. The fire started early Monday, but was thought to be controlled late this afternpon. Rescuers entered the mine looking for Bentz, when the flames broke out afresh. . GRAZING LAND IS OFFERED Government Selling 80,000 Acres in Old Uintah Reservation. PROVO, Utah, Oct. 8. The sale of 280,000 acres of grazing land in the old Uintah Indian reservation was opened here today by J. W. Wltton, of the Department of the Interior, and Don B. Colton, of the United States Land Office, at Vernal, Utah. No bid of less than 60 cents an acre will be accepted and not more than 640 acres will be sold to any one pur cnaser. mere were only a lew pros pective buyers on hand today. 43 KILLED IN EXPLOSION Many More Victims Believed to Be in Ruins at Taniplco. TAMPICO, Met, Oct. 8. Forty-three bodies of the victims of the powder ex plosion of last night have, been re covered and burled. Estimates now place the dead at 100, while the in jured will total another 100. Most of those killed were laborers. GIBSON'S ASSAILANT JAILED Cuban Newspaperman Who Struck Diplomat Gets 30 Months. HAVANA, Oct. 8. Enrique JIaza, a Cuban newspaperman, who recently assaulted Hugh S. Gibson, the Ameri can Charge d'Affaires, was sentenced yesterday. , He will serve two and a half years' imprisonment Tesreau Falls Before Bunched Hits. Hugh S. FuIIerton Says New Yorks Came Closer to Winning Than They Will Again. BT HUGH 8. FULLERTON. NEW YORK. Oct 8. (Special.) Two strikes, three balls, runners strain ing on second and th'rd bases, the score 4 to 8 in favor of Boston. One pitched ball to decide the game, per haps to decide the series. Out in the center of the diamond, pale, a white circle around his closed, clenched mouth, 36,000 New York root ers howling, screaming, raging, one ball to settle It, Wood consulted for an In stant with Stahi. McGraw, wild with hope, raced up and down directing, or dering, switching runners. A hit meant everything, and Wood, whiter end whiter, poised, cut loose his famous fast ball with all the pow er of his body and arm behind It. The ball shot. Jumped, leaped. Crandall swung, missed by Inches, and Boston cinched the opening game of the world series. Breaks of Game With Giants. Until that moment the world's cham pionship was in serious doubt. Boston, outplaying the Giants by the narrow est of margins, twice had seemed beat en by the breaks of the game. Once during the early stages a fluke fly, dropping into left, was lost In the sun and while Lewis hesitated the ball fell safe, and as a result New York gained lead of two runs. Until that ball fell, with Lewis play ing it miserably, it had looked as if Wood would win and win without trouble. He was using his terrific speed and although he wasn't as good as he often Is during his own season. he was standing seven out of the nine Giants on their heads by using his fast one. They had hit him, but their hits didn't appear to amount to much and Tesreau was wild, although effective. ' It looked as if McGraw had gambled everything upon Tesreau winning the opening game, and with the luck break ing for him, he seemed about primed to do it and give the Giants the advan tage. Tesreaa Use Brute Strength. At first Tesreau was wild. He seemed to me to be a pitcher cutting loose everything he possessed, using his great strength and power without much intelligence, but getting away with it. He was wild and time and again It seemed as if Boston would count. Twice the Red Sox landed upon the ball and either time had the ball gone foot or two either way the game would have been settled. Each time the much-crltlclsed outfield of the Giants stood In the way. To the last of the third, neither side having scored, the big unemotional crowd scarcely stirred. Then Wood, trying to do too much, using his speed wastefully. passed Devore. Doyle dropped a sh.ort fly Into left, a hit that 89 times out of a 100 any left fielder would catch. The fly was an easy one, but Lewis hesitated, either blinded by the sun or confused by the heavy shadow of the stand. He stopped and let the bull fall safe. Murray Answers Demand. Red Murray, the hero of last year's series, came up with everything de pending on him. He fought it out with the star pitcher of the American League and landing squarely on a fast ball he drove it over second, sent home two runs and seemingly won the game for New York. Before that Tesreau had been wild. ncertain and desperate, but with two runs to the good he seemed to renew confidence and for the next two in- lngs he mowed down the Boston bat ters, using his speed and spltter with wonderful effect. And he might have gone on to the end but for the exposi tion of the weakness of the Giant out- eld. Speaker got hold of a fast ball and banged it to left center, far and hard. The ball was honestly hit and well placed, yet any good outfielder would have corraled. It and permitted Boston only the taste of a .hard luck story as a reminiscence oi uie nrst game. Devore tried for it. Snodgrass tried for It. Kither should have caught the ball, but they broke In upon each other and the ball went through while Speaker speeded to third. Speaker's Hit Unnerves Tesreau. That blow was the one that decided the game. It snook lesreaus conn- , dence. It heartened tne Kea box, wno ere beginning to show the lassitude that accompanies a run of bad luck. They showed their confidence because Lewis promptly pushed the ball down the Infield, and drove home the run that put them up within striking dis tance. The scoring of that one run seemed to frighten Tesreau. He ceased lxing them up and fell back upon his brute force argument anu in me venth four resounding hits drove him cover. McGraw, with the game still in his (Concluded on Face 6.)