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THE MOKXTXG OKEGONIAX, SATTJRDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1913. HARVESTER TRUST AMERICAN BED CROSS WORKER WHO IS DECORATED BY JAPANESE EMPEROR. HAN AN SHOES BOYCEN SHOES LETTERS DEMANDED TODAY ONLY AMERICAN WOMAN GETS DECORATION JaDanese Emoeror Confers Fifth Order of Crown on Miss Mabel Boardman. DISTINCTION IS UNIQUE President Taft to Convey Tribute From Tokio to Worker of Xa tlonal Red Cross Society Who Aided Japanese. WASHINGTON'. Not. 29. (Special) Miss Mabel Boardman. of tne rationai T7a rrns Society, enjoys tne dlstinc tion of being: the first American woman to receive an imperial decoration from jn,in. The Emoeror has conferred upon her the insignia of the Fifth nnlor of the Crown lor dlstlnguisneo public services. The decoration has heen sent from Tokio in care of Mar quis Matsukati. head of the Japanese Red Cross, and will be- conveyed to Miss Boardman by President Taft. Miss Boardman has devoted her life and energies to the work of the Red Cross. It will be recalled that a movement was on foot during the last campaign to lncuce ner 10 neaa n. Hr..l fnmmltt.. tit WOIT1 n WhOSO Ob Ject was the re-election of President Taft. She declined this honor on th a that ohM wn!i too closelv asso ciated with a great non-political work to Identify herself with any party. At the same time she sharply criticised Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House, for allying herself with the Bull Moose party. She paid a splendid tribute to Presi dent Taft, saying he had been a great and wise leader and had accomplished i. na..iitant atfnrt more true progress than any other President While she declined to siano. wim mo head of any public movement, she of letters in the interest of President Taft. by this means raising mucn money for his campaign fund. Japanese Red Cross officials have frequently consulted with Miss Board man as to matters of policy, and her methods and personality are highly re garded in the Flowery Kingdom. President Taft has written his thanks to the Japanese Emperor for the honor conferred upon Miss Boardman, at the same time choosing the occasion to pay a fine personal tribute. ARMOUR PLANT HAS FIRE Provision House Destroyed, loss Is $200,000 3 Firemen Overcome. CHICAGO. Nov. 29. Fire destroyed the provision house of Armour & Com pany at the Union Stockyards tonight causing a loss estimated at $200,000. The building was a three-story brick structure and was separated by fire walls from half a dozen other buildings comprising the Armour plant The blaze started in the basement of the provision house and - rapidly spread through the structure. At one time H was feared the fire would spread to the fertilizer plant adjoining, but by hard work the firemen succeeded in confining the blaze to the provision house. The scene of tonight's fire was less than 100 feet from the site of Morris & Company's warehouse, which was burned December 22, 1910, when Fire Chief James Horan and 21 of his men lost their lives. Three firemen and two employes of Armour & Company were overcome by smoke and ammonia fumes in tonight's blaze, but revived later. PENALTY MUST BE PAID Governor Says Executions Will Oc cur Unless Courts Intervene. SALEM. Or, Nov. 29. (Special.) The question of the legality of exe cuting the five men at the State Peni tentiary on the date set gives me no concern," declared Governor West to day. "I have never asked the Attorney General for an opinion on the matter, and it Is entirely a question for the courts to determine If the execution is delayed in any manner. If the courts do not intercede the men will hang." Colonel B. K. Lawson, the new super intendent of the Penitentiary, said to day that he would be glad to have any doubt as to the legality of the execu tion decided before the death penalty is inflicted. "I have no desire to officiate at the hanging of these men and it would be as pleasant to me if the execution never took place," said Colonel Lawson. He Intimated that he would take kindly to any move which would result In possible legal doubts being settled conclusively. . COMMISSIONER) BE NAMED Taft to Determine Membership of National Industrial Body. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. President Taft is expected to determine upon the membership of the Industrial Commis sion before the Christmas holidays are over. This commission is regarded by Mr. Taft as one of the moat important au thorized by Congress in recent years and will examine the whole subject of the relations of labor and capital. Hundreds of names have been suggest ed, from which the President must se lect nine men; three employers of la bor, three representatives of labor and three other persons. The President today discussed labor representations on the commission with John Mitchell. Seth Low, of New York: Henry C. Emery, chairman of the tariff board while It existed, and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel have been suggested for the chairmanship of the commission, but Mr. Taft is un derstood to have made no choice. LIBRARY T0BE IMPROVED Banilon Will Furnish Literature for River Boats. BAXDON, Or, Nov. 29. (Special.) The Bandon Public Library held a meeting Monday, and It was decided to work out the details of an improved and enlarged Institution. The facili ties of the library will be extended, several hundred dollars' worth of books purchased, a circulating library estab lished, good literature placed on the river boats, a correspondence - room opened and a rest room provided. 3. R. Steele was made chairman of the board, and will have the co-operation of a score of Interested citizens. . .tKV6?S. xTI. s"'"TL.,-. Mm..-..-.- . x " . . .'. j-- -. -a-:- :.:.:::...:...: m MA1 - V V ' ' - v t;;:-'J ! : vMJk.y MISS MABEL BOARDMAN. BOMB PROVES HOAX Women Lie in Wait for Chan cellor With Firecrackers. STONE HITS WRONG CAR Would-Be Assailants of Lloyd-George Arrested Minister Says New Land Laws Would Restrain Emigration. a di7-t?tm?t7V K.rtlAnd. Nov. 29. Some excitement was caused here to night when what at first was believed ,n ha nn infernal machine intended for David Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was louna in tne nanus ui a suffragette who was discovered hid ing in iha hail where Mr. Lloyd-George was V deliver an address. It turned out, nowever, iw iw wj. containing firecrackers. The woman UaA it nn4 two of her suffragette companions were arrested. They were hiding benma tne organ in me uiumu hail and were discovered before the doors were opened. After tne meeting anomer inunam suffragette hurled a stone at one of th. BnrAmnhllAfl nnnnnipd bv Mr. LlOVd- George's party, with the intention, it Is believed, of Injuring the Chancellor. She picked out the wrong car and the missile went through the window of was nnt nccimled bv Mr. Lloyd-George. This woman also was arrested. in hi .nprh tha Chancellor said that a great change "in the present iniqui tous land laws was imperatively nec Tn tha hlcrhlanda thousands of acres which could be used to produce the finest soldiers in the world had been transformed into deer preserves. He added tnat statistics unoweo larse v.AM nt rnhtint fpllnws were leav ing the country annually, as though it was plague stricken, and said much of this emigration would be stopped by a free land system. LINE DRAWN BY COURT JCTKJE WILL SEE PLAY; BALKS AT KEADIXG ANALYSIS. Plagiarism Controversy Between Be- lascos and Barber May Be Set tled Next Week. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. (Special.) Judge Holt, in the Federal District Court, today refused to comply wijn the request of Abraham Goldknopf, barber-playwright of Bay Ridge, that the court read an analysis of his play. Tainted Philanthropy." from which, he says, David Belasco and William C. de Mille stole his "thunder." Judge Holt replied that the reading of a double analysis was not one of the stipulations In the agreement whereby both parties to the plagiarism controversy submitted their claims to litigation In the Federal courts. Judge Holt reminded the barber that in ac cordance with the agreement the court was to witness a production of Gold knopfs "Tainted Philanthropy," or "The Spirit of the Times." as well as Mr. de Mille's play, "The Woman." This the court did Tuesday.- Ex-Judge Dlttenhoefer, attorney for the Belasco Interests, told Judge Holt that it was getting to be a habit among near-authors to shout "thief" whenever a new play was successfully produced. "Everybody's doing It," re marked the lawyer. As Goldknopf's lawyer was not pres ent at the hearong, the barber himself arose to thrust aside the darts of sa tire. He opined modestly that he never laid claim to the dialogue in "The Wo man," but Insisted that the fundamen tal ideas had been filchnd. Judge Holt said that he would give his decision In accordance with the terms of the original stipulation. A decision is expected early next week. AID FOR ALASKA IS URGED American Mining Congress Recom mends Roads Be Built. SPOKANE, 'Nov. 29. After outlining 1U position regarding legislation af fecting the mining Industry, the Ameri can Mining Congress adjourned today. Among the measures that received the Indorsement of the congress were a workman's compensation act and a thorough revision of the mining laws. The congress determined to commend to President-elect Woodrow Wilson the appointment of a man from the "pub lic land" states of the West as Secre tary of the Interior, and will ask Con gress for appropriations to permit In vestigation of cheap methods of ore re duction by the Bureau of Mines and compiling and publishing of mining sta tistics by the Census Bureau. Alaska conditions were given much attention by the congress, resolutions being adopted favoring laws that would take the final determination of Alaska land claims out of the hands of the Department of the Interior and place them In the hands of the Federal Courts. The congress also recommend ed that at least two railroads be built, .i.h.. k fh nnvurnment or with Gov ernment aid. and that railroad building by private enterprise De given ouvei la ment encouragement. A measure giving claimants to pub- ii. .nno tnA rle-hf- tn anneal to the courts from the ruling of the Depart ment of the Interior In cases where the Government itself is an Interested party or when nnai ruling nan ueeu delayed by the Interior Department was given approval. The congress announced itself firmly In favor of the retention of the duty on lead and' zinc and the representatives of the lead and zinc-producing states. In cluding Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Idaho, banded themselves Into a chapter of the congress to work to that end. DUAL UFEISeSSED BUFFALO MAN HAS MANIA FOR KILLING OF BOYS. Admitting Murders, John Frank Hlckey Says Remorse, Then Drink, Caused His Downfall. BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 29. The acci dental killing of a man in Lowell, Mass.. 20 years ago was given tonight by John Frank Hickey in a signed confession as the starting point of a career of crime in which he murdered two boys and assaulted many others. Hickey"s victims, according to his confession, were Ed Morey, of Lowell, u.u nnicLnnAri 20 vaaxs ago: Michael Kruck, 12 years old, a New York news boy, strangled in central rarn in and Joseph Joseph the seven-year-old m fionrpu .Tosen-h. a merchant of Lackawanna, Tcllled in a similar man ner October 12. 1911. Hlckey apparently is a man with a dual personality. He is intelligent. He is overcome with remorse and says again and again that he cannot com prehend what possessed him to commit t, orim Ma asserts that he be came a maniac only when filled with whisky. The killing of Morey In Lowell, ac cording to Hickey's confession, was accidental. He was then a clerk In a drug store and Morey frequently begged him for whisky. t nf th man one dav. Hlck ey said, he put laudunum in the whis- kv. Intending to maae nira situ, uui Morey, weakened by dissipation, died. This crime, preying upon his mind for years, Hickey asserted, ultimately drove him to drink. Police . Chief Regan received a let ter today from Henry Kruck, of New York, who says he is the fathei of the murdered boy, begging permission to see Hickey. Kruck was told he might see the prisoner, provided he submitted to a search at police headquarters before going to the jail. Pendleton Man Is Suicide. PENDLETON. . Or., Nov. 29. (Spe .ui n.. tt r. I irli t o Pendleton man aged 25, committed suicide today by shooting nimsen wua revui through the left side. The bullet i Akmio-r. hlM atnulftph. TTa had been engaged to the proprietress of a roomlng-nouse nere, dui mo wumnu dismissed him, it Is said. He pawned i i A.v. an hnnrht a flrtin todav and. going to his room, shot himself. The Coroner s jury gave a veraict oi sui cide. The young man lived at 110 East Court street. Log Shipments Begin. CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) The Brown - Robinson Logging Company, recently incorporated, yes terday shipped Its first carload of logs over, the Chehalls & Cowlitz Railroad. The company expects from now on to average seven oars a dey. The Initial shipments will all be delivered at the Eastern Railway & Lumber Company's mill la this clty Government Expects to Show Extensive System of Price Fixing Prevailed. SALES REPORT PRESENTED Federal Prosecutor Tells President Haskins He Will Be Held Re sponsible for Documents. Methods Are Shown. CHICAGO, Nov. 29. R. C. Haskins, president of the International Harves ter Company of America, bore this aft ernoon the brunt of a severe cross examination by Edwin P. Grosvenor, assistant to Attorney-General Wicker- sham, before Special Examiner Taylor at the hearing of the Government s dis solution suit. It developed as a result of Mr. Has kins' examination that the Government is laying great stress on the import ance of approximately 100 letters from lesser officials to Cyrus McCormick an J James Deering. These letters cover a .period of about two and one-half years, from Decem ber, 1902, to January, 1905. A large number were from A. E. Mayer to Mr. McCormick and to Mr. Deering. The letters, it was said by Mr. Grosvenor, referred to price-fixing, suppression of competlon in various sections of the country and to methods of handling agents who were selling other than in ternational machines. Witness Told to Bring Letters. Mr. Haskins was directed to get these letters and produce them at the hear ings when they are resumed In Chicago two weeks from date. Mr. Haskins was directed to produce a report of the executive committee dated July 16, 1903, at which It was intimated that changes were made from a sales committee to some other method in the management of the sales depart ment. In this connection , Attorney Grosvenor said: "You, as president of the selling com pany, are responsible for the papers of your company and for this particu lar report. "I want you to understand tnat n they have been taken from your files. you are responsible and you ought to know it. "I want you to make a thorough in vestigation, and when hearings are re sumed in this city two weeks hence I want you to tell me what has been done in this regard and whom you have questioned. Most important of all, I want you to get that report ana Dnng it here. It is undoubtedly an important paper and the Government must have It." Sales Committee Report Read. A short time later, Attorney Gros venor directed sharp inquiries at the witness, and Judge McHugh, of coun sel for the defendant company, mur mured his protest. "Now. do you understand what I want you to dor asked Attorney Grosvenor. "Of course. I understand wnai you are saying," replied Mr. Haskins. The following portion of a report of the sales committee, dated June 11, 1903, was read into the record by Attorney Grosvenor. "E. H. Rea. of Corydon. Ia,, announces that he is offering Acme headers at greatly reduced prices. He declares that he Intends to shut out the Inter national Harvester Company on the sale of goods there. Therefore, we have decided to make the following prices on headers in Corydon territory: "Ten-foot headers, $120 to $12o. "Twelve-foot headers, ' $125 to $130." Attorney Grosvenor then produced what he said was the company's price list for 1903, and showed the following prices In effect at that time: "Ten-foot neaoers, izo to ioo. "Twelve-foot headers, $135 to $165." FOX MUST SERVE HIS TERM Anarchist Paper Editor In Washing ton Loses Appeal. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 29. The State Supreme Court today affirmed the con viction of Jay r ox, editor oi vine Agi tator, a paper published at the Home Colony, an anarchist community in Pierce County, for inciting disrespect for the- law and urging the breaking of laws by printing an article entitled rhe Nude and the Prudes." Fox was convicted In the lower court and sentenced to two months In Jail, and the Supreme Court' says he must serve his term. He admitted the of fense and conceded that the article was intended to have the laws broken, but held the act defining the crime un constitutional. The court refuses to take this view of the case. Fox will serve his prison sentence. Milwaukie to Hold School Meeting. MILWAUKIE, Or., Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) The annual meeting of the tax payers of the Milwaukie school district will be held next Monday night to pro vide funds for supporting the school for the year and also to take care of $5000 in warrants that were Issued to pay for the two-acre site for the pro posed high school. The warrants were issued to run one year, and will either be paid off or refunded by a bond issue. The directors will not ask for many for a high school or addition at this meeting as the provisions In the -present building are ample to take care of the attendance for another year, and hence the site purchased will be held for future use. Attendance at the grammar and high Bchool is 265. k ' las' E V E R Y S H O E G R E A T L Y R E D U 0 E D 2 SATURDAY SPECIALS At the Wonderful Closing Out Sale of the Great Shoe Stock of Rosenthals $5.00 Men's Shoes $2.95 We offer for today's selling 500 pairs men's gnnmetal and box calf Blucher Lace Shoes, made- with medium high rounding boxed toe, large perforated tip, creased vamp, circular foxed, medium high heels. They are just the shoe for Winter wear, having full double sole oak tanned, and of Goodyear welt construction. This is a $5.00 Shoe. Buy two pairs now for little more than the price of one. Come early, for they will gorfjn Af fast. All sizes.... VivJ $4 Women's Pumps, Slippers $2.15 Here is a most extraordinary offering fpr the ladies. We are placing on sale for today's selling several hundred pairs of dainty House Slippers and Street Pumps at a wonderful reduction in price. The Slippers come in many shades of colors to match the gown, and are faultless in fit, finish and construction, and will please the most exacting lady. The Pumps are patents, satins and velvets, and are as neat and correct as the Slippers. Every woman in the city should buy a pair or two today. They are $3.50 and $-1 d O 1 C Shoes. All sizes, all widths : tPiil J E V E R Y S H 0 E G R E A T L Y R E D IT C E D 7th and Washington MARYLAND GOVERXOR PICKS RAYXER'S SUCCESSOR. New Member, AVho Will Serve Until 1914, Is Lumber Manufacturer, Reputed Millionaire. BALTIMORE, Nov. 29. Governor Goldsberg tonight announced the ap pointment of William P. Jackson, Re publican National committeeman for Maryland, to succeed the late United States Senator Rayner. He will serve until the Legislature, which meets in January, 1914, fills what then will be an unexpired term of three years. The Legislature at that time also will elect a successor to John Walter Smith (Dem.), whose term will expire In 1915. Mr. Jackson, who lives in Salisbury, has been closely associated with the Governor socially and politically. In the recent Presidential campaign he was leader of the Taft forces in this state. Mr. Jackson is 44 years old and a business man of large and varied In terests, chief of which is the manufac ture of lumber. He Is reputed to be a millionaire. His entry into active politics dates from 1908, when he became Republican Natiojial committeeman for Maryland. Mr. Jackson's father, William B. Jack son," served three terms in Congress. NEW SENATE IS 48 TO 48 Democratic Vice-President Will Cast Deciding Vote in Tie. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. The ap D&lntment of William Pr- Jackson, a Republican, as the successor to the late Senator Rayner, of Maryland, re duces the supposed Democratic ma jority ' in the new Senate to a point near the dividing line. Before Senator Rayner's death the Democratic leaders counted on having 49 votes, or one more than a majority of 96. Now they can count on only 48 votes, with the Democratic Vice-President to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie. BAND SOOTHES LAST HOURS OF CONDEMNED INDIAN. Giant Halfbreed Walks Stolidly to . Scaffold, Thanking Warden Again for Music. SAN QUENTIN, CaL, Nov. 29. Ed Williams, a giant half-breed Indian who was hanged here today for the murder near Chico of a woman t nrnnlro wnt honored with uaiucu xiic - " , , a fine farewell concert Thanksgiving night by tne prison umiu. Early In the night he was visited in .. j .u ABn hv Warden John E. HoVle Lilts ucftin iw. j - and Colonel Dennis Duffy, president of the State Prison uoara. iob wrueu inquired if there was anything he wanted. 4 "Yes. warden. said the Indian, "there's something I want, but I guess I can't have it. I used to play the fiddle with the people of my tribe. 1 lo'e music, and over there in my cell I used to hear the band playing. That's what I'd like to have the boys come up here and play for me a bit." The orchestra was promptly sent for. and for three hours the shadowy loft of the old prison furniture factory, where the death cell and the gallows stand, resounded .with a medley of ragtime and sentimental airs. With stolid Indifference to his ap proaching end the Indian ascended the steps to the scaffold this morning. Be fore the hood was drawn over his face, he whispered to the warden that he wanted to thank him again for the music. ELDER BELMONT ANGRY EFFORT TO FIND FLAW TN SON'S MARRIAGE VAIN, Raymond and His Chorus Girl Bride Disappear Again, Persisting They Will Not Live Apart. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. It was learned today that August Belmont is trying to find some way of having the marriage of his son, Raymond, to Ethel Loralne, the actress, declared Invalid and that lawyers and private detectives have hAn omnlnvAd to find a lefral loopnole whereby the young man may be freed from the matrimonial yone. William P. Sheridan, head of a de- considerable part of the last few days - . .n In jersey uuy in an euucavur tu cover a flaw in the license papers or in the performance of the ceremony. So far he has met with little success, and Joseph Carlin, Jersey City registrar of vital statistics, declares that the marriage is legal and will withstand any attacks. The same attitude Is taken by Rev. Edward Crowen, the retired Methodist minister and employe of the Jersey City Street and Water Board, who mar ried the couple at his home Novem ber 21. ' While these proceedings have been under way, young Belmont and his chorus-girl bride have disappeared again. It was said by their friends to night that they would oppose the ef forts of the elder Belmont and will per sist that they are legally husband and wife and cannot be separated. Since the marriage they have been living at the Cosford, 236 West Fifty-sixth street, which was Mrs. Belmont's home before the ceremony. TYPHOON'S TOLL HEAVY 300 ARE REPORTED KILLED IN PHILIPPINE ISLAND STORM. Samar, Lejte and North Pnnny Are Hit Information Is Meager but Government Sends Relief. MANILA, Nov. 29. Owing to the prostration of the telegraph wires, no definite estimate is yet possible of the number of fatalities or of the prop erty losses caused by the typhoon that crossed the Islands of Samar, Leyte and North Panay several days ago. Such Information as has been re ceived indicates that 260 persons were killed In Samar and Leyte and 40 in the other territory traversed by the storm. Despite the enormous damage in Tacloban, capital of Leyte, the fatal ities there were fewer than a dozen. The government is forwarding relief supplies to the stricken district. No word has been received from Mindanao except a wireless dispatch from the transport Warren, which said the storm was unusually severe. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. A typhoon swept Visayas. Philippine Islands, on November 25 and carried away three fourths of the town of Tacloban and the town of Leyte, according to a dis patch received today at the Insular Bureau from the Governor-General of the Philippines. No details of the disaster were told In the brief report and no estimate was made of the loss of life. War Department officials say there Is no reason for believing that a great number of lives were lost. VANCOUVERWANTS PARKS $30,000 Bond Issue to Be Subject ot Special Election December 5. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) Every man, woman and child In the city Is to pay $3 each toward a fund for children's playgrounds in this city. If the proposed bond Issue ot $30,000 carries at a special election, December 5 The election has been passed by the Council. The City Council and School Board desire to work in conjunction and to have the little parks and playgrounds scattered near school buildings, so that they will be of the greatest poBHlble benefit This plan seems to meet with general approval. It takes five different aged whiskies to make Cyrus Noble each one good in itself. But it takes blending and re-ageing to bring out the best in each to "round out" the flavor. Why punish yourself with rough, high-proof, strong whiskey when you can get Cyrus Noble everywhere? W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents, Portland. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS AND CHEAP SUBSTITUTES BAKER'S Breakfast Cocoa IS THE STANDARD FOR QUALITY For all those whose occupations require clear heads and steady nerves, as well as those in poor health or of delicate digestive powers, it is the ideal beverage. Prepared with milk or cream and sweet ened to the taste, it is delicious, wholesome, abso lutely pure, and of high food value. TRADE-MARK ON EVERY PACKAGE Booklet of Choice Recipes Sent Free Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. - Dorchester, Mass. . Established 1780 cnorzlnj 13 c nor 0