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TiiE JlOKMXi OKKQSIAX, MONDAY, - iHjLiiiil.il ZD, lvuv. TIFT'S POSSUM DINNER 'STOLEN TWO PORTRAITS OF FORMER PORTLAND GIRL AS QUEEN OF PORTOLA FESTIVAL. Another Is Supplied, However, and Executive Is Happy With His Meal. VOICE GOME, CAN'T TALK remands Have Been Too Much for local Chords and Doctor Works Hard to Get Thorn in Condition. On Last Half of Ing Trip. LITTLE ROCK. A-k.. Oct. 24 Presi dent Tift Wt Texas this afternoon. after passing nine days Jn that state, and is ppeedtri? tonight towards St. Louis, where he will arrive at 7:30 A. M. tomorrow. With an informal breakfast, a speech In the St. Louis Auditorium, a luncheon and the dedication- of the Government building in East St. Louis bef.ire him. the President will have every moment of his time occupied up to .S o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Thn on the lighthouse tender Olean der hrt will lend a procession of boats containing Governors. Senators and Rep resentatives down the Mississippi River to New Orleans to attend the conven tion of the T jikes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association. On Last Half of Journey. When Mr. Taft reaches St. Louis to morrow morning he will have covered f'Tsn of the 13.0'M) miles in hi Itinerary. The river Journey will consume 1165 more, and when the President leaves .ew Orleans November 1 he will be within striking distance of home, be ing scheduled to arrive in Washington the night of November 10. In reality, however, the President's travels for 199 will not end until November 21. for he has engagements at Middletown. Conn., Noxember 12: at New Haven, Novem ber 15: at Norfolk. Vs., November 19. and at Hampton, Va.. November 20. .Mr. Taft's vuieo this morning had shown no Improvement over yesterday, and after he had made a few short ad dresses in Texas and Arkansas, It was almost completely gone. The President's physician Is at work on his vocal chords in the hope of having them in some sort of shape for the audi torium speech in St. Louis' tomorrow. Thrre la little hope for permanent im provement, however, short of three or lour days. President's Possum Stolen. The President's train developed a full fledged mystery today. Railroad detec tives, special police and secret service to the contrary notwithstanding. Some body etole the President's possum. It happened at Dallas, where It seemed as though there were at least a million policemen, special officers, plain clothes men, deputies and militiamen on guard, and the authorities there this morning were Inclined to charge it up as another black hand" outrage. Through some psychological phenomenon the President's desires and the loss at Dallas traveled ahead of his train and when it arrived at Longview at noon, another possum, all dressed for cooking, was put aboard. Consequently. Mr. Taffa possum dinner was not postponed. The President left Dallas at S o'clock this morning and stopped at Forney, Ter rili. Wills Point. Longview, and Marshall before crossing the Texas line at Texar kana. where the train was halted partly in Texas and partly In Arkansas. -There was an Immense crowd at Texarkana. but the President's voice had sjo far gone from his. earlier attempts to speak that he could only say a word or two In ap preciation of his welcome. - The train arrived in Little Rock shortly after S o'clock and left for St. Louis ten minutes later. The President's voice had somewhat improved and he spoke briefly here. He also spoke a few words to throngs at Arkadelphla. and Benton, Ark. At Terriil, Tex., this morning, the President spoke to a throng of Sunday school children and delivered a near ap proach to his usual Sunday sermon. i: j . ' V 4 - I ; : V'"' " - fjjf " . Qj.:' : j - - r"tf if ! r V'' h : - K ,rv'H . GAIETY REIGNS i at EE.V VEKGILIA, IX KOVAL RAIMENT, DEBATE IS DESIRED Fowler Challenges Aldrich on Subject of Central Bank. SAYS 'CURE-ALL' UNSUITED Proposition Advocated as Remedy, He Says, Is Undemocratic, Vnre publlcan, Unamcrican and In imical to Present System. THUG FALLS IN FIGHT SEWPORT SAI.OOX IS SCENE OF FIERCE BATTLE. Barkeeper Peeps Around Corner and Is Shot At Returning Fire, He Wounds Roblier. NEWPORT. Wash.. Oct. 24. (Spe cial. Firing with a .32-caliber auto matic revolver from behind the bar. af ter being made the target for a rifle bullet fired by the leader of the gang of three hold-up men Saturday night at 11 o'clock. James Wilcox, one of the proprietors, brought down the robber leader, who is now dying in the New port Hotel. One robber entered the front door, while two others came In the side en trance, ordering all in the place to hold up their hands. Wilcox, who was sit ting rehind the bar, dropped out of eight, pulled his revolver, crawled to the end of the bar. looked around the corner and was fired upon, the bullet missing him. going through the bar and shattering a .demijohn between his legs. Wilcox again looked around the corner and fired, this time bringing- down his man. The bullet entered the right side of the abdomen, passing out the left. His companions fled, and when the wounded men was overpowered he was stiil trying to get a shot at W llcox. The hold-up was Identified as Mr. Hackworth. who has a family, two of his daughters being employed in town. He claims he was on his way here to buy supplies when he fell in with the other two. who forced him to partake in the attempted robbery. ELIZABETH. N. J.. Oct. 24. Charles N. Fowler. Congressman from the Fifth New Jersey District and exrchalrman of the House committee on banking and cur rency, today addressed an open letter to Senator-Nelson W.-Aldrich of Rhode Is land, chairman of the finance committee of the Senate, challenging him to a Joint debate in one or more cities, on the sub ject of a central bank. Mr. Fowler writes lie Is opposed to the establishment of a central bank under ex isting conditions, because with It would come most ' discouraging disheartening favoritism and the ultimate destruction of our purely, individual and independent form of banking. The letter: "Just before jou started for Europe In August. It was stated In the press that as a result of a meeting of the Monetary Commission, of which you are chairman a central bank was to be advocated by your. Commission and upon your return from Europe you would proceed with a view of instructing the -people upon our financial and currency needs and recom mend as a 'cure-all' a central bank. "After your departure there was an evidently inspired and well organized propaganda in. favor-of a central bank. conceived and carried on for the pur pose of preparing the way for your home coming, and your arrangements to swing around the circle, and initiate the people of the United States Into the mysteries of your, central bank plan. "Inasmuch as I am convinced that the one thing above all others this country does not want Is a central bank, because it will not effect or accomplish the nec essary reforms, but In the end will make & bad condition Immeasurably worse, therefore, in order that the American people-(who.; I 'know. ywlll decide this most Important auestion now pending be fore them for consideration and deter mination, right, as they did that of the gold standard, if only they be given an opportunity of having both sides of it fully presented and thoroughly discussed) may be Informed as early as possible. I now challenge you to a Joint debate upon the following propositions: "First, a central bank will not effect or accomplish the necessary reform of our finances and currency, is unsuited to our condition, will accentuate many of our present .evils, and will precipitate and de velop other evils of a most serious nature. "Second, our financial and currency problems must be solved upon economic lines of an entirely different character." CHILEAN HERO HONORED Thousands March Past Statue Erect ed in His Memory. Chile. Oct. 24. A ' great was held here today in SANTIAGO, demonstration honor of General Jose de San Martin, a celebrated Spanish-American general in the war for independence, whose bril liant victory at the Mafpo. April 15. 1818, virtually drove the Spaniards from Chile. Thousands of troops and school children formed a procession and marched past tne statue erected in his honor. Statue Unveiled in Boulogne. BOULOGNE. Oct. 24. An equestrian statue of Genera! Joss de San Martin, the Pouth American lin?rator, who died here August 17, 1S30. . unveiled today with Imposing ceremonies. CURSES BRING POISON DRVSRES PARENTS DRIVE YOUNG GIRL TO RASH ACJT. s . H : J x " . : ;: I 3 vS , Jt , ,, W Zp&i :: il ' f f V. ; ' U a ":- ! ; j Illlft i i '' Ztf" ,' s ;: T IT ; ' V i 1 f a . - 3 mt . s.ili&i,i&Ms&am I Kull-Lenprtb . Portrait : of Mln Bogae. OF FIRE IS FORGOT San Francisco Flings Aside Sackcloth and Ashes, to . Enjoy Portola Week. SCENES ARE MAGNIFICENT FRIENDS AID WALSH Plans Formed to Enable Him to Pay His Interest. PRISON DOORS STILL OPEN Though 30 Days' Stay Asked and Granted, Sentence Will Xot Begin Till November 4 and Further . Delay May Come Later. . Younger Sister Heroically Carrie Dying Girl to Drugstore and' She May Recover. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 24. (Special. While her mother and father, both Intoxicated. In an adjoining room, cursed and reviled her. Mamie I'lemmlngr: 17 years old. car ried out the threats of months by swal lowing; poison last night. Then, while her parents continued their vilification of her. not knowing what she had dona, the girl staggered to the bedside of her 14-year-old sister and fell unconscious across the bed. With a cou rage greater than her strength, the little sister dragged the dying girl out of the house by a rear door, that her parents might not know of Mamie s act. The child carried her sister to a drug store, where an antidote was admin istered and an ambulance sent for. She was hurried to the City Hospital,' where phjslclana- said today that she had a chance for recovery. Six weeks ago. Katie Flemmlng says. her sister warned their parents that If they did not cease drinking and humiliat ing her, she wbuld kill' herself. CHICAGO. Oct." 24. (-Special.) Arrange ments were completed today for a con ference at 11 o'clock tomorrow at the Grand Pacific Hotel between Eugene Zimmerman, the Cincinnati railroad man. and John R. Walsh and 'two other capi talists whose Identity has not been re vealed, at which a scheme for paying the interest on the Walsh notes to the Chiciigo clearing-house banks will be discussed. Ii is said the plan contemplates the taking over by. Zimmerman, and his friends of a part or psrhaps the Whole of Welsh's railroad interests, leaving him money enough to pay the mora pressing of his bank failure debts and leaving him fr6e from his financial en tanglements tu fight to the highest court his. appeal Irom his prison sentence. Walsh's time for paying his interest expired October 21.' His third day of grace fell on today, so that he has still until the close of business hours to morrow to pay up without defaulting. It was given out authoritatively today there la no truth in the rsport that Walsh is to-be cent to prlsdn Immediately. The 30 days' stay be asked for at the time his sentence was affirmed expire." Novem ber 4. and he has asked for a further stay In order to prorveute a writ of certiorari. Arguments on this will be heard Tuesday, when- It will be decided whether Walsh is to be sent' to prison November 4. or whether he ' is to be allowed to remain out of jail on bail while he carries up his appeal for a rehearing. Jeweled Women in Handsome Gowns Mingle With Gold Lace and Dig . nity of Diplomatic and Naval Corps of World Powers. BY NANCY LEE. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.-(Special.) San Francisco ,is bewildering. The common of garden variety of mind, utterly falls to grasp its achievements. Mine does. All I know is that history records a waste of sand in 1850. a metrop olis of nearly a half million souls In 1D08, and one of the proudest most beautiful cities of the West In 1909. I know the facts but how It has all been accom plished remains a mystery. I can't grasp It. And It is doubtful If the bland diplo mats and glittering officers of foreign lands who whiz through well paved streets, between long double lines of stately structures can fully realize that only three years ago their sites were debris and ashes. Only now and then in some well ordered avenue a broken ruin looms In baffled menace to prove the battle that has been won by San Francisco's spirit. Small wonder that carnival reigns, and light and laughter. :r a week to celebrate the renaissance. Never have the cafes been so gay, the streets so brilliantly lighted, the theaters so crowded, end the crowds so merry. In hotel corridors one sees millionaires. clubmen, men of affairs, grafters, and beautifully gowned women, galore. San Francisco and her thousands of viators have fairly revelled in the carnival spirit. the electric lighted flag canopied fairy land. From the first booming of warship cannons on the morning of the nineteenth until the gay. mad mardi gras finale of the twenty-third, there was no letting up. no surcease. The festive spirit was an epidemic. Never In the history of California has such a noteworthy social event occurred as the ball at the Fair mont Wednesday evening in compliment to the officers of the visiting warships. World Powers Represented. The diplomatic corps of two of the world's foremost nations were repre sented, as well as the navies of five other nations and the Army and Navy or the United States. The throng that swayed the corridors of the imposing hostelry, was international In Its as pects. Gold epaulets were conspicuous. ntermingled with the silver insignia or tne ensigns, and the vivid pink coats of ma rines from His Brltanic Majesty's ships. Beautiful women in stunning gowns, many wearing barbaric Jeweled ear-rings that touched the shoulders and resembled old fashioned crystal chandelier drops, added to the brilliant potpourri of color Cnbeeomine banes also played a con leuous arf in the arrangement of coiffures, a well as elaborately be izened hats which are worn low over the fHce and could appropriately D called "Guess-who-it-is" chapeaus. Italian. Japanese and Netherland offl cers wore lull double Dreasiea coau which were ornate with epaulets, and braid of gold, the Japanese with short swords at their hips. -and blue ribboned decorations about their throats. Festivities Begin at Midnight. With the arrival of the dashing Don Gasnar and Queen Vlrgilla. the festivi ties began before midnight. Ned lireen way. the omnipresent czar of society, temporarily abdicated his gilded throne and paid tribute to the King and Queen by transferring, the allegiance of the loyal subjects, over which he has held undis puted sway for thirty years. Rudolph Spreckels. the young millionaire reformer and ex-Mayor James D. Phelar., were ith a party .of friends and there was no serious note to mar ,the gayety. Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, the novelist as a striking figure. Mrs. Atherton, al though a grandmother, is still a hand some woman. sne has taken a per sonal interest in Portola week and is proud as are all good San Franciscans of the success.. Miss Maud Fay. the young California prima donna, who is winning fame in Europe and promises to rank among the great singers, is spend ing a month in her old home, before re turning to Germany. She was much In evidence at the Fairmont, and has been feted enough to turn her handsome young head, which, however, happens to be a very level one. Miss Fay appears always In black. Some of her hats are marvels of size and weight, but she wears them with stately grace. Women Handsomely Gowned. In the tea-rooms of the St. Francis and the Fairmont, a dazzling array of animated frocks and millinery may be found at the tea hour. In the Laurel Court of the Fairmont, Mrs. Phoebo Hearst entertained one afternoon and among her fashionably gowned guests she was striking .In her simplicity. Re gardless 'of fashion's decrees. Mrs. Hearst's small close-fitting, skull-cap variety of bonnet, remains always the same. That afternoon the Chinese Min ister to Cuba had his small sons for tea. resplendent In Oriental costumes of giddy colors. , Apropos of this, diminutive Chinese servants in wonderful attire formed conspicuous figures in both the large hotels, dusting the same chair every five minutes. Mrs. Elenor Martin, the queen of local society, has been an in defatigable hostess throughout Portola week. Prominent in the handsome gal axy of belles and debutantes at the ball to the visiting naval officers was Miss Anne Peters, of Stockton, a statuesque " beauty, who was said by Charles Dana Gibson to be the hand somest woman in California. Adding to the artistic vivacity of the scene in the hotel corridors was the presence of brightly-hued' Spanish musicians, who tinkled mandolins,- and dark-eyed senorltas, who writhed through Spanish dances. ...... Portland People Seen. Among the well-known Portland peo ple noticed were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cotton, Miss AmyHeltshu, Miss Gene vieve Thompson. Mrs. O. F. Paxton, now of New York: Mrs. Lawrence Ther kleson. Miss Hazel Therkleson, Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Travis.' Mrs. Harry Hogue, David C. Lewis, Robert Smith and Drake O'Reiley. - The Portola days were all filled to the limit, and In retrospect, a dazzling composite of pageants, dinners, recep tions and balls. One detail that stands out is the music. No less than 5000 lusty school children vocalized . en masse filled Union Square and the surrounding territory with the crash ing strains of the "Lucia" sextet.. In the parades band, followed band 'so closely thut the result suggested a penny arcade gone mad. MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY 3 E DE LARA MAY GO FREE FRIKXDS IX LOS AXGELES RAISE $3000 BAIL MONEY. Government Immigration Inspector Denies He Is Held at Re quest of Mexico. LOS ANGELES. Oct. 24. The $3000 necessary to secure the release on bail of Gutierrez de Lara has almost been raised, and it Is probable that he will be set free tomorrow. -, A. C. .Ridgeway. thegovernment Immi gration inspector here, denied a statement printed this morning that de Lara was being held at the request of the Mexican government. "Mexico has nothing to do with it." said Mr. Ridgeway. De Lara, In a statement issued from the County Jair tonight again asserted his Innocence of the charge of being an alien anarchist, and declared that his conviction would be obtained only on per jured testimony. For trunks go to the Harris Trunk Co. LEFT ON HER DOORSTEP FOR THIS MOTHER Mrs. A. G. Tuson, of Llvermore, Cal., writes: "I picked up from my door step one day a little book in which I soon became very much Interested. My little girl of live years of age had been troubled for a long time with loss of appetite, extreme nervousness and undue fatigue. She was all run down and In a very delicate condition. "This little book was very compre hensively written, and told of the new method of extracting the medicinal ele ments of the cod's liver from the oil. eliminating the obnoxious oil which. 13 so hard for children to take. " 'Just the thing,' said I, 'for my little daughter,' and I immediately 'went for a bottle of "Vlnol. It helped her won derfully. She has gained rapidly in flesh and strength, and she does not take cold half so easily. "I am extremely grateful for the good it has done her, and I hope other mothers who have weak, delicate or ailing children will be benefited by my experience and just give Vinol a trial." WOODARD CLARKE & CO., - DRl'UGISTS, PORTLAND. , FERRER AND DE LARA UPHELD Socialists in San Francisco Meet and Pass Resolutions. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24. The exe- cutidn of Francisco Ferrer by the Span ish government and the incarceration of Gutierrez de Lara at Los Angeles on the charge of being an alien anarchist, were considered today by a mass meet ing which was addressed by Socatllst leaders of this city. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the government of Spain and protesting against the action of American offi cials, "past and present, who have aid ed in the persecution of Mexican pa triots by their government." SEATTLE SOCIALISTS Women's Tailored Suits $1 7.95 300 choicest man-tailored suits in English serge, homespuns, wide wale diagonals, and broadcloths in all the new Fall colors, values to $40.00. $5.00 Nemo Smart Set Corsets $2.98 Demostration Sale of. the new Bronco Bone, better and stronger than whalebone. Expert fitters will fit you properly. Remarkatle Sale Ostrich Feathers Richest selected African stock Willow Ostrich Plumes at the greatest reductions ever known for such feathers. Prices just about half. $1.50 Teachers' Bible, Special 98c 200 Teachers' Bibles, with illustrated maps, family record, divinity circuit, Bible student helps, etc. , Great Sale of New Fall Waists 10,000 New Fall Waists in Silk Poplin, Soisette, Flannel, Mohair, Madras and Linen at prices less than you have ever bought them before. $5.00 Cut Glass Bowls Reduced $2.95 Elegant 8 in. bowls, deep cut in star and crescent patterns, hand polished. The greatest bargain we have ever offered. $2 24-in. Jointed Dolls, Special $1.19 To the woman who prefers to dress her own doll for Christmas, we offer this great special. It is the biggest, prettiest, best doll ever brought to Portland. At $1.19 it is a marvel. Great Sale of New Fall Dress Goods English Worsteds, Broadcloths and other desirable 8 fabrics, all at special prices today. ACT Protest Against' Delivery of De Lara to Mexican Government. ' SEATTLE. Oct. 24.A Socialist mass meeting, which denounced the execution of Professor Francisco Ferrer, at Barce lona as a crime, adopted a resolution of protest against the proposed delivery of Gulterrez de Lara, now under arrest at Los Angeles, to the Mexican government, was held in Arcade Hall tonight. Contributions to a fund which will be used to defend De Lara werj made, and the resolutions adopted were forwarded to the- President of the United States". Invitations had been sent to Professors J. H. Smith . and E. S. Meany. of the University of Washington, to gpeak at the meeting, but the invitations were declined. Aged Milwaukie Resident Dies. MILWAUKIB, Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.) Mrs. Delia Sargent, a resident of Mil waukie since 1S77. barring five years in Crook Connty. died here today, aged 62 years and 21 days. The funeral will bs held Tuesday, October 2G at 2:30 o'clock from the undertaking ' parlors at East Sixth and East Aider streets. r - ft i Ilk jLl You'll meet her tomorrow ll A'Jf There is not a woman in the entire i yjjfJf Northwest that is, a womanly woman, with IM . home's interest at heart who will not be helped Ml by -reading Mother's little talks that will appear Mff Mj in this paper from now on. My '