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ROOSEVELT FLY IN
LA FOLLETTE'S GUP
Colonel Causes Worry
to Wisconsin Man.
CANDIDACY KOW IS FEARED
Plan to Capture Ohio Delega
tion Suffers Setback.
TAFT STILL COMPLACENT
Observers Point Out That Outlook
Editor llaa Really Denied Noth
ing Secret Plan Be
lieved Perfected.
WAUHLVOTON. Nov. IS. (Special.)
3ayety I added to the National politi
cal situation by the atateraent which
Colonel Rooaevelt yeeterday authorised
a New Tor morning paper to print.
In which the Colonel proteased surprise
that anyone should hare commented
upon hla recent editorial In the Outlook
on the subjects of the trusts, and saya
that recently be requeated a certain
unnamed Senator not to work for him
for President, but left off without a
denial worthy of being called a denial
that ha has aaplratlona for 113.
Tha fact la that, aa the politicians
here In the National Capital view the
situation. Colonel Rooaevelt la much
a factor, particularly In the shaping
of the programme of the Insurgent
Republicans. President Taft through
It all la complacent and serene, and not
aa much can be said for tba LaFollette
men. It appeara aa If tha ahadow of
tha Colonel were falling exclusively
upon the LaFollette camp.
LaKvllrtte Mrs Warrylag.
Developments of a few days past
particularly In Ohio, where the LaFol
lette forces have been boasting that
they aurely would divide the delega
tion to the National convention, and
perhapa would take It entirely away
from the President have shown that
political times are changing. Hereto
fore, tha LaFollette men have counted
on auch Kooaevelt sentiment aa there
was as a political aaaet of their own:
now they seem to have feara about It.
There la danger. It la said, that tha
antl-Taft movement may spilt upon this
rock. Tba LaFollette men have been
unable to atlll tha demanda that have
been heard In every eectlon where they
have conducted their propaganda, that
Rooaevelt. and not LaFollette. be draft
ed to "save the psrty and the day."
The Colonel la refraining from any
spec! lie denial which would Improve
thla altuatlon from the point of view
of the LaFollette leaders.
And every one knowa that If Colonel
Rooaevelt really wants to deny a thing,
he knowa how to deny It hard. Specific
declaratlona by way of denial have been
made by the Colonel In the past, prov
ing that thla Is true.
Meveaseat Believed Inspired.
It la the view of many political ob
servers here that the atepa taken to
prevent the Insurgent movement from
becoming purely LaFollette la not
purely spoottieous that It Is be
ing conniv.-d at by the Roosevelt fol
lowers who are high In the councils,
and that It at least ts not frowned
upon by the Colonel himself.
It is expected that tha antl-Taft
"progressives" will get-together In an
rffort to force a declaration from
Rooaevelt. . That the object of all thla
solicitude can keep silence long In the
face of the kaleidoscopic situation Is
doubtful, but It Is thought that he will
choose hla own time and place and
manner of utterance. Not even the
dean of all the oraclea of Delphi could
have turned out a better Job of utter
tCoBc!ud4 on face 3.)
0
rWOO? OLD NANKi(r J$j,
HAS SrAHD- r
fHO ALL IVEFK WAITING
rrs fat
OREGON FIR TREE IS
POSTOFFICE HOME
BLACK ROCK MAIL HANDLED IX
STRANGE ABODE.
Wires of Telephone Conipnny Also
ntcr In Bm of Old Trunk.
lx-k t'arvcil Out of Hoot.
SHERIDAN. Or.. Nov. 25. (Special.)
In the stump of a huge yellow fir
tree at Rack Rock. In the central part
of Polk County, tha United States, with
the aaslstance of F. J. Holman, the
postmaster, has established a postof
flce. Mr. Holman also operates the
central exchange of the Mutual Tele
phone Company In Black Rock.
The stump, tha cars of which la under
the direction of tha Postmaster-Qen-ral.
la IS feet In diameter, and tha
Government appropriation for lia Initial
cost and up-kcep was small. When ar
ranging hla quarters In tha old trunk.
Mr. Holman encountered an obstructing
root tentacle, which by a little planing
and sawing he converted Into a service
able desk.
In place of the greenery that former.
ly drooped from the branches of the
forest monarch now may be seen an
empty mall sack, or perhaps a full one,
that la to be taken to tha outgoing
station. Also to the tree lead the tele
phone wires that connect tha homee
and business places of Black Rock and
vicinity.
AUTO TAG IS GREEN-BLACK
Color for I IS Changed and Chaof-
frura to Be Numbered.
SALEM. Or.. Nor. !S. (Speciali
sts thousand numbers, or 12.000 lag's.
weighing over 7v0 pounds, were re
ceived by the automobile department of
tha Secretary of State's office, today
for use in registration of motor ve
hicles In llz. In addition 2000 chauf
feurs' badge have been ordered. The
number lacs for 1112. which are Issued
In duplicate, will ba green background
with black flgurea. In 111 the tags
were of yellow background with black
figures.
The automobile department Is now
sending to every owner of a motor ve
hicle, aa registered In 1811. a copy of
the 111 application blank. These will
be filed In th order that they come In
and Immediately on the first of tha
year the numbers will be sent out.
The letters are being sent early ' as
probably there will be a great rush of
applications.
CHILD SEX IS FORETOLD
Paris Academy Hear Methods of
Pre-BIrth Experiment.
PARIS, Vov. IS. (Special.) Profea
sor Leon Lubba read before tha Acad
emy of Medicine thla week a paper
written by Dr. F.oblnaon. giving atart
llng results from a series of experi
ments with adrenalin as determining
In advance the aex of a child.
Dr. Roblnaon seriously contenda, and
la aupported by Professor Lubbe, that
If adrenalin be Injected hypodermlcally
Into tha father of the baby, it will be
a glrL If Injected hypodermlcally Into
the mother, the child will be a boy.
The French aavant also asserts that
tha aex of a child can be determined
by atudylng the mother's pulse. When
it la unusually rapid tha child will be
a girl.
TURKEYRAISERS GET RICH
Total of 11,000 Birds Shipped Out
of Iknrlas County.
ROSEBURG. Or- Nov. 25. (Special.)
A total of 11.000 turkeys were shipped
from Doug:aa County tonight for the
Thanksgiving trade. Of thla number
about "000 birds were purchased by
Oakland poultry dealers, while tha re
maining 4000 were contracted by Rose
burg merchant The birds average 10
pounds each and at the market price
of 21 cents the raisers receive approxi
mately :5.000.
Other than tha 11.00 birds shipped
to distant markets It la estimated that
about 1000 will ba sold in supplying
home consumption. This years out
put of turkeys Is about half of that
marketed last season.
CASTRO
AS HAVING-
SINGLE BID MADE
FOR fill SUBSIDY
Baker Is Suspected of
Coup on Rivals.
FOSSIBLE COMPETITORS FEW
Bates & Chesebrough Would
Need Added Line.
COMMITTEE GETS ADVICE
Baltimore Promoter Says Canal
Business Would Not Make Seri
ous Inroads Into Railroads
Owing to Immigration.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. (Special.)
Only one bid was submitted today
In answer to roatmaater-General
Hflchcock's advertisement for tha es
tablishment of a subsidy mall line be
tween the two coasts. The fact Is be
ing cited now in support of tha Indi
rect charge being made by Bernard H.
Baker, of Baltimore, that the transcon
tinental lines are thwarting his effort
to establish an Independent steamship
company to operate through the canal.
Nobody knowa who made the bid.
although In one quarter the suspicion
exists that Baker put In that bid. the
assumption In that quarter being that
he accomplished a coup on the trans
continental lines and every other pos
sible bidder by making It possible for
the reports about the choking to be
aet afloat and thua leaving tha Held
to himself.
Only Tw Rivals Possible.
At the time the advertisement was
put out. aside from Baker there were
only two possible bidders, the Hawaiian-American
Steamship Line and
the Bates & Chesebrough Company.
The bid, which cams In without any
possible marks of identification, will
not be opened until after the Postmaster-General
returns on Monday.
Bates Chesebrough cannot comply
with the terms of the proposed con
tract until after they have put steam
ers on tha route between New York
and Colon, the service out of New Or
leans not being sufficient, even If the
ahtpa are fast enough.
Tba Hawaiian company could comply
by extending the routes of Its ships
from Philadelphia to New Tork, an
easy thing to do.
Capital la Fearful.
The Investigations thus far made
by tha Senate committee on In
terstate Commerce do not austaln
aensatlonal reports that th transconti
nental railroads have actually combined
to prevent the capitalisation of steam
ship lines Intended to engage In coast-to-coast
trade through the Panama
Canal. At the same time. It has been
shown that American capital Is gen
erally fearful that the railroads. If no
restrained by Congress, might inaugur
ate cut-throat competition which would
render private enterprlae Ineffectual In
competition wlth tha transcontinental
railroads, and it Is this fear, rather than
anything that has yet been done, that
baa made it impossible to finance suc
cessfully the Atlantic & Pacific Trans,
portatlon Company, which Intended to
operate ships between the ports of the
Atlantic and the Pacific coasts by way
of the canal.
Thla whole question was gone Into at
great length by Mr. Baker In a three
hour hearing before the Senate com
mittee.
Mall Cowtraet Weald Help.
While Mr. Baker believed It would be
necessary to carry out his Ideas to
form a IIS, 000.000 corporation, he per
sonally felt that If S3. 000.000 could be
ralaed prior to November 2S his corpor
ation could submit Its bid for the mall
Concluded on Psge 2.)
CARTOONIST REYNOLDS' REVIEWS SOME OF THE -WEEK'S EVENTS IN PICTURES.
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
. The Weather.
YESTERDAY 8 Maximum temperature, 63
degrees; minimum, 42 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair. Southwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Mexican stats of Oa'xaca swedes from fed
eral union. ' Section 1. pass 2.
Rebels capture fort outside Nankins- and
city la now at mercy of, bombardment.
Section 1. pace 4. .
National.
Only one bid offered for coaat-to-coast mall
subsidy; Baker suspected of coup. Sec
tion 1. cage 1.
. Domestic.
"Sleep cure" expected to wring confession
that Rogers killed Jewelry salesman, bec
tlon 1. page o.
Brother of McNamara Juror dies: wife of
sacond la sinking; third is feeble, tac
tion 7u Page 6.
Fsmous New Tork Episcopal Church cele
brating centenary. Section 1, page 3.
Eingle-tsxers will flood malls with tons of
literature at Govsrnment expense. Section
1. page 0.
Roosevelt attitude cause of deep anxiety to
La Follette men. Section 1. page 1.
Rockefeller pastor denies words attributed
to him by Kockefeller's accuser. Section
1. pegs I.
Tw-kllled. three wounded in battle witn
rndisn outlaws la California. Section 1.
page 4.
hports.
Yale end Ilsrvsrd bsttle to 0-to-0 tie. Sec
tion 3. psgs 3.
Navy conquers Army In fierce fame by
score of I to O. Section 3. page 3.
MultnoVhah men renfldent of duplicating lat
year's Thankfglvlng defeat of Oregon.
Section 2, page X
Nine killed. 177 hurt, is 1911 football toll.
Section 1. pfyce t.
Minnesota claims Middle West championship
by victory over Illinois. Section 2. page
Minnesota defeats Illinois snd wins Middle
Western footbsll championship. Section
2. page 3.
Boxing game reviving In California. Section
2. page 6.
Six best women tennis plsyers selected. Sec
tion 2. psge .
Tommy Ryan likes former weighing rules for
boxers. Section 2, pass 4.
All-star Interscholsatlo Portland eleven se
lected, section 2, psge 2.
New Fire Chief Dowell Is athlete. Section
2. psge 4.
Feelfic Northwest.
Letters criticise banking methods In Van
couver trial at Kalama. Section 1, page 7.
Pretty BoUe girl, charged with horse-stealing,
finds champion in Idaho clubwomen.
Section 1. psge 7.
Big railroad land grant case arises In Linn
County. Soction 1. psge 6.
Jspanese gardeners control big acreage In
Eastern Multnomah. Section 3, page 12.
Idaho Democrats sre divided on choice to
head National ticket. Section 1. page 14.
"Prorref live" Republicans st Tacoma organ
ise for coming csmpslgn. Section 1,
page a.
PoMort ce at Black Rock. Or., la. estab
lished In stump of tree. Section 1. psgs 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Front street dealers look for low turkey
prices. Section 2. page 17.
All wheat options closs higher at Chicago.
8ectlon 2. psge 17.
Stock besrs use interstste commerce order
to depress market. Section 2, page 17.
Portland wheat receipts for aesson 6120
- csrs. Section 2. page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Y. M. C A. employment bureau establishes
branch at Second and Ash streets. Sec
tion 1. DSrs ll
Attorneys honor memory of W. T. Mulr and
H. E. Northup. Section 1, page 14.
Gipsy Smith says response by youngsters in
sfternoon meeting was hla best in Port
land. Section 1. page 12.
Mssslve marble monument to mark grave
of H. W. Scott in Klvervlew Cemetery.
Section 1. page 1.
Three deals In Oregon acresgs In week
amount to !H0.000 invested by Eastern
cspitallsta. Section 1. page 1. .
Ralph TV. Williams to ask National commit
tee to favor "Oregon system" in selec
tion of convention delegates by populsr
choice. Section 1. page. 31.
Gipsy Smith addresses 173.000 persons In
, Portland and 1HH0 are converted. Sec
tion 1. page 12.
Socialist hints at secret boycott under wsy
to down merchsnts that oppose perty's
tenets. Section 2. psge 18.
Fifth snnusl Horse Show closes after suc
cessful programme. Section 1, page 10.
POPE IS COMPLIMENTARY
Desire to Recognize Farley's Merit
Is of Long Standing.
ROME, Nov. 25. Pope Plus gave a
prlvateaudlenc today to Archbishop
Farley, of New York.
At the conclusion, in response to the
cardlnal-deslgnate's cxpressiona of
gratitude, the pontiff said It had long
been hia desire to recognize tha loyalty
of the Catholic Church In America and
the merit of the Archbishop of New
York.
CITY VOTED JRY BY WOMEN
Suffragists Carry Prohibition' at
Fnllerton, Cal., by 350 Votes.
SANTA ANA. Cal., Nov. 25. Women
voted today In the liquor election at
Fullerton and the city was carried for
prohibition by a vote of 540 to 190.
as; a, i mi., vrt
fell TN ; I Jri C V .Tnuiniui y.C.vr; AX-VAl Cn I
8900,000 TOTAL EN
3 REALTY TRADES
Eastern Money Figures
in Week's Activity.1
BROADMEAD TRACT BOUGHT
Syndicate Pays $350,000 for
2300 High-Class Acres.
KLAMATH LAND GOBBLED
More Thau Eight Square Miles of
Rich Soli Transferred for $S00,
0 00 to Oregon liand Corpora
tion IMastcr Sale Also Big.
THREE REALS I.X OREGON LAND
TOTAL f 900,000.
SO.OOO seres In Klsmath
County JSOO.ono
I.IOO .Teres st Broadmead ... 30O.OVO
100 acres In Eaatorn Oregon. 200.UOO
Total 1900.000
With the closing of two deals yes
terday and one Thursday, there was
invested In Oregon lands last week
nearly $1,000,000 of Eastern capital.
The properties are In three- different
portions of the state, one being in the
Wlllametto Valley, one In the northern
part of Klamath County and one In
Eastern Oregon.
The Willamette Valley tract taken
over yesterday comprises about 2300
acres at Broadmead, along the extreme
southern limit of Yamhill County. The
property was purchased by a syndi
cate of Minnesota and Portland capi
talists from the Broadmead Land Com
pany, of which L. B. Menefee Is the
head, the amount Involved In the pur
chase being $350,000.
This property was acquired by Mr.
Menefee and associates about three
years ago! from the Ladd estate.- It la
declared to be exceptlonably good land,
there being about 1700 acres in a high
state of cultivation. The remaining
part of the acreage la covered with
hardwood, timber. The tract la about
43 miles southwest of Portland, on the
Corvallls branch of the Southern Pa
cific, the station known at Broadmead
being on the land. The proposed exten
sion of the Oregon Electric between
McMlnnvllle and Dallas will touch the
property.
Minnesota Mea Bay.
The Minnesota members of the syndi
cate are V. C Mead and A. D. LaDue. Mr.
Mead waa for several years president
of the First National Bank of Hills,
Minn., but resigned to give his atten
tion to the Broadmead enterprise. He
will close out his Interests at once In
Minnesota and remove to Portland. Mr.
LaDua la president of the First Na
tional Bank of Luverne, Minn., and la
one of the most prominent financiers in
Southwestern Minnesota. The Portland
members of the syndicate are E. W.
Barnes, tlmberman; W. IL Barnhart,
building contractor; B. Lee Paget, of
the Portland Trust Company, and W. P.
Hurlbut, formerly of New York and
Idaho.
"The tract taken over by our syndi
cate is, in our opinion, one of the finest
In the Willamette Valley." said Mr.
Hurlbut last night. "Already In a high
state of cultivation, we will make more
extensive Improvements on the prop
erty. We are not ready to announce
our development plans at present. We
expect, however, to do our ahare toward
the upbuilding of the atate."
Valley la Extolled.
Mr. Mead Is also greatly impressed
with the Willamette Valley and predicts
that In a few years thla section of the
atate will make strides in Intensified
farming.
The Klamath County land sale- in-
tConcluded on Page 6.)
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BIG SHAFT MARKS
H W.SCOTT'S GRAVE
HUGE MARBLE MfXCMEXT
RISES AT RIVERVIEW.
Facsiniille of Signature of Distin
guished Editor- Is Carved on
Beautiful Tombstone.
Over the grave of Harvey W. Scott,
for many yeara editor of The Ore
gonlan, is being erected, a beautiful
monument of Barre granite, which will
be the largest and heaviest private
monument In Rlverview Cemetery- In
cluding Its concrete foundation, which
is 12 feet square and six feet deep and
weighs about 64 tons, the total weight
of the shaft will be 111 tons. It will
stand 10 feet high. Otto Schumann,
veteran marble dealer, ts superintend
ing erection' of the monument, which
he expects to have In place next Satur
day. The first baBe Is 12 feet square and
two feet In depth and weighs 22 tons.
It Is cut out of solid granite and is
polished on all exposed surfaces. The
second base, eight feet eight Inches
square and one foot eight inches thick,
is of the same material and weighs
about 12 tons. The die,, or pedestal, is
six feet square and seven feet three
Inches thick. It is also cut from the
celebrated Vermont granite, is highly
polished and weighs 23 tons.
The name "Scott" in plain, square
sunk letters appears on the front side
of the pedestal, while a facsimile of
Mr. Scott's signature is engraved on
the opposite side.
The three sections of the monument
were shipped to Portland from the Ver
mont quarry In a special car and the
task of unloading and transporting
them to the cemetery was a large un
dertaking, requiring the use of a small
traction engine. Over 5000 feet of
heavy timbers were used for double
planking some of the bridge structures
over which the Immense sections of
granite were transported en route to
the cemetery.
VANDAL GOAT AT LARGE
Bearded Rumiiiajit Defies Authori
ties of Two Counties.
MEDFORD. Or., Nov. 24. (Special.)
A strange and wily goat Is ravaging
the countryside near the county line,
and Medford authorities are uncertain
If the animal Is In their Jurisdiction or
that of Josephine. County, John Bur
ley, a countryman of Pleasant Creek.
has notified the city officials of the
depredations of the goat, and has asked
assistance.
Burley, It seems, has tried to bring
the goat down with his rifle, but could
not get within range. Meanwhile the
bjarded " ruminant Is eating all the
cabbages left In the ground, and does
not hesitate to carry away Burley'a
weekly paper aa a morning relish. Bur
ley drew the line when the goat ate
his Ashing tackle, and he wants Con
stable Slngler to run the beast to earth
with his pack of Imported bloodhounds.
It la believed that this is the same
goat that troubled the residents of
Grants Pass last September and scared
several women on the streets.
ANTE-MORTEM RECITAL HIT
Washington Supreme Court Settles
line Legal Point In Reversal.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Nov. 25. The Su
preme Court today reversed the verdict
of a King County court which con
victed Axel Nlst of murder" In the
seebnd degree for the slaying of Po
liceman Judson P. Davis in Seattle on
the night of February 23, 1911. and
granted Nlst a new trial. Nlst and
John Ford set out On that night to
hold up and rob men on the street,
according to the ante-mortem state
ment of Ford. Nist was unarmed. Po
liceman Davis halted the men and
Ford and Davis engaged In a pistol
duel which, resulted In the death of
both. Nlst fled and was captured.
The Supreme Court ruled that a
dying man's statement cannot be used
except as against one of his opponents
In a fight. Tarns Davis, If not killed
Instantly, might have made a valid
statement against Nist. but Nist's own
partner's statement - barred.
STATE UYS STRESS
Ofl SHOT BACK
Killing of Patterson
Re-Enacted in Court
CLOTHES ARE MUTE EVIDENCE
Woman Sobs as She Denies
Malice Toward Husband.
DRAMATIC CLIMAX REACHED
Xurso Testifies Patterson Made
Threats That He Would Kill
Ills Wife If He Ever Got
Out of Bed.
DENVER, Nov. 25. Crouched on one
knee on the courtroom floor, with spe
cial Prosecutor Horace G. Benson
standing over her, his right arm poised
for a blow the attitude In which she
had testified her husband was when
she fired the shots that took his life
Gertrude Gibson Patterson today re
enacted before the jury the scenes of
the moment that brought her to trial
for her life. K was near the close of
a long ordeal of cross-examination.
"And he swung his right arm for an
other blow?" asked the prosecutor.
"Yes, yes " and her breath came
fast "and he looked like a demon."
"And you shot?"
Courtroom Shudders at Climax.
"Yes, yes, I don't know how many
times."
"And you shot him In the back."
That was all. A little shudder ran
over the crowded courtroom. The wit
ness resumed the stand. The cross-examination
began anew.
Against Mrs. Patterson's version of
the shooting, the state Is content with
the testimony of the physicians who
performed the autopsy and the mute
evidence of the dead man's clothes,
thrown In a heap under a table In
front of the witness chair. Both show
that the bullets entered his back. One
went through his right shoulder, th
other through his heart.
State's Theory Outlined.
Just before Mrs. Patterson had been
asked to; show bow the shooting had
occurred, the state had placed before
the Jury Its version of how Patterson
met his death.
"When your husband told you ha
would not dismiss his alienation suit
against Emil Strouss, didn't you say,
'I told you Saturday that if you
wouldn't I'd kill you," and didn't he
start to run and didn't you shoot hlin
In the back, and while he was on his
hands and knees before you, crying,
'Oh, my God, my God!' didn't you put
the muzzle of your gun within a few
Inches of this coat that he was wearing
and shoot him through the heart?" and
Mr. Benson thrust almost in her face
the coat her husband wore at hia
death, his finger on one of the powder
burned bullet holes in the back.
Woman Denies Unflinchingly.
She did not shrink.
"No, sir; no, sir; that's a lie," she
replied.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Prosecutor
Benson ended his cross-examination and.
turned the witness over to her counsel,
O. N. Hilton, for redirect examination.
Mr. Hilton took up almost Immediately
her alleged relations with Emil V.
Strouss, the millionaire clothing manu
facturer of Chicago, a point avoided by
the defense on direct examination and
brought out by the prosecution on
cross-examination.
"How did you meet Mr. Strouss?" he
asked.
"I was visiting In Chicago and was
asked to dine with Mrs. E. J. Weller.
Mr. Strouss also was a guest."
(Concluded ou Page 2.)
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