PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1909. VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,265. MACHINECOMPUTES BALLOTS STOLEN . PIPCIPUTCnq OLD LOVE REVIVES DV DAIHIMP. DAMn UIUI lull I LI IU HEIGHT OF STARS AFTER MARRIAGE WIFE TELLS UlSBAXD HEART is ;tvex another. di imiuinu unnu FUR! TO CAMPAIGN CHINESE FINDS WAY TO TELL CELESTIAL DISTANCES. HELP IX KENTUCKY RETREAT BY 60 RIFLEMEN'. USIll ADDS PHENOMENA STILL I LACK EXPLANATION SIGN CANNON HOAR ONI US STRAITS SCRAP Greek Mutineers' Fleet Is Scattered, TAKE ARSENAL AND LOSE IT Tibaldos Rejects Cabinet's Compromise Terms. LEADS REVOLT IN NAVY Demands Place In Cabinet and Will Not listen to Military League, Rebel Ships Still Roam the Greek Sea. ATHENS. Oct. 29. Nayal mutiny to day followed the army mutiny of sev eral weeks ago which forced a change in the cabinet at the dictation of the; Military League. Headed by Lieuten ant Thihaldos, 300 officers and men of the navy seized a flotilla of eight torpedo-boats, went to the Island of Sal amis and seized the arsenal. A battle lasting 20 minutes followed between the mutineers and the loyal forces, consisting of field guns and big war ships. One of the torpc do-hoats was disabled, another fled toward the Bay ,of Leuslna and a third has put to sea. When the loyal ships opened the at tack, a sharp exchange of shots fol lowed. Only one shell hit a torpedo boat the Splendona which was Im mediately enveloped in a cloud of smoke and proved to be disabled. Troops Recapture Arsenal. The torpedo-boats gradually Tetlred un til they obtained shelter off the head land, when firing ceased. The rebel ves sels returned the fire of the warships and field batteries, but apparently little damage was done on either side. Athens remained quiet tonight, hut much suppressed excitement prevailed. An official statement was Issued, stating that the arsenal, which was in the hands of the rebels, had been recaptured and that the mutinous torpedo-boats were, ex pected to surrender. Revolt Against Compromise. Lieutenant Tibaldos appeared to have been actuated by his disapproval of the tactics of the Military League and the Junior naval officers in consenting to ne gotiate a compromise of the ultimatum recently issued by the Military ISeague for an ordinance suspending all promo tion for five years and abolition of the posts of Rear-Admlral. Vice-Admiral and 13 places of lesser rank. Tibaldos took a prominent part In the military move ment last August. He was the first of ficer to go to the camp at Goudl, outside the city, after the Premiers refusal to receive a deputation of officers, and he subsequently was appointed commander of the rebel company. At a meeting of the Military League yesterday Tibaldos said: "I led the last revolt and without me it would have failed. Now you abandon me. but I will carry out a second revolt single-handed." Say Tibaldos Is Mad. The Military League's proclamation disowning Tibaldos, who was In command of a flotilla of torpedo-boats and sub marines and demanded the portfolio of Minister of Marine, ascribes his preten sions to madness and the influence of outsiders, and threatens to have him court-martialed for treason. The league met late tonight to discuss Its attitude toward naval officers who took part in the fight. It Is believed the league is 'inclined to show them Indulgences. Meanwhile the position of the mutinous torpedo-boats resembles that of the Rus sian battleship Kniax Potemkln, which mutinied in 1905 and fired on Odessa and then roamed the Black Sea for several weeks and the government is apprehen sive as to where it next will hear of them. It Is rumored they have gone toward the Island of Crete, Government Will Show Mercy. In the Chamber of Deputies today. Premier Mavrominehalis said the govern ment was determined to suppress the out break by force. Happily the movement was rery limited. The ministers, he said, were occupied in reforms in all branches of administration and would not neglect the navy. Therefore, the officers' im patience waa unjustified. The Premier added, however, that if the naval officers had been led astray, they still had time to rehabilitate themselves. Origin of Revolt. Regarding the origin of the revolt, the government, in response to the demands of the naval officers (or the suspension of promotion for five years and the aboli tion of certain naval posts, had consented to Introduce a navy purification bill, but It Insisted that the bill must be absolutely Impersonal and declared that it would flatly reject any proposals aimed at in dividual officers. The Military League accepted this solu tion, but Lieutenant Tibaldos branded it as Inadequate and secretly convened a meeting of naval officers, who all signed document, laying down their minimum Jemauds. This document Lieutenant Tibaldos presented Thursday night to Colonel Tsorbas, head of the Military League, and at the same time appealed to the Remains at Elmira to Care for Her Mother ' While Husband Comes to Coast. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Oct. 29.-(Special.) Otis L. McConnell told a hard-luck story to Judge James today, and it was suffi cient to secure a decree of divorce from Louisa M. McConnell. The couple were married In Horseheads. N. T., In 1905. After the ceremony the wife remained at Elm Ira, X. T., to take care of her mother. It was agreed that she should come to this city as soon as possible. The mother died, and McConnell Insisted on his. wife Joining him here. Finally he received this fetter from her: "I will tell you hnw I feel about coming to Los Angeles, and then you may eee how Impossible it Is for me to ever come and live with you. I love John with my whole heart and soul, and, feeling like that, it would he wrong for me to ever think of living with you. I did the great est wrong to marry 'ou. hut " would 08 a still greater wrong to try and live with you when I love some one else as I do." The "John" referred to is John Allen, a young man who at one time was about to marry the writer of the missive. FUNDS FOR OREGON ASKED Bishop Scadding Lectures at, Los An geles to Raise Endowment. IX5S ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 29. (Spe cial.) The Right Rev. Charles Scaddlng, bishop of Oregon for the Protestant Epis copal Church, arrived at the Angelus today on his first visit south of the Oregon border and expressed his delight with Los Angeles. Tonight he delivered one of his lec tures In St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, cover ing the church history "from Jamestown to Oregon." and Illustrated his lecture with 200 colored stereoptlcon views. The lecture was free, but an offering was taken for the benefit of the Oregon As sociate Mission. The bishop is seeking to raise an en dowment! of J100.000 for the Oregon mis sion to relieve the weak churches of heavy assessments, and also a fund which he calls the Associate Mission Fund. The latter Is for the purpose of grouping weak parishes around a common center. Tomorrow the bishop will become the guest of Bishop Johnson at his Pasadena home, and on Sunday night he will preach in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral. BULLET FLIES NEAR MAYOR Tom Johnson Walks Right Into Sa loon Brawl. CLEVELAND. O.. Oct. 29. Because hs was refused a drink today, Joseph Olay nlcks shot through 'the window of a cafe as Mayor Tom Johnson and Councilman Blrnsteln were entering. The shooting gave rise to a report that an attack had been made on the Mayor's life. He was not hurt- Olaynlcks had been refused a drink in the cafe, the bartender declaring that he had had enough. The city officials were only a few feet In advance of Olaynlcks when he concluded to "shoot up the place." The bullet went through the glass and into a passageway, where the Mayor was walking. The shpotlng did not excite Mayor Johnson. He went on Into the dining room, notified his officer of the occur rence and then ordered something to eat. He declared he firmly believed no attack had been made on his life. Olaynlcks was arrested. WOMEN VOICE DEMANDS First Female Political Convention Assails Sex Discrimination. NEW TORK, Oct. 29. One thousand delegates completely filled ' the floor of Carnegie Hall tonight at the first women's political convention ever held in New Tork. Mrs. Clarence Mackay presented the platform, which was adopted. Peaceful as was the purpose of the convention, there rested in adjoining cloakrooms 150 policemen with "night sticks In their belts. They wera not needed. The convention demanded amend ments to state and National constitu tions permitting women to vote; amendments to the city charter re quiring one-third of the board of edu cation to be women: compensation for all civil service employes, including teachers, by position and not by sex; and an amendment to the state civil service law prohibiting the exclusion of any citizen from any examination by reason of sex. BOOK SWINDLERS GUILTY Got $500,000 In Subscriptions to Bopns Business Directory. CHICAGO. Oct. 29. Two alleged book swindlers, Manuel Good heart and Melville Kline, who were arrested in Seattle and brought here, were found guilty In the criminal court today. The men are said to have obtained nearly J500.000 from business men throughout the country by posing as publishers of a business directory and securing money for subscriptions and advertising space. They made their headquarters in New Tork. The customer would be asked to sign a contract, which was so drawn that by tearing off the upper portion of the page, the . holder was in possession of a promissory note Instead of a contract. Sanders Home Upset, None Knows Why. MYSTERY IS MORE PUZZLING Electricity and Earthquake Theories Scouted. PSYCHIC FORCE ADVANCED Dr. Morrison, Kector Trinity Chnrch, Declares Manifestation Essential ly Spiritualistic Boy Alleged Responsible Is Unconcerned. 'OT EIJ5CTRICTT, TWO DECLARE Orin B. Coldwell. who has charge of the electrical department of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, said last night he could not understand how electricity could have anything to do with the phe nomena at the home of the Sanders family Thursday Afternoon. As wood la not a conductor of electricity, Mr. Ooldwell says It could not be subject to electrical effects. The recent ac tivity of the Aurora Borealis, which put cable and telegraph lines In many places out of commission, might furnish some basis of a theory In this case, Mr. Coldwell explains. If the manifestations had sot been confined to one house,' and If the effect had been limited to such articles as were conductors of elec tricity, such as knives, forks and cooking utensils. Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, said: "The electricity theory Is the most absurd of all. Electricity does not -.cause any such manifestations. It la a matter of psychic phenomena, in my opinion, a manifestation of an unusual Intelligence." Twenty-four hours of Investigation and speculation have served only to deepen the mystery attendant npon the weird performances at the home of J. P. San ders, Mo Marshall street, Thursday af ternoon, when furniture and utensils spent several hours cutting: up queer pranks, as if suddenly possessed of inde pendent animation. No satisfactory ex planation waa arrived at yesterday, and perhaps none will ever be found. The whole city gave up much of Its time to theorizing- yesterday and hun dreds of people visited the place where the strange things occurred, hoping: to get new light on the subject. Various ex planations were advanced by- people of varying temperament and beliefs. There was a cock-sureness about many of these so-called explanations, especially those advanced by persons of a skeptical turn of mind. But every explanation, scien tific or otherwise, struck, on the reefs of obstinate contrary evidence. "Electric disturbances nothing so very uncommon, " urged those who sought a solution out of scientific motives. "Phychic phenomena, pure and simple," averred those of less material views. "Spooks acting through a boy medium," Insisted the spiritualistic element (Concluded on Page 10.) ; t - - r 1 "? I : . UN-HALLOWEEN. - .j.s.'si StlTSS ....... I1IIT ' Breathitt County Feud Causes Vio lent Attempt to Prevent Election. JACKSON", Ky., Oct. 29. Official ballots intended for the county election on November 2 were seized by a body of armed men today from a bank where they had been deposited for safe-keeping. The band hurried the ballots to an almost Inaccessible part of the county and late tonight successfully resisted arrest. - Sheriff Crawford got warrants for the arrest of County Clerk Hurst and another man, organized a large posse and went after the ballots. He re turned empty-handed, saying that, when they approached the house in which the ballots are held, they were covered with 60 guns in the hands of raiders. .Then the sheriff and his men decided to return to Jackson. Later A. H. Hurst was arrested on a warrant charging him with having fraudulently removed or permitted others to remove the ballots. He was released on $2500 ball."- The present county officials were elected four years ago, when the ticket? which vaa headed by the late Judge James Hargls, was swept out of office. There is a hot fight between the Demo crats and Republicans and so County Clerk Hurst placed the ballots in the bank. RANGE WAR .MAY REVIVE Militia Ordered to Basin to Restrain Sheepmen and Cattlemen. SHERIDAN, Wye, Oct. 2D. A detail of ten militiamen was ordered to Basin tonight, arid the remainder of the local company was ordered held in readi ness for immediate service. Catlemen and sheepmen are pouring Into Basin and trouble Is feared in con nection with the re-arrest of five men charged with complicity in the Tensleep raid. In which three sheep men were killed. REVOLT BEGINS IN SEOUL Rioters Attack and Bnrn Depot. Dispersed, They Reunite. SEOUL, Oct. 30. The Union Station here of the Seoul-Fusan Railroad was attacked hy SX rioters at midnight last night and partly burned- The rioters were dispersed, but gathered again and are said to be moving northward. No casualties have been reported. The garrison has been' ordered to quell the disturbance. FLEET IN MANILA TODAY Sebree Sends Wireless Message From Pacific Fleet. MANILA. Oct. SO. Rear Admiral Se bree. commanding the United States Pacific fleet, today sent a wireless message saying he expected to anchor his ships in Manila bay at. 6 o'clock this afternoon. NIGHT RIDERS RAMPANT Kentuckians Ask for Troops to Sup press Raids. LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 29. Advices from Marlon County today are that ex citement over the Night Riders' raids Is at fever heat and that troops will be requested from Governor w lllson. Jeff-Johnson Match to Go 45 Rounds. SIDE BET OF $10,000 POSTED Negro Swallows Objections to Limit on Contest. PURSE DIVIDED 75 AND 25 Contest Goes to Club Offering Most Money and Will Be Held Not Later Than July 5, 1910. " ., Black Man Is Nervous. NEW TORK. Oct. 29. Jack Johnson and James Jr Jeffries the negro Insist ed that as present champion his name should appear first signed articles here late today binding them to fight 45 or more rounds to a finish, not later than July 6, 1910. before the clpb offering the best financial inducement the win ner to take a side bet of 10,000 and 75 per cent of the purse, the loser to take 25 per cent Preliminary discussion was scheduled for 3 o'clock at the Hotel Albany. Jef fries and his manager were punctual to the minute, but Johnson elbowed his way diffidently through the crowd ten minutes late. At the table, as the men took their places, sat Jeffries with Bob Vernon at his left and Sam Berger. his manager, at his right; George Little, Johnson's manager; George Consldlne, "Honest" John Kelly, Sam Harris, Sam Nelson, Bob Murphy and other well known sporting men. Johnson Appears Nervous. Jeffries eyed the negro curiously, but did not meet his glance. Johnson was affable, but showed his nervousness by his frequent gTins and his constant clicking of .two red dice, which he car ried half concealed In the palm of his right hand. Both principals posed for the pho tographer, and when the smoke of the flashlights had qleared, promptly got down to business. Jeffries let Berger do his talking, but Johnson broke in frequently with sug gestions and objections. Nevertheless, It was remarked as the articles took form that Jeffries was winning nearly every point for which he contended. Negro Wants Name First. It was agreed that the men should box "for the heavyweight champion ship of the world." At this point John son insisted that the present champion's name should precede the retired unde feated champion's name in the written agreement. To this Jeffries quickly as sented. Berger then suggested that the fight go to the club making the highest responsible bid within the next 30 days. Little agreed, but Johnson, shaking his head dubiously, asked that each bid be accompanied by a 15000 forfeit as a guarantee of good faith. Jeffries nod ded and Berger gave his assent. "And have a man on the ground with the coin," stipulated Johnson. At this juncture the stenographer, (Concluded on Page a.) San Francisco Oriental Gets Ideas From Old Teacher and Then Asks for Patent. MODESTO. Cal., Oct. 29. (Special.) Ma Chuck, a Chinaman who was horn and reared in San Francisco Chinatown, but who has for the past year been liv ing In this city, has Just completed 1 an Instrument with which he claims he will be able to calculate the distances between the earth and the planets and also the distance between celestial bodies. Ma Chuck, when but a boy, had an old teacher In San Francisco who explained the methods of the machine to him, but died In the old country before he had completed the Invention. As soon as the teacher and companion died. Ma Chuck eet to work on the machine and now has a model at the United States Patent Of fice. The machine, after certain manipula tions, indicates on a plate an index which gives reference to a page of mathematical computations of the Chinese system from which the exact height or distance of the subject In view is calculated. GERMAN LIKES REPORTERS Admiral von Koester Says American Writers Are Fair. BERLIN, Oct. 29. Grand Admiral von Koester, commander of the German fleet which took part in the Hudson Fulton celebration at New York, to day paid a tribute to American news papermen: "I had heard a good deal about the American reporter," said vAdmlral von Koester, "and felt a certain shyness as to how I should get along with him. My first experience was to have five cameras leveled at me In different angles. "Daily thereafter, I talked with many reporters. Not one got me wrong; not once was I misrepresented. Often I mentioned things In confidence, and In no instance was that confidence be trayed. The reporters whom I met In the United States treated me with deli cacy and afforded me a feeling of fair play which I admire and appreciate." A German-American evening has been arranged for November 4, and a fea ture of it will be a speech by the Ad miral. MEXICAN GUILTY OF LIBEL Journalist Convicted in New York of Injuring an Editor. NEW TORK, Oct. 29. Carlo di Fomaro. caricaturist and journalist, was found guilty of malicious libel by a Jury before Judge Malone In the Court of General Sessions late today and was remanded to the Tombs for sentence on Monday. He was charged- with having libeled Rafael Reyes Espindota. editor of El Im partial, of Mexico City. The supposed libel was contained in a book entitled "Diaz, the Czar of Mexico," published in this country. In charging the Jury, Judge Malone said that a writer has a right to comment on actions of public men, but such comment must be fair and honest. The freedom of the press, he added, must not be In terpreted to afford a vehicle for the de famation of a private citizen, even though he is in public life. Attorney George E. Josephs declared that the real plaintiff In the case was the government of Mexico, "the tyran nical government whose misdeeds Carlo di Fornaro exposed." TRAINMEN FACING CRISIS Conductors, Firemen and Engineers May Demand Increase. CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 29. A crisis among railway employes of the United States. It Is believed in railroad circles. Is drawing near. President Lee, of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Grand Master Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, returned here today from a conference with officials of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Order of Railway Conductors. It is believed the conference related to a demand for a wage increase. It is said a referendum vote now Is In progress among the 100,000 or more mem bers of the' trainmen and conductors' association east of the Mississippi. TAILOR IDENTIFIES ROBBER Evidence Tends to Connect Matthews With V. P. Holdup. OMAHA, Oct 29. Evidence tending to connect William Matthews, alias W. G. Marvin, one of the men on trial here charged with the robbery of the Union Pacific mall train here last May and to show that he was with the oth er defendants in April of this year, was introduced today. Gus Bren, a tailor, of Kansas City, Identified Matthews and Grigware, an other of the defendants, as having vis ited his place of business on April 3, at which time he measured Matthews for a suit. GALE GROUNDS SCHOONERS Two Ships Go Ashore During Storm in New Brunswick. ST. JOHN, N. B., Oct. 29. A message from Quaco late tonight says two schoon er?, one a large vessel, went ashore at that place during a heavy gale tonight. The schooners are in a dangerous posi tion. The government schooner Lansdowne, left for the scene. Gives Stinging Blows to Judge Gaynor. MERCILESS TOWARDS HEARST Latter Promises to Kill and Skin Tammany Tiger. NAIL ITS HIDE TO WIGWAM Send Procession of ISallot-Box Stuf- fers to Sing-Sing Tammany Candidate Sues Hearst for Campaign Libel. NEW TORK, Oct. 23. With United States Attorney-General Wickersham bit terly attacking William J. Gaynor in he half of the Republican-fusion ticket, ora tory, redfire and invective were scattered nearly all over Greater New York tonight, with the municipal election only two working days away. Hundreds of minor mass meetings were held, while the re spective heads of the three tickets In dependent. Democratic and Republican were the chief speakers at larger gather ings. Hearst Will Give Reckoning. W. R. Hearst spoke three times on the East Side; W. J. Gaynor spoke in Brook lyn and then came to Manhattan, while Otto T. Bannard. beginning in the thea ter district, swept down town, then up into Harlem. The candidates confined themselves rather to summing up their campaign arguments. Hearst, keeping up his appeal to the "common people," struck a popular chord tonight by announcing that. If he were elected Mayor, he would hire a spacious hall, where he would appear at stated times for a reckoning at the hands of the people to answer their questions and to receive their advice. He spoke also of ballot-box stuffing. He said he was pre pared to meet repeating at the coming election. Nail Tiger's Head to Wigwam. "Forty-six Tiger cubs have been sent to Sing Sing," he said, ""and we expect to send a regular Hudson-Fulton parade to the same place during the coming months. But we are going to kill the Tiger this I Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48 decrees; minimum. 40. TODAY'S Showers: light southerly winds. Foreign. Estrada proposes to make separate re public of Atlantic provinces of Nicara gua. Page 2. Naval officers mutiny In Greece. tr.ke ar senal, but are beaten in battle and may surrender, rage 1. National. Taft makes speech on Mississippi River steamer In favor of deep waterway bonds Page D. roiitics. Chairman Mark says Bryan out of It as candidate and booms Harmon. Page 2. Hearst and Wlrkersham make hot. speeches against Tammany in New York. Page 1. HomeSite. Terrible prairie fires In 8outh Dakota. Page 3. Gompers says Labor Federation can will be appealed to Supreme Court. Pag S. Cook gets more affidavits that Tlarrill said he climbed Mt. McKlnley. Page 8. Ashton admits paying Barrlll and Prints expenses and mtym their story is true. Page 3. Los Angeles man gets divorce becsnse wlf says she loves old sweetheart. Page 1. Chinaman Invents remarkable machine for astronomers. Page 1. McMahon pleads guilty and goes to prison. Page I. Old woman's disappointment changed to Joy at Aberdeen land-drawing. Pago 2. Chicago business men express confidence la Crane. Page 4. Sports. Multnomah and Catholic Young Men's Club football teams clash today. Page T O. A C defeats Whitman by score, of 10 to' 6. Page tj. Coast I.cagu? scores: Portland 1, Los Ange- Irs 4- Oakland 0. Sacramento 2; ban Francisco i. Vernon 0. Page 1. JefTrles and Johnson sign agreement to fight , before July 5. Page 7 Murr,hy and Hermann reconciled through efforts o-f C. P. Taft. Page T. Powell knocks out Frayne !n eighth round. Page 7. Vanrierbilt cup races for autos to te ru today. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. Walton C McKee. ex-superlntcndent of Ore gon City schools. Is accused of robbJJC pupils. rK" v. Etcht hundred boxes of perfect apples ex cite admiration of visitors to Hood River Fair. Page 6. Schools and public places at Anacortes closed because of diphtheria. Page . "Home-coming" day concludes apple fair at Albany. Page 13. Lecturer on trial for theft and who may be accused of mysterious murder, conducts own defense. Page 4. Two prominent Washington farmers accused of woman's murder. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Eastern buying of wheat and barley. Page 17. Chicago wheat market firm and higher. Page 17. stock speculation revives with easing or money market. Page 17. Trade reports favorable in all lines. Page 17. Grain shipments foreign for October exceed 2.000.000 bushels. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. ManV explanations offered of puxzllng oc currences in Sanders home; none satis factory. Page 1. Divorce granted to wife of Louis B. Rsea. amateur hold-up man. Page 16, Mavor approves draft of proposed ordi nance for safeguarding city s milk sup ply. Page 10. Federal Court opens next week; many cases for grand Jury. Page 11. Indictment of Oregon Trust officials Is ex pected today Page 11. Two thousand girls will sell tags for BabJT Home today- Page 1- Commander Booth speaks oa work at Sal vation Army, Fags 12. (Concluded on Fag -)