VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,366.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, .NOVEMBER 1, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SHAKEUPS FOLLOW
BOT TO NEW HOME
HEI IS FARMER'S
. BEST COIN MAKER
EGG OCTPCT FOR SIXGLE YEAR
IS $390,000,000.
TWO SCHEMES UP
SHOT STOPS LEAP
OF GIANT PANTHER
J
MESSAGE IS SENT
3300 MILES IN AIR
WEST POINT PUTS
TO
CHEERING HEARST
FOOTBALL
DAS MCRPHT SENDS BCIXET
INTO CAT,; SAVING GIRLS. -
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN BY
APPARATUS QN KOREA.
WOMEN
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GAT1DN
Ernest Harps' Mother
Cites Son's. Power.
YALLEY HOTEL FURNITURE TIPS
Marshall-Street House Dis
turbance Is Repeated.
TWO ROOMS TOPSY-TURVY
Sirs. Harps, Frightened When Chair
Topples, Collapses She Tells
Dr. W. A. Trimble of lead's
. Former Demonstrations.
Two manifestation of the mysterious
power which tips over' table and chairs,
raises heavy sofas bodily, skids tea-ket'
ties on to the floor, whisks knives and
forks about, and Jerks plaster off walls
In big- chunks, all In broad daylight, took
place Saturday at the Valley Hotel at
Second and Main streets. Eleven-year-
old Ernest Harps was present on both
occasions.
The demonstrations took place, one in
the morning and the other in the after
noon, in two different rooms, the first
on the third floor of the hotel, and the
other on the second floor. As a result of
the latter, in which a chair fell over as
though propelled from behind by a weird
force, Mm. Annie Harps, mother of tlje
boy. is prostrated. She was taken vio
lently ill with nervous trouble early Sat
urday, and Dr. V. C. Birney, who has
been attending the family, sent an
emergency call for Dr. William A.
Trimble.
Aunt Recounts Shakeups.
' "Mrs. Harps is better tonight." said
Dr. Trimble last evening, "but when I re
sponded to Dr. Birney's call I found her
in a serious condition. That was between
2 and 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
started to talk to Miss Sanders, ,th Jfe
year-old sister of Mrs. Harps.
" Well, have you had any more earth
quakes since the boy came here to stay
with his motherr I asked.
Tea.' she answered, 'we had one this
morning. A table In the room on the
third floor tipped over while Ernest was
In the room, and a chair tipped over, too.
The chair was near the window with no
body touching it, and it just went right
over.'
' " Boy Denies Acting.
"I was incredulous," continued . Dr.
Trimble. "I have never seen anything of
that kind with my own eyes, and
wanted to be convinced. So I told her
to so no and brine; the boy down. She
did so. arid I asked him if fie could make
the tables and chairs tip over. He said
be couldn't.
" "But people say you do these things,'
I insisted.
They are liars.' he retorted. 'I didn't
do it.'
"As. he said this he looked at me with
a peculiar g-aae, but .then, perhaps any
one else would do the same under an
Indictment like that. I told the boy to
ao ahead and do some of his stunts while
I wss there, so I could see them. He in
Bisted that he couldn't. I told the girl
. that she must have imagined things, and
he said. 'Well. If you had been here you
wouldn't have thought so.'
"I cannot account for the performances,
but as far as I can learn the lad has no
control over them. I asked Miss Sanders
what the boy was doing at the .time the
chair and table fell over, and she said
he was doing nothing. Just sitting down
In the same room.
Mother Tells Boy's Power.
"The boy failed to make the chairs
perform while I was there, but when
I went again to the hotel at o'clock
Saturday night, to attend to his mother,
she said something had happened while
I was away. While the boy was in the
room, she said, a chair had raised on Its
" hind legs and had fallen over. She was
nearly hysterical with fright, and asked
her sister to take the boy upstairs,
which she did. I was still incredulous,
tnd asked Mrs.. Harps if this thing had
' ever happened before. She said it had.
that she believed her son was possessed
of this strange power because, while
they were living In another house, the
plaster had bulged on the wall, and
coming out in huge chunks had shot
across the room prorelled by an In
visible force.
Lad Frightens Mother.
"I asked her what there was to be
afraid of, and she said she was very
much frightened to have the boy
around, because she had already seen
enough to convince her of an uncanny
power possessed by her son. 'If he has
a power 'like that,' she said, there is
' no telling what might happen.'
"Mrs. Harps has been in a nervous
condition for some time. Two weeks
ago, before anything in regard to the
boy's weird power was published, she
came to see me at my office. She was
pretty nervoua then. I didn't connect
her at first with the Harps boy, al
though I read the story in the papers.
I did not see her again until I was
railed yesterday.
"In talking with her about the case
I asked her why she had said nothing
about the matter before, and she said
. she tad disliked to because of the pub-
( Concluded op Part .
Chickens Are Paying Off Mortgages-on
Many Kansas Farms,
' so - Statistics Show.
T0PEKA, Kan.,. Oct. 31. (Special.)
Statistics prepared by the United States
Board of Agriculture show that, the
earnings of poultry in the" United
States in one year 'were greater than
the value of either the . cotton crop,
wheat crop or swine output. .
The latest report of the Department
showed that the value of the egg out
put for a single year amounted to more
than :90.000.000. Twelve years ago
the farmers of Kansas began to pay
more attention to their poult-y, and
this state has become the greatest
poultry st. - in the Union. The prod
uct of the hen Is rapidly paying off
the mortgages on many farn.a, and the
business has reached a point where the
laying capacity and profit of hens is a
paramount question.
The State Agricultural College' is
conducting Interesting experiments
with poultry, and a recent report
shows that the cost of keeping nine
hens eight months was $8.81, whereas
the eggs laid in the same period
brought in $26. 56, leaving a profit of
$1T.75 or $1.61 for each hen.
EARTH SHOCK INDICATED
Seismograph at Salt Lake Shows
Well-Defined Disturbance.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 31. A well-defined
earth shock was recorded on the seismo
graph at the University of Utah at 3:25:50
thia morning. The wave was apparently
traveling from east to west, and -n the
opinion of Professor Pack, of the. univer
sity, was as far away as Mexico or
Southern California.
No shock nas felt, by the people here,
but the record was much better defined
upon the instrument than the shock early
in October, which was distinctly fslt ty
residents of Utah and Idaho.
MOTHER DEAD; BABY BORN
Caesarian Operation Is Performed
on Body of Suicide.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31. After Mrs.
May. Schneider had committed suicide
today by drinking' carbellc acid, her
babyswas born In the hospital where
the woman had been taken.
Mrs. Schneider, who was 18 years old.
died shortly after her admission to the
hospital. After a hasty preparation the
physician performed the Caesarian oper
ation and succeeded in saving the babyrs
life. It Is a girl and healthy.
AIR TRIP AROUND GLOBE
Professor Lowe Believes
He Can
Accomplish Feat.
UNION, S; C, Oct. 31. A plan to cir
cumnavigate the globe in a dirrigble bal
loon without having to "stop to replenish
the propelling power hydrogen is re
garded as entirely practicable by Profes
sor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, the noted aero
naut and scientist' and head of the Mount
Low observatory near Pasadena, Cal.,
who is now constructing an air craft de
signed to accomplish this remarkable
feat.
V. .
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CHARLES F. MIRPHY,
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Bonds May Be Issued, or
; Grazing Law Passed
MONEY IMMEDIATELY.' NEEDED
Many' Measures Are Sure to
. ; Be Offered in Congress.
LEASING LANDS DISCUSSED
Estimated There 'Are 250)00,000
.. Acres That Might Be Rented Out,
Thereby Bringing in Revenue
and Aiding In Development.
BT HARRY J. BROWX.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 31. It will be up to Con
gress to determine next Winter whether
or not bonds shall be is: :ed by the Gov
ernment to raise $10,000,000 or more to
hasten the completion of Federal irriga
tion projects now under way. It has be
come evident that without some such as
sistance, work on many of the projects
will drag along indefinitely. There is
only $10,000,000 available, and there is im
mediate demand for $25,000,000. Unless
some method is provided for increasing
the amount to be expendc X next season,
the work of the Reclamation Service will
be seriously crippled, and many settler
now residing on unfinished projects will
be subjected to more or less hardship.
When Secretary Balllnger was In Spo
kane, attending the Irrigation Congress,
Senator Borah discussed with him the
advisability of a bond issue to raise $10.
000.000, or as much more as might be
deemed necessasy.
Ballinger Is Reticent.
The Secretary ,dld not commit himself
then,, and since his return from Spokane
has not been willing to make any pub..c
statement with regard to the proposition.
But it is known that he appreciate the
Importance of augmenting the reclama
tion fund in some practicable manner,
for he realizes the desirability of hasten
ing the completion of the unfinished
projects, and it is assumed that if Con
gress calls upon him for his views, he
will cordially indorse an proper legisla
tion to this end.
Whether or not thero shall be a bond
issue is purely a Congressional question.
Beyond pointing out the condition of the
reclamation work, and . the urgent need
for more money, It is not the function
of the Secretary of the Interior to act.
Too Many Bills Will Be Offered.
But a sufficient number of Senators and
Representatives from the West will be
interested in the subject to see that the.
right kind of bills Is introduced, and
once introduced, will see that they are
referred to Secretary Ballinger for re
port. If anything, there is likely to be
a superfluity of legislation proposed; the
(Concluded on Page 2.)
OPPOSING PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN
M
DICT-TOR OK T MM AX Y.
Beast Crouched on Limb Was Lying
in' Walt for Prey Near Slount":
' Hood Road. .'
Through a well-directed . shot, fired by
Dan Murphy, of Spokane, who was visit
ing at the home of John Murphy, on the
Mount Hood road, near Welch's resort,
last week, two- young- women, were, saved
from "the attack of ' the biggest panther
ever seen in trie neighborhood" The pan
ther was crouching oa the ;.limb of
tree, ready to . leap, as the young wo
men. Misses Zlz and B. Murphy, were
passing under It. Mr." Murphy shot the
animal just as it leaped.
The party. ' Dan . Murp"hy' and his wife
and the , two Misses Murphy, left John
Murphy's nouse, to fish in the Sandy
River. They had not gone - more than
200 or . 300 . yards when they encountered
the panther lying half concealed iri the
foliage of . a tree. ... The girls were
little . ahead . of . Mr. and Mrs. Murphy
and were unconscious of their danger.
The beast ws lying close to the trunk
of the tree, apparently getting ready to
spring on the girls as they passed' un
derneath. Mr. Murphy caught a glimpse
of the animal's side through the thick
foliage. .Without stopping to take care
ful aim, he fired. :. The beast made the
leap, but was badly wounded and fell
short of the terrified young women.
Mr. Murphy tried to slip another car
tridge into the gunr, but the shell ex
ploded prematurely rendering the weapon
useless The panOfer sprang into the
brush and disappeared.
Mr. Murphy secured another, gun and
tracked the . beast for some .distance
by the blood stains, but did not see it
again. The panther is thought , to be
in the neighborhod, and people there keep
close at home at night and go armed
by day. - t
CHEESE EXPORT FALLS OFF
New Zealand Takes . Trade
From
Canadian Provinces.
OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 31.-(SpeciaL)
Canada is losing her hold on the cheese
trade. The production' of Canadian
cheese so far this season Is approxi
mately 1,786,000 boxes, which Js only
8000 boxes in excess of the production
during the same period last year, but
the price received is, on an average.
one cent a , jund less than was obtained
a year ago.
In expja(p! g !Vla anomalous -situa
tion, exporters aay that the lowr
prices are due to a considerable extent
to the increase in the New Zealand
cheese output. - Last year 520,000 boxes
were made in' New Zealand, which five
years ago produced only 66,000 boxes.
New Zealand's sale of cheese has now
displaced the Canadian makes, on the
English market in the Winter season.
DETROIT LAUDS FERRER
With "o Disorder Resolutions Con
demning Death Pass.
DETROIT, Oct. 31. Resolutions eulo
gizing Professor Ferrer and condemnlpg
the officials responsible for his execution
in Spain, were adopted at a mass meet
ing . at Turner Hall today. Professor
William E. BohnV of the' University of
Michigan, was the. principal speaker.
A number of other speakers addressed
the" crowd. - There was no disorder. '
NEW YORK MAYORALTY CONTEST.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
Madison Square Crowd
Gives Him Ovation.
EDITOR CLOSES CAMPAIGN
Republican Managers Claim
, Big Plurality..
PASTORS-TAKE UP ISSUE
Dr. Felix Adler, Speaking In Carne
gie (HaIl,'Lays Blame for Tam
many' System to "Imperfect
' ' View of Democracy."
NEW YORK. Oct. 31. While William
J. Gaynor and Otto T. Bannard, Demo
cratic and ' Republican candidates for
Mayor, respectively, rested tonight and
will put the finishing touches on their
campaign tomorrow, William R. Hearst
closed his campaign at Madison Square
Garden; where he was cheered for 32
minutes. -
The . cheering broke with a roar as
Hearst entered the hall. Women, threw
their shawls from the balconies, men
tossed their hats and every Inch of bunt
ing in the hall was a flutter. In the
period before . Hearst's arrival Mmes.
Rltta Fornia and Olive Fremstadt, of the
Metropolitan Opera House, sang seiec-
'tione.
Operatic Stars Sing.
Hearst summed up the issues on which
he has made his campaign. Refraining
from criticism of his' rivals, he said, in
part:
"The campaign Is' over, and this, to my
mind. Is not a political meeting but
patriotic meeting. We are endeavoring
to root out of our system of government
the" evil of corrupt machines and criminal
compact between corrupt machines.
I have labored to elect .the whole non
partisan ticket and if our ticket is elec
ted, I. shall then without partisanship
proceed to orgaalze my executive heads
of departments - upon a similar basis of
high integrity and efficiency. Further
more, I repeat that I shall often go to
the fountainhead of citizenship for inspir
ation. - I shall often secure some great
hall like this and I shall report to you
and take council with you.''
Many Women in Audience. '
Madison Square Garden was jammed to
Its capacity and a great crowd surged
about the structure, -unable to get in.
There were many women in the audience.
Minor Democratic and Republican meet-
ngs were held throughout the city.
Herbe.t Parsons, chairman of the Re
publican County Committee, issued his
formal forecast of the election tonight.
He estimated the vote for Bannard at
260,000, Gaynor 159,000, and Hearst,
third, , with 140,000. The . represents
(Concluded on Page 3.)
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ADDRESSING VOTMS.
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General Manager Schwerin, of Pa
cific Mall, Who Was Skeptical
of Wireless, Now Convinced.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31. (Special.)
-v-The long-distance wireless record has
been captured by the Pacific Mail liner
Korea on the first voyage with a wire
less plant.
Saturday night Operator Phelps on
the Korea sent - an aerogram to the
United Wireless station in this city
from a point 3300 miles to the west
ward, tr 1200 miles beyond Honolulu.
Phelps reported the distance at the
time as 26.S1 miles from Japan. The
weather was cloudy, with a gentle
easterly breeze and sea prevailing.
Phelps also received a message from
here.
This, accomplishment more than ex
ceeds the expectations of General Man
ager Schwerin, of the Pacific Mail, who
said some time ago. he would install
wireless plants on the trans-Pacific
liners when it was shown they could
do effective work at a .distance of 1500
miles. The Korea not only kept in
touch with the station here, but was
able to receive messages from the local
operator.
GIRLS' ENJOY MINE WORK
Tiring of Household Duties, They
Make Money Digging Out Gold.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 31. (Spe
cial.) Tiring of the monotony of
housework, two young women, Miss
Edith Smith, daughter of 'J. F. Smith,
mana of the Florence Ore Company,
and her chum, Mrs. Mary Parisol, have
been working in a mine near Grange
vllle, Idaho, for several weeks and have
earned money to buy Christmas pres
ents. It took more time to convince Miss
Smith's father, who owned the mine,
that they were In earnest than it did
to secure his consent. They were per
mitted to do the necessary assessment
on one of the claims and in payment
were given all of the ore they mined.
They broke the ore loose, wheeled it
out'of the tunnels, sorted It and loaded
it on burros, which carried it to the
custom mill in "Florence, where the ore
was-milled. The ore turned out worth
$38 a ton, and, as it c.3t only about ?6
a ton to deliver It at the mill. Includ
ing the wages for the girls, they netted
more .than $30' a ton on the transaction.
They r-ill probably continue to handle
ore from properties owned by the Flor
ence oic Company..
CHILD REFUSED LICENSE
Recorder Objects to Marriage of
70-lear-OId Man to Girl of 15.
,
OROVILLE; Cal., Oct. 31. (Special.)
John Plnkey, of Oroville. aged 70 years,
appeared before County Clerk Batchelder
Saturday and asked for a' license to wed
Cora May . Burns, whose age was given
by her mother as 15 years, but who did
not look a day over 13.
The girl was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Eliza Ratlin, who gae her
consent to the marriage. Despite this
fact Batchelder refused to grant the li
cense, and-was later upheld in his re
fusal by John C. Gray, Superior Judge.
It is probable that the custody of the girl
may be taken from the mother and vested
in a probation officer.
When the application for the license
was first made Colonel Batchelder
thought the license was desired for the
mother, who gave her age as 31 years,
and no objection was offered. When the
little girl was pointed to as the bride-to-be
both the Colonel and others in the
office were dumfounded.
CIGARETTE SMOKER FREED
Justice Mann, of Spokane, Insists
Law Is Invalid.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Oct. 31. (Special.)
"In my opinion, this cigarette law is
invalid. I will discharge this defendant."
These . were the conclusive remarks of
Justice Maijn Saturday in Police
Court, when Tom Pike was called forth
to answer to the charge of having the
makln'sv on hia person.
"Unless there is some aggravation In
case of cigarette smoking, my disposition
will be the same in all such cases. This
law is. in my opinion and in the opinion
of several Superior Court Judges, uncon
stitutional and faicical," stated Judge
Mann.
'Although I do not approve of cigarette
smoking, I do not think it is unlawful.
could mention several things that do
not meet with my approval that are not
unlawful."
EXPLOSION FATAL TO 12
Three Men Climb to Safety When
Dynamite Explodes in Mine.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa..' Oct. 31. Twelve
men were killed In the Cambria Steel
Company's coal mine, two mills from
here, tonight, as the result of. what is
supposed to haye been a dynamite ex
plosion. All the dead are foreigners.
Three men escaped by a perilous climb,
on life ladders through poisonous mine
gas and falling slate up the steep walls
of the main shaft. Only 15 workmen
were In the mine.
A force of men at once began clearing
the debris and fallen slate in the lower
levels. When the ' final barrier was
passed, the party found the 13 bodies.
Mine officials refused to discuss the
cause of the disaster. j
Death of Cadet Byrne
Has Effect.
NO MORE GAMES THIS SEASON
Orders Go Forth From Super
intendent of Academy.
CADET PASSES AT - DAWN
Young Byrne, Hurt in - Common
Play, Mass on Tackle, Kept Alive
" by Artificial Respiration, Dies
From His Broken Neck.
ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS DJ
BECEM FOOTBALL GAMES.
Fatalities.
West Point Cadet Byrne, aged SI.
dead of broken neck, sustained In
game Saturday.
Kansas City Robert Spybuck, In
dian, aged 10. dead from Injuries in
game at Buckver, Mo.. Saturday.
Philadelphia Michael Burke, aged
21, dead from blow on head In game
at Shenandoah Saturday.
.Accidents.
Kokomo, Ind. Ogle Seagraves.
probably fatally' hurt from kick In
back of bead.
Des Moines, la. J. Berry suffers
concussion of brain in game Saturday.
Omaha. Neb. Coe Cody, student t I
of Creighton, has collarbone broken f . ( J
In game Saturday.
WEST POINT, N. T., Oct. 31. Because
of the death of Eugene A. Byrne, of
Buffalo, N. T., no more football will be
played by the West Point eleven this
season.
This statement was made by Colonel
Hugh L. Scott, superintendent of the
United States Military Academy, late to
night after a consultation with the ath
letic authorities of the Academy on the
death of Byrne as a result of injuries
suffered In the Harvard same yesterday.
. Colonel Scott sent- the following mes
sage to the Naval 'Academy tonight,
where Cadet Earl Wilson, injured In a
manner similar to Cadet Byrne, two
weeks ago, is a a critical condition
"Superintendent Naval Academy, An
napolis, Md. On account of sorrow for
the 1 ss of member our football team
and out of respect to his.memory. West
Point desires to cease playing football
for the remainder of the season.
(Signed) "H. U SCOTT,
"Colonel, U. S. A., Superintendent."
The decision of Colonel Scott means
the cancellation of the annual struggle
Concluded on Page 4.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 53.1
degree; minimum, 49.1 degree.
TODAY'S Cloudy, probably with showers;
southwest winds.
National.
Bond issue and leasing irrsslnic lands pro
posed to swll reclamation fund. XJage 1.
Chief Forester Pinchot declares pstVate cap
ital necessary to develop water powr.
, Page 2.
Society stirred by suits started by members
of Oupont family. Page 4.
Explosion in mine fatal to 12 Page 1.
General shakeup occurs in Commerce and
Labor and Treasury departments, page 4.
Political.
Women join in giving Hearst ovation at
Madison Square Garden. Page 1.
Municipal campaigns are center of Interest
In Tuesday's elections. Page 3.
Troops to guard elections in Breathitt
County, Ky. Page 3.
Domes lc.
Long-distance wireless record broken by
steamer Korea's equipment. Page 1.
San Francisco is ready to vote after hottest
- campaign in history; party lines gone.
Page 3.
Death of West Point cadet causes ban to be
put OR lOOlDail ai Acaaemy.
Two more bombs are hurled at Chicago
gambling clubs; theater audience flees in
panic. Page 4.
Annual egg product exceeds value of wheat
or cotton crop. Page 1.
Traveler compelled to desert exhausted com
panion on Nevada desert. Page 3-
Doctorn to meet at New Haven to plan stop
page, of infant mortality. Page 3.
TacWc Northwest.
Republicans confident of McCredie's election,
tut expect light vote. Page 5.
Hood River University Club hclds annual
banquet. Page 5.
Industrial.
Campaign begun for irrigation in Willam
ette Valley. Page 13.
Hosier has vast arnas capable of producing
high-prices apples. Page 13.
Sports.
Coast League scores: Portland 1-1, Los
n(feiea y3; gan Francisco 4-0; Vernon
1-3: Oakland 3-ti. Sacramento O-l. Page 8.
Jack (ileason hurries East to outbid Cof-
froth tor big fight. Page 8.
Portland ends season 59 points behind San
Francisco in pennant race. Pag 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Weird disturbance of furniture occurs at
Valley Hotel . where little Ernest Harps
is staying with his mother. Page 1.
Earl Higley. boy burglar, is captured in
Portland. Page 3 4.
Panther is shot just as it leaps at young
women Page 1.
Girl drinks poison in same room where
mother committed suicide -17 years ago.
page 12.
Pastor defends religious instruction in state
schools. Page 9.
Dealers" fear milk famine If laws are rigid
ly enforced. Page 12.
Schooner Irene breaks round-trip record to
Guaymas. Page 13.
Petition of property-owners delays decision
by War Department on new steel bridge
location. Page 12.
Three Aiaskans offer to pay Cook $30,000
If he produces proof of Mt. McKluley
climb. Page 14.
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