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Miming ' VOL. XL1X.-XO. 15,870- PORTLAND, OBEGOX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1909. PRICE FIVECEXTS. - ., i l l SCENES DRAMATIC IN STEINHEIL CASE Actor Accuses Himself of Murders. WOMAN CAN'T IDENTIFY HIM He Admits Acting Merely on Chivalrous Impulse. FAURE'S NAME INVOLVED Madame Steinheil, With Air of Tragedy Queen, Adheres to Story of Murders, but Admits Love Affairs. PARIS, Nov. 4. Dramatic situations followed fast one upon another in court today, where the trial of Mme. Mar guerite Steinheil, accused of having; mur dered her husband and her step-mother, Mme. Japy, was continued. As on the opening; day of the sensational case, Paris was wrought to a high tension over the promised disclosures. Mme. Steinheil was again on the stand, dressed In a mourn ing; gown, a dramatic, though pathetic figure, fighting hard for life. . In the midst of her inquisition by the presiding Judge, her attorney. M. Aubin. with melodramatic effect, suddenly pushed to the forefront a man who, he said, wished to confess that he had taken part in the murders with which Mme. Steinheil was charged. ' . Accuses Himself of Crime. M. Aubin read a letter signed "Jean lv" Fevre." asking that he be permitted to confess', and then he pointed at the man and said, "This Is Jean Its Fevre." Mme. Steinheil erased at him wearily, and after he had made a rambling state ment, in whichj he said that, disguised as a woman and wearing a wig of red hair, he had helped commit the murders, she declared she could not identify him as one of the murderers whom ahe had pre viously described. The presiding judge promptly ordered Le Fevre's arrest and an investigation of his statement. A search of the man dis closed two photographs, one of Mme. teinhell and the other of the house where the crime was committed. Le Fevre was locked up as a vagabond. Admits Chivalrous Impulse. he police are Inclined to believe the man's self-accusation belongs In the cate gory of Incidents well known to criminolo gists, where an Individual, half demented by reading of the case and possibly fancying; himself in love with the pris oner, has resolved to sacrifice himself for a fascinating woman. Le Fevre's de scription of the crime coincided with the original version on which Mme. Steinheil now Insists. On further examination before a magis trate. Le Fevre said his name was Rene Collard and that he was an actor. Ha admitted that he had not the slightest connection with the crime and had merely acted on a chivalrous impulse to save Mme. Steinheil, of whose Innocence he was convinced. He was ordered detained pending investigation of his identity. Faure's Xarae Brought In. As proceedings were closing, the first direct mention of Felix Faure, late Presi dent of France, was made. Much In terest in the cape is because of the friend ship that existed between Mme. Steinheil and the late President, and several times the prisoner made vague reference to "a high political personage who had been my friend." His fatal illness occurred at the prisoner's house. The direct reference to the President was made in connection with a discus sion of the incident of finding an Invita tion to an exhibition at the Steinheil home, together with pieces of a visiting card of Mme. Maseline, with the name of a customer written in, which Mme. Steinheil asserts was dropped by fleeing assassins. ' Responding to a question as to whether it was at the home of Mme. Maseline at Havre that she met 1'ree.i dent Faure. the prisoner replied: "No. it was during a trip to the Alps." The Judge did not pursue this line of inquiry further. Fails to Shake Her Story. Owing to the many trying ordeals of the day and the fatigue which the pris oner showed, her lawyer asked for an early adjournment, and the hearing was brought to a close by the Judge referring to the accusation against Frederick Har rison Burllngham. an American newspa per man. but the prisoner persisted that she had never definitely accused him, but had only said he resembled one of the assassins. A summary of the evidence shows that the Judge failed to shake Mme. Steln hetl's version of the crime. She admit ted intrigue, but heatedly denied that she had sent her mother to solicit from her lovers and she Insisted her husband had never profited by her immoral life. Ad mitting doing wrong, she besought the Jury to pardon her faults. She defended herself by saying that, since she did not live, with her husband as his wife, she longed for sympathy and love. When confronted with inconsistencies in her stories, she Justified them by say ing she had lost her head when harassed by Journalists and detectives and had thus been ltd to believe that those whom she had accused were perhaps guilty. The Judge led her again and again over (Concluded on Pace 6 ) ' n iTTrn rire lie I I Lit UIVL.O ur HUNT FOR WRECK M'CtXLOCH QUITS SEARCH ON FOGBOUXD pOAST. Commander of Revenue Boat Fears Risk- of Prowling Xear Cali fornia Shore In Dark. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 4. A wireless message received .by the Merchants' Exchange tonight from the revenue cutter McCulloch states that the Gov ernment ship has been unable so far to locate the steamer reported on the rocks between Tomales and Bolinas Bays, north of the entrance of this harbor. The McCulloch asked for mora definite information- as to the location of the supposed wreck. - The revenue cutter sailed within an hour after the report of the wreck was received from the north coast and has been cruising as close to shore as the fog would permit, on the lookout for the wreck. A wireless message received late to night stated that the McCulloch had given up the search for the night and was headed out to sea, the commander of the cutter deeming it risky to stay too close to shore during the fog. No trace of the supposed wreck had been discovered. ' A telephonic message from Bodega, the point where the alarm originated, stated that nothing had been heard or seen for many hours and that searching parties along the cliffs had discovered, no trace of the steamer. PEOPLE VOTE ON LICENSE New San Francisco Ordinance Lim its Power of Ofifcials. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 4. (Special.) The new liquor ordinance, which goes Into effect in 30 days and which can only be nullified by being declared unconstitu tional, provides that any proposed change in the amount of the liquor license, which is now J5C0 per year, must be submitted to the people for a vote. It also provides that any saloon man desiring a license must first of all ask the Board of Police Commissioners for a permit. If this permit Is refused, -one section provides that any application ac companied by the written consent of a majority of the property owners on the same side of the street and in tbe same block, and if the applicant be a citizen of good moral character, must receive a license, thus overriding the Police Com mission. LONG VIGIL IS REWARDED Man Who Camps Before Land Office Draws First Claim. WALLA WALLA, Cpsh., ov- 4. After a day and night vigil since October 19. in front of the local Government land, of fice, the patience of A. Nevelow, of Walla Walla, was rewarded today when he was given the right to the first claim on the 2000 acres of land opened for entry in Benton County, Wash. The opening this morning was marked by exciting scenes, when 37 applicants who had besieged the office throughout the night engaged in a struggle to se cure a position that would give them the right to select the first claim. Police in terference was necessary to restore or der. Nevelow's claim is said to be valued at 2,ono. BOLD THUGS GET $14,156 Express Agent Robbed of Fortune In Busy Station. NIAGARA FALLS. Ont.. Nov. 4. Wil lam Dobson, cashier of the Canadian Ex press Company here, was struck down today in the company's office at the Grand Trunk station, and a package containing 114.156 was taken from him by two un known men. The robbery was committed in broad daylight with a score of station em ployes within 20 feet of the office. Dobson was alone at the time. The two men entered the office and one asljed if a trunk had arrived lor mm. as ikd son stooped to get his "on hand" book, one of the men reached over the counter and hit him behind the ear. Five minutes later Dobson was found unconscious and the money gone. MAYOR HENEY REMOVED Francis J.'s Brother Thrown Out of Office in Tucson. TUCSON. Ariz.. Nov. 4. Ben Heney. a brother of Francis J. Heney, of San Fran cisco, tonight was removed from office as mayor, by the council on a charge of removing city , records. Heney admitted that he had removed the resignation of the street superintendent after It had been filed. ' Heney's only recourse lies in an appeal to the District Court. P. N. Jacobus, a prominent business man, was appointed to succeed Heney as mayor. YOUTH BACKS AGED BRIDE Husband, 21, Wants No Conservator for Wife of 7 0. HARTFORD. Conn.. Nov. 4.-Judge Marvin," of the Probate Court, announced today that he would appoint a conserva tor for Mrs. Lucinda Treat Goddard. the 70-year-old bride of Charles 8. Goddard. a Yale student, who but recently reached his twenty-first birthday. An appeal will be taken. s At the incoming term of the Criminal Court young Goddard will be arraigned on a charge of perjury In giving his wife's age as 34, instead of 70, when procuring the marriage license. TACOMA OSES-ITS CHANCE AT SENATE Knifing of McCredie Is Believed Fatal. : CONTINGENCY PROFITS WILSON Seattle " Editor Thought to Have Better Chance. CANDIDATES ARE LEGION Judge Burke or Senator Piles Is Ex pected to Be Wilson's Chief Op ponent Polndexter AVould Try Insurging Once More. BT R. O. CALLVERT. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 4. (Staff cor respondence.) That a Tacoma man is no longer a possibility In the coming primary contest for the Republican Indorsement of a candidate for the- United States Sen ate is the general opinion in Seattle since the results of the district Con gressional election became known. While Seattle has not conceded that there was ever a very strong chance for tbe election of a Tacoma candidate, the majority polled against Judge McCredie in the Congressional election in Pierce County is looked upon as blasting; every hope that county had of winning the Senatorshlp through a division of Se attle ' strength among several candi dates. The Columbia River counties and the other portions of the southwest that stood by the Republican candidate In the Congressional fight need not go to the trouble of knifing the party ticket to punish Tacoma, and the reports here indicate that the feeling; will be shown not only in the Senatorial situation, but in other ways. Southwest to Fight Tacoma. There will be a successor to Judge McCredie to choose next Fall, and there Is evidence that, no matter in which branch of Congress Tacoma as a com munity seeks representation, the south west will unite against the Tacoma candidate in the party primaries to "get even." It is now believed here that Pierce County will not bring out a can didate for the Senate, although under the primary election plan any one may run who has the filing fee. It is proba ble that one or mora Tacoma men will announce themselves as the "Tacoma candidate." The efforts of the leaders will be to unseat Judge McCredie by nominating at the regular primary a Tacoma Republi can for Representative In Congress. The southwest combination, however, has the votes to defeat this plan and Tuesday's election is looked upon here as practic ally insuring Judge McCredle's re-election. In the Senatorial contest, the Tacoma men who have been endeavoring to in duce J. M. Ashton to enter the race, it is believed, will now abandon that at tempt, but it is possible that some man of means with political ambition, like W. H. Snell or R. L. McCormick, may go in as a more or less independent candidate. Wilson's Chances Strong. Politicians believe that the situation in Pierce County brought about by the knifing of Judge McCredie strengthens the chances of John L. Wilson, ex- (Concluded on Page .) OH, LOOK WHO'S HERE! j f 1 ... J DISABLED AIRSHIP DRIFTS HELPLESS AVIATOR MEETS GRIEF TRYING TO FOLLOW TAFT. Motor Breaks and Balloon Shoots Upward, Taking Course Toward Atlantic Ocean. SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 4. While at tempting to follow the automobile parade, at the head of which President Taft rode through Savannah tonight, Fred Owens, an aviator, had a thrilling experience in a dirigible balloon, narrowly escaping death. He sailed from Forsythe Park exten sion while a big Government searchlight played on the craft. Just as Owens and another airship turned in behind the parade 300 feet in the air a wire on Owens' motor broke and the motor stopped. A high wind was blowing and it tossed the helpless airship upwards to 1000 feet and drove it toward the ocean. Owens was "lost" for 15 minutes, while the searchlights sought hira and thou sands of persons scattered to render him aid should he fall. Several times he was almost swept from his seat, but the air ship finally was brought down in safety. WED IN HISTORIC HOUSE E. S. Cliadwlck, of Twin Falls, and Miss Ayers Are Married. RIVERSIDE, Cal., Nov. 4. (Special.) While the chimes in the tower pealed the Lohengrin bridal chorus, Edward S. Chadwick, of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Miss Maude Ayers, of Se attle were married Monday evening in the Presidential suite of the Glenwood Mission Inn. Rev. Fred Johnson, an old friend of the family, performed the ceremony. .-' The living-room of the suite, where three Presidents have been entertained, is so beautiful in itself that Mttle waa done In the way of floral' a lornment. Great shaggy, white chrysanthemums and pink and white carnations vere used in simple arrangements. The bride was unattended. During the ceremony the chimes sounded "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes." The groom's mother, Mrs. Ella M. Chad wick, and his sister. Miss F. Winifred Chadwick, of Los Angeles, witnessed the ceremony. Mr. Chadwick is a prominent young banker of Twin Falls. Upon their re turn from their wedding trip he and his bride will make their home in that city. COMET WILL DARKEN SUN Moving Star May Form Eclipse, on May 18, Says Searle. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 4. Halley's comet will pass across the sun's face on May 18 next, if calculations made by Father G. M. Searle, C. S. P., the New York astronomer, received at the Harvard College observatory today, prove correct. Father Searle based his intricate calcu lations from observations made at Mount Hamilton, California, September 12, 13 and 14, and at Williams Bay on September 28 and October 19. Concluding his table of deductions, Father Searle states: . These elements give a geometric con junction In the longitude of the comet with the sun on May 18, 8:18 Greenwich, mean time, the comet's geometric lati tude being thus 4 degrees 15 minutes. Al though the result cannot, of course, be accepted as final, it seems quite prob able that there may be a transit." ASKS PERU J0SELL PORT Rumor Tnited States Seeks Coaling Station in South America. SANTIAGO. Chile, Nov. 4. According to a dispatch received here from Lima. Peru, the United States has offered to buy a Pacific port from Peru for a coal ins; station. E f POLAR STRIFE Federal Recognition of Peary Refused. SCIENTISTS GO "GUM SHOEING" State Department Asked to Send for Cook Data. REQUEST IS TURNED DOWN Rational Ideographic Society Plans to Dispatch Committee to Copen hagen and Ask Danes to Surrender Records. WASHINGTON, Nov. t Refusing to be drawn into the Cook Peary North Pole controversy r"the""State Department today declined a request that It cable American Minister Egan at Co penhagen permission to examine the rec ords of Dr. Frederick A. Cook when they are submitted to that Institution. The request was made by a delegation from the National Geographic Society, which will appoint a committee to visit the foremost Danish scientific institu tion to which Dr. Cook is to submit his records. Scientists Make Demand. The desire to have the request go through the official channels was ex pressed at a conference between Assist ant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson and Messrs. Gannett, the Government chief . geographer: Edson, ex-presldent of the Board of Trade of Washington ;Gros venor. editor of the official organ of the society; Gore and Colvllle, all prominent members of the National Geographic So ciety. The request was made on the ground that the examination would be by scientists of attainments particularly valuable in the adjustment of the Polar problem. Request Turned Down. The department took the request un der advisement and later decided It could not accede to it. It was felt such ac tion would constitute official recognition of Commander Peary as against Dr. Cook; that any unusual action on its part might be interpreted as an endorsement of the claim of one or the other of the two explorers as to priority of discovery. The department has notified Secretary Grosvenor of its attitude. Committee to Cross Sea. ' Members of the committee which will go to Copenhagen for the Geographic So ciety will be provided with the usual let ters of Introduction from- the State De partment asking that the committee be given all courtesies or assistance consist ent wita the official duties of the diplo matic department. Letters of this char acter are frequently issued to citizens traveling abroad. . Determined effort will be made bythe committee to secure the Cook data. Cook Gets Fair Shake. Dr. Cook will be afforded every oppor tunity to place his record or any Informa tion bearing upon the trip before the committee which soon after its appoint ment will communicate' with him direct ly. This committee will advise Cook of the recent action of the society's board of managers in awarding a gold medal to Peary and a medal to Captain Bartlett, who navigated Peary's ship to the Far North and back and of its virtually (Concluded on Page 5.) RNMENTOUT SCHOOL ON STRIKE FOR SHORT HOURS CLEVELAND SCHOLARS OBJECT TO DOUBLE SESSIONS. Principal Offers Better Lunch, but Strikers AH Talk of Com promise. CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 4. Pri-ipal Charles Lynch of West High School made a compromise proposition today to the 430 boys and girls of his school who are on strike against double sessions and bad lunches, that he will see to providing better meals at noon'if they will return. He told them he could do nothing to change the double sessions. The pupils will not consider the pro posal. When school . convened not more than 100 pupils were in the build ing. The other 400 held a meeting and adopted resolutions to prolong the fight. It was decided to Invite the pu pils of other high schools to Join in the strike. During the last ten years only morning sessions have been held in the high schools. At the beginning of the present school year, the double session was re vived. West High strikers assembled In Lin coln High School O'ard and gave their yell and blew horns, but the Lincoln pu pils refused to walk out. The West High boys withdrew, leaving ten to picket the school yards. The pickets were driven away by Principal Smiley and a policeman. WHISKY CAUSES PELLAGRA AH Products of Corn Spread Disease. Animals Also Infected. COLUMBIA, S. C, Nov. 4. Not alone corn and the ordinary products of food made of that cereal, but the distilled spirits of that grain, corn "llcker," plays an important part in the cause of the disease pellagra. This was declared at the second day's session of the National conference on pellagra by more than one distinguished physician. There Is a growing conviction, accord ing to several speakers, that pellagra al ready is attacking horses, cows and hogs as well as human beings. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Pellagra was organ ized here tonight at the conclusion of a two days' conference on pellagra, attend ed by nearly 300 physicians. ALDRICH JOINS IN MERGER Senator's Name Mentioned in Rub ber Combination. TRENTON. N. J., Nov. 4. Papers filed, with the Secretary of State today merging the Intercontinental Rubber Company and .the Continental Rubber Company of America. The merged company is to be known as the Intercontinental Rubber Company and is capitalized at $40,000,000, of which 110,0.00,000 is preferred stock with 7 per cent accumulative dividends. Among the names sigifed to the certi ficate of merger are Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island; Edward B. Aldrich, Her man B. Baruch, Henry A. Bingham, Daniel Guggenheim, S. B. Guggenheim,' Paul Morton, Allan A. Ryan and Wil liam Sproule. CURB FRATERNITY RULE Northwestern Finds It Forces Stu dents to Pay Hebvy Expenses. CHICAGO, Nov. 4. Fraternity rule of social life at Northwestern University and the expensive drain on students to keep in the social limelight will be curbed through Joint action of the university faculty and the fraternity alumni board of the institution, it was said tonight. The faculty has been receiving com plaints that the expense of belonging to fraternities is too high for the average student and that, unless pledged to one organization of the kind, the student is left out of the social life of the college. Extravagant parties given by the-Greek letter societies have been the rule, with the result that a few have had to bear heavy financial burdens. CROSBY IS LATEST NAMED Virginian Explorer and Writer for Chinese Mission. - WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. The name of Oscar T. Crosby, of Warrenton, Virginia, has been added to those mentioned as likely to be appointed United States min ister to China. The report was current tonight on what is said to be good au thority that Secretary Knox had selected Mr. Crosby and that President Taft had his name under consideration. It was said that shortly after Mr. Taft's return Mr. Crosby's selection would be an nounced. Mr. Crosby has attained note as an ex plorer and writer. He is a graduate of West Point, but gave up his Army com mission. JILTED GIRL'S LEAP FATAL Disappointed Lass Jumps From Ninth Story to Instant Death. CLEVELAND, Nov. 4. Cells Duben steln, 1 years old, rushed into an office on the ninth floor of the Card building late today and leaped through a window to the sidewalk 100 feet below. She was instantly killed. The woman's friends say she received a letter from New York today contain ing news that her sweetheart had mar ried another girt TRUE TO . STETSON She Is Exonerated After Stormy Session. WAS LOYAL TO MRS. EDDY Christian ' Scientists Acquit Her of Wrongdoing. CLOSE MARGIN ON BALLOT Deposed Leader in New York Con gregation Wins Sis Hours' Fight and Is Cleared of Charge of Disloyalty. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, formerly head reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city, was exonerated today of charges of "mental malpractice" In the report of i a special board of inquiry presented to the congregation of 3000 persons. The exonera- ' tion was endorsed by the members, but ' a portion of the board's report, which concerned Virgil C. Strickler. her suc cessor as first reader, was referred back for further consideration. Jleetinf; Was Stormy. , The "meeting of the congregation was stormy. - It lasted six hours and it was only after a heated debate that the con- ' gregation voted Its endorsement, by a close margin, of the report in Mrs. Stet- : son's favor. The most important charges were in effect that Mrs. Stetson's teachings had tended to disloyalty toward Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy and that Mrs. Stetson had been guilty of "mental malpractice" in 1 bringing Christian Science to .bear upo'n j people who did not welcome it "by hyp- i notism, mesmerism and similar methods." j The committee sums up Mrs. Stetson's ' work for the church as follows: Leader Is Extolled.' "She has promoted in a marked degree the moral and spiritual progress of the methods of this -branch of the church. She has freed great numbers of them from sickness and sin, to which they were in bondage previous to their coming in , touch with her. She has enabled many of ) (Concluded on Page 8.) INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS i The Weather. TODAY'S Showers Friday; light north wind. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, fil degrees; minimum, 49 degrees. Foreign. Ito's body laid In tomb with great atata ceremony, Page 11. Both parties in Nicaraguan war claim ad vantage. Page 11. New York merchant accused of wind ling customers; captured in Berlin. Page 4. British House of Commons passes budget, throwing down gauntlet to Lords. Page fi. Actor falsely accuses himself of Steinheil murders; Madame Steinheil unshaken by questions. Page 1. National. State Department refuses to aid Geographic Society in getting access to Cook's rec ords. Page 1. Departments disagree as to whether peopla of Western Asia are yellow or white. Page 6. New warship North Dakota beats all records in speed test. Page 4. Taft's opposition to river and harbor pork" dismays Congressmen. Page 4. Taft rejects mint julep in Georgia and speakes on limits of executive power. Pase 0. Taft will not appoint new Supreme Judge till Congress meets. Page 7. Domestic. Member of Hatfield tribe convicted of steal ing sweetheart makes pitiful plea. Page 5. Pupils of Cleveland schools strike against two sessions dally. Page 1 Criminal Court building in New York in ' danger of copapse Page 6- Warriner admits robbing Big Four railroad to pay blackmail. Page 11. Aeronaut haa thrilling adventure in Georgia Page 1. Lvnrhine mob threatens negroes at Gassa- way, W. Va., and militia refuses to shoot. Page 7. Chicago smokers fight for right to smoke on cars. Page 7. - Christian Science Church of New York, exonerates Mrs. Stetson from all charges. Page 1. bport. Jchnscn buys new automobile and will ignore speed limits. Page 10. Ketchel decides to fight no mere out of middleweight class. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Tacoma's knifing of McCredie costs city chance ot Senatorhip and helps ex-Senator Wilson. Page 1. Wheat climbs high at Palouse; many fann ers still holding. Page 9. Fire hose quenches ardor of I. W. W. in Spokane. Page S. Ex-School Superintendent faces forgery charge at Oregon City. Page 8. Declaration clause in primary law held In valid by Washington court. Page 8. Judge McCredie to have no rest until ha goes to Washington. Page 10. Commercial said Marine. v Farmers decline to sell wheat at lower prices. Page 23. WTieat strong at close at Chicago. Page 23. Leading stocks heavy in tone. Page 23. Catania strikes on reef near San .Francisco. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Free medical dispensary will be established for city's poor. Page 17. Senator Bourne will name new men for six Federal jobs. Page 14. Mrs. William Gadsby denies testimony of all preceding witnesses in 1200,000 damage case. Page 34- Oregon Trust directors have ten days In which to plead. Page 18. Will of Lean White Is admitted to probata. Page 18. etreet Improvements delayed by obstinata contractors. Page 16. Mayor Simon vetoes billboard ordinance and recommends new one. Page 16. Hill and Harrlman lines will be operated Jointly, benefiting Portland, page 16. Federal grand Jury probes alleged land con spiracy. Page 15. i Horticultural Society announce prize for i fruit show. Paga 17. FOLLOWERS MRS i