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ARMED FORCES OFF WIFE PUTS BLAME COOL ROBBERS TIE europe-s puzzle TO QUELL REDMEN TEX CONSTABLES. LEAVE FOR HAZELTOX. ON MOTHER-IN-LAW MRS. IXOTD OSBOtRXE AC CUSES SIRS. STETEXSCOT. 1LUCAS AND O'NEILL MISSILLINGTONTU ID M B LYNCHES WED. GOSSIPS SAY WHITE Ai BLACK MILYIME MME. KCSAPIA PALLADIA A, ME DrCM, REACHES NEW YORK. LOSE LAST BATTLE Agreement Is Renewed Over Protest. 4 Rioters Join Prayer for Soul of Victim. JAIL DOORS BATTERED DOWN Begging Wretch Dragged From Prison to Death. WOMEN HELP PULL ROPE Sheriff With Prisoner Overtaaken in Woods, Weak From Hunger and Vnable to Resist Sol diers Are Rushed to Scene.. CAIRO. 111., Nov. 12. With two men lynched by an angry mob, another in Imminent danger ard the streets filled with wild-eyed men thirsting for more blood, Cairo, after a sleepncss night of murder and riot, waited anxiously today for the hundreds of soldiers that are on the way to quell the mob, at the orders of Go-ernor Deneen. Will (Froggy) James, a negro, con fessed murderer of Annie Pelley, was hanged, riddled with bullets and burned last night, after a thousand determined men had chased Sheriff Davis and the negro for 24 hours and seized the prisoner. Xejrro Accomplice Escapes. Henry Salxner, white, held for wife murder. later was taken from a steel cage In the County Jail and hanged and (hot by the Infuriated men, who, up to that time had been unsuccessful In cap turing Arthur Alexander, a negro, im plicated by James as an accomplice In the slaying of Miss Pelley. Alexander was at last found by the police, whd succeeded in eluding the mob by a ruse. Although the horrors of a race war had not bre-ken. out during the night, peaceable citizens had begun to fear that a repetition of the Springfield riots of last year was Imminent. At Springfield two negroes were lynched, four others persons killed and 80 wounded. Mob Shuts l"p Officials. With the arrival today of armed troops it is believed that further rioting will be avoided. The 4000 men roaming the streets, up until daybreak had access to many suloons which remained open all night. Mayor Parsons and the Chief of Police were unable to close the saloons, because they were shut up at home, by the mob. Soldiers of the Cairo militia finally went to guard the homes of the municipal officers and kept the rioters in tome restraint. Henry Salzner, a white man and a Photographer by trade, who killed his wife last July with an ax. was taken out of the County Jail, at 11:15 o'clock, by the mob and hanged to a telegraph polo and his body riddled with bullets. The mob gave Salzner a chance to con fess after the rope was around his neck, but he only mumbled that his sister had done the killing. The mob became furious at this and it was hard work to keep it off Salzner long enough to give him a chance to pray. The mob finally sub sided, and a short religious service for the benerit of Salsner's soul was held, after which he was strung up. the rope being placed over a telegraph pole, at Twenty-first and Washington streets. Babes Play In Blood. Salzner was born and raised here, being the son of William Salzner. a hide and wool buyer. He had been married about two years. It was known that he had had trouble with his wife and it was said he gave her no money for food for her self and two small babies. One night last July Salzner's wife was found at her homo with her skull frac tured. A bloody ax was under the bed. The two bao'.es were playing in the blood. Salzner had been seen by neighbors about the house, early In the evening. After the crime was discovered. Salxner was found at the home of his mother, where he often slept at night. All evidence pointed to Salzner as the slaver of his wtfe. Mrs. Salzner recovered consciousness afterwards long enough to accuse her husbar.d. Public Demands Vengeance. The public was incensed against him. and, while a part of the mob was scour ing the city for the negro. Alexander, time hung heavy on the hands of the others, and when some one suggested Salzner. the mob rushed for the County Jail, where the man wanted was held in the steel cage. The Sheriff and his1 crowd of deputies were pushed aside and the battering down of the door of the cage was at onoe begun with a sledge hammer. The mob found some difficulty in break ing the cage, a solid steel structure, but after a half hour of hammering the door gave way and Salzner was taken out. The men dragged Salzner to Washington avenue and Twenty-first street, adjoining the public square. Salzner cried and begged pltcousiy for his life, but his appeals were met by cries and blows from the mob. Interference Not Tolerated. When Salzner was asked for his last statement, a stranger In the crowd stepped forward and said he believed Salzner was Innocent, whereupon the mob fell on him and kicked and struck him and finally knocked him down. It (Concluded oa Face &) Novelist's Family Griefs Aired by Woman With Whom He Re fuses to Live. SAJf FRANCISCO, CaL, Nov. 1L (Spe cial.) Mrs. Lloyd Osbourne, who recently brought suit for maintenance against her husband, the well-known novelist and stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson, is here and says in a long interview today that when the trial comes up she pro poses to lay bare the seven-year fight made against her by Mrs. Stevenson, who forced Lloyd to leave her because she has oontrol of the Btevenson estate during her life. Lloyd, she declares, never spoke an unkind word to her and would have been a model husband but for the mother's arbitrary interference. Incidentally, Mrs. Osbourne says. Mrs. Stevenson was directly responsible for Stevenson's breach with Henley and for many of the novelist's other troubles. Mrs. Osbourne declares that the enmity between Henley and Stevenson began when Mrs. Stevenson plagiarized one of Henley's plots and then accused Henley of stealing the manuscript. She had the manuscript in her possession all the time, but Stevenson naturally took the side of his wife, the matter ending In a fierce quarrel between the two men. LONG FALL ONLY BRUISES Workman Drops Ten Stories, Then Asks for Drink. VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 11. (Spe cial.) After a fall of 10. stories down the elevator shaft of a building under construction and then to. be able to ask calmly for a drink of water was the unique experience of James Tait, a workman of this city, this morning, who Is now In the hospital suffering' merely from severe bruises. Tait and a fellow workman were busy on & scaf fold across the shaft when it broke and precipitated both men down the shaft, together with considerable de bris. Tait landed with a sickening thud in the basement, but the other man, C. E. Russell, seized a hanging rope in the shaft and saved his life, although cut ting his hands to the bone by the fric tion caused by his frenzied grasp. He was released by other workmen when he had slid five floors down. COAL OIL IS USED TO KILL Life of Colored Spiritualist Sought in Fearful Manner. CHICAGO, Nov. 11. An attempt to bum alive "Professor" James Payne, a colored spiritualist, and his family, whose home was raided recently, was made tonight by persona who poured coal oil over the front porch and in the hallway of the Payne home and then set fire to the place. Noise made by the perpetrators of the crime awakened Payne and. as he ran down the hall stairs to investigate, a can of oil exploded a few feet away from him. The front of the house was then in flames. Payne rushed back to alarm his wife, and she and members of the family es caped by a rear entrance. The fire de partment was then called and the flames extinguished. OREGON WHEAT HELD HIGH Farm Value 92 Cents Against 83 for Last Year. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 11. According to the De partment of Agriculture crop report. Is sued today, the farm value of wheat on November 1 was 92 cents In Oregon. 89 cents in Washington and 83 cents in Idaho, as against S3 cents in Oregon, 82 in Washington and 74 In Idaho November L 1KC The price has advanced 5 cents in Ore gon since October 1. 1 cents in Washing ton and S cents In Idaho. Oregon and Idaho wheat, both this season and last, weighed 60 pounds per bushel, two pounds above the lOyear average. Wash ington wheat weighed 59 pounds, the aver age for that state. FRED GEORGE NOT GUILTY Jury Frees Man Charged With Man slaughter at The Dalles. THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 11. (Special.) The Jury in the case of Fred George, charged with manslaughter, brought In a verdict of not guilty this afternoon, after deliberating one hour and ten minutes. George Is the son of Jack George, a well-known O. R. & N. engineer, living in Portland. He was held responsible by the Coroner's Jury for the death of M. Pullen. of Spokane, an O. R. & N. brakeman who was struck by a stone and knocked from a moving engine in the' yards here on September 13. Pullen was run over and almost Instantly killed. The criminal docket for the November term of the Circuit Court Is cleared. BRAVE GIRL DIES IN FIRE i Sistrr Dashes Into Burning Building to Save Brother Both Perish. WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 11. The Revere House at Innisface, Alberta, was de stroyed by fire early today and Ethel Arnett, aged 17, and John Arnett, aged . children of the proprietor were burned to death. Ethel Arnett escaped from the house, but returned hoping to save her brother and was burned to death. High School Teacher in Sorry Plight. HOUSE RANSACKED FOR MONEY About $100 Stolen From A. Bittner's Irvington Home. THUGS VERY CONSIDERATE After Binding Mr. and Mrs. Blttner and Her Mother They Make Them Comfortable and Warn Them to . Give Hour and Half Time. Two masked robbers, bearing every out ward appearance in dress, demeanor and language of good breeding and famil iarity with respectability, entered a rear ooor of the home of Adolph F. Blttner, 622 Bast Nineteenth street North last evening at 6:45 o'clock while the family was at dinner. Mr. Blttner Is a teacher of mathematics in Lincoln High School. After searching Mr. Blttner and ransack ing the house, securing tlOO in money, they bound and gagged him, Mrs. Blttner and the latter's mother, Mrs. N. F. Olds, warned them under penalty of death not to move for an hour and a half, mounted horses they had tied half a block from the house and galloped away. Although the ransacking netted the rob bers three gold watches, representing an aggregate value of 1150, and other articles of value about the house, everything ex cept the cash was left behind, the leader of the pair explaining that they did not care to take anything to which the owners might have sentimental attach ment. Robbers Remain for Hour. The robbers remained in the house about one hour, searching carully for money. The lights were turned low. and all the doors securely locked. The glare from a fire in the fireplace was screened by a sheet from a bed. leaving Just enough light for them to move about the house. When preparations were made for bind ing the members of the family, a bed was brought downstairs and placed in front of the fireplace for Mrs. Blttner to lie on. In order that she would not be cold. Mrs. Olds was placed in a Morris chair in front of the fire, securely bound and gagged. The burglars appeared very solicitous for the welfare of the women, even volunteering to fetch each a glass of water before leaving. Mr. Blttner 'was placed on the bed beside hiB wife. "It will not be difficult for you to re lease each other In 10 or 15 minutes after we are gone," they were told, "but If you make any attempt at notifying the police within an hour and a half you will all be unceremoniously shot. Adios." Blttner untied his wife's bonds first and after that all were untied by Mrs. Blttner. After the required time they went to the home of C. E. Staver, 481 East Nineteenth street north, several blocks away, to a telephone and notified the police. Detectives Craddock and Mallet and (Concluded on Page 18 HOME AGAIN! H Foremost Scientists of Country to In vestigate Claims of Super natural Power.' NEW YORK. Nov. 1L (Special.) An nouncement was made this afternoon of the names of some of the scientists who will participate In the seances of Mme. Eusapia Palladino. a noted spiritualistic medium, known throughout Europe as the "despair of science," who reached New York last evening. There will be IS members of the committee. Including Professor William James, Dr. Jastrow, professor of abnormal psychology at Wis consin University; Professor Hugo Muen sterberg, of Harvard University; Dr. Mor ton Prince and Dr. Charles A. Dana, or this city. No efforts are to be spared to test the genuineness of Mme. Palladino's mani festations. In addition to the committee of scientists, a number of stage magi cians, including Keller, who has retired from public performances, will take part to make certain there is no employment of lelght-of-hand methods by the me dium. Among Eusapia's best-known "mira cles" is a peculiar cold breeze that seems to issue from a scar on her forehead. This breeze has been known to cause the thermometer to drop several degrees. She causes strange hands and forms to appear about her. She makes any light article of furniture follow the movements of her hands as though it were magnetized. A cold breeze from her left knee some times blows her skirt out almost horizon tally. She causes hands and faces to be pro duced on clay that has been previously covered with netting. She can cause small objects to move to ward her. She can make musical instruments play if they are concealed behind a curtain. TRAIN ROBBERS GUILTY Quintet Who Held Up Overland Lim ited Convicted at Omaha. OMAHA. Neb., Nov. 11. "Guilty as found In the indictment," was the verdict returned tonight by the jury in the case of D. W. Woods, William Mathews, Lawrence J. Golden, Frank Grigware and Fred Torgensen, who have been on trial in the Federal Court, charged with hold ing up and robbing the mail car of the Overland Limited train on the Union Pa cific Railroad on the night of May 22. The jury was sent out at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and the verdict was re turned four hours iater. The penalty for the crime Is life imprisonment. Attorney McFarland signified his in tention to file a motion for a new trial and was given until tomorrow morning to prepare it. LAUNCH BLOWN TO BITS This Is Explanation of Flash on Bellingham Bay. . BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Nov. 11. Ten miles off this city on Bellingham Bay. many persons witnessed a great flash of blue light which receded into a steady red glare and after burning almost SO minutes, went out. It is thought that a launch and its crew was blown to bits and the debris burned. No boat has come in from the direction in which the fire was seen and no defi nite news could be learned. The authori ties will make a search for charred bits of a boat. ASSOCIATION FINISHES WORK Life of Organization Extended for Ten Years. CHICAGO WINS MEETING Magnates Pass Resolution Promis ing to Do All Possible to Ad vance W'elfare of Players. Jumpers Will Snffer. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 11. President W. H. Lucas, of the Northwest League, and Norris L. O'Neill, of the Western League, lost their fight in the National Association of Minor Leagues here to day. Lucas and O'Neill conducted a campaign against . the recommendation of the committee on revision of constitu tion that the National Association re new its agreement for ten years, or until September 6, 1921. The opponents of this suggestion contended next year would be a better time to renew the agreement. They were alone In. the fight and lost. The extension of the life of the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs until September 6. 1931, and the selection of Chicago as the next meeting place were features of the closing session of the annual meeting of the association. Arbitration Work Unfinished. The National board of arbitration will probably remain here until Saturday, dis posing of the large number of cases on lta calendar. The National Association made one or two changes in its constitution concern ing the signing of contracts, the promo tion ofthe welfare of players and the punishment to be meted out to those who fail to live up to their contracts or vio late their reserve clauses. Suggestions concerning the fiat drafting price from all leagues and a change of method of classification were referred to the Na tional board. It was decided that hence forth the National board should meet sev eral days before the National Associa tion and clear up all minor cases before the big meeting starts.. The committee on revision of the con stitution recommended that the National Association renew its agreement for ten years, or until September 6, 1921. The present agreement was entered into at Chicago on September 6, 1901. and was to run for ten years, or until 1911. Some members thought that the agreement expired in 1910 and it was desired to re new it this year. President Norris L. O'Neill, of the Western League, and W. H. Lucas, of the Northwestern League, voted against the renewal of the agreement on the ground that the next year would be a better time to do it. Both O'Neill and Lucas said that they were not against the renewal of the agreement. Chicago was awarded the next annual (Concluded on Page 10.) Sixty More to Reach Besieged City Overland Petitions to Premier Demand Better Protection. VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 1L (Special.) Ten constables, with arms and ammuni tion for 20 more, have started from Prince Rupert by special steamer for be leaguered Hazelton, intending to ascend the Skeena as far as navigation Is possi ble and thence take the trail. An expedi tion of 60 more is expected to be sent up Naas River and overland 60 miles. These reinforcements will be immedi ately supplemented, if necessary, by a redespatehed force consequent upon pe titions telegraphed Premier MoBride, headed by Indian Agent Loring and signed by 28 leading Hazeltonians. The petitions declare the Indians are out of hand and the police forces utterly inade quate to meet the situation. "A petition signed by every man in the country," says the document, "was for warded to Victoria six months ago ask ing that a large force of mounted police be placed in the district in anticipation of trouble with the closing of navigation." Pending arrival of reinforcements, no effort will be made to continue the trial of the captured chiefs. RUSSIAN LABORERS SOUGHT Board Imports Them for Hawaiian Plantations. HONOLULU, Nov. 1L The Territorial Board of Immigration will soon send an other agent to Harbin, the metropolis of Southeastern Siberia, to get Russian im migrants for Hawaii. This will be the second representative of the territory to go to Siberia to induce Russian immi grants to come to the Hawaiian Islands. In trying to solve the labor problem for the sugar plantations, the Board of Immi gration has experimented with Spaniards, Portuguese, Porto Ricans, South Sea Islanders. Chinese and other nationalities. Many of these became dissatisfied after their arrival here and In time found their way to the States. About 60 RusBlan families are now on their way to Honolulu and If these prove satisfactory as plantation laborers, others will be sent for. WOMAN TWICE SAVES MAN Laborer's Two Suicidal Attempts Foiled by His Landlady. In a fit of despondency over his in ability to refrain from drinking exces sively, Louis Anderson, a laborer, living at 314 Columbia street, attempted to kill himself by cutting his throat with a rasor last night. He was foiled in the suicidal attempt by Mrs. Charlotte Borguland, landlady of the place, who had followed him to the door and took the razor away from him when he drew it. Later Anderson tried to drink the con tents of an ounce bottle of carbolic acid and had taken part of it when the wo man again saved him by knocking the bottle from his hand. Patrolman Ellis and Sergeant Riley were sent and An derson was lodged in 'jail as a safeguard against a third attempt at taking his own life. GERMAN KAISER RELENTS William Ready to Overlook Arch duke's Marriage: POTSDAM, Germany, Nov. 11. Arch duke Franz Ferdinand, heir presump tive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohen berg, arrived here today to visit the Emperor and Empress. The visit is significant in that, being made at the request of Emperor Will iam, it furnishes evidence of imperial relenting toward the Archduke's course in marrying outside of his rank. No woman of princely rank will be invited to the dinners and other festivities given in honor of the visitors, so that the Duchess will rank next to the Em press. ICE TRUST TIGHTENS GRIP Competition Choked Out Entirely, Says Prosecutor. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. "I want to show that the American Ice Company so tight ened its grip on the ice market that even if this man towed an iceberg into New York harbor, he would not get a chance to sell a pound," declared Spe cial Prosecutor James W. Osborne to day In the company's trial for alleged violation of the state anti-monopoly law. DUCKS DIE BY THOUSANDS Disease or Poison Ravishes Game Birds in California. IMPERIAL. Cal., Nov. 11. Thousands of wild ducks are dying in this valley, but whether from disease or poison Is not known. v Acres of grain fields, are strewn with dead birds, while others, still living, are so stupefied that they can be caught by hand. FOOTBALL CLAIMS VICTIM i Long Island Player Dying as Result of Injury. GREAT NECK, L. I.. Nov. 11. As the result of an accident suffered In a foot ball game on election day, Harry Allen is dying in his home here of concus sion of the brain.' Bowes Is Lucky Man, Think Tacomans. ELITE READY TO OPEN ARMS Rumor Says Millionaire Will Meet Actress in Oakland. n DIVORCEE DEPLORES SUIT Frohman's Former Wife Doesn't Believe in Severing Domestic Ties With Slight Provocation Ac tress Silent About Stage. TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 11. (Special.) That Margaret Illlngton, the noted actress who was divorced from Daniel Frohman, at Reno, Nev., yesterday will become the bride of Edward J. Bowes, the Tacoma millionaire real estate dealer, within a week is the belief of local so ciety leaders, who are waiting expectant ly for the actress" arrival in the city. 'Intimate friends of Mr. Bowes hint that the wedding ceremony Is not far distant. Mr. Bowes cannot be located and those who are In 'a position to speak say that he is out of town, but as to the place and purpose of his trip they are silent. Rumor Clocks Oakland. It is understood, however, that he is In Oakland, his former ome, and that Miss Illlngton Is expected there as soon as she can close up her affairs at Reno. It is stated here that the wedding will take place In Oakland, where Miss Illlng ton also made her home for some time and where both have a host of friends. Although the Tacoma millionaire has never affirmed the report that he would ! become the husband of the actress, Ta- ; coma people have little doubt but that i the ceremony will take place. They point to the recent purchase of the Judge Groescup mansion in the fashionable dis trict of the crty, the refurnishing of the home and the blooded horses placed In the stable. Miss Illlngton Is a lover of horses and Bhe will have the best in the city besides her cliolce of touring cars. Society's Arms Open. Miss Illlngton has often publicly stated that she would rather have a good home and darn socks for her husband than be idolized on the stage, and all indica tions are that she will soon have her wish. Mr. Bowes is a society leader and stands high in business circles, having accumulated a million or two since his arrival in the city a few years ago, which assures Miss Illlngton prominent position in Tacoma'e exclusive set. She has always been a favorite and there is (Concluded on Page 6.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 46 degrees; minimum, 38. TODAY'S Fair; heavy frost In the morning i light northerly winds. Foreign. Closing argument by state in Steinhell murder case Is begun. Page 4. Scientists In conference at New Haven, dis cuss infant mortality. Pago 7. peculiar storm cuts off'communlcatlon wltu West Indies. Page 6. National. U. S. Marshal Love hacks claimants for Alaska coal lands. Page 4. Senator Aldrlch refrains from attacking Insurgent Cummins In latter's home. ! Page 7. State Department secures release of launca held by Honduras. Page 4. Domestic. Mrs. Allen F. Read, on trial for extortion. , taken seriously 111. Page 18. Eusapia Polladlno. Italian medium, will be tested by American scientists. Page 1. Mrs. Lloyd Osborne blames mother-in-law 1 for domestic griefs. Page 1. Boy bank robber In New Albsny. Ind.. kills cashier, wounds president and negro, chauffeur. Page 18. San Francisco Tongs at war, bide time foS 1 police surveillance to relax. Page 18. American Federation of Labor urged to enter ' politics. Page 5. Society gossips say Miss Illlngton will we, Tacoman soon. She deplores divorce, , Page 1. Sports. Eugene team arrives confident of defeating Idaho. Page 10. Aiken gets new 2o-mlIe record at Atlanta meet. Page 11. Holladav eleven trounces Mount Tabor 24 to O. Page 10. Lucas and O'Neill lose last fight at mar nates' meeting. Page 1. Washington team arrives, expecting bard game with corvallis. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Armed forces leave Prince Rupee to quell Indians who besiege Hazelton. Page 1. Man held for killing and cremating woman identified as Frank Romandorf. accused of similar crime In 1906. Page 8. Governor Benson refuses to commute Finch's sentence; grants commutation to Daley, Page 8. Starvation strike waning in Spokane prisons. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. European hop crops out of farmers' hands. Page 23. Reports of locust damage in Argentina ad vance wheat prices. Page 23. Stock market affected by uncertainty of money situation. Page 23. Daniel Kern will be taken oft drydock to morrow. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Woman sues Receiver Howard for missing deposit In defunct bank. Page 15. Harry Holland convicted of "Joy riding." sentenced and paroled. Page 14. Industrial parade will be added feature of next Rose Festival. Page 13. First witnesses called fail to connect Mrs. Maddux with Real tragedy. Page 15. Peter Tavlor. Portland pioneer, is dead. Page 14. Water Board election campaign closes at Hood River. Page 5. Two masked rohbers bind and gag Professor Bittnerr family and loot their noma. Page 1-'