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PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVE3IBER 18, 1909. VOL. XLIX NO. 15,281. AST0R AND YACHT LOST; SEARCH ON NEW YORKER, RECENTLY DI VORCED, GONE 12 DAYS. y WHEAT KING GIVES BACK GIRL BRIDE WATTERS0N HITS YELLOW JOURNALS T DENIES FDR REAL LIBERTY SEEMS CERTAINTY MAKING TROUBLE EDITOR OF LOUISVILLE PAPER BAXQUET GUEST. HARVEST ROMANCE WILL EXD IX DIVORCE. 1 BALLOT MITCHELL PLEADS OUTUW BASEBALL pin DISGUSTS VOTERS Disclaimer Relieves Tension in Cabinet. NO FIGHT ON BALLINGER Subordinate Caught Giving In formation to Magazines. PEACE OVERTURES MADE Tstdent Pleaded and Confirmed in Belief That Forester and Secre tary Were Unduly Suspi cions of Each Other. ) WASHINGTON, Nor. 17. 3peciaL) In a letter to President Taft, written of him own volition, it la believed, Glfford Plachot has denied any responsibility whatever for the attacks on Secretary of the Interior Balllnger that have appeared In the magazines recently. The fact that the letter had been re ceived at he White House was admitted today, notwithstanding the wariness that in found everywhere about discussing; the "controversy" between the Forest Ser vice and the Interior Department. The letter tends to clear up some what an extremely difficult situation that hjis been testing the Judicial tempera ment of the President. On his return to Washing'"" he found most of his Cabinet officers bitterly arrayed against Plm-hot because of a conviction that the Forester had Inspired the renewal in the magazines of the crusade against Eailinger. Disclaimer Is Complete. It had been represented to the. Cabinet members that Investigators "had the goods" on Plnchot, and minds bad been made up to demand an Immediate decapi tation to end the warfare of one branch of the administration against another. This situation undoubtedly impelled Mr. Plnchot to make an explanation, although the President was apparently letting matters drift along as the best way to deal with a lot of angry statesmen who were forcing an Issue hard. The disclaimer of Plnchot Is understood .0 be to the effect that be has In no man ner Inspired or encouraged Glavle and the magazines In their fight on Balllnger. It Is explained that he has been In the Far West, out of touch with Olavls and the warring publications, and that at no time has be been spurring; anybody on in the strife. v True. Mr. Plnchot did send Glavls to the President originally with the accusa tions growing out of the Cunningham coal land claims, but that was done with the full knowledge of the President and Government circles. Mr. Plnchot, It Is explained, was actuated by a high purpose of serving the Interests of the administration by persuading1 Glavls not to start a newspaper scandal but to go In orderly fashion and lay his case be fore the President. 1 Subordinate Caught, Instead. Mr. Plnchot la believed to have writ ten to the President that since the epi sode he has been utterly Innocent of making a single Jab at Balllnger or of having done anything whatever to bring discredit on the administration. The reported presentation to the Presi dent that Plnchot had virtually been caught In the act of underhandedly urg ing on the attacks Is weakened to some degree by the admission of an adminis tration official tonight, that it was one of Plnchofs subordinates who had been detected, and this did not even apply to the recent magazine publication that -lias aroused so much administration wrath. In the light of Plnchofs letter to the President. It looks as if Mr. Taft's de duction a few months ago that Balllnger and Plnchot were unduly suspicious of each other may hold good In the present Instance, so far as the Chief Forester Is concerned, - and not regarding what any subordinate may have done. Ultimatum Not Sent. Pinchot will not even admit that he has addressed a letter to the President, lie. Issued a noncommittal statement to day, denying the story published this morning that he had sent an "ultima tum" to the President, describing it as a fabrication as silly as the recent yarn that he was In league with Senator La Follette and Francis J. Heney in a move ment to discredit the Taft administration j and pave the way for the recall of Roose velt to the Presidency. "The President was good enough to express his satisfaction with my work, and I am going ahead with it," says Plnchot. referring to the letter he re ceived from Taft two months ago con temporaneously with the statement the President ' gave in vindication of Ball lnger. Ballingrr Makes Overtures. Late tonight It Is learned that Mr. Balllnger has expressed a willingness to establish peace with Mr. Plnchot on condition that the Chief Forester shall make the first offer of the olive branch. In view of the letter Mr. Pinchot has sent the President, the situation con fronting Mr. Taft Is regarded as one he can easily manage, and It appears (Concluded on Pais B.) Wife Pines for Home and Boyhood Lover and Husband Takes Her to Her Parents' Home. WEN'ATCHEE, "Wash., Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) L. C. Hurlburt. the Big Bend wheat King, who married Miss Nora Walt, after a strenuous courtship in the harvest field, on October 20, has finally given up his fight. to retain his marriage relation and today he brought her to this city and turned her over to her parents. Soon after Hurlburt was married by Judge Palmer In this city the bride asked to visit her parent for a little while, and the happy pair would then turn homeward to their little home near Water vllle. The next day she did not show up and several days elapsed before she was found After adjusting all difficulties t..a pair went away rejoicing. The thoughts of her parents and of a boy hood lover still remained with her and she longed to be free again. After de vising all the ways possible to make her -happy, Hurlburt finally gave p and brought his bride of a month back to her parents. A divorce will be sought Hurlburt has advertised that he will not be responsible for any debts which she might contract In his name after today. PLATINUM FOUND IN SAND Dtticovery Will Mean Much to Coast . Miners in Small Way. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17. Davis T. Day. United States Geological Survey di rector of Government petroleum work on the Pacific Coast, left here tonight to make a report to the Government in Washington. Mr. Day also is In charge of the research work In connection with platinum mining on the Coast. For several months he has conducted an Investigation of the beach sanda from Cape Flattery to Lompoo. Before leav ing tonight he 'said: "I believe that when the facts con cerning the platinum mining industry as we have found them are known, a great stimulus will be given. "Platinum can be taken from the sands of thus coast in paying qualities by a simple mechanical process at little ex pense. While the Industry Is not likely to attract the attention of the big cor porations. It will prove of immense in terest to the miner In a small way." WOMAN FIGHTS FOR PURSE Cry of "Stmp Thief" Reaches TSo Ears on Thirteenth Street. Fighting In the rain and darkness to re tain possession of her purse, while two thieves wrestled with her. Mrs. P. L. Thompson, of 814 Halsey street, was worsted in the unequal struggle when two purse-snatchers attacked her on Thir teenth street. Just above Market last night at 7 o'clock. After securing possession of the purse, an expensive leather one. containing 1J in money, the highwaymen ran down Thirteenth with the plucky woman in pursuit. Mrs. Thompson cried but "stop thief repeatedly, but no one came. The thieves turned down Marker street and are thought to have entered a yard on the south side of that street. NEGRESS LOSES RACE SUIT Refused Cup of CoKee, Woman t Seeks Damages. , DES MOINES, la., Nov. 17. The Iowa Supreme Court today handed down a decision holding that a private busi ness concern under the Iowa statutes could legally refuse to serve a negro. Mrs. Susie Brown, a negress, sued the J. H. Bell CofTee Company for $1000 damages because she was refused a cup of coffee at a pure food show In this city a year ago. In the lower court the woman won. but the Supreme Court today reversed the decision, holding that the Bell com pany, being a private concern, had the right to refuse to serve any one it wished, even though the person had paid an admission fee at the door. "FAKE' COUNT CONFESSES Paris Prisoner Admits San Fran cisco, Austria Record. PARIS, Nov. 1". The man Gubuta. who, with his wife, was arrested here on Oc tober 2S. charged with having fraudu- j lently obtained JIO.0CO worth of Jewels ' while masff-Jeradlng as the "Count" and i "Countess" Gubuta, admitted today that he had been convicted of swindling In ; San Francisco, Switzerland and Austria. Gubuta insisted, however, that his wife, formerly a Mrs. Beck, of New York City, had married him lu good faith, believing him to be the son of Archduke Otho, of Austria. THREE FREEZE TO DEATH Miners Caught In Colorado Blizzard Die on Road. LEjDVILLE, Colo., Nov. 17. The bodies of Frank Loftus, William Hasty and James Hays were found today four miles west of the Hlltop mine In the Horseshoe district. The men had been frozen to death. They started for the mine Monday and had evidently been caught in the bliz zard. All lived here. . Labor Leader Cheered to Echo. HE SPEAKS AT CONVENTION American Federation of Labor Stands By Boycott. POSITION WELL DEFINED Dramatic Address of Man Under Sentence for Contempt of dourt Declares for Rights Guaran teed by Constitution. TORONTO, Ont., Not. 17. Indorsing a report of the committee on boycott, John Mitchell, one of the three officers of the American Federation of Labor under sen tence for contempt of court, made a dra matic speech to the convention today. He declared that so far as he Is con cerned, regardless of consequences, he Intended, while at liberty, to declare for the rights guaranteed him by the Consti tution. The report which drew forth Mitchell's speech, and which was adopted by the convention declared: "When you say that your country la Just and every other remedy has been em ployed without result, boycott; we- say that when the employer has determined to exploit, not only adult male labor, but women and children, and our reasoning and appeal to his talrneesand his con science will not sway him, boycott; we say that, when labor has been oppressed, browbeaten and tyrannized, boycott; we say that, when social and political con ditions become so bad that ordinary reme dial measures are fruitless, boycott; and finally we say we have a rlghtto boycott, and we propose to exercise that right. In the application of this right of boycott, to paraphrase the president (Gompens), we propose to strive on and oa."cf Mitchell Is Cheered. The convention broke into loud cheering for Mitchell as he concluded, and there were cries for Morrison. The secretary did not respond. President Gompers was absent. Mr. Mitchell said he realized that every statement made by those on the conven tion floor, and especially by those who on next Monday will have to deliver them selves to the court. Is being closely scru tinized. 1 want the people of the United States to know my position," he said. "I shall not speak defiantly; but I Bhall not sur render any right guaranteed me by the Constitution of the United States. If I know myself, not any amount of suffering will persuade me that I have not the right to spend my money where I please, or that I have not the right to write and speak as I please. "I understand that cognizance is belng( taken at Washington of the utterances of men on the floor of this convention, and I want clearly to stnte my position. Position Is Defined. "I propose In the future, as I have In the past, to exercise the rights secured to me by the fathers of my country; and I propose,' if I am sent to Jail, again when I come out, that I shall not, for myself, purchase any product of the Buck's Stove & Range Company. I make (Continued on Page 2.) Writer Regrets Modern-Day , Sensa tionalism Reporters Should Not Be Detectives. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Deprecating the tendency of newspapers toward sen sationalism. Colonel Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, addressed members of the National Press Club tonight, at a reception in his honor, on the personal relation of the news paper to the public. Mr. Watterson Is on his way home after an extensive Eu ropean trip. "Pretending to be the especial defend ers of liberty, we are becoming the In vaders of private rights," said Colonel Watterson. "No household longer seems safe against intrusion. Our reporters are be ing turned Into detectives. As surely as this be not chocked, we shall grow to be the objects of fear and hatred Instead of trust and respect. "Some one ought to organize an Intelli gent and definite movement toward the betterment of that which has reached alarming proportion. "I say this In your interests as well as the Interest of the public and the pro fession, for I am sure that you are gen tlemen and want to be considered so, whereas the work you are often set to do Is often the revedse of gentlemanly. "It subjects you to aversion and con temptbrings you and a high and mighty calling Into disrepute by confusing the purpose and functions of the newspaper with thoe of. the police and the scaven ger. "I have been proud of that calling all my life, and when I go to my account I want to see a clean and honored flag fly ing from the masthead." CASE CENTURY OLD ENDS Colorado Family Beneficiaries of Vast English Estate. PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 17. After being in controversy for over 100 years, an es tate In England which may represent sev eral million dollars, will revert to several Colorado persons, according to a decision of the English courts, notice of which has been received by Mrs. C. O. Dufug. of Pueblo, who recently removed to Denver. Two children In Pueblo William Dufug. a clerk, and Miss Vanda Dufug. a so ciety girl and another son, August Du fug. a clerk In Denver, -will be benefi ciaries through their mother. Mrs. M. S. Hayden, of Walsenburg, a sister of Mrs. Dufug, Is also an heir. Mrs. Dufug before marriage was Miss Kate Withlngton, and the property was owned by her great-grandfather. The estate Includes Sydney Castle in England and had been In litigation since 1S00. PAIR CUTS TRAVEL BILL Wedded Now, Mall Clerk Saves 14, 600 Miles Courting Annually. LOS ANGELE3, Cal., Nov. 17. Albert A. Kennedy, of this city, and Miss Ma bel E. Young, of Wilmington, were married today after a romantic court ship of 13 years. During all that time, according to close friends, Kennedy never failed a single day in' calling upon hls sweetheart, notwithstanding the distance of 20 miles to Wilmington. By buggy, railroad train, bicycle, trolley-car or horseback, he traveled the 40 miles regularly 365 times a year, and sometimes twice a day to see the girl he loved and one of his com nnntnnft fiaTires that he made a total of fully 5000 visits, representing 200,- 000 miles. The brldegrom Is a mall clerk. TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE. However M'CrediesDo, Split Is Likely. NORTHWEST IS FULL OF FIGHT Support in Contest Against Californians Is Hearty. MONEY SUPPORT PLEDGED Sentiment Among Portland Follow ers of National Game Undergoes Rabid Change Complete Break Is Favored. If the McCrediee say the word the Northwestern Baseball League will go outlaw and Invade Portland. If the McCredies elect to stay with the Pacific Coast League, there are strong In. dicatlons the Northwestern League will Invade the city anyway. To do so, they must go outlaw. Joseph Conn, owner of the Spokane team, declares he stands ready to stand by the McCredies and fight "with them to the end if they will cut out the Pa cific Coast League. George Schreeder, owner of the Ta coma team, declares that while he can not afford to make the fight as an out law, he will have no more to do with the baseball game If Portland Is to be shut out of the Northwestern League. His purpose Is to sell out. ' A. R. Dickson, manager of the Van couver team, has declared to his asso ciates that If keeping Portland on the circuit means that the league must go outlaw, he Is emphatically In favor of that measure. President McFarlane, of the Aberdeen team, is unequivocally In favor of the league going outlaw In order to keep Portland. . While Dugdale has not been Interviewed since Portlan's turndown -at the hands of the Pacific Coast -League Tuesday, his close associates at Seattle declare he fa vors the outlaw movement. None of the Northwestern League magnates has expressed himself openly as to what course he favors in case the McCredies shall elect to stay with the Pacific Coast League. But all'' of them, It has been known, are deter mined Portland shall continue in the Northwestern League. That this means a break from organized baseball there is .little doubt. In Portland, sentiment among the fol lowers of baseball, heretofore with and for the Pacific Coast League, has un dergone a radical change since Tues day's developments. The feeling is now nearly unanimous for affiliation with the Northwest League and a complete break from the Pacific Coast League. SPOKANE PROMISES CASH AID Reserve Fund of $15,000 McCredie's If Colin Has His Way. SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 17. (Special.) "You can say for me," said Joseph Cohn, president of the Spokane club, "that the Spokane club puts Itself on record to go down the line with Judge McCredie, just as far as he'll let us. (Concluded on Page 7.) Safety of Craft In Doubt and Gov ernment Issues Lookout Orders. NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Colonel John Jacob Astor, who Is aboard his yacht Nourmahal, has not been In communica tion with New York for 12 days, and It Is probable that he has not heard that Mrs. Astor obtained a divorce Novem ber . ' Early that day, before the divorce formally was granted. Colonel Astor was reported to have sailed from Port An tonio, Jamaica. Since then no word has been received of his whereabouts, and some concern has been felt for the safety of the yacht on account of the recent West Indian storm. Mrs. Astor sailed for Europe on the Lusltanla today. Vincent, the 17-year-old son of Mr; and Mrs. Astor, Is cruising with his father. William A. Bobbin, Astor's private secretary, said tonight that, he was with out word from Colonel Astor, but felt that .his protracted silence was due "only to Interruption "of telegraphic communi cation. On board the Nourmahal, with Astor and his son, when the yacht sailed from Jacksonville on October 15, was Richard Peters, a cousin of Mrs. Astor; Vincent Astor's tutor, Herr von Kaltenburn, and a crew of 45 men and officers. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Search Is be ing made by the Government for the missing yacht Nourmahal, belonging to John Jacob Astor, of New York. She Is supposed to be somewhere In West In dian waters. The commander of the revenue cutter Algonquin at San Juan, P. R., was cabled for Information. RUSSELL GIRL TO WED JAP Daughter of Actress Admits She Is Engaged to Prince Mutsuhito. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) Not having a great fortune to pave the way to an European title Miss Dorothy Russell, daughter of Lillian Russell, the actress, has de cided to become an Oriental Princess, She admitted last night that she is engaged to Ackl Sumutrul, Prince Mutsuhito, a nephew of the Emperor of Japan. She is waiting in Pasadena, accompanied by Miss M. A. Drlscoll, who is to act as her chaperone, she says, until she becomes "Princess Mut suhito." The Prince has sailed from Japan and the wedding is expected to follow his arrival. The romance. Miss Russell says, began when the Prince was a student at Tale. STOLEN MONEY AIDED SON Warrlner Says Mrs. Ford Got Coin to Pay Tuition. CINCINNATI, Nov. 17. Mrs. Jeannet Stewart-Ford, arrested yesterday, charged with receiving stolen money from Charles Warrlner, indicted former treasurer of the Big Four Railroad, obtained the money to complete the education of her 12-year-old son, according to a statement made by Warrlner today. Warriner, who is in Jail, accused of having embezzled $643,000, told Prosecu tor Hunt that Mrs. Ford had obtained $1000 from him last October. The woman had told him, he said, that if she did not get the money her son would have to leave his boarding school near Cincin nati. . Mrs. Ford was released today on a bond furnished by a security company. Warriner is still in jail. REINWALD T0J0IN COOK Austrian Mountain Climber Hopes to Scale McKinley's Summit. ' PASADENA. Cal.. Nov. 17. (Special.) Paul Relnwald, the Austrian mountain climber, who holds a number of medals for his work, has just received a letter from Dr. Frederick Cook stating that Relnwald's application to accompany Cook on his next expedition to Mount McKinley will be accepted. Relnwald has made numerous records for his endurance and states if anyone can "stick it out" and reach the sum mit of Mount McKinley he is certain he can do it. One of Relnwald's staunch supporters is Richard K.'Fox. Fox has presented Relnwald with a diamond studded medal for his work In moun tain climbing in Switzerland. SNOW ON PLANET MARS Scientist Records First Apparent Antarctic Snow of Season. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Nov. 17. Director Lowell, of the Observatory here, reports that the first apparent Antartic snow fall of the season has been observed here on Mars. Two patches appear at the alti tude 62.721, longitude 100.190. The first was on November 12 and was small, with a great Increase on the 16th. This is of special interest because it is exceptionally early for the first Martian Antartic snow. GIRL OVERPOWERS THIEF She Wrenches From Him $200 Worth of Jewelry and Furs. PRINCETON, Nov. 17. Miss Grace "WTtherspoon, 20 years old, tonight over powered a burglar who had entered her home and wrenched from him a pillowslip containing more than $200 worth of jewelry and furi. Hundreds Shrink From Clumsy Ticket. LOS ANGELES PLAYS FOR FOLLY New System Costs 100 Per Cent More Than Old. ONLY HALF VOTE POLLED Taxpayers Object to Putting Up for Two Campaigns City Sick of Freak Laws "Reformers' Dealt Severe Blow. LOS ANGELES, Nov.17. (Special.) Los Angeles has tried its first direct nominating primary election, and there are few voters who actively and honestly defend the new freak election method. Aside from the result, people of all par ties and supporters of all movements and friends of all candidates for office gener ally condemn the direct primary. It Is the sole topic of conversation in clubs, on street corners. In offices. How did it work? Is the all-absorbing question. For Los Angeles has tried almost every kind of freak regulation, and Angelenos of all classes are now feverishly anxious to know if there Is any new method for them to try, comparing It with the old systems. Very generally loud objections are heard to the direct primary In Its practical workings. The "Good Government Or ganization," popularly known as the "Goo-Goo," openly and ardently cham pioned the direct primary from the out set with comparatively little and that listless opposition. Field Open to All. By the provisions of the primary law. any citizen may -become a candidate for any office upon filing a petition bearing. 100 names of registered voters. It Is a poor politician who cannot get such a petition filed In an hour or two, and. as (Continued on Pace 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43 degrees; minimum. 35.1, TODAY'S Rain, warmer; light outheiy wind. Foreign. New French $20 bank note cannot be coun terfeited. Page 1. Domestic. Colonel John Jacob Astor. aboard yacht, lost in Wet Indies Government starts search. Page 1. Los Angeles woman creates panic by crack ing men's heads with shoe. Page 2- Editor Henry Watterson scores modern yel low journalism of sensational order. Page 1. National Association of Railroad Commis sioners adopts uniform code of demur rage rules. - rage 3. Labor leader John Mitchell, in dramatic ad dress before American Federation of La bor, makes plea for real liberty to citi zens. Page 1. Italian testifies In Chicago trial to "slug ging" non-union men. Page 5. Wire merger may feel Federal probe. Page 5. Two men brave death and enter Cherry mine; no bodies are seen. Page 3. National. House committees full, McCredie's chances for important detail are slight. Page 3. Glfford Pinchot denies to president that he has been encouraging attacks on Secre tary Ballinger. Page 3. Government seeks removal of private dam that endangers reclamation project oa Umatilla River. Pago 2. Pacific Northwest. Much-wedded Tacoma attorney telegraphs from Reno that he will return and "make it hot for somebody." Page 6. Wheat king given back his girl bride. Page 1. Cunningham Alaskan coal-land cases comes to trial in Seattle today. Page 2. C. W. Robnett, bank bookkeeper, admits before Idaho Federal grand Jury that he used $-"0.oimi in Orchards deal, but says he had permission. I'age 6. Second trial of Ryan for murder of Edward Dixon on at Pendleton, i'age 0. Joint operation of Riparia-Grangevllle road will begin soon, l-'age e. Manager of Clark Wireioss o. arrested for alleging opening of man or nusiness rival, the I'nited Wireless Co. Page 6. Company to take over Malheur irrigation project ana issue Lonas at an acre. Page 6. Vancouver Commandery. Knights Templars. gives banquet In honor of Grand Com mander Ira M. Swartz. Page . Because husband moved SO times in 42 months, wife gels divorce, page n. Mrs. Martina Kvaishaug, alleged Tacoma murderess, may know fate today. Page o. Sport. Dillsworth Derbies defeat Columbias at in door basebaJi. Page Lipton seeks change In raring rules for Americas cup contesi. rage . Nelson agrees tu fight Welsh. Page 7. Pacific I'niverslty and Chemawa Indians play no score football game, i'age 7. Carl Wolff, famous O. A. C. halfback, may be in lineup against Oregon, page 7. Portland and Vicinity. Ninety miles of additional paved streets planned for next year, and Mayor urges settlement of water-main question, now obstacle to work. I'age 10. Oregon Bar Association to meet Jn May to scrutinize proposed laws, and tell people about them. I'age V. Judge Bennett tells police committee be Is unable to substantiate his charges against detectives. Page 11. Fearing death by husband, wife asks divorce. Tage 11. R. C. Gillts sues S. B. Cobb and C. W. Not tingham on fraud charge. Page 10. Following settlement of price-war, flour ad vances 60 cents a barrel. Page 10.. Reform element of The Dalles opens war on saloons cf town. Page 6. Long adverse possession of Morrison street by owners may prevent opening of that thoroughfare by city, page 10. Easterner sues Oregon men f-r valuable certificates for land and $18,000 In cash, page l'i , Bark Matterhom dears with cargo of bar ley for Ipswich. Fags 16.