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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1910)
ROOSEVELT TAKES AEROPLANE TRIP Colonel Waves Hand at Breathless Crowd. FLIGHT WHOLLY UNEXPECTED Ex-President Quickly Accepts Invitation of Aviator. APPLAUSE GREETS FEAT Jtrlamrd Hunlrr In Air 3 Minutes, 20 Second. Cioe Mile a Minute. Spectators Fear as Amateur Aviator Jokes In Flight. srr. IiOUIS. Mo.. Oct. 11. Theodore Rr.vlt ma'de n aeroplane flight to day and said It nu the finest experi ence he ever had had. He traveled twice around the aviation field at Klnloch. W nill wet of St. IxulR In S:. He waved his hand at the crowd of thou sand on the field helow. most of whom were too dumbfounded and frightened to move. When the machine alighted easily, a few feet from the starting place a mighty shout of applause and relief went up. Arch Hoxsey. a Wright aviator, with whom Colonel Roosevelt made the flight, said that the Colonel made a good fel-low-voyageur for the trip. but. Instead of being afraid, he wm having such a good time that Hoxsey waa afraid he would fall out or Interfere with the engine, which waa rotating at hia aide. Rooctclt Shows No Fear. The Oolor.el waved hia hands at the :ruwd below so vigorously that Hoxsey called out to him: "Keep your hands on the rail. ColoneL- Colonel Roosevelt, who had forgotten to hold himself In. waved bis nan da once more and then obeyed orders. The Coloncl'a flight was a complete sur prise to everybody. Although he had been Invited to go. no one had the least Idea that he would do so, and he him self did not decide to go until the mo ment before he stepped Into the machine. The trip to the aviation field, to watch the flights there, waa on the afternoon's programme for the Colonel' day In St. Louis. He went to Klnloch In an auto mobile at the head of a procession of motor cars that was half a mile long. Tl cars were filled with members of the Republican state and city committees and business men. The ride was a fas-t and dusty one. and much of the way the cars were en veloped Id such clouds that It waa Im possible to see more than a few feet ahead. Colonel RoosKvcirs face was covered with a thick coating of dirt when he arrived ,st the Held. Colonel Roose velt'e car was driven directly on the aviation field. Instead of to the parking place for automobiles. Around the rim of the field were hundreds of cars, which tooted llielr horns in noisy chorus as the Colonel appeared. The spectator were on every hsnd. and a company of militiamen kept them back. bxvy's machine, a Wright biplane, waa standing directly In front of the grandstand. Colonel Roosevelt stepp-d Irom Itls automobile, with Governor Hadley at his aide, and walked over to It. He Inspected the broad brown planes and the huge shiny engine, snd shook hand with the aviator. Invitation' Promptly Accepted. I'd l.ke to have you for a passenger." auM lioxsey. The Colonel looked at him without a w-onl. Then he began to take off hia coat. It was the first Intimation that anyone had that he would make, the trip. Governor Hadley stepped up quickly, with a scared look on his face, and said: "Are yoj really go'ng up. Colonel?" "Of course I am." said the Colonel, and without another word, he took his seat at Ilouvr'i direction beside the engine. Connor Hadley stepped back. He admitted afterward that he was r.ervous. (Governor Hadley Xrrron.. T.ia Is my district, and it extends up Into the a'.r. I suppose. I feel a sense of responsibility while the Colonel la in my territory. ' he said. Colonel Roosevelt removed his slouch lit and borrowed a gray golf cap. which l.e pulled down over his eye The guardsmen were stai.dirg ao closely about tle airship that few of the spec tators knew what wm going on. Iloxsev took his place beside Colonel Roosevelt, who watched the prepara tions w it It a smile of anticipation, be travirg not the least nervousness. Four guardsmen seated themselves on the ground to hold the tall piece of the air ship until the motor should be started and the propellers were well under w a v. One caught hold of each of the two great aluminum propellers and Hoxsey gave the word to start. They whirled the propellers as the six-cylinder motor barked and spouted smoke. The pro pellers revolved a few times and then the motor stopped. Camera Men on Spot. After two more trials the motor was started and the blsdes spun rapidly. The photographers who had been snap ping the Colonel in the machine had barely time to step aside before it iCoacludcti wa Tats ft.) BRIDE FIRES HOME TO BURN HUSBAND CALIFORNIA WOMAN, WED FOIR DAYS, ADMITS CRIME. Man Sound Asleep,. Saved as Bed clothes Burs Insurance Al leged Arson Incentive. ELMHURST. Cal., Oct. 11. (Special.) Confessing that she tried to burn their dwelling. Mrs. Gertrude Sweetser today stands charged with arson. Inves tigation which Is being made by Captain of Detectives Peterson and the Oakland police may lead to a more serious charge being filed against the woman. "We quarreled and I did not care what became of him," said the woman, as she faced the captain of detectives. "It Is true we bad been drinking, but he never treated me right, even when he was sober. He cared nothing for me. neither did I care for him. Only the day of the fire we had a terrible fight. He threatened me and I suppose that I said things to him which he did not like. When he went to sleep I set fire to the house." The fire from which Sweetser narrow ly escaped was discovered about J:30 o'clock In the morning. Officers broke Into the house and saved Sweetser"s life. He was sleeping soundly, although the bedding upon which he was lying was actually afire. While the fire waa burning briskly. Mrs. Sweetser is said to have been seated on the porch of the home across the way. Sweetser. who had been married to the woman but four days prior to the fire, asserts that hia bride knew his life was Insured for $1000 and she was the beneficiary. MILL TRUST INVESTIGATED Department of Justice Looks Into Lumber Combine Charge. WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. To determine tf there Is any foundation for numerous complaints received at the Department of Justice alleging the existence of a lumber trust, special agents of the de partment are Investigating the opera tlona of many trade associations and other organizatlona In all parts of the country. Agents In Minneapolis. St. Paul. Chi cago. St. Louis. Kansas City and smaller cities la the East have turned In their reports. Complaints have been reach ins; the department from dealers and builders, as well as Individual consum ers, alleging the prices of dressed lum ber is fixed by agreement and unduly raised by powerful Interests which con trol the lumber industry. Charges of blacklisting, elimination and competition and divisions of terri tory also are made. ONE MAN IS HOW MANY? American and Jap Incorporate, but Law Requires American Majority. OLYMFIA. Wash., Oct. 11. (Special.) From Seattle the Secretary of State received articles of Incorporation for fil ing of which the trustees were two In number, one being a Jew and the other a Jap. The law provides that a "majority" of the trustees must be American citizens and as a subject of the Emperor of Japan cannot become an American citizen. Sec retary L M. Howell referred the matter to the Attorney-General's office. That department, while figuring that an American citizen might be a ma jority, decided to send It back to the men forming the corporation and direct ing them to add one more trustee and the new one an American citizen. DEATH TAKES WRECK HERO Michael Henry. Seattle Millionaire, Dies In San Francisco. SEATTLE. Oct. 11. Michael J. H.ney. the millionaire railroad contractor, died In San ' Francisco today, after an 111 J ness of several months. Honey built the White Pass & Yukon Railroad and the Copper Valley Railroad In Alaska, undertakings In which extraordinary obstacles were overcome. He almost perished In the wreck of the steamship Ohio In Northern Brit ish Columbia waters in August. 1909, and had not been entirely well since that time. He was carried overboard when the ship went down and after swimming ashore, he neglected him self to care for the shipwrecked wo men and children. AUTHORESS SUES HEARST $10,000 Asked for Crediting ller Serial Story to Male Writer. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. II. A $10,000 damage suit was filed here today in the I'nlted States Circuit Court against William Randolph Hearst by Miss Clce ley Hamilton, of London, for an alleged Infringement of copyright. The complaint recites that "The American Weekly." a weekly paper published here by William Randolph Hearst, baa been running a serial cred ited to Joseph O'Brien, but which was written by Miss Hamilton. HOMESICK, MEN MUTINY Whalers Throw Harpoon Cans Over board and End Arctic Cruise. SAN FRANC I AX). Oct. 1L Homesick In the Arctic, several of the crew of the whaler Let I It! a threw the harpoon guns overboard, and though placed in Irons, succeeded In terminating the ves sel's cruise. The Ivettitiav arrived her? tc-lav with barrels of oil and 4TV pounds of w halt hone, all of which was taken within 11 days. 80,000 S T R i K E F! S IMPERIL FRANCE State Railroad's Em ployes to Quit. COMPLETE TIE-UP IMMINENT Famine Threatens Paris as Result of Outbreak. ARMY OPERATES TRAINS Trouble Starts on Northern Line and Spreads to Republic's Own Sys tem, 8000 Leaving Posts Gov ernment Appeals. PARIS. Oct. 11. The French Govern ment Is again facing a serious strike. Employes of the Northern Railroad went on strike early today and tonight the strike spread to the Western Rail road, which is owned by the state. Indications are that tomorrow will see a complete tie-up in Northern and West ern France. The strike Involves about 80.000 men. The strike on the Western road waa voted this evening by 8000 men employed In Paris and suburbs. They count upon the National unions to tie up the prov inces. The movement may possibly extend to the Eastern and the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railroads. Pari is threatened with a scarcity of food. Transportation Is partly pros trated, and the vast army of working people in the Northwest quarter are un able .to reach their places of business. Military engineers are taking the places of the strikers and the troops are guard ing various stations and important sec tions of the roads. Large military forces were distributed when the strike was declared and additional troops were ordered out tonight. The Government has decided upon an Important step In an attempt to break the strike on the Northern Railroad. The Official Journal publishes a decree call ing to the colors about SO.OuO employes of the Northern Railroad This .immediate ly subjects the men to military discipline, under which they may be ordered to op erate the trains. Officials of the Northern Railroad have Issued a statement that wages on the Northern Railroad were increased 3,500.000 francs during the year of 1909-10 and that the increased cost of operations and the burdens put upon them by Parlia ment, made It Impossible to meet the demands of the men. The aviators Audemeyer, Barrier and Garros, who were scheduled to take part In the aviation meet at Belmont Park and who are booked to sail on the Teu tonic will proceed to Cherbourg by auto mobile.'" The central strike committee of the National Railroaders' Union met tonight and decided to call upon the men of all the railroads to strike immediately. The more conservative newspapers con demn the strikes as Indicating a revolu tionary Geoeral Federation of Labor try ing to absorb the railroad unions, but the Socialist Press hails it as a com mendable battle to obtain needed redress. ..it.i... sail ittt - i a a s sees. ...... I WHERE HE STATOS . . j 1 " I f ( WILL VETO ANY ATTEMPT j j TO CHANGE THE PRItfARY LAW . j 1 1: A$lttirEDitprHE people.; ' .......sssssiiis s s.s.s a a a s s f t t INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 59 degrees; minimum, 50 degree. TODAY'S Occasional rains, southerly wind. Foreign. Eight thousand employes of Western Rail way in Paris strike suddenly. Page l- Soidlers disappear from streets of Lisbon. Page 2. National. Willamette Valley shippers ask rehste on al leged excessive tariffs ot last ten years. Paga 4. Supreme Court of United States now com- plettt sets cases against trusts lor bear ing next January. Page 8. General Maua, in annual report, advocates opening of Alaska coal deposits. Page s Political. Hawley issues open letter to voters. Paga T. Roosevelt In tlrst speech ot campaign at St. Louis upholds Republican tariff plan ana " scores Democrats of New Tork and Mis souri. . Page 5. Cheers greet Bowerman at LaOrande. Page . ' . Senator Bourne's sale of note la veriltea. Page 12. ' Domestic. Relief being given sufferers In Minnesota fire horror. Page 2. Christian church convention divided on Issue of governing board. Page J. - Roosevelt makes flight in aeroplane at St. Louis. Page 1. t Los Angeles bank teller absconded on eve of promotion. Page 1. Sacramento police arrest Loa Angeles bomo suspect. Page 1. California bride of four days confesses burn ing home to cremate husband ai.er quar rel.' Page L Sports. Lincoln High and Washington High to meet on gridiron in annual game today. Page s. Pacltic Coast League results: Portland 1. Los Angeles O; San pranclsco-Oaklan.1 game postponed, rain; no game at Los Angeles. Page . Judge Graham tvlll announce Hetllng deci sion today. Pag 8. Interest In Horse Kh .w stimulated by hand some prizes offered. Page 10.' raeifle Northwest. Initiative and referendum In Oregon and Switzerland compared. Page 7. High school eleven, coach and teacher ar rested on charge ot tnefu Page 1. Pacific Coast coal to be given thorough test by Nay. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. Parlfle Northwest wheat standards are fixed. Page -1. Heavy selling of wheat at Chicago carriea prices down. Page 21. Navigation above Hawthorne bridge will halt 4S hours while new draw Is put In place. Page 20. Portland and. Vicinity. Superintendent Napier, of gcrbage crema tory, accuses Sanitary Company of offer ing Inducement not to oppose franchise. '"e ... United States Courts of Oregon to decide whether alleged smuggled Chinese ara entitled by law to give ball. Page 14. President McKnight of Woolgrowers praises Oregon sheep as best In Northwest. Page 15. , , Engineer reports contractors are delaying Mount Tabor reservoir. Page 13. Story of Johnson killing retold to Webb Jury. Page 14. Influx of settlers Is large. Page 16. Portland's aid sought In campaign for open ing of Columbia to Canada. Pcge 0. Farmers realise need of g;od roads. Page 9. Railroads take Interest in Oregon apple show. Page 12. Portland Presbytery assails false doctrine. Page P. TOWN WOULD BAR ELOPERS Kockvllle, Md., Convenient Gretna Green, Asks Parsons Not to Act. WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. Women of Rockvllle. Md., a town near Washing ton and conveniently reached, abhor the notoriety it has gained as a Gretna Green and have launched a movement to discourage elopers. All the ministers of the town have been asked to refuse to marry couples that may apply to them unless one or both are known to the minister, of are vouched for by some reputable person. COUNTRY SCHOOLS CLOSED Lack of Teachers Works Hardship on Clark County Pupils. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. lL (Spe cial.) Dearth of country school teach ers has delayed the opening of a num ber of schools in Clark County, accord ing to a statement of Oscar McBrlde, County Superintendent. Most of the schools have been opened for the Winter term, but there are still several not opened because no teachers can be obtained. HGOU " EVE OF PROMOTION Bank Teller's Thefts Total $50,000. TELEGRAM RUSE IS WORKED Friend Gets Message From San Francisco, but It Is Fake. CLERK LIKELY IN MEXICO While Officials Thought Fugitive at Golden Gate on Vacation, He Is Thought to Have Been Speeding Across Border. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) Officials of the Farmers & Mer chants National Bank were so pleased with the w-ork and ability to draw busi ness of Wilson B. Evans, the abscond ing; assistant teller, whose peculations are said to have been $50,000, that they planned to promote him upon hia return from his vacation. Now they are very anxious to get hold of him. not to pro mote him, but to place him behind the bars and get the money back. He Is thought to be In Mexico. The last day Evans was on duty at the bank he secreted a roll of $5000 on his person, according to attaches who have been Investigating his movements. Detectives Have No Clew. This is the largest Individual amount appropriated by him. It Is understood, and the police believe It waa practically all-he had when he fled. His total peculations are considerably more than $50,000, according to private detectives who are trying to trace him. They have no clew. I. W. Hellman, Jr., whose father is president of the bank, came down from San Francisco today in connection with the investigation. Evans worked a clever ruse, accord ing to bank officials, who say that about the time of his scheduled arrival in San Francisco, where he had an nounced -his intention of passing hia vacation, a telegram was received by one of his friends in this city, who Is a frequent caller at the bank. It indi cated Evans' safe arrival, and said he would leave at once for a hunting trip In the high Sierras. Evans Went South, Is Thought. This telegram, it develops, was filed for him by a person other than Evans, who was at that time presumably crossing the Mexican border, having taken the "owl"' train for San Diego instead of the "owl" for San Francisco, and deceived his friends. The two trains leave the city about the same time. Officials of the bank said today that Evans had a chance to abstract funds only since September 1, as his accounts were fully checked on that date. Aa he departed on September 17, supposed ly on his annual vacation, his oppor tunity for misappropriating the bank's funds covered but a little over tw(f weeks. It was Evans custom, however, to handle the daily deposits of the rail road companies and other heavy depositors. FOOTBALL ELEVEN ACCUSED OF THEFT AXGRY HOTEL- 3IAX GETS WAR RANTS FOR MEMBERS. Search of fiaggage by Officers Dis closes Stolen Pictures, and Coach Promises Return. EVERETT. "Wash.. Oct 11. (Special.) Following he departure of Snohomish High School football team from Stan wood and the discovery that several fine pictures of football scenes have dis appeared from the walls of the Stan wood Hotel, where the team had stayed, a warrant for the arrest of the entire football team, its coach and a high school teacher, who had accompanied" It to Snohomish, was sworn out by Allan Bartz, proprietor of the hotel. Telephone messages were sent to Everett and Snohomish, the Sheriff here being informed of the issuance of the blanket warrant, with a request that the team be met and arrested. The pictures were taken from the walls of the hotel, after a member of the visiting team of football players had requested them as a gift and it had been refused. Acting on advice from Stanwood Everett officers met the train and detained the Snohomish play ers in the waiting-room, where their belongings were searched and the stolen pictures were found. Upon the proViise of the team's coach that the property would be returned, the party was permitted to proceed to Snohomish. e CHAPERON'S DUTY TO END Chicago Will Present Society With Unusual Debutante. CHICAGO. Oct. 11. (Special.) Chica go is to have an unusual debutante next month. Miss Marguerite. Sherlock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sherlock, who In her 20 years of life has never been permitted to go to a party, never has had a young man caller and has never ventured from her home unless under the eyes of careful selected chaperons, according to her mother, is to be pre sented to the society world In a "coming-out" party at a Michigan avenue hotel November 19. A dinner will be given and will be followed by a theater party. After this presentation Miss Sher lock will be free to follow her own In clination ,ln accepting or refusing in vitations. "All of Marguerite's studes have been under woman instructors," said Mrs. Sherlock today. "Woman tutors have taught her Latin, French and Italian. I assure you that it has been a most dif ficult task to bring a girl through 20 years of life as Marguerite has been brought. She is bubblmg over with spirit and has often wept bitterly at not being allowed to enjoy the privileges accorded other girls. "My idea is that the girls of this age are permitted to become blase before they reach the years in which they could properly enjoy the pleasures they have already tired or. However, this is not true in Marguerite's case. She was even attended at boarding school by a chap eron." TWO-BIT FIGHT COSTS $150 Portland Man Disputing Fare Throws Driver Through Window. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct, 11. (Special.) Dispute over a 25-cent cab fare today was the cause of breaking a $150 plate glass window in the front of the D" Acres Hotel, and even now the fare remains unsettled and one of the belligerents, or both, must pay for the broken glass. The trouble occurred this morning when J. A. Bauman, of Portland, su perintendent of construction of the Baker building, rode from the O. R. & N. station to the D'Acres Hotel in the cab driven by Frederick de Forest. Bau man tendered a return check given by the cab company, which for some rea son the cabby refused. In the alterca tion that ensued Bauman threw De For est across the walk and the cabman fell over a bench and into the window, through which he went. He was not hurt, PASTOR TO BE CANDIDATE Pulpit Resigned to Enter Race lor City Commissioner. v SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 11. (Special.) Dr. W. J. Hindley who resigned "Is seven years' pastorate of the Pilgrim Congregational Church last night, an nounced himself today as a receptive candidate for the place of Commissioner under the new form of municipal gov ernment. "If I can be satisfied that the people want me that I will satisfy a public need." Dr. Hindley stated, "I will run for the office." Dr. Hindley is the first to present himself as a candidate for a Commis sionership. His resignation was not accepted when submitted to the official board of his church last night but will be pre sented to the congregation next Sun day at the morning services. RECORD IN AIR IS BROKEN A. Ii. Welsh, 'at St. Louis, Sets 'ew Mark for Endurance. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11. A. L. Welsh, In a Wright biplane today, created a new endurance record for America of 3 hours 11 minutes 55 seconds. The previous record was made by Ralph Johnstone in the Harvard meet at Atlantic, Mass.. September IS, in a hours 6 minutes 0 seconds. IS HELD 115 SUSPECT Torn Letter Confirms Police Theory. PRISONER BADLY FRIGHTENED Arrest Made in Sacramento on Los Angeles Request. P0ST0FFICE IS WATCHED Knowledge of Inside Affair Is In timated by AVrlter of Missive, Pieces of Which Are Put To gethcr by Detectives. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 11. Sacramento police today, at the request of Chief of Police Galloway of Los Angeles, arrested George Wallace suspected of having been concerned in the Los Angeles Times dynamite explosion. Wallace's attempt at the time of his arrest to destroy a let ter which, when pieced together, con tained veiled reference to the explosion, and the fact that he almost collapsed when taken into custody confirm the be lief of the detectives that they have made an important capture. ' Wallace, who is a recent arrival from Los Angeles, did not offer re sistance. but turned suddenly pale and trembled violently. Even after he had been taken to the sta tion and questioned his condition be came worse, although he retained con trol of himself sufficiently to answer questions without tangling himself and at the same time be non-committal. Detectives Watch at Postoffice. For the last several days Chief of Police Ahem has had detectives and pa trolmen on special duty stationed at the postoffice, watching for Wallace in the hope that he would appear, and ask for letters, and It was after his appearance there this morning that he was ar rested. Pieced together, the letter which Wal lace tore up, shows that the prisoner left Los Angeles suddenly on the day or the day following the dynamiting. It Is in timated that Wallace knows much con cerning the inside of the affair. The writer composed his letter guardedly, but used bitter language in speaking of Gen eral Manager Chandler of The Times and Harrison Grey Otis. Letters Sent From Los Angeles. The letters taken from Wallace were signed by John Murray, and were sent fromfcthe Hotel St. Louis, 653 Central avenue, Los Angeles. One of the let ters was mailed at the Arcade station October 5, and the other on the day previous. The first letter and the one which tells most Is as follows: "Friend George: I sure was surprised when I got to the room last night and got your note, but I soon got over my surprise. While going to supper I was held up and felt of my hip pockets three times inside of. 20 minutes once on Main street, again on Fourth and Los Angeles, and again on Seventh and San Pedro. These crazy. Yes, gone mad. Writer Distrusts Mail. "There is no doubt in my mind that Chandler knows more than he eays. Tha least said through the mall the better. George. Jim told me you told the Chief you were born in Glasgow. You know the rest. Just think what I mean, George. I have no more to say now. If I was talking to you I would tell you a whole lot of what I heard and seen during the short time you were gone." The second letter contains less that seems of possible importance to the police. The writer discourses upon the rich men who want to grind down the poor. In the course of the letter he refers to a man named Murphy, who, Wallace says, is a miner with whom ha worked in Butte County. ' ' Asked what the letters which he had just torn Into small bits contained and why he was so desirous of destroying them, Wallace declared that they con tained nothing of value or significance. He declared that he did not know what his friend meant in referring to the dynamiting case. He also declared that he did not know who Chandler was, not having heard of him before, although his friend spoke familiarly of the gen eral manager of the Los Angeles Times. Wallace told Ahem that he waa a native of Sydney, Australia, a statement at variance with his friend's letter; also that he had been employed at Los An geles as a gardener at the home of a de tective and that he worked a few days now and then at that labor in Los' An geles, but he did not tell what his other occupation, if he has one, is. It-is thought, however, that he is a miner and it is known that his friend who wrote the letters is a miner from Eldorado County. Wallace will be sent to Los Angeles. Los Angeles in Doubt. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct.' 11. Al though the police will continue their investigation in -regard to George Wal lace, arrested in Sacramento today, they are Inclined to believe that both he and Jghn Murray, who wrote the lettei that Wallace tora up, had no connsctioa with tha Timea disaster. EX- : GTIi06.o j 1