I v , Wno I'OKTI.A.XD. . OREGON, WEDNESDAY, XOVE3IBER 16. 1910. - - PRICE FIVE CENTS. III,. I.. 1 .,. 1 1 TEST BLAST SINKS MONITOR PURITAN Warship Is Torn But Chicks Are Safe. TUGS ARE SENT TO RESCUE Explosion Causes More Dam age Than Anticipated. CAT SURVIVES BIG SHOCK Ordnance Ofrirrrs of Navy and Army So Sea-Fighter Wrecked In Ei pertinent With TJnoonflncd Xitro-Glycerlne Gelatine. FORT MONROE. V., Not. 15. High explosive tests on the monitor Puritan, anchored In Hampton Roads today, damaged the vessel so seriously that It was necessary to send a hurry call to the Norfolk Navy-Yard to have tugs sent up at once to tow the battered warship to drydock. The tests were required by a provision in the ordnance appropriation bill, passed at the last session of Congress. Two explosions were made, each with 200 pounds of nitroglycerine gelatine, unconflned excert as to thin covering of sheetiron. In the first te.-t the high explosive was placed against the side of the after turret of the monitor; In the second against the sidn of the vessel Just above the water-line. Damage Heavier Than Expected. Naval offfcers and experts present acknowledged that more damage waa none than they anticipated. Tne first explosion cracked the side plates of the turret, which was eight Inches thick, and forced It inward about eight Inches. A cat and two chickens placed inside In the -same positions that the gunners and slghter would occupy were not killed. The second explosion beat in so badly the ten-Inch side plate of the vessel, thereby opening a big hole below the water-line that the stern of the boat sank to the bottom in less than two minutes after the explosion. Water Fills Compartments. As the Puritan draws IS feet and was only in II feet of water, she did not disappear below the surface, but in a few minutes at least one- of the big compartments was almost filled with water which waa pouring up from be low deck and over the stern. Until the vessel Is drydocked It will be Impossible to determine the exact extent of the damage or how much of the lower part of the vessel was flood ed. It was not believed, however, that the armor plate waa cracked, although It was bent and stove In. The water waa pouring in. It was thought, through holes below the armor belt, which extended tt feet under water, or through seams caused by the tearing apart of the plates. At the point where the second test was made the vessel's plate waa 10 Inches thick. Second Blast More Severe. Of the two explosions, the second was the more severe, the hydroglycer Ine causing the monitor to shake as If she had been struck by a small earth quake, and It was even felt slightly by other vessels 1600 yards away. Captain Austin M. Knight, president of the special ordnance board, who re mained on the Puritan to discharge the explosive, said the shocks were severe. While It was not shown positively that the new explosive, the invention of Wil brd SL Isham. Is more destructive than the present form, which does its work from the Inside rather than from the outside. It waa practically acknowledged that serious consideration must be given ft. Powder Experts Present. Meet of the Navy and Army officials and powder experts who went down to witness the tests were aboard the tug Wahneta. Among them were Rer-Admiral Mason, chief of foe bureau of ord nance: Chief Constructor Watt, of the Navy; Major O'Hern, of the ordnance department, and General Arthur Murray, chief of the coast artillery. An soon as the Puritan is drydocked. the special board on naval ordnance, com posed of Captain Knight, president; Lieu tenant Commander Richard H. Jackson and Philip R- Alger, professor of mathe matics at Annapolis, will examine her Injuries carefully and make a report. EXPERTS' COXTENTIOX REFUTED Experiment On Monitor Puritan Pre sents Xew Problem. WASHTNOTON. Not. 15. The result 1 of the experiment on the monitor 1 Puritan, refutes the contention of 1 naval ordnance officers that the ex- plosion would not materially damage I the vessel, but would follow the lines I ( least resistance and spend Its force I aupward and outward. I The probem that now presents lt- .eix. is oy wnat means could a similar nconflned charge be placed and ex ploded along the aide of a ship In time sf war. Some officers Intimated the thrshlp might be utilised for dropping ttia explosive on a man of war. al hrugh they emphasized that an aerial craft would have to be at least 6000 f-et above a battleship to be outside the range of Its guns while the bat- jUeslilo would present a small target. 4 I ' T I PASSENGERS LAND BUT FACE FAMINE WRECK SURVIVORS STRANDED OX KATALLA ISLAND. Storm Shuts Off All Efforts to Aid Marooned Company of Steam- , ship Portland. CORDOVA. Alaska. Nov. 15--E!ghty-three persons, comprising the passengers and crew of the wrecked steamship Port land, which was beached In the mouth of the Katalla River Saturday, are stranded on Katalla Island, the storm, which broke soon after the passengers were landed from the wrecked vessel, is raging with increase fury and all ef fort to go to the aid of the marooned; passengers have proved unsuccessful. There are few people living on the island and the food awpply is small. It Is feared that If tho passengers and crew of the Portland are not taken off soon they will be forced to undergo great hardships, owing to the. failure of the food supply. The steamship Alameda tried for 12 hours to enter the stormswept harbor, but was finally compelled to give up the attempt and turn bark. The telephone line, the sole means of communication with the island, went down kmt night, and the etrandod passengers are entirely cut off from the outside world. The Government has been appealed to for aid, requests having been made for a revenue cutter to be sent to Katalla to take relief to the passengers. BONI SOURCE OF RUMORS Count Uinta at Gould Marriage in Order to Strengthen Credit. NEW TORK. Nov. 13. (Special.) A New Tork friend, close to the Gould family, said today that the real source of the report that Count Bonl de Castel lane waa to marry Miss Anne Morgan was no other than Bonl himself. Already on the strength of the rumor he has ob tained large loans from Paris usurers. The informant said: "Miss Morgan waa no more civil to him than she was to a host of other titled she met abroad. Yet, not long after her return to the United States, Countess Jean de Castellane made the statement that Bonl was to wed Mtoa Morgan. It seemed much of a foregone conclusion' that the Count was to be come matrimonially allied with '-ne American house of Morgan and as a re sult thla most versatile nobleman has been able to borrow close to $100,000." $5,000,000 VOTED FOR FAIR San Francisco Votes for Panama Pacific Exposition Bonds. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 By a ma jority that will probably exceed the ratio of JO to 1. the charter amendment sanc tioning the Issuance of 5,000,000 city bouda to be sold for the purpose of fur nishing the proposed Panaroa-Paclflo In ternational Exposition in 1915 was car ried today. Only slight and scattered opposition waa found. The $5,000,000 added today to the expo sition fund brings the total to $17,500,000. Several other amendments were adopt ed. Hereafter the Mayor, County Clerk. District Attorney, Auditor, Sheriff, Coro ner and Supervisors will serve four-year terms In office. All candidates' names shall go on the ballot at the primary election without party designation. CAVALIERI IS CANISHED Opera Star Agrees to Remain Away in Return for Chanler Money. NEW TORK. Nov. 15. (Special.) Llna Cavalierl has acquired more Chan ler money. Not much this time, a mere trifle of $25,000 or so. She did not have to say, "I love you" to get it; she merely said, "I agree not to come to America to sing during the operatlo and concert season of 110T11." It was learned tonight from an au thoritative source that Cavallorl had ac cepted a certain sum which was un named, from one of the Chanler fam ily direct and In return had agreed to remain abroad. To do this she has bad to break all her contracts calling for operatic and concert performances In this country during the present season. 2 STEAL $15,000 GEMS Jeweler, Aged 78, Shows Diamonds, Patron Seizes Tray. STEtTBENVTLXiE, O.. Nov. 16. A tray containing diamonds valued at $15,000 waa stolen from the Jewelry store of W. G. Spies here today hy two well-dressed young men. They visited the store yesterday and purchased a diamond ring, for which they paid $300 cash. They returned today and asked to see uncut stones. Spies, who Is 78 years old. placed a tray on the counter before them. He was then called to the rear of the store on some pretext by one of the men. The other dashed out of the store with the tray, while his companion escaped by the rear. HEIRESS TO WED AVIATOR De Desseps Wins Grace McKenxle, Daughter of Railroad King. NEW TtRK. Nov. IS. The engage ment of Comte Jacques de Lesseps. the Frenoh aviator, to Miss Grace McKen xle. the youngest daughter of William McKenzle. a millionaire railroad man of Toronto, waa annnounced here to day by Comte Bertrand de Lesseps, brother of the aviator. Comte Jaques de Lesseps met Miss McKenxle at the Toronto aviation meet He is a son of Ferdinand de Lcaseps, the famous 'French. ' engineer. TOLSTOI ILL, BUT IS IN NO DANGER Inflammation of Lung Attacks Author. DAUGHTER ATTENDING HIM Wife, Sons and Former Foe of Countess Board Special. OLD QUARREL FORGOTTEN Two Doctors by Aged Writer's Side at Astapova Give Encouraging Reports Friends Say Novelist Sees Death Approach. TUT-, A. Russia, Nov. 15. Count Leo Tolstoi Is suffering from bronchitis and owing to a high fever Is In an extremely weak condition. A message from his daughter, Alexandra, who Is nursing him at Astapova, giving this Information, adds that the physicians say no Immediate danger threatens. Tolstoi suffered from a severe attack of bronchitis In the Winter of 1909 and as a result was susceptible to the dis ease again when he exposed himself to a long Journey In the cold and rain. Three Attend Patient. The home of the statlonmaster at As tapova Is quite comfortable . and the patient is rocelvlng skillful attention at the hands of Dr. Makovetsky and another physician. In addition to the care of his daughter. According to the diagnosis of the physicians, Tolstoi is suffering from a catarrhal inflammation of the lower lobe of the left lung. His heart action Is good. , His maximum temperature today was 102, falling at times to 9$, which Is practically normal. Ills pulse was at 104, dropping to 90, and his respiration Is fair. The physicians add that expectoration and diuresis are sufficient and that the patient has en- Joyed tranquil sleep. Is in good spirits and Is resting quietly. Wife and Sons Hasten. Altogether thla Is considered a sat isfactory report, particularly In view of the high temperature which was maintained yesterday and the symp toms of mental distress which Tolstoi waa said to have developed. Countess Tolstoi, after the first shock caused by her husband's abandonment of his home and family, displayed as tonishing energy this morning and In sisted upon being taken to the Count. Accompanied by her sons and Count Vladimir Tchertkoff, who formerly was Tolstoi's representative In Eng land, she proceeded to Astapova by special train. Illness Causes Reconciliation. The illness of the author brougnt about the reconciliation of the Countess and Tchertkoff, whose embittered feel ings In recent months caused Tolstoi much anguish. Count Tchertkoff was summoned by telegraph to Yasnaya (Concluded on Page 5.) esseeseseeoes-seoeeoe.sseosassssasssseaassssaasassssssosssess.s......se SOON DUE. s.sssssss in s.ss ssss.se i i sa.e j.ss.s.sjJL.a..Ob INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT8 Maximum temperature. 62 degrees; minimum. 8 decrees. TODAY'S Fair, easterly, wlnda Foreign. Count lo Tolstoi 111 at Astapova, Is In no danger, say physicians. Page 1. National. Champ Clark likely to be Speaker of next Home. Page A. While explosion tears and sinks monitor, cat and chickens are unscathed. Pace 1. Panama Canal completion promised by 1913. Pace 1. Politics. AJthoua-h they lost Governorship. Republi cans control Idaho Legislature. Page 8- Montana Legislature Democratic; W. A. Oaks may run again. Page 6. Representative Howard D. Taylor, of King County, la selected In conference to be Hpeaker of next Washington Legislature. Page 4. Multnomah delegation undecided which of two leading legislative honors to seek. Page 14. Official count of Multnomah's state ticket Is completed. Page 10. - Iometlc. Count surrenders to Chicago authorities, bat plana fight on wife's family. Page 1. Standard Oil Company wins sweeping de cision In Government case. Page &. Prices of meats show general decline. Page 1 Invasion of Rock Springs by armed Mexicans found to be only rumor. Page 6. Sports. Multnomah plays Willamette fnlversity to day at football. Pave 8. Tactile Northwest. Sumpter Development League aounds warn ing against wildcat mining. Page tt. Witnesses examined In college row develop fact that story of attacks may prove false. Page 8. Brewmaaters of Northwest would stem tide of local option. Page 7. Shipwrecked paasengcra and crew of steam ship Portland on Katalla Inland without supplies. Page 1. , Deputies slexe power plant at Electron and force cayment of HJ2.16- In back taxes. Page 7. Commecllan and Marine. Steady Thtnksgtving turkey market ex pected. Page ID. Chicago wheat makes further advance. Page 18. Good wheat crops in Southern Hemisphere. I'age IS. Union Pariflc bought with Paris money. Page 10. Steamer Roanoke libeled for repair charges. I'age 1. Uog market weak. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Opinions on the home-rule law. Page ft. Heney coming to West to close land-fraud cases. It la thought. Page 12. Oregon 6tate Bar Association may publish names and offenses of lawyers of whom complaint Is made. Page 14. Mayor Stmon to recommend city tax levy of 6 mills. Page 12. Governor-elect West and Jay Bowerman to open convention of Oregon Development League at Salem. Page 9. United States Senator Smith, of Michigan, here inspecting waterways for commis sion. Page 6. Acme Mill in Albina destroyed by Ore; 80 workmen ascupe. Page 4. John Cort says Portland will get all attrac- tlona routed this season. Page 14. Streetcar tracks widened for new bridge. Tage 8. Publicity campaign now on drawing settlers to Pacific Northwest. Page 12. GIRL'S PAST" QUESTIONED Iloxle Asks Police About Sweetheart Before Proposing. CII1CO, Cal.. Nov. IE. (Special.) The local police have"een asked by L. R. Hoxle. of Phoenix, Or, to make a report on the past of a girl he is at tentive to, so he can decide whether he wants to marry her. "I am going with the girl and am thinking of marrying her," he writes, "but before proposing I want to know something about her past There are rumors that while she lived in Chlco she was not as good a girl as a man would like to have for a wife. Have the police find out about it and let me know so I can decide." The police refuse to act on the re quest It is expected they will send the letter to the girl in question, as they express the opinion that Mr. Hoxle has exceeded his authority In asking them to do his private detec tive work. ALL MEAT ES ARE GOING Fall Gradual, However, Says Armour. BIG CORN CROP HAS EFFECT People Warned Not to Expect Too Much Immediately. DECLINE IS WIDESPREAD Pork Products and More Expensive Cuts of Beef Dead Way Poul try Follows Decline, but Eggs Are Dearer. CHICAGO, Nov. 15. J. Ogden Armour said today the whole tendency in the prices of stockyard products was toward a lower schedule. He also said the de scent would be gradual and warned the public against too hastily accepting the belief that a drop .from the highest to the lowest prices was due. "The packers' prices to the retailers are based entirely on what we have to pay for the live animals' said Mr. Ar mour. "Generally speaking, prices are lower and I believe they are working to wards a still lower level. The present situation la the result of the enormous corn crop and of previous high prices that stimulated everybody to raise live stock. "The public Is getting the benefit of political conditions and should get fur ther benefit as the increased supply of livestock reaches the market "The recent high prices of meats and packing-house products cannot be at tributed In any way to the packers nor to any combination or persons or firms engaged in the packing-house industry. It has been due to conditions that de veloped from a scarcity and a high price for corn, which is the basis of the sup ply of livestock. "Conditions In livestock, raising are bigger than any packer or set of pack era Our prices are based on what we have to pay for livestock and the sooner the people and the world at large realize that, the better it will be for everybody.'1 EFFECT OF DECLINE GENERAL Wholesalers' Red actions 1 leach Con sumer In Most Instances. CHICAGO, Nov. 15. (Special.) Re ports from all over the country Indi cate a general decline In the prices of meats, although there are some cities in which this change has' not reached the retail markets. . In these instances the invariable statement Is made that retail dealers heretofore have been making no profits or even have been selling at a loss, and that the reduc tion of the wholesale prices is giving them a chance to get even. The larger cities of the North all noted today a reduction in the prices of some meats, pork products leading. The rule was not so general in the South as to meats, but poultry at Southern points decl.ned almost with (Conoluded op Page 14.) LOWER COUNT GIVES UP FIGHTS FOR WIFE DE BEAUFORT CHARGED WITH NONTATMENT OF DEBT. John Alexander von Mowlrk de Beaufort Decides to Sue Father-in-Law Alienation Charge. CHICAGO, Nov. 15. (Special.) Count John Alexander von Mourlrk de Beaufort surrendered to the majesty of the law today. He did so under violent protest and after withstanding the siege of a Mu nicipal Court bailiff, who was kept waiting1 for five hours in the hallway of the New Southern Hotel. The officer had tried in vain all day to serve the summons In two cases In which the count is sued for alleged non-payment of debt and bad prepared for a long siege of the apartments when the count finally but not grace fully gave in, accepted service and de clared the Incident closed for the pres ent The count Is prepared to put up a vigorous fight to prevent his wife from separating from him and announced his intention of suing bis father-in-law, M. H. Kllgallen, for alleged alienation of his wife's affections, "in the event of the countess being persuaded to leave." The count accused his father-in-law of treachery In the former's alleged ef forts to separate the count and count ess, and said the 11,000-word manu script he himself had written charac terized Mr. Kllgallen as a "liar." Count de Beaufort telephoned Dr. D. McAr thur at St. Luke's Hospital that he would take action at once to compel the hospital authorities to permit him to visit his wife. THORN PIERCES EYEBALL Popnlar Whitman Student Meets Accident on Fruit Farm. WALLA WAIiA, Wash., Nov. 15. (Special.) Struck In the eye by a thorn on a limb of a tree, Cushing Baker, of one of the best-known and wealthiest families of this city, may lose the sight of that organ. At first It was thought he was entirely blind in his left optic, but specialists today give him ijopo that part of the vision may be saved. The young man. who has for several years been a student at Whitman Col lege, has taken up fruit farming on a large scale, and while at work among his trees met with the accident, a limb snapping back and striking a thorn in the pupil of his eye. He Is under care of a specialist and will not be able to use his eye for several weeks. MAGNATE ORDERED JAILED Not Until Cell Looms Ahead Does Mnltl-Mllllonaire Obey Court. BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 15. (Special.) James A. Murray, multi-millionaire and one of the best-known capitalists in the Northwest, today was sentenced to Jail for contempt of court by District Judge J. J. Lynch, there to be confined until he was ready to comply with the court's order to turn over mining stock valued at about 5,000 in the Butte Monitor min ing case. In which Murray Is the plain tiff. Mr. Murray refused to comply with the court's order until the officers were ready to carry out the court's order, and then he yielded. Mr. Murray is ex tensively Interested In Seattle shipyards and real estate In that city. 'PERFECT' MAN COLLAPSES Ex-Champion Strong; Man Drops Dead of Heart Disease. LTXX, Mass., Nov. 15. Charles Orrin Breed, of this city, formerly world's amateur champion strong man and a leading Methodist Episcopal layman, dropped dead from heart disease. Three years ago Mr. Breed was exam ined by Dr. Sargent, of Harvard, and pronounced perfect so far as physical proportions were concerned. Mr. Breed was M years old. As a young man he became famous for his extraor dinary strength and traveled through out the country giving exhibitions of muscular prowess, meeting strong men everywhere and .never once being de feated. TAME OWL FLIES 860 MILES Diner Picks Barnyard Fowl Vp. Wireless Chess Match Played. VICTORIA, B. C. Nov. 16. The steamship Zealandla, which arrived to day from Australia, had on board a California barnyard owl, which alighted Saturday 860 miles from the nearest land. Another feature of the voyage was a chess match by wireless between Cap tain Phillips and four passengers of the Zealandia and Mr. Frick and four passengers of the Makura. The game, which was won by the ealandia in six moves, began when the steamers were In sight of each other and the last move took place when they were 400 miles apart DOGS SAVE HUNTER'S LIFE i Supposed Wildcat Proves to Be Bear and Gives Chase. WILBURTON, OkhT., Nov. 15. When hunting near here yesterday, J. H. Wil liam's was attacked by a black bear and seriously Injured. Believing a wildcat was in a thicket, Williams tried to stalk It, when the bear rushed out at him. He fled, but was soon overtaken and crushed to the ground. Williams' dogs rushed In and attacked the bear, driving it away and saving the huntera Ufa . COMPLETED CANAL IN 191 3. PROMISED Taft Told End Will Be Ahead of Time. PRESIDENT INSPECTS WORKS Massiveness of Big Dam Par ticularly Impresses Him. )0ST TO BE WITHIN LIMIT Official Opening Date Still lie' mains January 1, 1015, Although Ships Will Use Passageway at Own Risk of Delay. PANAMA. Nov. 15. The Panama Canal wlir be completed December 1, 1913. This Information was given to President Taft today while the President was inspecting the famous Gatun dam. The official date of the opening remains January 1, 1915, Lieutenant-Colonel Goethals desir ing one year In which to train the canal tenders and to get the machinery work ing smoothly. Ships, meantime, will have the privil ege of the canal, but at their own risk or delay. In addition It wae announced by Col onel Goethals that the report that Pres ident Taffs 'visit was the forerunner of a request for another $100,000,000 from Congress, was unfounded. No More Money Needed. The canal will be completed in 1913, he said, within the 1375,000.000 already au thorized. The President was pieased at the out look for early completion and congratu lated Colonel Goethals. He expressed amazement at the work accomplished since his visit in February, 1909. He displayed a knowledge of the tech nical details that surprised the officials, his familiarity dating back to the time . he was Secretary of War, when he ad vocated a lock canal as against a sea level system. He was greatly surprised at the Immensity of .the dam. some Idea of which can be gained from the fact that the train was under way nearly three hours on the spur tracks overrun ning the great fills. Dam Absolutely Safe. The visit of President Taft has utterly dispelled any fears gained from sensa tionalists respecUng the stability of tho dam base, which is half a mile wide and so gradually sloped that It could never be recognized as a dam. Colonel Goethals explained that In- (j formal opening of the canal in 1913 necessitated immediate action on the part of Congress relative to toll rates, because 18 months would be required by shipping interests to adjust their rates to the new routing. The President expressed himself as delighted to find the efficiency of the workers increasing daily. The canal is beginning to take the form of a water way and this accelerates the Interest of the employes, thus hastening com pletion. Goethals Is Sanguine. Colonel Goethals is not officially promising that the canal will bo com pleted in 1913, lest contractors' delays and trouble with supplies Interfere, but Is sanguine of accomplishing the feat. Regarding landslides In Culebra cut, all possibilities of their recurrence have been estimated and provided for. The President also rode over the re located railroad. He briefly addressed the Americans engaged In the canal work ( at a reception tonight, given undr they auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Red Cross. He will Inspect Culebra cut tomorrow and In the evening will dine with President Arose- i mena, this being the occasion of a st;ite function. On the homeward trip the President , will go ashore at the proposed naval base at Guantanamo for a few hours Saturday afternoon. , ENGINEERS APPROVE CANAD 100 Members of American Institute Say Work Good. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Approval of the way in wnlch the Panama Canal is being constructed is given by more than 100 members of the American In stitute of Mining Engineers, who re turned to New York today, from tho canal zone. The institute chartered a boat for the trip. A report was signed, which was given out on their return. "The present plan of file work is clearly practicable," says the report. and the best in our Judgment that could be devised under the conditions Imposed." A canal at a lower level and especial ly at sea level Is virtually out of the question, the report continues, since one cannot estimate Its cost or guaran tee Its definite completion and main tenance at any cost Even if completed, says the report, a sea level canal would be Inferior to the present lock canal by reason of Its necessarily narrow and tortuous channel and Its liability to many disturbances from ' which tne lock canal will he comparatively free. It is added that there Is no reason for any anxiety as to the stability fha froa, Gatun (tarn,1 rr d: 111