ttMiiof Tr i f J I'OJtTLAM). OltEf.ON, SATURDAY, XOVE3IBER 26. 1910. I'll ICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. I.. NO. 15.G01. prn'D rrrrPT MER qui a litlui TO BE SWEEPING New Railroad Company Elects Directors. iSTMHORN SLATED FOR OFFICE Local 0. R. & N. Officials Are on Board Chosen. CHANGES ARE TO BE MADE Orrgnn-WaOilngton Hallroad A NaT igatlon Company Will Be Ojx-r-atrd In Connection with Lo cal Harlnian Sjtcm. To whs; n!nt the actual management f the Hsrrtman lines In th XorthwMt w1!l be ir.rrerd aa a result of the re- rert Incorporation of the Oregon-Wash- - lnroa Railroad A Navigation Comparijr, future developments will determine, th meeting of the stockholders yesterday rot taking action toward the consolida tion of th operating or other business departmenta at any time tn the Imme diate future. The following directors were elected at yesterday's meeting: R- Koehler. J. F. Graham. R. B. MIHrr. M. J. Buckler and A. C. Spencer. The director then chose offl:er as follows: R. Koehler. president; J. F. Graham, vice-president: A. C Spencer, secretary: M. J. Buckley, assistant secretary: H. B. Bradt. treas urer, and R. L. Barnes, assistant treas urer. Alt the officers are Portland of' flelals of the Itarrlman companies, with the exception of air. Bradt and Mr. Barnes. Mr. Bradt Is In New Tork and Mr. Barnes Is vice-president of th Vnlted States National Bank. St ra born Slated for Ofrioe. Other vice-presidents will be provided for. It is understood that Robert E. Strahorn wtll be named a vice-president with headquarters In Spokane, and that J. I. Farrell will hold a similar position with offices In Seattle. The present officials of the Hariiraan lines will continue In their positions, R. B. Wilier being the traffic manager for all the line affected by the consolida tion. Including the North Coast. While the Southern Pacific Company Is not affected by the merger. Mr. Miller will continue to act as trafflo manager for that road in Oregon. Other officials of the O. R. A N. Company who handled Southern Paclflo business la the past. wilt continue to do so In the future. It Is thought that eventually they will be relieved of thee duties, especially If ther Is a move to consolidate the busi ness of th new corporation, but th present plans of th company do not contemplate such action. O'Brien Likely to Continue. What connection J. P. O'Brien, general manager of th O. R. & N. and South ern Pacific Cnmranlca la th Northwest, will have with the new company has not been officially announced, but It Is understood that he will succeed to th management of th consolidated roads as well a continue his services with the Southern Pacific lines In Oregon. Th P. & s X. Company and asso ciated lines will remain under freight and passenger management Independ ent of th Oregon A Washington, as at present, although their relations may become somewhat closer. Whether the North Coast, when It Is opened to traffic, will be taken tn as a part of the O. R. A N. system or op erated as a separata division of the new corporation, has not been determined. The present understanding of th offl otala Is that It will b opened aa a third division of the great network of rail ways, th O. R- A N. and associated roads forming on and th Oregon A Washington th other. . New Name) ATI! I Be I'scd Later. Eventually, th business of all these roads will be don under th nam of th Oregon-Washington Railroad A Nav igation Company, but until this concern actually take charge of th work, each line will be designated by Its present title. The Oregon Railway A Navigation Company has become so well known throughout the country and especially In the Northwest, which territory It serves, as The O. B A N..' said one of the officials yesterday, "that It is rot likely that th present generation will live to hear It generally referred t.- by any otheV name. However, It will be a matter of only a few weeks, or perhaps months, until all th busi ness alii be don officially under th nsme of the new concern. I suppose that In time a nickname of some sort will be applied to It. but whether this will become mors popular than th old term also Is a matter of doubt." New Company Operating- Concern. That th new company Is to b an op erating as well as a holding company la th purpose expressed by local offi cials. This will require many changes la soma details of management. Some of th present officers may change their titles and a number of minor adjust ments may be made, hut at present what these will be are nut foreseen. It Is belle ed that the various hanz-s ran be male without Inconvenience to any detail of the great business. Another detail with which th attor 'CoaolwdeA ea Bae iJt 1600-ACRE FARM i won in u years niMir.RtXT fAKVTS FORTUNE IX CROOK COUNTY nci-lnnlnc With Bare Hands. Pnvld Koopman Gain Broad Acres and Flock and Herd. Fourteen rears ago Iavld Koopman . r:i-man Immigrant, located himself In Central Oregon, living alone in his rude cabin, sometimes with barely enough food to keep comfort. him In Te.terdnr ha came t Portland for h f.r.t time. In these 14 years ha ...A quired a farm of 100 acres, large flock f sheep. herd of cattle, broad field In cultivation, a wife and earn ohtlilrMH For himself and the other members of his family he bought round-trtp ill and steamship tickets to knm, in Germany. They Ms native will spend n.t of the Winter inn mum.) . - with his relatlvee. vftnmna nronertv Is near Tost. frn,.k c.,nniT. and Is one of the most valuable farms In that section. i i , .h.t i rotil.l make money . ..... . . v . r. -i the O. R. II trirn. p.iu - . -The land was there . . ,ii 1 nee.led to do was to go work on It. I took It up little by little. Thlngs have been coming pretty fast tho last few years, my way , and tlvls vear I decided I coulil ifford to take iY,v wife and our two children to sea mv folks in the old country. which none of them ever have visited." I'h. Koonman family started from their home In Crock County last Tues day, traveling nearly 100 miles on th atag to St.axlko. up. Koonman formerly was school teacher in the district of which th Koopman farm la a part. WAITER LEAPS 3 STORIES Man la Unhurt by Jump to Escape Arreat by Detective. Rather than submit to arrest. Harry Francis, a waiter. Jumped from a third story window In the Piedmont rooming-house. 184 I'nlon avenue, early this morning, landing unhurt on a rub- blah heap In an alley. H made nis escape In th darkness, but was found i hnnre later hiding near East Sixth and Belmont streets, by Ser geant KUr and Detective Craddock. When Detective crtanocn puunud vi. chamber door. Francla waa pr- , bed. On shoe waa oft but he did not atop to put on or u. his drowsing wife goodbye, as th de tective entered th room. After th leap, th detective looked out th win dow and saw Francis In a heap on th ground but when th officer got down atalrs he found th waiter had not waited. Francla Is charred with stealing a watch and 1:00 from Chrla Spreen. of 241H Tamhlll street. OFFICER CANNOT BE 'FIRED' Spokane Court Uphold Sullivan In l ight to Keep Job. SPOKANE Wash, Nov. Ii-9pcll.) Th City Council cannot suspend Cap tain of Tollc John T. Sullivan, nor can th Board of Pollc Commissioners suspend, even If ordered to by the City Council. This U th declalon of Superior Judge E. 1L Sullivan, following th hear ing on Captain Sullivan petition tor an Injunction against the Council car ryloe" out Its finding on the J. H. Klllott charges. The court, however, refused to grant th injunction on the ground that as yet Sullivan has not been ordered suspended bv th Folic Lommisaion. quently dismissed th case, but with the assurance that ahould th Police Coin mission suspond Sullivan, h would pro- ounc aucii an order void and unlaw ful. escap'ed soldiers caught Two Private Take Trail and Find Qnarry, F.rfectlnjj Capture. FORT STEVENS. Or. Nov. . fSpe- claD One of th roost carefully planned and daring ecap from I'rdted State military authorities has com to naught through the unaided effort of two sol diers. Privates Peterson and Smith. On IIundTed and Sixtieth Company, Coast ArtlUery Corp. Smith and Peterson captured th four eaoapea prisoners, Baldrldge. Roberus, Johnson and Want, about noon today at Fvnen. a smal cation about a mllea from Fort Stevens. Th prisoners had entered Bvensen for th purpos of renewing their food snip- ply and on entering the only atore In Ui town -found) themselves facing two Army Colta and beard the prompting command to surrender, given by Smith and Peterson, who nsd, traiiea in men. TARDY MAN LOSES BRIDE As Girl Wall, Wedding (inert Offers Hand and Is Accented. MARINETTE. Wis.. Nov. IJ. On hundred guests assembled today at the horn of Mrs. Joseph Ttocqu to attend th wedding of her sister. Mis Mary I.ouls Gardiner, of Sycamore, ill. to Benjamin Nelson, of Lens, Wis. Nelson, who had long wooed Mis Gardiner, did not appear at the ap pointed time. Karl Johnson, a guest and former suitor who had long sought M! Gardiner's affections, stepped for ward and offered himself as a substi tute. The oner waa accepted and th ceremony a as performed by Justice Vaaderbuxg. SMDEDO'SHOSTOF 8000ATTAGKSCITY Mexican Rebels Are Not Beaten, They Say. WOUNDING OF LEADER DENIED Insurgents Control Severa Towns and Are Well Armed. INDIANS MAY JOIN THEM itCTOio(ionl.t Trying to Induce Plinas and Yaqnl to Take Up Anns Cowboys Smuggle Weapons Across Border. Arlr., Xov. is. Francisco I. Madcro. the leader of the Mexican revolutionists, is now reported not wounded, but Instead, marching on the city of Monclova. In the state of coahuila. at the head of a well equipped army, said to number as high euuo men. News of Madero'a being wounnea is eald to have been sent out by Mexican official to discourage the revolutionists. This waa the report sent bv revolu across ino border Into Douglas today. A local business man. who la revolutionary sympathiser, received th data In documentary form from friend In Mexico, and the dlsDatch was s" out for publication tonight Paper Smuggled Over Line. A small printed document Dubllshed at Chihuahua shows the local situation mere and the purported movements of aiaaero. This paDer was m,.r!.H In today, since October SI. It Is said oo-wboy have engaged In smuggling arms In from the border, where they were received from San Antonio. All th funds were supDlled bv the Mexican Junta and by Madero Derson- aily. It la said that both the mounted troopa and Infantry of Madero carry modern repeating rifle of 30-10 cali ber. Madero' mounted soldiers arm considered particularly efficient. The root soldier were recruited from the cotton belt, where It was known for a long ttma that the peons were ready to take up arm. Madero's Stroke Bold. According to the reports received In Douglas. Madero first movement waa bold stroke. With his men he marched to the great ranch owned bv General Terraxas. now appointed Gov ernor of Chihuahua, at Sans Ostene. where he captured 400 horses. Ma dero and bis soldier then moved Into th mountains. Here, with his troopa he will be able to stand off th gov ernment army for an Indefinite period. If tb claim of th revolutionary sympathisers Is well founded. Th only big fore of government roops In th vicinity where Madero Is operating Is under command of General Travlno, who Is reported moving by 1 rail from Monterey toward Monclava to give battle to Madero. If possible- General Travlno la reported to have left Monterey November 21. but sup- iConeluded on Pare B. CHAMP "WONDER I j 1T? r : '1 ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. TEPTKRDAT'S Maximum temperature, 4 a-n r.c. . minimum. So desrees. TODAY Fair, southwesterly winds. Foreign. Af t.r long nbat Frazil Congress grants amnesty lo mutineers. Fase a. Martero and Mexican rebel host of 6000 msrch on city, rage 1. Tolstoi's last work written In opposition to capital punishment. Pace 4. KatloaaL Increased freleht on shoes multiplied to consumer. Fsge X. If Nasal approves. Seattle eensus will be announced tonljht. Pae 3. Government wtll protect corporation eecreta coia in reports, i'aice z. Army Is unprspared tn case of war, says General Wood, rase 1. Domestic. Cupidity Tirohable . motive for murder of axed minister and his wit by servant's son. rase 8. Illinois factions at waterways convention fight m caucus. Fase 1. Hatnmerwteln seelrs Injunction to prevent Mma. T'trasxlnl singing la Ean Fran cUoo page a. Labor Federation debates admission of Western miners. Page 5 Waterwsys Congress at Washington In De cember will be largest yeU 1'sge 8. Sport. Ewlng confident Coast l.rague will re-elect Graham and Long, page 7. Commercial and Merino- Coffee prles continue to climb, rage 17. General trade on a safe basis. Page IT. Whest closes firm at Chicago. Page 17. Ptock market Is neglected. Page 1". Eastern apple market shows better under tone. Puge 17. Chartering of Wlndrush shows decline of freight rates. Page IS- Pacific Northwest Attorney General gives opinion to Hood Hlver on home rule amendment. Page 6. Retired farmers should stay at home, says National president of union. Page 8. Former Seattle street-walf arrested as "pirate queen." Page 7. Spokane siifTraRlrts gowned Mrs. Emma Smith tieVoe but she did not Sid them. Page I. Huge elephant, which killed keeper, poisoned with cyanide. Page 4. Union organizer leaves Tampa, fearing at tack, page 3. Portland and Vicinity. Lawver and priest Join to save dlng stenog rapher's property to family. Page 5. Public Service Commission bill to be Intro duced tn Legislature. Page 1 Association of property-owners to build 12- story block at rourtn ana nunwsura streets. Page 16. German Immigrant of 14 years ago nas lrtoti-acre farm and fortune, page I. Government eends man to demonstrate char- plttlng proceas or clearing land, rage i". Out of difference to Council, Home Rule Association merely mattes recommenuu tlons. Page 13. Officers nsmed to direct affairs of merged Harrlman llnea Psge 1. Judge will not tolerste threats to kill, as result of Hasslns trageay. rage i.. Sliding of qulckaand wrecks g a rare. Page . DUCK'S CRAW YIELDS GOLD Salem Housewife's Find Starts Hus band to Prospecting. SALEM. Or, Nov. 26. (Special.) M. L. Hamilton has almost reached the conclusion that there Is mora profit In ducks than in any Oregon fowl or fish. Hamilton secured a nns specimen of a duck, from a local market man i r Thanksgiving. Yesterday when tts bird was being prepared for th order Mrs. Hamilton made a discovery which brought the attention of the entlra family. It was found that the bird's craw was literally nuea wun virgin goia. Many particles of the precious mineral war brought forth and Hamilton veri fied his belief by putting the gold under a test at th establishment of a local Jeweler. Th new owner of the duck spent a args portion of Thanksgiving In an endeavor to ascertain the locality In which th duck was captured, but found no further Information than tho statement that It was brought Into the city from some point east of Salem. Hamilton believes that the . bird had been feasting In some veritable Gol conda which might "pan out" In rich quantities for the lucky prospector. IF I'LL BE ABL E TO KEEP ORDER WITH THIS?" FREIGHT Oil SHOES MUCH MULTIPLIED Few Mills Grow to 40 Cents to Buyer. WITNESS SAYS USER PAYS Horizontal Increase, if Any, Is Advocated. INJUSTICE IS CHARGED Shippers Feel That They Have Al ready Paid Pound of Flesh, Commission Is Told Youth Amazes With Figures. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. That the In crease of a few mills In the freight on a pair of shoes was followed by an advance In price to the retailer of 10 or 15 cents and of 40 cents to the con sumer, was declared by Henry C. Bar low, of Chicago, before the Interstate Commerce Commission at today's hear ing. Mr. Barlow Is a director of the Chl- ... . ..... i h, cago Traffic Association aim " - 20 years' experience In rallroaa dusi- nesa. He contended that th big shlp- i . .vi pers would not bear as mucu i burden as the small shippers, and that th shippers under class rates during the past decade had contributed tneir f.iil hare of th proposed lncreasea rates. Consumer Bears increase, Mr. Barlow's declaration that any in creased freight rate always fell on the consumer was questioned by Chairman Knapp, who asked the wltnesa How ne fleured that an Increase or less man k mill on a rjalr oi snoes, nucu ... I 1 ,t.A increase of freight rates promised gen eral prosperity, would b reflected the price of shoes man wore Mr. Knapp explained that he recently had seen some figures regaruins -hiob he had verified. The manufac turer had Increased his price 15 cents pair, the retailer 40 cents a pair under rennlrcment from me niinunc'"'" and owing to the freight Increase. rtarinw said that when a manu- rcturer shlDPed 100.000 cases of shoes, nrobably on 8 or 4 per cent profit, and is oer cent rate was Imposed on him. he probably would raise his price 10 ... o .ir Then the retailer would LVll ,.1 " Increase the price to the consumer. Advance Not Distributed. The witness contended that the pro posed advance put 44 per cent of tne burden on first-class freight and that substantially 73 per cent of the burden rested on shippers of first, second ana hM classes of freight. He estimated that substantially 10.1 per cent of the total railway tonnage in the territory affected would bear the burden of the advance. Mr. Rarlow believed In a horizontal Increase In rates. If any were neces sary, which he was not willing tb con cede. He thought Iron and steel and coffee and sugar should help bear the (Concluded on Pane 4.) ARMY UNPREPARED IN CASE OF WAR MAJOR-CENERAIi WOOD SOUNDS TTARXINO TO XATIOX. In Annual Report ne Says Shortage of Field Artillery Most Grave. Ammunition Short. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Major-Gen-eral Wood, Chief of Staff, paints a gloomy picture of the lack of prepared ness of the American Army tn case of war In his annual report mad public today. There were weak spots in many direc tions, he sal J. but most serious was the shortage of field artillery and ammuni tion, a fault that should ba Immediately corrected. General "Wood said there was a great lack of reserve seacoast ammunition and that, at the present rate of appropria tion by CongTeas, It would tak mora than 50 years to obtain a reasonable sup ply for the coast defense and a still lonper time to obtain the necessary field artillery and ammunition. If the regular Army and organized militia at war strength were called to arms today, said General "Wood, there would be a shortage of more than 60 per cent In the field artillery necessary to equip them. This force would repre sent only a portion of the men called to arms in case of war with a first class power. General Wood strongly urged the pas sage by Congress of the pending bill for raising a volunteer army In time of war. Other recommendations Include the creation of a reserve of not less than 300,000 men who have served In the reg ular Army or militia; the concentration of the Army In large posts; the re-estab- Jlahment of the canteen; the Increase of the Signal Corps and the acquisition of aeroplanes. REWARD OUT FOR COUGAR "Old Sleuth" Has Killed $2500 Worth of Livestock In Washington. DAYTON, Wash. Nov. 25. (Special.) Eluding scores of pursuers for two years, "Old Sieuth." the big, bold out law congar, which has killed scores of horses, cows, hogs and sheep in the Blue Mountains, is still at, large, ac cording to word reaching here today. Settlers have offered a handsome re ward for the animal and hunters, trap pers and forest rangers have tracked "Old Sleuth" In vain. It Is estimated he has killed over $2500 worth of live stock th th past year. Once only has he been seen. That was last Winter, when a hunter took a shot at him and missed. He leaves a track larger than a horse and last Win ter broke through ice that held up a heavy horse. The animal ranges from the headwaters of the Tukanon River to the head of the south fork of the Touchet Hlver, a path 15 miles long. Mountaineers have come to know his presence by his screams, which are much coarser than uttered by an or dinary cougar. When snow, falls several hunting parties will go on his trail. WOMAN WRITES FANTASIES Almee Crocker Gouraud as Author Is Weirdly Mystical. NEW TORK. Nov. 25. (Special.) "Moon Madness and Other Fantasies" Is the title of a book written by Almee Crocker Gouraud, widow of the late Jackson Gouraud and published today by the Broadway Publishing Company. There are eight tales in the book and. as the title or tlie worn Implies, they are fantasies'. Tiie publishers' announce ment says they are also "of a weird mys tical character." An evening paper re prints by' permission, one of these stories entitled "Kara, the Faithful." In style and execution this story Is characteristic of the other seven in the volume. It is a thrilling story of the love of the wife of the rajah for a faithful at tendant, who, repulsed, visits upon him he cruellest revenge. She horsewhips him herself when tiie guards had not satisfied her demand for punishment. CLEARINGS STILL GAINING Bank Figures Show Increase of C3 Per Cent Over Week Last Year. Portland Is still maintaining an In crease In the matter of bank clearings. For the week ending yesterday, the total clearings amounted to KS29.O00 and showed a gain of 23 per cent over the business for the corresponding week last year. According to Bradstreet's statement, all the cities In the country showed a failing off from the totals recorded last week. This was due to the Thanksgiv ing holiday. Los Angeles, Oakland and San Fran cisco showed substantial Increases for the week, while Seattle and Tacoma reg istered large decreases. Seattle failed to do as large a business as last year, for the week, by 31.7 per cent, and Ta coma gave a loss of 24.3 per cent. GIBBONS FOE TO SUFFRAGE Cardinal Advises Normal School girls' Against Joining Movement. BALTIMORE. Md.. Nov. 25. "Avoid following those who desire woman suf frage," said Cardinal Gibbons In a talk today to the students of St. Catherine's Normal Institute, where he was the guest of honor at the celebration of the feast of St. Catherine. "Do not follow in the steps of those," he continued, "who have become man nish In their ways and who fight for a place In politics. The place for woman is In the home," F, STRUGGLE TO Waterways Delegation Nearly in Riot. LORIMER'S FOLLOWERS LOSE Caucus Chooses Randolph for Resolutions Committee. DEEP MISSISSIPPI URGED Lakes-to-GuIf Convention In St. Louis Has I,lvely Session Chi cago! to Be Next Meeting Place Taft Is Attacked. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23. Charges that President Taft is growing Indifferent toward a deeper waterway for the Mis sissippi River, and contests between factions of states for representation on the committee enlivened the first ses sion of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf-Deep-Waterway Association, which was held here today. President "W. K. Vanuaugh, of the as sociation, was cheered heartily by the delegates during the reading of his opening address, when he declared that President Taft has mistaken the senti ment of the Nation. Illinois Fight Shown. Tha fight in the Illinois Republican party came to the surface when tha delegation went into a caucus to elect a Representative on the resolutions committee. Senator Lorlmer's friends selected Representative Ralney for the resolutions committee, and Governor Deneen's followers announced they had chosen Isham Randolph. When tho factions reported, effort were made to compromise on one man, but without avail, and the seen bor dered on a riot. Delegates from other states gathered when Governor Deneen mounted a chair to still the tumult. The Illinois delegation was prevailed upon to move to a far corner. After an hour's wrangling It reported that Isham Randolph had been chosen for the resolutions committee, and Repre sentative Rainey for the nominating committee. Waterways Declared Non-Political. Isham Randolph, of Chicago, told the convention the waterway question waa not a political one. He declared In favor of fighting for the deepest chan nel obtainable. If not 14 feet, then 12 or nine. Edward A. Halsey, of Chi cago, took a positive stand In favor of a 14-foot channel, saying that any one who did not stand for a channel of that depth ought not to be consid ered a waterway advocate. Governor Deneen advised the conven tion not to assume a defiant attitude In advance of the report of the Gov ernment engineers who have com pleted a survey of the Mississippi waterway project. "Without opposition, Chicago was chosen the next meeting place of the convention. The attendance at the convention, which met In the First Regiment Arm ory, was as large as at any previous convention. Prominent among the dele gates and guests are United States Sen ators, Congressmen and Governors of states. A special train of waterway boomer arrived this morning from Chicago. Prefacing his address of welcome with a review of tlie work of the asso ciation. President Kavanaugh declared that tlie organization hHd consistently demanded that river betterments be put on practical basis. "Pork Barrel" Condemned. "Almost at the outset," said lie, "thl organization, unlike other associations. condemned the 'pork barrel' policy and demanded that river Improvements be put on a practical basi. In which com mercial conditions should be held para mount o pulitical consideration. What is the result? Within the last four years public sentiment has changed; demands for waterway Im provement have become nonpolitlcal and even the President, despite a grow ing indifference to our great project and favorable towards lus own river, . has announced that hereafter no 'pork barrel' bill will receive his approval. "From the beginning, this association has taken the ground that navigation should be developed in accordance with the comprehensive system, beginning with the lakes-to-the-gulf deep water way as' its natural muin artery. Harbor Hill Praised. "Why should not the S:M Congress, at Its first session, adopt 'the policy of com prehensive water development, already approved by tlie people, and show It good faith by a specific provision for a deep waterway through the natural ar tery connecting the Great Lakes and the Gulf, In accordance with the plans we have formed at great cost?" Vouthful Robber Sentenced. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 25. Thomas H. Barnett, 23 years old. who, according to the police, wore evening dress while committing burglaries In Buffalo, was sentenced today to not less than two years and six months in Auburn Prison. His 18-year-old wife, an accomplice, was ,nt to the House of Refuge at Albion. ILL1S ran 1 f