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-NO. 13.022. AT MEOGY OF FOES I Secret Report Reviews Unpreparedness. MILITARY POLICY LACKING Force of 450,000 Men Needed to Protect Coasts. SUPPLIES NOT AVAILABLE VOL. NATION DECLARED I Coo Id Sot Repel Invasion on .)llrr Coast Drlrne-s .-rw Kqalppcd Inadequately. OHEGONIAN NKWS BfREAV. Wash ington. Dee. 2--Th. fuU test of the confidential rer-rl to Congress, pre pared by the Secretary of War. which . .h. I'nltrd MlW prrp.re.1 to re,l lt.ra.lon. has been secure-! by th. Chicago Tribune. It Is the rprt which the House refused t receive In and which was withdraw, by order of th. President when this refusal was mad known. The rprt declares that the reaular array la deficient In number and de fective In other enumerated respect. It says that the organised mllltla also la d-flr'ent In number. . . . wMelv scattered, and otherwise below the mark. The Cost defenses are deficient In equipment and ammunition, the report -, - Infinite Volley Larking, e Dickinson declares. In summing up that "no wen Icy as to the development of the mili tary resources of the country In rela tion to the mobile army exists." so far he Is able to ascertain. Criticisms; the condition of the reg ular army, the Secretary uses these r r.I: " H i,rVs proper proportions ot all arms ane certain staff officers. -tb It lacks reserrrs of field guns, ammunition, anj supplies necessary to Its operation In the field, which can not be readily procured when war breaks out. -( it so widely scattered IhrouKhout the country and Its pos sessions as to render Impossible that rapid concentration for war purposes which Is essential In modern military operation. -d It Is not organised Into those hla-her units, brigades, and divisions srhlch are essential for purposes of war and which cannot be created with the necessary promptitude when war Is Imminent or has been declared." Mllltla Falls Msort. Too. The specifications of the Secretary's arraignment of the orKanlaed mllltla dectarea deficiency In the following re spects: -(al It to lacking In proper propor tions of cavalry, field artillery, en gineer, signal corps, and sanitary troops. -b It Is not fully or properly or ganised Into the higher units, brigades, and divisions. , "tc It has no reserve supply of arms and field equipment to raise Us units from a pea to a war footing. -! It la eo widely scattered throughout the country aa to make Its prompt concentration Impossible. -(e) Its personnel Is deficient In training. tf It ta to a degree deficient In physical stamina and bas upon Its rolls a large number of men who by reason of their family relations and business responsibilities cannot be counted upon for service during any lengthy period r war." Military Strength Analysed. The tola! authorized strength of the Army. Including the Philippine and Indian scouts, the Porto Rico regiment and the hospital corps. Is T officers and men. Deductions of non-combatants and men not available leaves approx imately M.iw American combatant of ficers and men. of wora 47.0U) are or ganised Into IS regiments of cavalry. C regiments of field artillery. regi ments of Infsntry. 3 battalions of en gineers and companies of signal troops, and 1?. are organised Into IT compa nies of coast artillery. The total strength of the organised mllltla is r.S. officers and men. De ducting the number of men who could not respond to a call, leaves approxi mately JB.2l combatant officers and men. of whom SLOW are organised Into troops of artillery, cavalry and Infantry, and 4.3W are organised for coast defense. Coa-t Defense Defective. The condition of the coast defenses of the country Is generally satisfactory ao far as relates to guns, mortars and emplacements. the report continues. -The corps of coast artillery of the Regular Army Is. however, deficient In lumbers, and the defenses lack certain Important equipment, such as fire con trol, searchlights and power plants es sential to the proper operation of their armament. The supply and reserve of ammuni tion Is deficient and supplies of their character can not be promptly procured n the breaking out of r. "In reply to the secon-l Inquiry of the iCoacluweti ea faes 2.) PORTLAND TO GET FINEST BUILDING LOS ANGELES TC1WS DOWN PASADENA MILLIONAIRE. By S-to-l Vote Hulett C. Merrllt Is Refuted Tetltlon to Construct Office Home; Coming North. IX9 AMBLES. Csl.. Dec. Sfc-!pe-clal.J-Well. 1 gueaa that ends It here. I shall certainly keep my word and build the finest office building on the Pacific Coae at Portland unless they bslk me there ss the unprogrcsslve people of this city have done. The building I put up will be pat terned partly after the Call building In Stan Francisco, but will be far more beau tiful. The plana are all drawn and I have set my heart on putting up that nroperty In Port land well suited to this project and the building will go there. It win do drawing card for any elty and Portland will be b-nented by It-'" Tlila was) the comment made today by Hulett C. llerritt. the Pasadena million aire, when he heard the words In the City Counril that doomed bis project to failure here. The Council by a vote of S to I denied Ms petition asking for the amendment to the building ordinance which was essen tial to the carrying out of the plans. Py so dolts, tne Council probably fixed the city's building policy for many yearn Hereafter, as at present, no building may be erected having a greater height than 1W feet. 30 feet of which must be a sloping or mansard roof. The debate on the mertts of the proposed chance took up the afternoon session. Msny speakers were heard on both aides. It was gen rtiv that the Council was divided five and four, but no one knew bow the division stood. When at lenatn the time came for the rollcall It was a breathless moment, Councilman Gregory made several vam efTorta to avoid a rollcall. urging that the Council lake the question unde- con sideration but others Insisted on settling the mstter without further delay. When President Luak called for the roll and it was found lliat Councilman O'Brien was the only one who favored Increasing tne h.i.hi or huildinn. the wonder grew that there had been so much parlia mentary sparrlne; preceding the rollcall. DAYTON HUNTER HAS GRIT Gno.hot Wound Disregarded Vntil 'Nature Fails to Cure. DATTOV. Wash Dec 19. (Special.) Carrying a charge of buckshot In his thigh for a week before he consented to see a surgeon. Charles Schumann, a young German farmer living eight miles west of here, displayed extraor dinary grit. Schumann started duck hunting lsst Tuesday and while carrying hie shot gun under his arm. It was accidentally discharged. Suffering excruciating pain. Schu mann continued his hunt and worked about the. farm as usual after fci re turn. . Nature refused to work a cure, how. ever, and when gangrene or blood polaonlng threatened. Schumann came to Dayton for treatment. So badly Irritated waa his limb that a surgeon could not probe for the shot, TWO LIFE-SAVERS MISSING Long I-land Crew's New Boat Turns Turtle In Wrathy Surf. NEW YORK. Dec. !o. Two members of the volunteer life saving crew at Rockaway Beach. Long Island. Bruce Bond and David Jamison, are missing and are believed to have perished today when the new boat they were trying out with three otter members of the crew upset In the surf. Wain Cassady was taken from the water exhausted, while Kred Vollmer and William Phil lips made their way to shore. Despite the heavy sea. the five men Insisted upon setting out to try the ii j boat, an JS-foot, slx-oar craft. The were ZOO yards off the beach when a heavy squall struck them and the boat turned turtle. The water waa Icy cold and it Is supposed the missing men were seised with cramps and went down almost at once. MAY YOHE NOT MARRIED? Alleged Husband Writes Father Denying He Is Wed. KOCH K3TKIC N. T.. Dec. 10. (Spe cial.! The father of Kred M. Reynolds, a wealthy resident of Seattle, formerly of thla city, received a letter from his son today, In which the latter contra dicted the report of bla marriage last week with May Tohe. formerly Lady Hope. Reynolds, according to reports, had met MUs Tohe In San Francisco, where she for a time recently hss been singing in concert halls, and that the Infatuation grew Into kv, and the couple decided to wed. Reynolds is a young man while his alleged wife was said to be almost twice his ace. Ilia message today to his father, however, said the report that be had married waa without any founda tion whatever. RAT TRAP CATCHES THIEF Burglar, Groping for Diamond Klug, Puts Hand la Steel Snare. TRENTON. N. J.. Dec. 36. While loot ing the home of Mrs. Julian Voorhees last n'.gnt. Jsson Mrany, a burglar, dropped a diamond ring, which rolled under a stove. Groplnc In the dsrk. be put his hsnd Into a rat trap. There was a sudden snap and three of hl fingers mere broken. lie msde no attempt to escape and was captured. PORTLAND. OREGON. "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910. WOMAN IS GUILTY Mrs. Kersh Hears Ver dict; Then Swoons. LONE-JUROR HOLDS OUT LONG D. G. Tomasini Thought Mur der Accomplice Innocent.. JURY HOLDS TIME RECORD For Nearly 73 Hours 13 Men Try lng Case Battle Against One, Whoso Determination Saves Woman From Gallows. Mrs. Carrie Kersh Is guilty of man slaughter. This was the verdict rearhej last night by 12 men. It of whom battled for nearly three days to convince a lone confrere that the woman waa not Inno cent of the murder of William A. John son at the New Grand Central Hotel last June, but Instead conspired with Jesse Webb to kill her companion, ram the body In a trunk and depart from Portland to spend the crime-earned loot. For nearly 72 ho'ira one Juror held out for acquittal. Then the 11, wr.o would hang the woman, changed their ballot to find her guilty of second degree mur der, but the stubborn Juror would not relent. Again they balloted, this time adding an appeal for leniency to the sec ond degree verdict. Still the solitary member remained obdurate. The It then descended another rung in the degrees of murder. First Verdict of Kind In Years. The result wss the first verdict of manslsughter returned against a woman In Oregon In many years. It was read before 12 tired, careworn Jurymen last evening at ( o'clock in Judge Morrow's department of the State Circuit Court. The Jurist smiled broadly aa he glanced at the verdict before handing It to the clerk to be read. Whether Mrs. Kersh misunderstood Judge Morrow's smile to mean that she was about to be' freed or that another disagreement waa about to be recorded could not be read In her upturned face as she sat In the furthermost seat of the courtroom, surrounded by guards. Not until the word msnslaughter was uttered did she falter. Then she swooned. She was carried limp by Deputy Snerlffs Leonard and Bulger to the Jail below. She will be sentenced January 5. D. Q. Tomasini, 39 Hancock street. Is the Juror who believed Mrs. Kersh inno cent until fellow Jurors lowered their verdict to within one stage of his. Then he rose to meet them. On the first ballot Mr. Tomasini voted to acquit the woman and at the 100th ballot, almost three days later, he maintained his be lief that Mrs. Kersh was not a mur deress. Throughout the long siege of the Jurymen when he did not vote to ac quit the prisoner, he dropped a blank (Concluded on Page 12.) OF MANSLAUGHTER .sssss 11111T-T-I---T ....... .,... sa.sssssssa ssses. sssssssss : I SOME STOCKING I ' I I I I I j Wm in persons of YmS 'A I I SCH00L AGE, J l ' sSSSSSlSSIlt t 1 - - J 1-TTtSSSIlllStIl I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Ths Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 30 desreea; minimum.- SI desrees. TODAY'S Wednesday fair; westerly winds. Foreign. Diss troops trapped In mountain pass by losurrectos. Pass & National. Dickinson's secret report .declares Xstlon could not rcpei Invader. Pace 1- Opposltlon to exoneration of lxrimer de velops Id Senate. Psco 3. Taft's Insistence will win confirmation of Judge Hunt for Commerce court. Page S. insurgent Representatives plan further re vision of rules Page 4. Domestic , Taaedena millionaire decides to construct finest office building in Portland. Psge 1. Baldwin estate attorneys confront contest ant with damaging' letters. Psge 1. John D. Rockefeller with final gift of SIO. 000.000. completes aid to University oi Chicago. Page 1. Cincinnati has $J,000,000. Are; two Us lost. Page 1. Mediation fails and chief of 3.1.000 engi neers summons advlstory boarU. Page 3. England. Holland. France and Spain pro teat against award of Statue cf Liberty svlatlon prise to Molssant, American. . .' Chinese doctor will make charge against Ambassador from orient. Page -- Sports. Lawrence Therkelsen plans fins highaay to 64slde. Page 8. Jem Drlsroll. featherweight chetnplon. loses fight by fouling opponent. Page o. Commercial and Marine. Turkey buyers sre cautious. Pags.1'1. Covering by shorts advances wnest st Cbl- csgo. Psge 21. Western buying of bonds at New York. Page 21. Joseph Supple given contract for new dredge for North bank. road. Page 2U. Paellle Northwest. Expert witness declares Paddy Holland Is shamming Insanity. Page 18. Dr. W. H. Coo charged with violation of contract with Inland Irrigation Com pany. Page 1. Taroma's street railway adopts new tac tics toward patrons. Pass 6. Initiative petition for woman's sufffsgo filed with Secretary of State. Psge 6. Evidence In Kirk murder trial mainly cir cumstantial. Psge ft. Portland and Vicinity. Cstalogue given of gift material to Christ mas comfort of poor and unfortunate Page 20. Dubious deal In desert land will be Investi gated in Federal Court. Taae It. State Railroad Commission hears evidence In Medford rate case. Psge 14. Children lose smsll heritage through loss sustained by guardian. Page 1. llolldsr sesson travel grows hoavler with Borrow and gladness Intermingled. Psge 12 Ellas Keeney. father or Dr. Homer I. Keenev. dies. Page 12. Many bills loom before coming Legislature. Page 13. Charles Coopey plans factory to manufac ture uniforms. Page 9. Cams Kersh convicted of manslaughter. Page 1. 8treet Hallway's right to abandon streets argued before the Council committee. Page IB. Alice l.loyd having busy time of It In Portland. Page 1ft. People's attitude will determine whether Harrlmaa merger will spend money. - Page 12. Brrno and Boltch are denied liquor licenses. Psge 9. ' A. II. Rawl. Commercial Club guest, ssye Oregon - Is Ideal f r . dairy farming. '" Tse I. BURIAL PLACE OPPOSED Mrs. Eddy's Sons Will Object to In terment In Mount Auburn. WASHINGTON, Dec 20. Heirs of the late Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy are ex pected to oppose the burial of Mrs. Eddy In Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bos ton, according to ex-Senator Chandler, who was counsel for them and who to day received a copy of the will. Her sons. George W. Glover and Dr. Foster-Eddy, are determined to have her burled In the family plot in Tllton, I. H. The only deterrent to having the body transferred to Tllton will bo the finding of a personal request on her part to be burled elsewhere. No men tion of a resting place was made in the will. , Mr. Chandler thinks there will be no fight over the last testament of Mrs. Eddyv ' ' - ions END GIFTS OF JOHN D. Aid to University of Chicago Complete DIRECTION LEFT TO OTHERS Magnate Finishes Programme Exactly as He' Planned. WEST IS" PAID TRIBUTE Ten Years or Million Dollar Install ments for School Make Approxi mately $33,000,000 He Has Given to Institution. GIFTS ARE 1138,564,662. John D. Rockefeller's known ben efactions aggregate more than S136, 361. Oci rrlnclpal ones are: General Education Board. I53.OO0.000 University of Chlcsgo 35, 309.662 Rush Medical College e.OOO.OOO Churches (known) 3,100.000 Missions (known) 2,300,000 Baptist Foreign illaslonsry Kund 2.000,000 Cure of hookworm disease 1,000.000 Harvard University 1.000.000 Baptist Educational Society 1.O00.OO0 Yale Vnlverslty 1.000.OO0 Juvenile reformatories ... 1.0OC.OOO Cleveland city parks 1,000.000 Union Theological Semi nary 1.100.000 Southern Kducatlon Fund. 1.II."..000 Barnard College 1.373,000 Institute for Medical Re- aearch 2.000,000 Miscellaneous gifts 33,233.000 CHICAGO, Dec. 20. John D. Rockefel ler has completed the task he set for himself in founding the University of Chlragoi Today public announcement was made of a "single and final" gift of 110.000,000, which includes all the contribu tions Mr. Rockefeller had planned. This amm, to be paid in ten annual in stallments, beginning January I, will make approximately .i5.000,000 he has do nated to the university. Mr. Rockefeller says he now believes the school should be supported and en larged by the gifts of many rather than those of a single donor. This, he be lieves, will be better accomplished if the public understands the limit of his con templated assistance. Work Left to Others. The founding of new departments, he leaves to the trustees, as he says funds may be furnished by other friends. Nearly 17,000,000 has been donated to the university in addition to Mr. Rockefel ler's gifts. With the announcement or Mr. Rocke feller's final donation came the resigna tion of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., tuid Fred T. Gates, Mr. Rockefeller's personal rep resentative' from the university hoard of trustees. In enclosing these resignations Mr. Rockefeller explained he was carry ing out a conviction that the institution BhoUld be "controlled, conducted and smp (Concluded on Page 2.) EXTRA CINCINNATI HIT BY $2,000,000 FIRE FALLING WALLS KILL FIREMAX AXD SPECTATOR. Other Dead Thonght to Be in Ruins. Flames Still Rage In Business . District at 4 A. M. CINCINNATI, Dec. 21. The loss en tailed by a fire which swept the manu facturing district in the neighborhood of Ninth and Sycamore streets in this city today will approximate $2,000,000. One fireman's body has been recov ered, an unidentified spectator was killed by a falling pole, one fireman fatally Injured and another seriously injured. Suddenly the great walls crumpled and fell, burykig the four firemen under them. At 4 o'clock this morning the fire is still burning fiercely and spreading to other property. The fire originated In the building of the Krippendorf-O'Neil Shoe Company and- quickly gained such headway that the entire eight-story establishment was soon in ruins. The loss on the building is roughly estimated at $400. 000. The Sycamore-Street Stables Com pany's building and the building and plant of the Victor Safe & Lock Com pany have been almost completely wiped out. Tho plant of tho United States Leath er Goods Company has been badly dam aged. All of the available fire fighting ap paratus of the central and downtown parts of the city were rushed to the fire sone. but the firemen experienced great difficulty owing to the extreme cold and bursting, pipes. The fire has consumed all but two buildings in the block 'in which the conflagration orlg'nated. and one of these is on fire at 4:2a A. M. Automobiles valued at $200,000 are in Immediate peril. Deputy Fire Marshal Hurley and two . more firement have been taken to hospitals, seriously in jured. 290 MINERS ARE ENTOMBED Explosion in Mine in England May Be Fatal to Many. BOLTON, - Eng, Dee. St. fM'ufletln.) Mn exploaloa la the Little Httltosi Company colliery thla morning en tombed 200 miners. - EMPLOYES SHARE PROFITS Steel Corporation Distributes Bonus of $2,700,000. NEW YORK, Dec 20. The United States Steel Corporation announced today Its plan for distributing a bonus to the officers and employes of the corporation and -subsidiary corporations In accordance with Its annual practice. The eram to be distributed for 1910 amounts to approximately $2,700,000. The amount Is determined by the annual earnings. The bonus will be paid 60 per cent In common stock at $T0 a share and 40 per cent in cash. Last year the bonus was paid 60 per cent in cash and 40 per cent In preferred stock at $124 a share or common stock at $S0 a share. This year the usual opportunity will be given to subscribe for shares of the corporation on a basis of $114 a share for preferred and $70 a ehare for the common stock. BLAME PUT ON ENGINEER Board of Inquiry Into Owyhee Acci dent Makes Report. - BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 20. (Special.) A. B. Ball, engineer on tho Oregon Short Line, is held responsible by the board of inquiry for the collision at Owyhee Station, December "16, resulting in the death of Roadmaster Timothy Donovan. The board made its findings public to day. Testimony Introduced at the. hearing was to the effect that Ball, who was in charge of the engine of the fast freight, failed to comply with tho signal of the brakeman with the result his engine crashed into the caboose of the local, killing Donovan. PAINTING IS WITHHELD Authorities Believe It Is Famous Van Dyke Stolen Years Ago. BOSTON. Dec. 2a Customs officials today refused to deliver to a local art dealer an oil painting which is said to have been purchased abroad for $40, and is thought to be a famous VanDyke, stolen from a private gallery in Germany. The painting was withheld at the re quest of the Government authorities un til its ownership bad been fully estab lished. The missing VanDyke represents a boy and Is said to have been taken from a private art gallery in Berlin some years ago. . - HURRICANE STILL RAGES Newfoundland In -Grip of Fiercest Storm In Many Years. ST. JOHNS. N. F., Dec. 20. Newfound land is in the grip of a hurricane said to be the worst in many years. ' The storm has been raging 4$ hours and shows no signs of cessation. Fear Is expressed, that many shipping disasters will be . recorded before the storm blows Itself out. : PRICE FIVE CENTS. LETTERS OF PAST Baldwin Estate Scores by Admission. WITNESS CALM UNDER FIRE Mrs. Turnbull's Words Bring '. Blush to Auditors. LAWYERS ARE MERCILESS Correspondence Believed to Have Been Lost in San Francisco Fire Is Produced by Detective, but Witness Does Not Flinch. LOS ANGELES, Dee. 20. More letters came out of the past today to confront Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull. tho star witness In the "Lucky" Baldwin will contest, but with remarkable fortitude, ready wit and a wariness that carried her safely over cleverly-set traps, tho woman who is fighting for $2,500,000 as her daughtre's share of the late turfman's estate not only met the at tacks of the cross-examiner, but fre quently fought back. This morning she faced a slashing onset and was calm, although the ques tions hurled at her frequently made the other women In the courtroom blush, and look down, and then this after noon, when, apparently by agreement, the attorneys of the opposing side treated her with more consideration, she started to heckle thera in return. Woman Accuses Detective. "Yes, I said those letters were for geries," she declared defiantly, refer ring to letters concerning her relations with Colonel Albert Pope, the million aire Boston manufacturer. "Yes, I said they were forgeries, emphatically so. If you ask me why I say so, ask Mr. James R. Wood, who forged so maty others." James R. Wood is the Boston detec tive who, according to the testimony, arranged a settlement between Pope and Mrs. Turnbull in 1894, when Pope purchased for her a house in Pasadena. Wood was In the courtroom, and when Mrs. Turnbull expressed doubt as to the authenticity of one of her alleged let ters, Gavin McNab, the cross-examiner, said he would refresh her memory by giving her a glimpse of Wood. Witness Recognizes Sleuth. "Stand up, Mr. Wood," he said. Wood arose. He is an elderly man with a white mustache. "Yes, that is James R. Wood," quick ly responded Mrs. Turnbull. "and I wish to say that Mr. Wood Is the wickedest man I ever knew." An explanation of the unexpected ap pearance in this case of the letters that played so Important a part In Mrs. Turnbull's seduction suit against Bald win in 1896 came late this afternoon. It had been believed that the letters were in the court archives of San Fran cisco, and every one marveled that they had escaped the fire of 1906 until they learned that the missives had not been In the fire at all. but had been returned years ago to Wood, who brought them from Boston some weeks ago for use in the case now on trial. Letter Recalls Past. McNab. in his cross-examination, continued his efforts to show the Jury that Mrs. Turnbull had not been a spotless woman until she yielded to the blandishments of Lucky Baldwin, as she alleges. In this connection he introduced a letter which she admitted she had written to Lewis Leach, presi dent of the Farmers Bank of Fresno. Cal.. some time in 1889. In her previous testimony the witness said that this letter was one of a series written by her to various horsemen, and that one of them addressed ' to Baldwin had started the correspondence which led to their meeting in 1S91. The letter re? i anri raised in Vermont. -love horses almost to distraction; am "0 years old, alone in tne wwm , own mistress, and have to earn my own living Saw your name in tha Horse man in connection with the great in ternational running race. As I want to have a horse-loving friend In Califor nia to secure me a nice position, also further my interest In various ways, so that I can go there in the near future, I have written you. My Eastern Prince is Wesley P. Balcu. but as I am going to California to live for a while, shall need a 'Count on the Pa cific Coast. Kow. If you are a wiole souled youth with the 'ducats good figure and fair-looking face, write ma and inclose photograph, and on receipt of same will tell you more about yours truly. Miss L. A. Ashley, or 'The Blonde." " .'' Estate Scores Strong Point. McNab later declared the estate had scored a tactical advantage by Mrs. Turnbull's admission of this letter. It was the only one, he asserted, she re fused to admit at the trial of her se duction suit to be genuine. All the others, which in this case she declared to be forgeries, she then admitted were genuine. In one of these alleged forgeries oc curred a passage . describing an oath Mrs. Turnbull took regarding the pa, tConcludsd on Page 3.) CONFRONT WOMAN