f IS r pnpTi ivn nitKROX. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 37. 1911. " PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI-NO. 13,GSO. WOMAN'S S130.00D JEWELS ARE STOLEN Mrs. Maldwin Drum mond Robbed. FORTUNE MISS KG ON LINER Victim of Robbery Formerly Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr. MYSTERY OF CASE DEEP Prominent Woman Awakens to find Property Com From Cabinet In fiuirraom Inquiry De velop "o Clew. SEW TORX. Feb. !. Mrs. Waldwla Drummond. formerly Mrs. Marshall Field. Jr. of Chlcaso, wa robbed of a fortune la Jewels lut night aboard a trans-Atlantle liner. Pearls and other gems to the Wloe or approzlmately lUt.tM disappeared from her etaterooca on the steamship Amerlka of the Hamburg-American line, some time between 1 o'clock last evening and $:3 this morning. The lose was reported Immediately when the liner docked t Hoboken this afternoon and the police of Hoboken sad New Tork are working on the case. Mrs. Irummond hurried to the Hotel I'laxa. declining to discuss her loss. The Hamburg-American line disclaims all responsibility on ths around that the rasengrs leaving- jewels In their staterooms do so at their own risk. Jewels Are Described. To the police. Mrs. Dmmruond de scribed the jewels as follows: Two strlns-s of 271 pearls each; one string of JS8 pearls; one large black pearl ring, set with diamonds; one large white twirl ring, set with diamonds: one pair large peart earrings, set with dlsmonds: one blsck pearl brooch, set wlin diamonds, with a black pearl pear . slisped pendant. A wireless mesaags sent from the Amerlka as she Beared port summoned detectives down the bay In a tug. They Lamed details of the theft from Mrs. Irummond and began a combing of the ship and a search of the crew, but not a trace of the Jewels was found. Gems r laced In Cabinet. - Mrs. Drummond explained that. ex. cept that while she slept at night, she had worn the Jewels almost constantly, but had kept them under her waist, not displaying them at any time. Last night, on retiring, she placed them In a cabinet drawer of the stateroom, as she had dons each night during the voyage. Bo far as she knew, no one had access to the stateroom, she added, besides her husband, herself, and her mld. The maid she holds abova sus picion. Arising early this morning to make her toilet, sha was startled to find the drawer empty. The captain of the Amerlka was notified and a quiet Inves tigation was begun before police au thorities from shore were called. ,o Clews Found. Stewards and stewardesses were Questioned closely and their clothes and belongings searched, and when the der tectlvsa arrived there were quiet In qulrtes among the US flrst-cabln pas sengers aboard. As not a clew was de veloped, however, tha customs authori ties were appealed to and under gulso cf baggage Inspection everyone's lug gaga was sifted thoroughly, but so far as could bo learned, not even a sus picion was found. lira. Drummond could give no hint which would aid the authorities, but sha believes tha stateroom door was left unlocked during the night. Under such circumstances It would have been pos lble for a thief to enter the apartment while the occupants slept. Custom Officers Search. Tha customs men made it a point to limine carefully tha baggage and per sons! belongings of not only the first cabin passengers, but of the 300 men and women in the second cabin. No ono waa detained even temporarily, however, and tho police must now ex tend their search to pawn shops. Mrs. Drummond wss MIpS Albertlna Houck. daughter of Lewis C. Houck. of Chicago. Her first husband waa Mar shall Field. Jr.. a eon of the Chicago millionaire merchant. The son died In 1S of a gunshot wound. Mrs. Drummond Rich. By her first husband sha Is the moth er of two children, for whom their grandfather created at his death an Immense trust fund composed of the bulk of his fortune. Mrs. Drummond herself receives tho Income from a fund of f l.OOS.OeS set aside, for that prupose In tho will of Marshal Field. Sr., and Is said to have beside a per sonal fortune of 1" 00.000. After her husband's death, young Mrs. Field was a frequent guest la the London home of her elster-ln-law, the wife of Admiral David Beat 1 7. of the British navy, formerly Ethel Field, daughter of Marahail Field. Sr. While there, she met her present husband. Maldwin Drummond. member of a wealthy English family, and well known as a sportsman. The marriage took place a year ago last September In a London registry off.ee. Mrs. Drummond grieved so much about - . m. - HAMER SET UPON ' BY THREE CLERKS IDAHO KEPRKSEXTATIVE AND SECRETARIES CLASH. Collision In IIoue Orrice Building Comes Near Ending In Fierce Fist . Fight. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington. Feb. IC-Representatlve Hamer of Idaho waa aet upon last night In the office building of the House of Repre sentatives by private secretaries to three Eastern Representatives and barely es caped a beating at tliclr hands. Just how the trouble started seems to be In doubt. Mr. Hamer alleges that his as sailants were "drunk" and began opera tions by attacking him without provo cation. The secretaries declare Hamer bumped Into them and then held them respon sible for the collision. However, no blows were exchanged and no one was Injured. One of the secretaries was Ed Glsvla, brother of L. R. Glavls. Plnchofs lieu tenant, and during the fracas threatened to "do Hamer up." However, he did not carry out the threat, for a crowd col lected and separated the disputants. Mr. Hamer has not decided whether to de mand punishment for bis assailants or not- MRS. M'KIM "HAPPY, FREE 91 She Declines to Discus Ei pec ted Engagement to A. G. Vanderbllt. NEW TORK. Feb. is. (Special) Mrs. Margaret Emerson McKlm arrived In New Tork this afternoon, "free, hap py and glad of It." to use her own words. But to every request for a statement about her expected engage ment to Alfred O. Vanderbllt. she of fered tha pleading protest that ques tions of such personal nature were unV falr- Tba pretty divorcee Insisted that she had Just returned from a very restful visit to the Winter home of her father. Captain Inaao Emerson, near George town, a C with the Intention of living very quietly In New York. Asked to discuss her engsgement to Mr. Vanderbllt. she resolutely declined. "Really, there Is not anything that I ran say now," she protested. "I am free. I am happy, and glad of It. And I Intend to remain happy. Now, what mora can I say?" ROTHSCHILD'S YACHT OFF Tramp Steamer Paid C00 Found to Stand by as Craft Is Floated. CAPE SAN ANTONIO, Cuba. Feb. Jl The yacht, with Baron de Rothschild and party aboard, waa pulled oil the beach at I o'clock this afternoon by the steamer Coaroo Herrera. An English tramp steamer was paid (600 to stand by and take off passengers In case the Atmab broke up. As soon as cleared, the Atmah headed southward, presumably for Havana. 40 FISHERMEN ARE SAVED Portion of Ice Floe, Which Bore 500 Men to Sea, Washed 'Ashore. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. IS. Dis patches from.llelslngfors and Narva re port that a portion of the Icefloe on which 04 fishermen went adrift in the Gulf of Finland several days ago, has been driven ashore at Helskar Island. Forty of tho fishermen had found safety on this floe. Another portion with many men grounded near Kolwlsto In PJorko Bound. EDUCATOR, FOE OF CORRUPTION, MAKES HARD FIGHT F0R , MAYORALTY NOMINATION IN CHICAGO. :i -. - v. X ' , t. - t ; - :; : e J: . A V-'. j ; y -. . v V ; t t ' " - ' - ' -' ' - A''fc..''. -.i.f I i PROFEDOIt CHARLES E. M ERR I AM. I .... !. t 14 , . . - - - I T First Direct Primary Shakes Chicago. 8 CANDIDATES ARE IN RACE Charges Hurled and 3 Sent to Jail for Fraud. MORE SENSATIONS COMING Money Scattered Freely and Parties Spilt Wide Open by Efforts of Various Men to Get Nomi nations Tuesday. CHICACO. Feb. !'. (Special.) Chica go has been shaken during the last few weeks by tho hottest Mayoralty fight la tho history of the city. The city's first experience with a direct primary In a Mayoralty campaign has proven to be both spectacular and expensive. Never was money spent so freely In a Mayoralty campaign. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been scattered broadcast by the candidates striving to become tha nominees of their respective parties. Both the Republican and Dem ocratic parties are split wide open and no Mayoralty candidate in either party has the advantage of united organisa tion backing. Never has Chicago been so stirred by a Mayoralty primary campaign. Every available Inch of space on billboards throughout the city are plastered with flaming placards of Mayoralty candi dates. Electric signs blaze forth their virtues by night. All day long bands play In the downtown streets and half a doxen meetings ara held in downtown theaters every noon. Three Men Sent to Jail. Tha primaries will b held Tuesday. Tha last wsek of the campaign was marked by charges and accusations of every description. Three men have een sent to Jail aa the result of an Investi gation of registration frauds and the names of hundreds of voter have been stricken, from tho registration books for various causes. A grand Jury investi gation of the frauds is about to be started by State's Attorney Waymsn. The last bomb will be hurled into the camp of the various candidate to morrow and Tuesday la expected to be marked by sensational developments. Charges of fraud and Illegal voting are expected In all parts of the city and especially In the cheap lodging-house districts, where thousands of labo-.ns, tramp and men out of work are har bored waiting to vote. Eight Candidates Out. Five Republicans are in the field for the nomination. There are three Demo cratic candidates, two of them former Mayors. Andrew J. Graham, a West Elde banker, backed by Roger C. Sulli van, the Democratic boss and head of the Democratic organisation, la gener ally conceded the nomination. The oth er Democratic candidates are Carter II. Harrison, the Hearst candidate. ar.d the (Concluded on page ,:.v. V. HOUSANDS SPENT MAYORALTY WAR INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TE9TKR DAY'S Maximum temperature, 4T degree.; minimum. 33 degr.ee, TODAY'S Fair and continued caoXi north easterly winds. Foreign. Rebel agent aaya Dlas hai made overtures of peace; Creel makes denial. Pe 1. Treaty ratification please Japan. Page 2. Factions tear new Republlo of Portugal oa eve of flrat .lection. Page 4. Italy begins war against Camorra. Page Truce halts political atrlfe for time in French capital.. Page 3. National. , Congressional legislative programme In s hopeless state ot congestion. Page 9. Politics. Chicago torn by bitter fight in first Mayor alty primaries. Page i New York Insurgents block Tammany's scheme to control state courts. Page s. Shepard withdraws from New York Sena - torlai fight. Page 2.a Paclfie Northwest. Superintendent Clarke. of Washington School for Deaf and Blind saya need 1 more money, page 8. Mrs. Sarah A. Kempton, probably oldest woman in two counties, celebrates 83d birthdays. Pag s. Chehalls County division problem now up to Legislature. Page 8. Multnomah Club excursionists to Gearhart find beach as on Summer day. Page 14. Woman, dying from burns, crawls two mllee through deep snow to get help for baby. Page i. Domeatle. Dressmakera wondering If American women will adopt harem skirt. Page 3. San Francisco baa first snow storm in 25 years. Page 1. Hood River attorney reported missing in Mexico, is found. Page 8. - Representative Hamer aet upon by three secretaries, page I. Woman's jewels, valued at I30.00Ov stolen from stateroom on liner. Page 1. Bhepard drops out of New York Senatorshlp rsce; he predicts Uheehan's retirement. Page 1. Curt In makes first flight from ocean to land. Pag 2. Sports. Polo to be introduced Into Portland Thurs day. Page 10. Columbia soccer Mm defeats Beaver. 4 to 3. Pag 10. Coulon retain bantamweight championship in zO-round bout with Conly at Kw Or leans, page 10. Beavera win first practice game of 111 season by 12-to-i score. Page 10. Seals win twice In first practice games of season, pas 11- Portland and Vicinity. County court will enforce bridge-closing order, notwithstanding prosecution. Pag IS. East to be flooded with Invitations to visit Oregon; latter to go out March 1. Pag 4. Judge Gatens will ask colleague on bench to join In selecting probation officer. Page IS. Mysterious sssasslnatlon mars Italian christening party. Pag 10. Representative Mariner defends good roads measures. Page 14. proposed livestock show warmly Indorsed. Page 11. Man believed to be Geors Goller blown to bit by explosion near' Lents; affair mystery. Pago 4. Civic Council not united as to school direc tors' recall. Page 9. "NO VERDICT" FREES MAN When Jury Disagrees, Judge Order Entry of "Not Guilty." CHICAGO, Feb. 26. (Special.) After a Jury trial lasting five weeks and an unsuccessful attempt of the Jurors, dur ing the' : hours' deliberation, to reach a verdict. United States District Judge Sanborn, or Madison, Wis., sitting In Chicago, brought the prosecution of William N. Smith to la conclusion at a Sabbath-day session, today and directed an entry of not guilty for the defend ant. Assistant" United States District At torney Shlrer, who had charge of tha Government's case, immediately took exception, setting up the claim that failure on the part of the Jury to agree constituted a mistrial. The hearing ot testimony In the case was concluded Friday afternoon. The case waa one of a series against Smith In the last three years, brought by person hold ing stock in tha San Luis Land & Cat tle Company and the El Mali Planta tion Company, both of Mexico. MEDICAL SCHOOLS GRILLED Head of Carnegie Foundation Say Commercial Institute Is Doomed. NEW TORK, Feb. 26. Tho Carnegie Foundation for the advancement of teaching- in its fifth annual report, to be lsmjcd tomorrow, replies to criticisms of the bulletin issued last year In which the methods of certain medical schools were condemned. A prediction is made In the report by President Prltchett that the commercial medical school, "a combination of the strength of Ignorance and self-interest," is doomed to extinction. The report also shows that Mr. Came gie'a original donation of HO.OO0.O0O has grown to 1,11.05. the difference rep resenting the surplus accumulated In five years. Sixty-four retiring allowances were granted In the course of the year. Within this time 23 professor who were pen sioners died. The Universities of California, Indiana. Purdue and Weleyan University were admitted to the accepted list. SAM WALTER FOSS DEAD Somerville Poet and Author Stricken at Age of 61. BOSTON. Mass.. "Feb. 2. (Special.) Bam Walter Foss, of Somerville. author and poet, died early this morn ing at a private hospital in Cambridge, aged 52. He had been 111 tor some weeks with complication of liver trou bles, but It was only within a few days that his condition became serlou and he was taken to a hospital. Mr. Foss wss a native of Candia. N. H- and after being graduated from Brown University in 1882. he entered the Journalistic profession, doing edi torial work and general writing until 1898. when he was appointed librarian of the Somerville library, the position he held up to the time of his 'death. Among his published writings were: "Whiffs of Wild Meadows." "Back Country Poems." "Songs of the Aver age Jlu," and "Dreams In Homespun." i DIAZ SEEKS PEACE, SAYS REBEL AGENT Gomez Tells of Over tures From Mexico. INSURRECTOS' STAND GIYEN President Must Retire if Insur rectos Drop Arms. RECOGNITION IS SOUGHT Ex-EamJIy Physician of Southern Executive Outlines Terms Upon Which Revolutionists Will Insist If War Ends. CREEL DENIES REPORT. MEXICO CITY. Feb. 2. Enrique C. Cre.1. the Mexican Minister ot Foreign Relations, denied tonight that any peac overture bad been made by President Dlas to the revo lutionists, as alleged by Gomes In his announcement tonight In Wash ington. "So far as I in aware, no such overtures have beeafmad," said Mr. Creel, "and aa for the appointment of peac envoys, I can say positively the assertion la untrue. Mr. Creel Is a member of the Pres ident' official family, upon whose counsel the chief executive ha seem ingly placed great reliance during the recent political difficulties of the nation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Dr. V. Go mez, head of the confidential agency here of the Mexican revolutionists,' to night announced that ha indirectly had received overture for peace from the federal government. Dr. Gomes said the confidential agency here had been advised by It Junta In El Paso, Tex., of the desire of Governor Ahumada, ot Chihuahua, to confer In Chihuahua with Francisco I. Madero, leader of the revolution,' and also had been Informed through the Junta in San Antonio, Tex., that three delegate of the Diss government wished to meet Dr. Gomes on the border and arrange for the termination of hostilities. Terms Are Outlined. Dr. Gomez, who was formerly the fam ily physician of President Diaz and who was, In the last election, candidate for the Vice-Presidency of Mexico, on the same ticket as Francisco I. Madero, the candidate for President, said the pro visional government would not "under take any negotiations of peace, except under the condition that the delegates shall be legally and fully authorized with written powers." lie added it was further desired by the revolutionists that the arrangement for peace- negotiations "should be published and recognlied-' by the federal govern ment officially." Steps Held Necessary. These steps, be explained, were neces sary because of the repudiation by the federal government of connection with (Concluded on Page 2.) t WEALTHY WOMAN WHO DECLARES SHE WAS ROBBED ON ATLANTIC LINER OF $130,000 WORTH OF JEWELS. - fri; . l. ' ' to't if.-;' ; ;:pp - ; .; - ; W MRS. MALDWIV DRUMMOND, FORMERLY MRS. MARSHALL FIELD, JR. SNOW COMES DOWN on san Francisco PRECIPITATION" IS FIRST THERE IX 25 TEARS. Small Boys Go Frantic, Pelting Cars and Autos With Balls Many Hurt by Falling Glass. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. (Special.) The first snow In 25 years fell in San Francisco today, accompanied by a heavy thunderstorm. The mercury dropped 10 degrees in a single hour. The day opened with brilliant sunshine and everybody prepared for a pleasant outing, but shortly -after noon, a dense black cloud swept in from the ocean and settled over Twin Peaks, to the west of the city. Immediately after the electrical dis charge, snow began falling. In most parts of town, the snow melted as It felj, but in the Mission district, it reached a depth of about half an Inch. The small boys went frantic at the prospect of a real game of snowball and proceeded to pelt every moving object Windows were broken in every direc tion, automobiles, carriages and street cars sustaining the most damage. Many occupants of streetcars were cut by broken glass and there were a few pas sengers who had to be taken to hos plttfls for treatment for quite severe wounds. The snow also fell to a depth of an inch on the foothills In the suburbs of Oakland. The high mountains around the bay wear a white mantle of several Inches of snow. x For the second time In 30 years, snow fell at Fresno today. The flakes fell for only a few minutes, and were fol lowed by cold rain. COLONEL GETS BUT $62.50 Cooke, Retired, Must Give Up $150 Monthly for Ten Tears. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Never In the history of the United States Army has there been a case like that of Colonel George F. Cooke. Instead of enjoying the com petence of 1312.50 a month for the re mainder of his natural life, like other retired officers of his rank. Colonel Cooke is receiving -only 62.B0 per month. He has gone to work for an Insurance company In this city to swell that small stlm to an amount that is in consonance with the high cost of living. Cooks was court-martialed for allow ing a deserter tosteal 810.000 of Gov ernment funds while he waa in charge of a district In Alaska. It was decided he must pay bank this amount, and a year ago $150 & month was deducted from his pay. In four years more he will have paid up the shortage. On top of this came the court-martial, and he was ordered dis missed. President Taft commuted this sentence to the payment , of $150 a month for ten years. So tho Colonel will have to live ten years more to draw down his full pay as a retired officer. CHIVALRY SHOWS IDENTITY Rich Man's Son Perhaps Fatally Hurt by Toughs as He Aids Girl. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. The Iden tity of a son of Joseph Flnlay, a rich manufacturer of Yonkers, N. T., ex United States Minister to Italy, was re vealed tonight after years of obscurity. Thanks to his chivalrous conduct in a little girl's behalf he was cut up so bad ly with razors and daggers that his life may pay the forfeit- Thanks to tha same affair his father will bo notified of the young man's whereabouts with a view to a reconciliation. 1 : m IS begun on DREADED CAMORRA Italy Would Rid Land of Organization. TWO SCORE FACE TRIAL Killing of Man and Wife Is Ba sis of Inquiry. . . ROMANTIC TALE REVEALED Death of Couple by Hand of Alfano, leader of Camorra, Is Said to Have Been Because Dead Man ; Once Insulted Slayer. , i. j VITERBO, Italy, Feb. 2G. The volu mlnous documents with the aid of whlcll the government hopes to convict Enrico Alfano and 40 of hia associates of mur der, and thus rid Italy of the leading spirits in the dreaded Camorra. reveal that Gennaro Cuoccolo and bis wife, tha beautiful Sorrentla, the killing of whom led to the round-up of their band, had romantic but far from worthy careers, A part of the story, which will be laid bare when the trial opens on March 11, may now be told. The victims wero about of an age, 42. They lived in the Via Narrones, only a few steps from the Royal Palace, in a pretty fourth floor apartment. Here, after the discovery of Cuocco lo's bods' at Torre del Greco, the pollca found the lifeless form of his wife. Dagger Cut Shown. Among the wounds on her body was the characteristic dagger cut, known the Treglo, the wound given to one who has broken an oath. If inflicted upon an honest woman, or a girl. It la made by a slash on the cheek, but lf given to a woman of doubtful charac ter, it is always upon the body. In the case of Maria Cutlnelli Cuoccolo the assassins left the mark of ad evil life. Then began the police search for tha records of both victims. Cuoccolo in his youth. It developed, had been con demned for theft, swindling, opposing the police and other offenses. But for 10 or 12 years before his death it was thought he had been respectable. He was accustomed to define his situa tion by saying: "Even lf I have married a beautiful woman of not Illiberal habits, I an content lf she is a faithful wife, and anyway, my marriage was the result of a vow. At the age of 30 years, I was ill of a terrible disease and vowed to San Genarro, my patron, that if I recovered, to rescue some unfortunate woman from sin and make her my wife. San Genarro heard my prayer and I have maintained my word. "Since them I have been tranquil and home-loving and have only once risked compromising myself when In public in the galleria Umberto I boxed the ears of Enrico Alfano called Erricone." . First Clew Obtained. ' Strangely enough this boast of Cuoc colo gave the first clew to the alleged Instigator of bis death. A detective, on Ippolito, investigated whether the mur ders might not have been due to tha' hatred of Erricone and his companion. It seemed improbable that the danger ous and violent head of the Camorra, having quarreled with Cuoccolo to tha point of having his ears boxed In public, should not have had his revenge sooner or later. Erricone denied Cuoccolo had struck him and swore be had not even known tho murdered man. Nevertheless the po lice persisted and developed that instead of mending his ways, years before, Cuoc colo was In full active service In tha Camorra, limiting himself, however, to two departments of crime, that of organ izing thefts and taking the lion's share of all operations. Both he and his wue naa iamo amuus criminals as clever organizers. At the same time there are papers in the po lice archives which show that on various occasions they acUd as police spies. Having established the double dealings of Cuoccolo, who had thus earned the suspicion of the Camorra and the per sonal hatred of Erricone, the police set about proving that his death was at tha hands of his criminal associates. This was a tedious task, but finally Erricone and several friends, who were discov ered with him at the Mimi-a-Mare, on the night of the murder, were arrested. Prisoners Are Released. Public opinion applauded the police and there was great astonishment when soon afterwards the prisoners were re leased on the ground that evidence against them was Insufficient. The police were openly accused of unwillingness to strike the Camorra. and it was charged they shared tha profits of the Camorra in crime. Now It appears that the release of Erricona and his gang was due to the interven tion of a priest. Rev. Father Clro Tlt tozzi. The priest put the authorities In touch with one Ascrlttore, who was alleged to have confessed to the mur ders. This man denounced two others. All three were criminals and fugitives from Justice. When found they estab lished alibies. but. in the meantime Er ricone and his associates had been released. f