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PORTLAND. OREGON. MONDAY. MAY 15, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PATTEN MILLIONS
PORTLAND HOLDS
YALE PROFESSOR,
- DIVORCED,' QUITS
CHOKUS-GIRIi KS-WIFE WANTS
HER $100,000 ALIMONY.
; TAFT
CANNOT SAVE SON
LEAD IN WHEAT
ALLEGED PLOTTER
ARE HARD PUSHED
ILL IN HEW
y
FATHER WUO GIVES FORTCXE
YEAR'S EXPORTS WELL EXCEED
TO FIGHT PLAGUE LOSES.
. ALL PORTS OF. NATION.
TUFT'S FRIENDS
IN HIGH FEATHER
SupportersSeeChange
in Sentiment.
MADFRO
BRIBERY
CHARGES
1
TAKEN
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EASY YIGTORY PREDICTED
Washington Folk Declaring
Confidence in Chief.
CABINET SHAKE-UP HELPS
FtnScats of Political Situation As-
ffrl by Next Spring President
Will Be Ilecognlzed as
! Real Froeesslve.
WASHINGTON. D. C. May H. Spe
claL) Those In' tbe higher places of
the Taft administration who are stu
dent of local political conditions In
various sections of tne country are lm
mensely pleased with tbe changed
character of comment and sentiment
that la being- reflected by the public
prese.
The President of the United States
dwells In an atmosphere of political
Intrigue where his enemies a-enerally
re more noisily active than bis
friends, where the acme of endearor Is
the planning- of the next strategic
move and where the strategy fre
quently is Inspired by that personal
element In the equation which plati
tudinous voicing of principles cannot
disguise sufficiently to fool the aver
age spectator of the game.
Taffs Insight Deep. .
In spite of such environment, there
is no person la the country today who
keeps In closer touch with the real
sentiment of the country than Presi
dent Taft. Every morning when he
enters the executive office he finds on
his desk systematically arranged for
Ms perusal, the best and the worst
that leading molders and reflectors of
public opinion. East. West. North and
South, have to say of him and bta ad
ministration. There was a time when the criti
cisms were In the majority. That was
before the country had begun to
measure the Executive, when the dlffl
cunj vi luuuwmg me iremenaously
popular Roosevelt was most pro
nounced and when there- was an ap
parent determination to regard he
Taft administration as a failure on
genera! principles.
President "Plods Along."
The comment of these days naturally
was disheartening, but the President
went plugging along on the lines he
had mapped out. telling his advisers
he didn't care a continental rap
whether he served eight years or only
four In the White House, but declar
ing that as long as he was President
he Intended to do what he thought
was light. Irrespective of the applause
or the hisses. Having, as a student of
the country's comment, been In a posi
tion to note the actual change In the
opinion toward him. It Is of course,
highly gratifying for the President to
observe that appreciation finally Is at
taching to his course of "doing what la
right and not fishing for a renomlna
tlon." The Interesting thing to note at
present la the revival of spirits on the
part of the President's Intimate
. friends since the change set In. Long
faces are not so common now among
Republicans who fear the party Is
done for. or will be next year. The
Administration supporters and the
Administration Itself are perking up
i and. public sentiment having set In.
: la the President's direction, as Is be-
lleved. there Is a disposition to be a bit
. militant and to give attention to prac-
ttral details with the object of stop
. ping some of the antl-Taft plotting
that has been so manifest or at least
render It Ineffective.
Situation in Illinois.
It Is In this spirit that attention
i directed tr the situation In certain
state Illinois, for Instance details
I of which have been emphasized by the
I recent movement preparatory to next
1 year's campaign started by progres-
' alve members of the. Legislature at
Fprlna-fleid.
It Is the feeling In Administration
circles at this writing that by next
Spring; the sentiment of the country
will hare turned so strongly toward
the President as to make his noml
nation a mere formality. It Is being
pointed out that the President Is the
only progressive in the country today
who has "done things. He is the one
leader who Is In a position to work re.
forms which the cumry demands and
In this position the sober-minded prog
resslves will rally n his support and
refuse to heed agitators who have not
been able to perform any constructive
work of a National character.
With the partial reorganisation of
the Cabinet, it Is felt that the offi
cial family now Is more than ever
representative of the President In his
position as leader of the Republican
party. There are Republicans of all
shade In the Cabinet now and the sali
ent fact Is that while the President
believes he Is a progressive In the
Mghest sense of the term. be. from his
position, must be representative of all
Republicans In all sections
Brother Death Prompts Big Gift to
Scientists, Then Own Child
Dies of Tuberculosis.
CHICAGO. May 14. (Special)
James A. Patten, who has given a for
tune to aid In the fight against tubercu.
losls. today was dealt a second blow
bv the scourge In the death of his son,
Thomas Beveridge Patten. 17 years of
age.
Mr. patten's brother, George Patten,
died last September of the same dis
ease that today took his son. It was
shortly after the death of Mr. Patten's
brother that he announced bis gift In
furtherance of science's war against the
dread disease. It was a gift of 230.-
000, presented to the Northwestern
University Medical School to be used
In research work to conquer tubercu
losis.
Almost three months after the death
of George Patten came the Inception of
the disease that was to cost the life
of the son.
The young man became 111 with pneu
monla last December. Of more than or
dinary strength and ruggedness. half
back on the football team at the Evans
ton Academy, where he was a student
In high standing, he threw off the dis
ease, but his system had become In
fected with a germ that caused ensu
ing fevers and wore down his strong
constitution.
FOWLS SCRATCH UP GOLD
Man Who Missed $170 Finds All
' but $10 on Farm.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 14. (Spe
cial.) When W. H. Robinson, of Salmon
Creek, went lntohis barnyard this morn
ing before breakfast to feed the chick
ens, he was astonished to find 130 in
gold, a S10 gold piece and a 120 gold
piece which the chickens bad scratched
op. He went out to the road to talk
to a neighbor who was passing and un
der the gate found a purse containing
1130 in gold, making 1160 In all.
Robinson was robbed of 1170 as he
slept Thursday night. The purse con
taining the money was his as were the
gold coins be found In the bsmyard.
Now be has, all but 110 of the original
amount he lost.
Hubert Wilson, who was arrested at
Watson's sawmill, charged with the
theft, is in the County Jail awaiting
trial on a charge of burglary In the
first degree.
CONTINENAL TRIP IS CUT
Xew Schedule Will Save Half Day
From Coast' to Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. J. C.
Stubhs. traffic manager of the South
ern Pacific Railway, announced the new
timetable today which the Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific Railroads will
put Into effect May 28. cutting off four
and one-half hours from the running
time between San Francisco and Chi
cago. Connections will be made with At
lantic Seaboard trains In such a way as
to cut Off. In some Instances. 12 hours
from the running time between the two
oceans.
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Orozco Declines Bribe
to Desert Chief.
PEACE AGAIN IN PROSPECT
War in Mexico May Come to
End Within 24 Hours.
REBELS ARE FAVORABLE
Plan Said to Contemplate Four
Members of Revolutionary Party
In Cabinet and Insurgent
Governors for 14 States.
JUAREZ. Mexico, May 14. Resump
tlon of ' peace negotiations under at
favorable auspices as to bring a pros
pect of an end to the war within 24
hours, and the banishment from Juarez
of Senor Esquival Obregon, who is sus
pected by Madero of directing a plot
to break up the rebel ranks by offer
ing bribes to bis generals to Induce
them to quit the Madero standards.
were the Important developments to
day In the Mexican situation. ,
Senor Obregon. who was formerly
one of the go-betweens in the peace
negotiations, was informed by Provi
sional President Madero that the revo
lutionists did not desire his presence In
this city. It was said at the Insurrecto
headquarters that Obregon offered a
large bribe to General Pascal Oroxco,
but that the latter Indignantly refused
it- Obregon denies the story.
In the meantime, peace negotiations.
unofficial but auspicious, had been re
sumed between therfederal government
and the Insurrecto, and the prospects
now are that a definite understanding
will be reached within 24 hours.
Proposition Is Favored.
Rafael Hernandez, the original go-
between when efforts were first being
made to bring the warring factions to
gether a few months ago, has trans
mitted propositions looked upon favor
ably by both sides. Messages were
passing back and forth today, but it
was not expected that a plan of pro
cedure would be determined upon be
fore tomorrow.
The propositions are somewhat dif
ferent from those hitherto considered,
tnougn oi tne same intent. The resig
nation of President Diaz, vaguely
bandied In the Diaz manifesto it Is
now felt, was amplified and explained
sufficiently by Minister Llmantour In
an Associated Press dispatch two days
ago, and the Insurrecto leaders are
satisfied.
What they really want Is that the
reforms be put Into effect and that
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OHIO BRIBERY SCANDAL, AND MACHINE SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED
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Third of Outgoing- Trade of United
States Controlled Puget Sound
Is Second on the List.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
lngton. May 14. Portland continues far
In the lead of all other wheat shipping
ports of the United States, according to
figures made public today by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
During the 10 months ended with April,
1911. Portland exported 7,123,190 bushels
of wheat, one-third tne total wheat ex
ports of the entire United . States. This
Is a greater shipment than made from
Portland In the corresponding months of
the past two years, and is nearly double
tile exports of Puget Sound, which now
ranks second in wheat exports.
In the corresponding months of 1910,
Portland's wheat shipment arapunted to
6.492.3S7 bushels, and in 1909 to 6,860,033
bushels. During the past 10 months
Pucet Sound exported 3,915,991 bushels
of wheat, as against 1,223,133 bushels In
the same months Of 1910, and 4,625,827
bushels in 1909. Thus it appears that
Portland has made great gains over two
nrevlous years, 'while Puget Sound is
materially below Its own record for 1909.
Portland Is the only Important wheat
exDortlng citr In the United States
whose wheat exports this year show an
Increase over 1910, with the exception
of the slight gain made by Puget Sound.
Portland will round out the fiscal year
In first place, for its' exports of wheat
to date are greater than the combines
exports from Puget Sound and Balti
more, which occupies third place. New
Tork alone shipped more wheat than
Portland In April. Portland's total wheat
export last month was S40.6S3 bushels, -as
against 487.649 bushels In April, 1910.
Portland's exports of flour during the
past 10 months amounted to 429,970 bar
rels, an Increase of 18,930 barrels over
the corresponding months of last year.
CAR WRECKS AUTOMOBILE
Chauffeur Tries to Drive Between
Two Coaches; Brakes Fail.
Because Glen Allen., of 531 Alder
street, tried to drive an automobile be
tween in, outgoing Portland Heights
car and an Incoming Twenty-tnira-street
car at Sixteenth and Washington
streets last night, the automobile is
ruined and. James Foley, who was rid
ing with him, carries an arm bandaged
up as a result of cuts received from
the broken glass of the wind break.
The automobile is the property of E.
E. Cohen, liquor dealer, 324 Fourteenth
street.
Allen was driving Cohen's new car
and going up the street at a reasonable
rate of speed. In attempting to cross
In front of the Portland Heights car
ha noticed that the. Twenty-third-street
car was coming in an opposite direc
tion. He endeavored to stop the auto
by pressing the brakes, but found, to
his horror, that they would not work.
As a result the Portland Heights car
bumped into the auto, breaking It In
two. Allen jumped to the pavement,
while Foley, a bit slower, caught upon
his wrist the falling glass, receiving a
severe gash. Allen was uninjured.
Ohio Prosecutors Fear
Big Hush Fund.
DELAY WOULD BE DANGEROUS
Efforts Made to Begin Trial o
Nye Wednesday.
DICTOGRAPH IN EVIDENCE
Detective William J. Burns' Men
Use Unique Methods In Getting
Direct Evidence of De
bauchery at Columbus.
COLUMBUS, O.. May 14. (Special.)
With a mass of alleged incriminating
evidence in its possession and records of
actual conversations In the course of
which bribes are said to have been ar
ranged or passed, such records having
been made by means of a dictograph in
the hands of detectives unknown to the
alleged plotters, the grand jury Invest!
eating charges of bribery against 20
members of the Ohio Legislature is stllr
hard at work.
The situation is so complicated be
cause of the various forces at work upon
the cases Involved and the manner in
which evidence was secured that a con
fllct of authority Is feared.
In addition to the legislative commit
tee's work, the probe of the grand Jury
now in session is being Inserted deep
into the scandal and the committee is
desirous pf summoning many of the wit
nesses of the grand jury, which body has
cautioned the persons it has examined
not to reveal secret of the Juryroom on
pain of punishment for contempt.
Prosecutor Desires Haste.
Prosecuting Attorney C. E. Turner,
of Franklin County, tonight said that
the first of the bribery cases would be
tried next Wednesday, three days later
than originally planned, owing' to the
Siml murder trial being uncompleted by
Attorneys Belcher and Connors, who are
also attorneys for the indicted legisla
tors. The attorneys for the defense will go
before Judge Kinkead Monday morning
in an effort to get further postponement.
which Prosecutor Turner will oppose.
The court is fully aware that a de
laying game Is being played, but the
case Is so strong against Representa
tive Nye. It U said, that the trial Is
wanted before any "hush fund" can be
circulated among witnesses.
The Senate "whitewash", committee,
appointed a few days ago, has "cold
feet" and will await tbe report of the
grand jury before making any Investiga
tion. .
Developments daily reveal dramatic or
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IN OBTAINING EVIDENCE.
Henry Ixrd AATieeler, Chemistry Ex
pert, Separated Prom Wife for
Cruelty, to Resign.
NEW HAVEN1, Conn., May 14. (Spe
cial.) The formal retirement of Pro
fessor Henry Lord Wheeler from the
Tale faculty at the close of the pres
ent school year is assured, according to
a close friend of his here. Professor
Wheeler has gone to his' former home
in Chicago and it is said that he will
not return to resume his class in the
Sheffield school, where he holds the
chair In organic chemistry.
He Is the first Yale professor from
whom a divorce has been secured on
the ground of intolerable crnelty, and
while no rule exists to cover the case,
there Is no doubt of the faculty's wish
that he retire and that he will do so
without contesting the point.
One object of his sudden trip to Chl
ago is said to be to make it impossible
for his wife, formerly Eva Swarthout, a
chorus girl, to collect the $100,000 ali
mony he is expected to pay.
It is said that Mrs. Wheeler will In
stitute suit In Chicago to compel him to
pay It, attaching property he is be
lieved to have in that city.
QUEEN BANISHES SMOKERS
Women Who Use Cigarettes and
Wear Hobble Skirts Barred.
LONDON, May 14. (Special.) Queen
Mary has given notice that no woman
who has smoked a cigarette may come
near her. Smokinfe is - so common
among women here nowadays, arte
meals, that this order would entail-
serious deprivation if it could be en
forced. It means that no cigarettes
will be allowed at any party the Queen
attends.
Queen. Mary's order about hobble
skirts was disobeyed at the two courts
recently held by all except actual court
ladles. All the rest wore tight skirts,
but their trains covered them. They
say they do not see why they should
make themselves unfashionable because
the Queen herself Is abnormally large
around the hips and unsuited to tight
dresses.
Now she has caused it to be known
that she does not wish to see any
woman in a low-cut dress or a big
hat in the royal Inclosure at Ascot.
Society simply laughs at these edicts
and there actually is a concerted ar
rangement among smart women to
stand together In disobeying the royal
ttempt to dictate what they shall
wear.
ZELAYA'S FRIEND IS DEAD
Dr. Jose Madriz, Ex-President of
Nicaragua, Dies in Mexico.
MEXICO CITT, May 14. Dr. Jose
Madriz, who was placed in the Presi
dential chair of Nicaragua by Jose
Santos Zelaya, when he was forced to
flee, died here today of brlght's dis
ease.
Dr. Madriz came to Mexico City when
he was forced to leave his country by
Estrada. ' '
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The" Weather.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Madero banishes alleged plotter ana pro.pect
of peace in Mexico agaia seem, ungnu
Page 1.
Kalier Wilhelm leaves for London to Join
King George in dedication oi v icionau
monument. Page 2.
National.
Phone companler roetnoas mi oy deci
sion. Page 2.
Arpsxently congress takes more Interest In
summer reaoru iuu m t.i iu nucati'm
Page 2.
President Taffs friends predict that he will
I e nominated zor anouier terra, rage x.
Domestic.
Actor charges ex-wife, Madame Barry, with
holding him up wnn revolver to set
papers." Page 3.
Ohio prosecutors attempt to Hasten Bribery
trials, fearing fcusn rund win do raised.
Fage 1. .
Despite big gifts in aid of anti-tuberculosis
tight. James A. fallen iuu aie ui kuuo
disease. Page 1,
Portland leads all United states pnrts in
wheat exports, page l.
Professor Henry L. "Wheeler. Tale faculty
member divorced for cruelty, will re
tire from University. Pa; 1.
Wife of President Taft is ill in Ker York.
Page 1.
Danville. III., speculates tipon possibility of
renewed activity of grand jury In vote
buying probe. Page 3.
Priest pleads for better cities in which to
rear children. Page 4.
Sports.
Pacific Coast Ieague results yesterday:
Ean Francisco 2-2. Portland-0-1 ; Vernon
11. Sacramento 9: Los Angeles 5-2, Oak
land S-S. Page 8.
Northwest Tvcague results yesterday: Port
land 8. Vancouver 1; Tacoma 5, Eeattle
O; Spokane 8, Victoria 2. Page 8.
Pitcher Kastley, of Seals, to Join Roadsters.
Page 8.
Willamette Valley I-eague results yesterday
Albany 3. Oalefs 2: Hubbard 4. Wood
burn 2; Salem and Dtlworth Derbies, no
game. Page s.
Pacifta Northwest.
Seattle finds Itself peculiarly involved in
fight of Alaska coalmen. Page 5.
Secretary of State Olcotfs - reservation of
space in Capitol shown to be discrim
inatory. Page IS.
Industrial.
Mlllmen to aid In project to settle logged
otf lands. Page 10. ,
Bend-Burns highway is opening. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mothers day obseried with special church
services. Page 9.
Experience of other cities shows that muni
cipal convention hall pay their own cost.
Page 9.
Council will be urged t authorize damage
suit against bridge obstructionists. Faga
14.
Printers build two houses in day for af
flicted fellow workman. Ptge 14.
Sellwood pastor and Mount Tabor pastors.
Presbyterians, resign. Page i.
L. W. Hill and party note great changes in
Central Oregon. Page 14.
Christian Brothers Business College Jubilee
la observed. pace 4.
Historic slate and furniture of Late Lady
Condition Not Regard
ed as Serious.
PRESIDENT'S FLANS CHANGE
Mrs. Taft Suffers Nervous At
tack at Banquet.
DAUGHTER IS SUMMONED
Mistress of White House Remains
in Bed at Home of Brother-in-Lau
President Goes to Har
risbnrg, but Hurries Back.
NEW YORK, May 14. The sudden
Ulness of Mrs. Taft tonight brought the
President back to New Tork from Har-fisburg-.
Pa., where he had etone this
morning to deliver an address.
Mrs. Taft was taken ill here late
last night at a banquet she attended
with the President. Her illness was
described as a nervous attack similar
to that which she had two years ago.
Her duugliter. Miss Helen Taft, was
called from Bryn Mawr this afternoon.
Tho two Taft boys, Charles, who Is In
Watertown. Conn., and Robert, who is
in Harvard, were notified tonight of
their mother's illness, but were not
asked to come to New Tork, as It was
said that the attack was not at all
alarming.
Following the President's arrival
here tonight he" was driven directly to
his brother's house.
Mrs. Taft Improves.
Soon afterwards a statement was
given out which says:
"Mrs. Taft is much improved tonight.
lit. Evans says she will be able to re
turn to Washington within a few days.
President Taft will retusn to Wash
ington at 10:30 'tomorrow morning.
Helen Taft - will remain with her
mother."
The President looked somewhat tired
and careworn after his hurried and
anxious trip. He found Mrs. Taft bet
ter than when he left this morning.
Mrs. Taft came to New Tork with
the President late last night and at
tended with him a banquet at the
Hotel Astor given In connection with
the conference on reform of criminal
procedure.
Illness Conies at Dinner.
Mrs. Taft first felt 111 during the
dinner but remained until after the
President had finished his address,
shortly after midnight.
At 10 o'clock this morning, the hour
the President had set for leaving New
York, Mrs. Taft's condition was such
that she could not accompany him.
The announcement prompted over
alarming reports of her illness, which
the President thought would be still
more exaggerated if he did not keep
his appointment to speak in Harris
burg. Henry W. Taft said tonight that the
President's wife had remained in bed
all day, but that she was less serious
ly 111 than Bhe was two years ago.
The first direct announcement that
Mrs. Taft was ill came in a dispatch
from the President's train while it was
passing through Philadelphia this
afternoon.
When Mrs. Taft suffered her f 1 -st
serious nervous hreakdow in 190s it
was said she was overcome by the oo
deal of witnessing an operation on her
son Charles, in the Washingt.'-n Eye
and Ear Hospital.
TAFT SPEARS AT HAKRISBTJKG
Stay Is Cut Short on Account of His
Wife's Illness.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14. Much
against his personal Inclinations, but
in tjie belief that it would do much to
silence sensational reports of the seri
ousness of Mrs. Taft's illness, President
Taft came to Harrisburg today. He
had Intended to spend the night here.
but. instead, he remained three hours
and then departed for New York. He
will go to the home of his brother,
Henry W. Taft, where Mrs. Taft lies ill.
That there might be no misunder
standing of Mrs. Taft's condition.
White House officials issued the fol
lowing statement just after the Presi
dent left New York:
"Mrs. Taft had a recurrence this
morning of the nervous trouble which
she suffered two years ago, but In
less severe form. On account of this,
she probably will not return to Wash
ington for three or four days.
President's Plans Change.
"This has caused a change in the
President's plans for the Harrisburg
trip, and he will return to New York
tonight. The President will probably
return to Washington tomorrow, unless
there are unlooked for developments."
In the few hours he was here the
President motored throueh streets
lined by thousands of persons, visited
Representative Olmsiead, of Pennsyl
vania for half an nour, an made a.
speech to several thousand persons.
The speech was delivered to the tenth
biennial convention of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen. The President
was Introduced by Governor Tener.
The President spoke of trades unions.
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