- tT VOVE3IBEK 13. 19U FRICE FIVE CEXT9- VOI I.I XO. l.,907. PLAN OF PARCELS POST IS OPPOSED Commercial Congress Bitter in Debate. "SNAP JUDGMENT" CHARGED Resolutions Declare Opposi tion; Minority Resentful. COAST WINS 1915 SESSION f-an Francisco and Seattle to Be Rival Candidate Caution Iec laratlon Is Made mm to Monetary Reforms. KANKAS CTTT. Nov. 17. After ae IwUnf Salt Lake City aa the meeting plara for 1113 and Kansas City. Mo, aa official heaaquarters. the !2d annual salon of the Trans-Mlsslsslppl Com mercial Congress adjourned thla after noon. Although tha data for holding tha next meeting i not definitely de rided upon. It was tentatively agreed upon to convene In the laat week of August. Tha official headquarters were located for only one year. E. J. Backer, of thla ctty. was elected sec retary, to succeed Arthur T. Francis, of Crtpple Creek, Colo, after which Mr. Francla was elected an honorary member of the conaresa for life. George M. Harrison, a hanker of this city, was elected treasurer. I'tut tm be ISIS MkHii, A resolution waa adopted recom mending that tha conicresa meet at a 1'aciflc Coast ctty In 1 15. tha year of the Pacific-Panama Exposition. Ban Francisco and Seattle, are rival as ptranta for the meeting at that time. Consideration of the report of tha committee on resolutions occupied most of today'a sessions. Tha report waa adopted virtually aa submitted. The reaolutlon declaring that tha congress waa against tha parrels post, which waa adopted, provoked acrlmo nloua discussion. The vote waa to for to It against tha resolution. A vig orous verbal scrimmage followed. In which charges were made that a "steam roller" waa being operated by those In control of the meeting and that tha tendency of the congress mas to take no definite atand on anything. Mlaorify Keswrt Heard. Several times In the course of tha reading of the report lr. Ueorga P NeaU of Fort Madison. Iowa, a member of the committee, who failed to attend the meeting last night, gave notice that he had a minority report to read. Upon completing his report. Mr. Faxon aald: "Aa I understand It there Is no au thorised minority report to be beard. I therefore" Pr. Xeale Jumped to his feet. "There Is a report," he said; "further more I demand to be heard." Mr. Faxon agreed to bearing the report and. amid cheers Pr. Neal'e read It. The report Stood for the narrele nn.t - i.l ' r i. TUK- ment of atate'a rights and votea for wo men. tr. Xeale began to discuss the resolu tion and his opponents resorted to parliamentary tactics to seat him. Martin Kgan. editor of the Manila Times, who had signed another minor ity report, said that the discussion on the resolution In committee had been one sided and that persons opposed to It did not have proper opportunity to submit their arguments. "I ara opposed to snap Judgment on thla point." he said. "It la beneath the dignity of thla Congress to treat such an Important matter la this manner." George J. Klndel. of Denver, said that express companies had assumed the functions of the Government postal service. "These companies are back of this opposition to the parcels post, and I cannot understand the attitude of. the delegates here who are supporting them." Meaey-Refei-ee TVeelaratloa Gaarded. The Congress did not openly Indorse the plan of the National Monetary Com mission to change the currency and banking system, but the resolution said that tha plan "may be a step In the right direction." It was recommended that the plan receive careful and conservative con sideration, as the "monetary system of the United States Is Inadequate for the needs oi the country." After the Congress adjourned the executive committee met and appointed the following congressional committee: Fred W. Fleming. Kansas City; Gov ernor Burke., North Dakota; Colonel 1L p. Loveland. San Francisco; Governor Shafroth. Colorado; Robert Hunter. Ia. L. Bradford Prince. New Mexico, and Colonel Ike T. Pryor. Texas. John 1 Powell, of Wichita, waa chosen chairman of tha executive com mittee. Bank In National Capital Fall. WASHINGTON. Nov. IT. The Wash ington National Bank here was closed today by National Bank Examiner Ooodheart. The bank has a capital ttock of $50,000 and about 1150.000 on deposit. Examination of the books howed the bank had made unsatis factory loans. HEARING WILL BE GIVEN TO BAKER COXGRKSS TO HEAR PROMOTER OF BTEAMSIIIP I;IXE. Senator Newlands Has Other In formation That Railroads Are Blocking Enterprise. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Alleged op position of transcontinental rallroadf to the financing of an Independent steam ship line to operate through the Pana ma Canal between Atlantic and Pacific Coast termlnala Is to be the aubject of an Inquiry by Senate committee on In terstate commerce. Bernard N. Baker, of BalOnore. waa requested tonight to appear before tha committee. Mr. Baker, under an act of Congress, haa endeavored to finance and organise an Independent Una. It Is said financial Instltutlona have with drawn proffered support, and he al leges their attitude waa due partly to the influence of transcontinental rail road a Senator Newlands. a member of the Senate committee, told that body this afternoon he had heard from other sources that such apposition waa being developed against Independent steam ahlp projecta. "If by the Influence of the transcon tinental railway system tha free de velopment of commerce between Ameri can porta through the Panama Canal Is being blocked, the Senate should ascer tain the facta at once." he said. Senator Clapp. chairman of the com mittee, requested Mr. Baker to appear early next week with aU tha data In hla possession. "SCOTTY" PLANS MANSION Two-Act Reproduction of Death Valley to Be Backyard. LOS ANGELES. CaU Not. IT. (Spe cial.) Walter Scott, better known as "Death Valley Scotty." today closed a deal with the Los Angeles Investment Company to build him a mansion of riotous splendor In the Ladenga Hills, overlooking the seas and next door to the $25,000 house Just finished for "Sks Hopkins, of vaudeville fame. Scotty chose a two-acre alta and peeled 111.000 In a lump from a roll like a stick of cordwood to pay for It. The house Itself will cost Mm 135.000 more, and the cost of the furnishings, which he will bring from Chicago him self. Is estimated at another $10,000. The Interior of the house from the coyote head-newell post to tha cupola surmounted by a $1000 lump of gold ore .e .o w Insr'a dream of para dise. In the back yard Scotty plana to re produce In miniature Death Valley from the Panamlnta to tha Funeral Range, and from the Amargosa Flata to tha Nevada line. This will occupy one acre of the grounds and will be the pasturage for "Slim." Scotty's famous mule, who la to be tha only one to share the luxury with tha miner. FLOOD DAMAGE IS FEARED Chinook Wind Roar and Torrent of Main Falls In Skagit Valley. BELLINGHAM. Wash, Nov. 17. With a Chinook wind roaring through the foothills and a torrent of rain fall ing, the snow of last week's bllxxard Is rapidly disappearing and the resi dents of the Xooksack and Skagit Val leys are preparing for floods. The Xooksack Is rising a foot an hour and If the rise continues will be out of Its banks by tomorrow morning. The South Fork has already Inundated the lowlands and some damage Is reported from Acme. The Skagit Is rising a foot an hour at Rockport and six inches an hour at lower river points. This river was abnormally low. and a change In the weather probably will permit thla stream to remain within Its banks. Preparations, however, are being made for a flood to equal that of two years ago when Northwest Washington cities were Isolated for two weeks by floods In these two streams. LAUNCH PARTY IN PERIL Waterspout Sweeps Across Coos Ray. Speedboat Escape. MARSH FIELD, Or, Xov. IT. (Spe cial.) A. H. Powers, head of the Smith Powers Company, and a party of friends In hla speed boat, narrowly escaped death from being caught In a water spout which ewipt across Coos Bay when the recent tig storm was at Us height. A column of mater was drawn up 150 feet high by a whirlwind with aueh force that big loga were thrown up out of the bay. The awe-lnxplrlng column of water was at times 10 feet In diameter and traveled with great rapidity up the bay. It headed Into one of the rivers, where It disappeared from view. Mr. Powers and his friends barely got out of the way of tha freak of tha storm, whicn would have destroyed them had It overtaken them. WOMAN TURNSD0WN SEX Defendant In Trial Accepts Jury Composed Entirely of Men. SEATTLE. Wash, Xov. IT. Mrs. Sarah C. Costello. defendant In a autt In the Superior Court Involving $500. today Instructed her counsel to exclude from the Jury box two women, and ac cepted a Jury composed entirely of men. She did not know the women Jurors, but did not wish them to alt In her ease. ENGLISHMAN NOT . 10 TRY ftllIRA Defense Draws Line of Nationality. TWO MORE JURORS ARE SWORN Seventh Venire Is Exhausted, With Five in Box. JOHN J. ADVISES BROTHER From Cell In County Jail, Co-Defendant Sends Word That Man From Connty Kent Cannot Give Irishman Fair Trial. LOS ANOELES. Nov. IT. The fourth and fifth Jurors were accepted and sworn todsy In the McNamara murder trial, which began October 11. . These two were secured alnoe November 7, when the first three were sworn In. A feature of the day waa evidence that John J. McXamara la taking a hand in the selection of the Jurors, who ara to try his brother. James B. Mc Xamara. From hla cell In the county Jail John J. McXamara sent word that C. A. Heath, being of English birth, would not be suitable. In his opinion, to try an Irishman and Heath waa re moved by peremptory challenge. New Vemlre Required. The two new Jurors are: J. B. Sexton, a ranchman and real estate dealer from Alhambra, a suburb. William Andre, a carpenter and form erly a union man. He does not now belong to a union. The three Jurors already chosen are: Robert Bain, carpenter; F. D. Green, orange grower, and Byron Llsk, mill owner. Within a few moments after the new Jurors were sworn In the seventh venire was exhausted and a new one of 40 men was drawn. Four peremptory challenges by tha defense and three by the state trimmed the full Jury-box down to five men when court opened today. Proeecatloa Excuses Baaker. The state led off by excusing A. Orlbllng. a retired walnut grower and harness maker, who once had difficulty with the Times management over a subscription premium. It also excused Wlllett Brunner. a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Clark McLaJn, a Pasadena banker, who said that he considered "a knock In the Times aa a boost," and expressed other unfavorable opinions concern ing It. The defense, which alternated lta challenges with the state, excused Brewster C. Kenyon. a capitalist; T. H. Elliott, a gardener; A. C. Heath, the English farmer, and Jacob Lansing. Elliott and Lansing both were sup posed by the defense to have expressed I Concluded on Pas 2.) t XCLB SA W r . . ....... I -ayva AP r ?r Kim, r m ( I Z fe VJgfywET 4 x . INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 5T decrees; minimum, 4tt degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly wtnds. National. Jacob Schiff angry at Russia's attitude jn question of paseports for American J Page Truet hearing enlivened by clashes of Sen store. Page 4. ' Domestic Mrs. Gertrude Patterson eaye husband she killed was bribed by wealthy clothier to marry her. Page 1. Ktw Tork corporation coumel says womea have right to intake. Page 5. Pacific fleet taking coal for seven weeks' cruise. Page 6. McXamara defense challenges talesman be cause born in England. Page L. TranemlssUalppl Congress opposes parcels post. Page 1. Leroy Park tells Immigration Commission's plans for populating Oregon, page 3. Senator Kern, of Indiana, seeks Democratlo nomination for President. Page 2. Oregon City girl, bride of eleven days, ac cidentally shoots and kills husband. Page 8. Senate committee to give goast-to-Coast steamship line promoter hearing. Paee 1. Mrs. E. H. Hariiman gives $80,000 for school for study of publlo business. Page 8. Sport. Tale and Princeton will play annual foot ball game today. Page T. Lincoln defeats Washington In football by -5 score. Page 7. Oregon and Washington elevens ready for championship clash today. Page 7. Proposed new classification of big minor leagues brings hot fight. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Divorced wife of Theodore Kruse sues for alimony at Oregon City. Page . Southern Pacific charged with concealing truth, by I2.0O0.O00. In reports to Rail road Commission. Page 6. Four victims of Kamloops. B. C, bllsrard, froxen to death. Page 6. Gale sweeps southeast coast, endangering four ships. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Thanksgiving turkey prices will be lower than last year. Page 17. Stock prices are advanced at a rapid rate. Page IS. Contradictory Argentine dispatches unsettle wheat market. Page IT. Continued progress reported In trade and Industrial lines. Page la. Eastern Anlatlo Steamship Company agent seeks cargoes here with establishment of service In view. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Contractors to begin work on Eugene-Coos Bay line this month. Page IX Dr. Benjamin Toung Is csndldate for bish opric to be filled at conference In May. Page 11. Attempt of policeman to help hobble skirted woman to horse causes com plaint. Page 1. Harrlman chiefs visit to Northwest Is Ps sllng railroad man. Page 10. Cltlsens form association to cut food prices by co-operation. Page 10. City's case In cocaine sale takes new turn whan defense would prove alibi. Fags 9. Oregon Horticultural Society at close of con vention elects four to honorary member ship. Page 10. Two firemen hurt in 118.000 blase on Rus sell street. Page 12. Charges are filed against mounted police man for making afternoon call. Page 1. Collection Is taken up in 'honor of Gipsy Bmltu-s 85th . year -nf Christian life. Page 12. Governor upholds Ms appointment of Re publicans in address to Jackson Club. Page 4. EXPRESS ROBBERS KILL Messenger Slain and His Car Is Looted of $2000 Near Scranton. SCRAXTOX. Pa.. Nov. 18. Irving D. Barger, an expresa messenger, . was killed and the safe In his car on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Road looted of a sum said to be from S1500 to 2000 tonight. Barger was seen by train hands at work in hla car as the train stopped a" minute at Taylor. Four minutes later, when It arrived in Scranton, Barger'a body was found lying on the floor of the' car with his head battered In and a bullet In his brain. One report haa it that the robbers got no booty. ON GUARD AT PANAMA. WELI, WHAT DO YOU KJfOW ABOUT HUSBAND-SLAYER BARES PAST LIE Mrs Patterson Blames Wealthy Clothier. MAN BRIBED TO MARRY HER Price Paid by Chicagoan Said to Have Been $1500. QUARREL REVEALS TRUTH Woman Who Will Be Placed on Trial for Murder Xext Week Says She ' Wras Forced to Blackmail Former , Admirer. DENVER, Nov. IT. Gertrude Gibson Patterson, who will be placed on trial Monday on a charge of having mur dered her husband, Charles A. Patter son, haa written a remarkable biog raphical sketch for the use of her at torney. O. N. Hilton. In which she ac ...... rmii ctmn a millionaire cloth ing manufacturer of Chicago, of having ruined her life and or Bavins Patterson to marry her. Strouss and she, she avers, lived together as taus i.Bni fm4 wifA for five years. When seen at the Jail today. Mrs. Patterson eeeraed much less concerns . th. ft of a Colorado, Jury has In store for her than the effect her story will have on her mother. Effect on Mother Feared. "Oh," ahe groaned, "it will break my poor mother's heart to learn that I never was married to this man. or di vorced from him." The biography reads in part as fol lows: "When I was 1 years old, I went i.w Ma. Barnham. SJid her null ...J - w...t.. in rhinto. We stopped at the Auditorium Hotel and a friend of jny sister's Introduced me. btrouss waa much older than L for at that time my hair hung In a braid down my back, but he waa very kind. He asked me to marry him. but said that first I must to to school and study. "After many conferences with my people, he finally took me to Paris. lit. l.f.nHnni alWlTl Ififimfld tO be honorable. In that city he provided me with a tutor, arranged ior my lng muslo lessons and departed almost Immediately. I was very happy and worked hard at my studies, as I wanted him to be proud of his future wife." Weddlnc Alwaya Postponed. Mrs. Patterson says they corre sponded for five months, at th end of which time, responding to a cabje mes sage from the Chicago man, she re turned to Now Tork, and in company with him went Immediately to Chicago. It was there, Mrs. Patterson declares, that he began to renew his promise of marriage, but always postponed the wedding day.. "I was so miserable1 and unhappy, al though he prav ft me everything." the (Concluded on Page 3. THAT t IWMWU A IM 1 1 HI IKKI h I POLICEMAN'S FATE ATTEMPT TO HELP WOMAX TO SADDLE CAUSES CHARGE. Slounted Patrolman Stillwell Is Ac cused of Making Afternoon Call While on Duty. A horse, a hobble, a woman and an afternoon call find place In a complaint against Mounted Policeman Stllwell which was filed yesterday by Acting Chief of Police Moore with the recom mendation that Stllwell be dismissed from tha service. Potent in the policeman's downfall, according to the complaint, is a hobble skirt. Stllwell Is accused of visiting Mrs. Clawson at 4127 East Sixty-fifth atreet November 3 while on duty. After a half-hour call, the accusation sets forth, Mrs. Clawson was seized with a desire to ride the policeman's horse, but could not climb Into the saddle, clad as she was in a hobble skirt. The policeman tried to assist her in mount ing the animal, and the neighbors were shocked, reporting the Incident ln stanter to the police authorities. Before charges were filed against Policeman Stllwell, Sergeant Wanleaa investigated and reported recently that neighbors of Mrs. Clawson corroborate testimony that bases the complaint alleging "conduct unbecoming an offi cer" filed against the mo inted peace guard. In -. preferring the charges against Stlllwell before the police committee of the Executive Board, Acting Chief Moore and Sergeant Wanlesa submit sworn statements referring to the aft ernoon call, the horse, the hobble and the woman. PORTLAND BANKS LEAD ALL Percentage Gain in Week Puts City Eighteenth in United States. In total bank clearings of the 40 leading cities In the United States for the fiscal week ending yesterday, Portland heads the list in the percent age of increase, with San Francisco and Los Angeles almost a tie for sec ond place. Portland's gain over the correspond ing week of last year was 11.5 per cent. San Francisco showed an In crease of 10.8 per cent and Los An geles a gain of 10.3 per cent. The total clearings In Portland for the week were $13,784,000. By this showing Portland becomes the 18th city in the United States as a financial center, surpassing In totals such cities aa Louisville, Seattle, Buffalo, Denver, Memphis and Indianapolis. The total clearings In Seattle were $13,063,000, or $721,000 less than Port land's clearings. Seattle made a gain of 4.8 per cent. The clearings at Ta coma were $4,767,000 and percentage of gain waa 8.4. Spokane fell behind with total clearings of $4,642,000 and a loss of 11.4 per cent. The total bank clearings of tha United States amounted to $3,529,638, 000, as against $3,135,945,000 last week. A big increase was made over the totals for the corresponding week of last year, the clearings for that week being $3,387,772,000. 250 WIDOWS PROPOSED TO Bachelors' Association Sends In Big Matrimonial Order. SANTA MONICA. Cal.. Nov. 17. Con stituting" what is said to be the largest matrimonial offer in history, the mem .. r h rijimi n Bachelors' Associa tion, of Oatman. Aria., have proposed to 250 widows or ssanta jnonica. Th. nffsr la official, having; come in the form of a letter to Chief of Police Barretto and having been signed by 18 directors of the bachelors' organi zation. As the widows noia me oai nf nnwer in the city eleotlon of December 5, however, all steps to reply to the gigantic proposal, either Jointly or severally, will be postponed until af ter that date, as the widows are neeueu to vote here then. The letter crlves a long list of the Bachelors' names and descriptons, such as "Andy Horter, 29 years old, six feet one Inch tall and 220 pounds heavy." The letter concludes: "These names are only a small mar gin compared with the great number of bachelors employed at the Tom Reed mining camp. We would sug gest that you try to find us life part ners." ROOSEVELT AMBITI0N SEEN Xorman E. Mack Says Colonel Will Run Taft Close Race, njr.TTiniT. Nov. 17. Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo. N. T., chairman of the Dem ocratic National committee, Baldwin an Interview here today: "Roosevelt Is now an avowed candi date for the Republican nomination for President. It will be a neck-and-neck race between him and Taft in the con vention." EDITOR AGAIN INDICTED Socialist Once Pardoned by Taft Face Second Accusation. TOPEKA. Kan., Nov. 17. Fred D. Warren, a Socialist editor, of Girard, Kan., who was pardoned by President Taft on the occasion of his conviction for using the malls Improperly, has been Indicted a second time by the Federal grand jury at Fort Scott. The charge is circulating improper matter in his paper. He gave bond and was released. Ti 4 ll. PERIL Schooner in Breakers Near Bandon. LIFE SAY.NG CREW ON GUARD Two Vessels Reported Ashore and Third Missing. COOS BAY BAR IN TEMPEST That Lumber Carrier Advance May Be Driven Ashore Is Jar of Cap tain of Station Randolph Is Reported to Be on Beach. MARSHFIELD, Or, Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) The fate of four vessels in the grip of the storm that haa swept the Coast the past four days Is regarded as uncertain by the crew at the life saving station at Bandon tonight. In readiness to give aid to the men aboard the lumber schooner Advance, which lies anchored In the breakers two miles above the mouth of the Co Qullle River, members of the Bandon crew ore stationed on shore abreast of the endangered vessel. A crew of five Is aboard the Advance and the sea, lashed by heavy winds, threatens to dash the ship to pieces on the beach before morning. Breakers Close to Ship. Life-saving equipment is assembled near the Imperilled schooner and It is believed that rescue will be effected should the vessel break up. The Advance Is very close in, where she was driven by the storm. When the schooner waa carried north she dropped anchor. The breakera are close to the vessel and it Is feared that ahe will not be able to hold her posi tion through the night. Every effort will be made to save the vessel. It Is impossible to take any thing out over the Coqullle bar. The fate of the Sausalita, which was sighted at anchor off the Sacchl beach early today, Is not known, but it Is be lieved that she was picked up by a steamer and towed outside of the dan ger zone. She was seen off the beach before the heavy fog settled down, but when the fog lifted late this afternoon the sea was clear of any sign of the ship. Tow Ia Captain's Hope. Captain Johnson and the life-saving crew were in readiness to go overland from Bandon in case the Sausalita was wrecked. He also has been communi cating with other vessels In the hope of getting them to reach the Advance and give her a tow. She is too close In for the larger vessels to approach her. If she can withstand the sea through the night she may be picked up by the Redondo, which will leave here tomor row, or the Fifleld, which will reach Bandon tomorrow. The Advance Is 140 feet long, with a gross tonnage of 281. She was built at Parkersburg, on the Coqullle River, in 1902, and has been carrying lumber from Coqullle River mills to San Fran cisco. Patsy's Fate Unknown. The big gasoline schooner Randolph, which makes the Curry County and other small ports, is reported to be on the beach at the mouth of Rogue River. It is believed she was driven on one of the sand spits, but that the boat is not damaged. It also is reported here that the lit tle gasoline schooner Patsy, recently built on Coos Bay for the Elmore Pack ing Company and a sister ship of the Oshkosh, which was wrecked at As toria, has been beached. Nothing defi nite can be learned regarding her here, and If she is In distress It is not In this Immediate locality. The bar of the Coqullle River has been rough. The Steamer Alliance ar rived here yesterday afternoon, but did not attempt to cross in over the Coos Bay bar until today. BRITISH BARK AWAITS WIXD Crocodile, Off Hoquiam, Is Anchored In Ten Fathoms of Water. HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) According to reports reaching this city today brought in by the bar tugs and from the koeper of the West port lighthouse, the four-masted Brit ish bark Crocodile. Callao to Portland, Is anchored Just south of the entrance to Grays Harbor waiting for a favor able wind to allow her to beat out to the open sea. She was spoken to today by one of the local tugs but reported all well and declined assistance. She Is anchored In 10 fathoms of water and has good holding grounds. She is fairly well protected and in no danger. The Crocodile Is of 2371 tons burden. The bark was sighted today from the lighthouse and was flying four signals, indicating that she wished to be re ported. Her identity could not be made out on account of the haze but later she was spoken to by the tug. For several days a heavy southwest wind has been blowing, and the en trance to Grays Harbor has been un usually rough. It Is supposed this gale has carried the Crocodile out of her (Concluded on Pare 4.) GALE HPS i