325
rr TZ ' PORTLAND.. . ORKGOX, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IIL.. I.l -w. lAvi
- . . I I
COAST CITIES WIN
RATE
Cut of 20 Per Cent
Eastward Ordered.
RAILROADS' PLEA UNHEEDED
Commission Finds No Serious
Loss Is Threatened.
OWN FIGURES ARE TAKEN
Conwntlon Made bj Portland and
Brattle Chamber of Commerce
tpheld Fully, Confirming
Tentative Periston.
OREOOMAX SEWS BUREAU. Wub.
Infton, Not. 14. Portland. Seattle and
Taeoina Jobbers won an Important Tie
tory before the Interstate Commerce
Commission today when that body or
dered a 30 per cent reduction of all
Interstate class rates from these cities
to points In Washington. Oregon. Ida
ho and Montana, and directed that
the new rates be put Into effect Jan
uary IMJ.
The fight for this reduction was
made by the Chambers of Commerce
ef Portland and Seattle. Today's or
dr Indorses the tentative decision of
the Commission. announced some
months ago. the railroads having ut
trrly failed In thetr endeaTor to show
t'at a JO per cent reduction would be
ruinous or even unfair to them.
Rallreatda ajar'.
W'hm the Commission flrst an
nounced Its belief that a 10 per cent
rut should be made the railroads ob
tained six months In which to submit
figures showing what losses they
would sustain If such regulation
ihouM b made. The Commission, af
ter atudylna those figures, lost no time
In promulgating Its order, for It dis
covered from the statistics compiled
by the railroads themselves that a 10
per cent cut Ic class rates would de
prive the railroads In question of lesa
than I per cent of their operating
revenue. In view of the financial con
dition ef the four roads affected, the
Commission holds that they will not
be adversely affected by this reduc
tion. rs7ee ea Uin Tabulated.
The following table gives the car
riers estimate of the effect of a 10
per cent cut In the present rates:
Rev. und.r Total par rent
prra rat. In.... raduc
Carrl.r.
O -W. ft.
N.I tu.i.t ia
Or. t. I. in.
41.3.'.
20.0
14.4
17.1
1S.0
Ct. North. ro.
.So. Pacific.
51.?3
1.401.4.4
Si'.'lo
:ii.4ii
IS.1S.0T0
Total I3.01S.40S
The net operating revenue of those
four roads for 1)10 waa as follows:
O TV. R. X
Orofnn Short LJae...
fit. Nortb.ra .......
Northern I'aclfle ....
f .J4.STS
113-1 372
23 3;.43
2a.as.4:a
Total I71.S7B.10S
The following table gives In cents
per hundred pounds for distances
tlated new class rates which the Com
mission orders Into effect on January
:. ltll:
riaaa.
Mitaitra ..1 2 S4ABCDa
TIIIBCM Of
tH mll.a or
mm SO 44
JOO to h0
ml. ... T3 01
:w to too
mil.. . . St TT
to 4O0
will.. .110 t4
4w lo O0
mllM ..129 110
13 SO 28 S3 20 IS IS 10
S4 4 S 3 : S3 IS 14
4 33 4 8 S 2T 23 IS
TT 33 33 44 33 2 23
SO 7T S3 S3 33 3 33 2
SAO lo H
mil's . .14T 123 JOS M T4 T4 44 ST I
S'X to 700
mile ...J4 IS 11.1 s 1 J 64 II 41 U
OREGON MAY SEE 'CHINA
Ilaltle.hip Scheduled to Go ir Rein
forcements Are Needed. m
OREOOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. tVash
tngton. Nov. 24. The battlenhip Ore
gon, with the rrulsers Pennsylvania. 6L
1-ouls and Raleigh and the monitor
Cheyenne, now held In reserve) on the
raelflc Coast, will be sent to Join the
Asiatic fleet tn the event that compli
cations In China beeome so serious as
to require the reinforcement of ths
American warships now in Chinese
water.
The State department has.' not yet
made a request for additional ships to
protect American interests tn the Orl
ent. but the question of preparing these
reserve ships for Asiatic duty has been
taken op by the Navy Iepartment and
these veesela ran be sent across th
Pacific on short notice, if thetr pres
ence becomes necessary.
MAILCAR ROBBER ESCAPES
Masked Man Take Regietered Let
ter on South C arolina Train.
COLUMBIA. R C. Nov. 14. A masked
white man tonight robbed the mall car
of th Atlantic Coast I.lne train No. So
between Koystera and this city, took
the registered lrtter. stopped the
train and Jumped off Just before It
rrarhed the rltv limits.
The value of the registered mall
stolen Is not known, but the letters are
said t contain several thousand dol
lar. Thore la no clew to the Identity
of the robber, who escaped In th dark,
si ess.
REDUCTION
SEA IS POSTMAN
AS PERIL LOOMS
rASSKXGERS IX PANIC CAST
MESSAGES OVERBOARD.
Palfl- Mall Liner "Weather Tf
plionn That Onoe Threatened
to Engulf All.
BAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 14. Caught
In a terrific typhoon off the coast of
Japan and believing death unavoidable,
passengers 'on the Paclfio Mall liner
Korea, which arrived here today, cast
farswell messages to loved ones Into
the sea In wicker and tar bottles.
For more than 10 hours the big ship
battled with the storm. Huge waves
broke over her and often her twin
propellers were fanning the air. The
passenger ware panic stricken and re
fused to be comforted by the officers.
It was the Count De O. Bedln de
GeJsmbert. of Paris, who hit upon the
scheme of trusting the waves to de
liver a farewell to his wife and chil
dren In the French capital. Hastily
writing two affectionate letters to his
family, he sealed them In a bottle,
which be tossed Into the sea. Other
passengers quickly followed the Count s
example.
Eo fierce was the storm that Captain
Fisher was compelled to alter the ship's
course, turning back toward Yokohama
for 12S miles.
FREE RIDES TO BE FEWER
Railroad Are Being Hemmed In by
New Lot of Restriction.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 14. (Special.)
Circulars wer received at the vari
ous railroad7 offices In San Francisco to-
. . . w II
day In which It wss said mat eacn ....
road Is to designate and file fh
..--... r-r.mm.rro Commission a
statement of the designated officers au
therlxed to request of and to Issu to
other railroads free or reduced irana
rortatlon. Such designated officers ar
also required to keep on file the orig
inal requests received or made cover
ing passes or reduced-rat tlcketa .is
sued. In order that th reoords may be
properly kept and easy of access and
check.
In other words. It I no longer possi
ble for a railroad to Issue passes or se
cure passes from other Hns without
having th arpllcat,0n referred first to
a particular office In th company de
manding the pass, then to the desig
nated Eastern offic and to th Com
mission before th request Is even con
sidered. On railroad "man remarked today:
"If you want to get a pass to a country
town off your own line to pend tb
holidays, you will ban to ask for It lo
July."
PORTLAND BANK GAIN BIG
Clearings Increase tB.i Per Cent.
40 Leading Cltle Climb.
Without a single exception th 40
leading financial cities In th United
State showed an Increase In bank
clearings for the week ending yester
day over th business for th corre
sponding week of last year. Portland
made a fine showing with total clear
ing of Sll.So3.000 and a gain of 21.
per cent.
The total clearings of Seattle were
S10.2S1.000. th gain In that city being
1S.S per cent. Lo Angeles and San
Francisco made substantial gains,
whll Tacoma and Spokane wer on
th strong side of the' percentage col-,
uren.
The total clearings of the United
Statea amounted to SS.114.S14.000. as
against I2.111.4S1.000 for the corre
sponding week In 1910. showing th
remarkable gain of S993.1S1.000.
ALLOPATHS ARE GRILLED
Senator Work Also Object to In
spection of School Children.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14. t'nlted States
Senator Works, of California, address- I
Ins the National League for Medical
Freedom here tonight, assailed the
allopathic school of medicine, which he
charged waa seeking to form a trust to
the exclusion of all other methods of
healing and particularly denounced th
medical examination of public school
pupils. His remarks were directed
chiefly to the part of the school Inspec
tion Involving girls In the upper grades.
He said:
"I sincerely hope you never have
medical Inspection here. Do you know
that In many states, under medical In
spection practice girls of from 14 to 10
are required to bare their bodies to the
waist and submit to an Inspection,
usually by an unsuccessful or undor-
doctor Just out of school and all tjile
without the knowledge or presence of
their mothers?!
33 RILLED BY EXPLOSION
Injured Terribly Mangled In Liver
pool Oilcake Mill.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 14. Thlrty-thre
workers ar known to hav been killed
and upward of 100 others Injured by a
boiler explosion today at the oil cake
mil! of J. Bebby at Sons. Many of th
Injured were terribly mangled.
The force of the explosion was ao
terrific that the roof of th mill was
blown off. while the walla split and
rmmbled. An outburst of flame .fol
lowed. There were 400 workers In the
building.
At a late hour tonight 22 bodies
have been recovered from the ruins,
and It Is believed other are still be
neath the debris. It Is feared that
sow of th Injured will succumb. ,
LING PLOT
EXTENDED
Texas and British Col
umbia Yield Clews.
ONTARIO HAS ONE GATEWAY
Large Quantities of Opium
Brought in by Chinese.
MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED
Store In Chicago Fitted Vp With 100
Banks In Rear Thought to Be
Station on Line of Under
ground Railway.
CHICAGO. Nov. 24. (Special.) An
opium-smuggling plot by means of
which thousands of pounds of contra
band articles are brought Into the'
country by Chinese border-runners and
upon the persons of smuggled Chinese
was revealed today while the Federal
grand Jury here waa hearing testimony
against "Croppy" Nelson. "Blmmlo"
Ouelette. Lorn Stoneberg, Gordon Fer
ris and Moy Sing, arrested as leaders In
the Chinese "smuggling trust."
When Ferris was arrested In Detroit
six cans of opium were found in his
possession. The opium. It Is said, was
also found In large quantities at Moy
Sing's store In Chicago, which was the
hiding place for contraband Chinese. In
New Tork, at Moy Sal Tlghe's place
In Mott street, large quantities were
found.
Windsor, Ont, Is Gateway.
According to Information obtained to
day Government operatives found that
the opium was being smuggled ashore
from Inbound steamers at Victoria. B.
C. It was taken to Windsor, Ont.,
and smuggled across the border, either
at Detroit or Niagara, In sealed box
car on the Grand Trunk Railroad or
by Chinese runner who "ran . the
Canada Una under the cover of dark
Bess. At Detroit an electric line runs par
allel with th river. Outside of th
city cara were stopped and contraband
Chinese and opium were taken aboard
by the "white pilots" of the . smug
gling gang. At South Bend. Ind, th
Chinese were usually met by white
menwho were scheduled to deliver th
contraband to either Moy Sal Tlghe
In New Tork or Moy Sing In Chicago.
Ramifications of the smuggling garig
xtend from coast to coast and from
the Gulf Into Canada.
' Store Shelter Chinese.
At Moy Sing's store, which waa con
ducted as a Chinese grocery in China-
16
WIDELY
roncludfd on Ps 2.) I appeared down a dark street. Concluaea onPas
SHOP EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSH. j
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THE OREGONIAN ANNUAL
WILL BE PUBLISHED
JANUARY 1, 1912
Continuing a policy that has
been followed for 30 years. The
Oregonian, on January 1 , 1912,
will publish a special New Year's
Edition. This number will be de
voted particularly to chronicling
the progress of Portland during
the year, calling attention to forces
that are effecting the development
of this city and describing some
of the big things that Portland and
Portland's people are doing. The
state's industries will also be cov
ered adequately.
The Oregonian Annual is an
institution. In the 30 years it has
been printed it has been the most
potent single factor in advertising
and upbuilding Oregon. It has .
been the one great medium for
telling Eastern and Middle West
ern people of the state's resources
and opportunities, thus attracting
them to Oregon. The reliability
of its text and the excellence of its
illustrations commend it to every
one. The circulation is enormous.
As in the past. The Oregonian
will publish the Annual without
thought of expense involved. The
preparation of an elaborate edition,
such as will be issued, is accom
plished only at heavy cost, yet the
price will be 5 cents a copy. It is
the purpose of this newspaper not
to print the Annual for profit, but
to promote the welfare of the city
and state.
ITALY PLANNING BLOCKADE
Threat Against Dardanelles Stirs
Diplomats to Action.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 14. Neu
tral commerce la seriously threatened
by the proposed blockade of the Dar
danelles by Italy and Turkey's defen
sive measifres. The Ambassadors of
the foreign powers here are conferring
on the subject, as It is believed that
Italian action will not be delayed much
longer.
It Is thought Italy may even try to
force the Dardanelles and dictate her
terms of peace at Constantinople.
COIN PALMED FOILS THIEF
Eugene Man, Victim of Holdup, Is
Today ' $6 Richer.
EUGENE. Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
Because he had the presnece of mind to
palm the coin that he was Jingling In
his pocket when a holdup man thrust ft
long blue gun In his face tonight and
ordered him to hold up his bands,
Claude Kelly Is $5 richer than h would
have been had be been slow-witted.
He retained th money In his hand
when he shoved it above his head and
the holdup found nothing In his pockets
but a bunch of keys. Disgustedly or
dering Kelly to "beat It," th man dls
aoDeared down a dark street.
ABERDEEN
CHECKS
. W. W. I
Special Police Sworn
in Number 700.
LAWS WILL BE ENFORCED
City Streets Patroled andAII
Roads Under Guard.
ALL CITIZENS BACK MOVE
Grays Harbor Towns Promise Sup
port to Aberdeen In Effort to
Resist Plans of Industrial
Workers of World.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Nov. 24. Aber
deen Is tonight in the hands of its clti
xens and the threatened Invasion of the
Industrial Workers of the World has
so far been effectually checked.
Seven hundred business men and
citizens patrol the streets In down-town
sections, all alleys are guarded, H
street at Heron, hag been roped off
and every road leading; into the city is
carefully watched.
At midnight the men who had been
arrested were escorted out of town
and told not to return. These joined
some 50 Workers who were camped all
evening at Junction City, Just outside
the city, not daring 'to come in until
they should have received word from
theft- companions that it was safe to
do so. They never got the word.
The raid, which followed last night's
demonstration, resulting In a near-riot
and forcing the city authorities to call
out the fire department In an effort to
drown out the demonstrators, began
shortly before S o'clock when W. J.
Patterson, head of Hayes & Hayes
Bank, assisted by Dudley G. Allen, sec
retary of the Chamber of Commerce,
made the first - .arrest. .-taking into
custody, under the orders Issued by
Chief of Polios Templeman, the first
man they saw wearing a red tag. From
that time on the arrests continued.
By 8:30 o'clock tonight TOO men had
reached the station and had asked to
be sworn in as volunteer special po
licemen. Theater Meeting Called Off.
The Empire Theater had been rented
tonight to the workers for a meeting,
but It was decided to prevent the meet
ing. The theater was placed under
guard and those who came In there
wearing a red tag were placed under
arrest. Then word went around that
the Workers were assembling In an
other hall. This, too, was visited, but
HO
l r .
DEAL IN RAWHIDE
NETS BIG PROFITS
GOODWIN OPTIONS 0 CENTS;
SHARES SELL CP. TO $1.50.
Government Introduces Contract In
Effort to Convict Bankers of
Misuse of Malls.
NEW YORK. Nov. 24. Although
H. Scheftels St Co., whose officers are
on trial for alleged misuse of the malls,
paid only 20 cents a share for Rawhide
Coalition stock, they sold It all the
way up to $1.50 a share according to
evidence adduced In court today.
The Government's first step toward
proving this was the introduction of
the agreement between the Nat
Goodwin Company and th original
owners of the Rawhide Coalition Com
pany, which it Is alleged was later
taken over by the Scheftels concern.
The. contract was made March
1908, and. witnesses testified, gave the
Goodwin Company an option on the
greater part of the 3,000,000 shares at
20 cents a share. Its par value was $1.
The stock was deposited with th
Scheellne Banking & Trust Company
at Reno, Nev. Morltz Scheellne, presi
dent of the bank, testified today that
the Goodwin company had exercised its
option on thousands of shares. , '
In a paper published by the Goodwi
Company and later In one published by
the defendants under another name,
was testified. Rawhide stock was
steadily advanced, the price at on
time reaching $1.60.
NEW ORLEANS GETS REPLY
RatM & Chesebrongh Say Traffic
Did Not Justify Steamer Line.
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Nov. 24. (Spe
claL) Bates & Chesebrough. the San
Francisco owners of the California &
Atlantic Steamship Company, which
has abandoned this port, today replied
to an Inquiry of J. W. Porch, president
of the Progressive Union, declarln
that lack of freight tonnage, heav
losses and no prospects of Increase
business from this end of the line pri
marlly caused the action by the com
pany.
The telegraphic reply further de
clared that if New Orleans merchants
"desire to operate a steamer between
New Tork. New Orleans and Colon,
making a Pacific Coast connection, w
would be very glad to co-operate and
assist In every way."
The reply Is not regarded by Presi
dent Porch as satisfactory and does not
heal the wound.
MINERS' HEAD ACCUSES
Election Returns' of 49 Unions Were
Purloined, Says White.
COLTJMBTJS, O.. Nov. 24. The Colum
bus DlsDatch today says: One of the
biggest sensations In the history of the
United Mine Workers of America, In
volving the direct charge by President
White, that fraud prevailed in the elec
tion contest for president of the order
between himself and Tom L. Lewis last
January and that the returns of 49
unions in Illinois disappeared after they
had reached International headquarters
in Indianapolis, has been disclosed.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maxlmtim temperature.
52
decrees; minimum
36 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably
fair; nouthwesterlr
winds.
Foreign.
Mexican fOTernment arrests 10 accused of
aiding- Reyea .rage a.
Chinese missionaries atacked; two women
teachers killed. Page 5.
National.
Northwest Coast cltls win Important rate
reduction- Page 1.
Census Bureau analyzes constancy of em
Dloyment in various industries. Page 4
Domestic.
Bankers' Association approves Aldrlch cur
rency plan. Page 4.
Opium smuggling plot ramifies from Texas
to Pacific iSortnwesL. jrage i.
Panic-stricken passengers on liner cast
farewell messages into sea. Page 1,
W. E. D. Stokes testifies against girU who
shot him. Page S.
Jury convicts two defendants In tar party
case; third Is acquitted. Page 3.
Seattle, eonfesse'd wife murderer, la put to
death In electric chair. Page tL
John F. Dryden. founder of Industrial life
Insurance in United States, dies. Page 2.
Eight Jurors sworn In McXamara case.
Page 2-
Denttst. who kept girl prisoner In office
for 16 months. Is found guilty. Page 4.
Sport.
Harvard and Yale and Army and Navy meet
In annual struggles today. Page 6.
Chad bourne would exchange himself for
Kansas City player. Page 6.
Pa-ctflo Northwest.
H. C. Phillips, of defunct Commercial
Bank, of Vancouver, falsified records.
Is alleged. Page 7.
Washington County telephones pass into
new hands. Page 7.
William Waldo, Oregon pioneer of 1843,
dies at Salem. Page 7.
New system being used by Coast Artillery
at Fort Stevens. Page 7.
Aberdeen swears In BOO special policemen to
halt I. W. w. invasion. Page l.
Commercial and Marine.
Unwise marketing of Pacific Coast apples
In England. Page 17.
Chicago wheat market affected by unoer-
talnty of Argentine crop. Page 16.
Irregular course of stock prices In Wall
street. Page 17.
Business conditions show gradual but pos
itive gains. Page 17.
Passengers on Bear praise ship's personnel
for courteous treatment. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland shippers say rate reductions "will
extend city's Jobbing sone. Page 13.
Chinese before grand Jury do not give evi
dence of graft by officials as premised.
Page 9.
Western Lime A Plaster Company sells out
to Acme Cement fc Plaster Company, of
St. Louis for $250,006. Page 12.
Harry M. Courtwright loses point In suit
against Sheriff for preference In purchase
of property on delinquent tax list. Page 6.
Tabernacle choir presents Gipsy Smith with
gifts at close of meeting. Page 12.
I IS
GOALS
Mrs. Patterson's Story
Mercilessly Assailed.
SOBS SHAKE MAN'S SLAYER
Endearing Notes to Husband
Offset Tale of Cruelty. '
DEFENDANT ADMITS SHAME
I'nder Persistent Questioning of
Prosecutor, Widow's Relations
With Chicagt) Millionaire
Are Disclosed.
DENVER, Nov. 24. Against the two
vital points 'of the Btory Gertrude Gib
son Patterson, charged with the mur
der of her husband, told upon the witness-stand
the cruelty and abuse of
her husband, and the charge that he
had sold her for $1500 to her former
admirer, Emil W. Strouss, a Chicago
millionaire with whom she made a trip
to Europe Special Prosecutor Benson
directed three hours of merciless -cross-examination
today.
Led to repeat various Instances of
her husband's abuse and forced to de
clare that, naturally, at the time sh
felt toward him the greatest Indigna
tion and contempt, she was confronted '
by letters she had written to her hus
band on dates only a few days subse
quent. The letters were couched in
terms of deepest affection, models of
what a devoted wife would write to an
affectionate husband.
New Construction Put.
On the trip to Europe with Strouss
a trip undertaken, she had said, at th
urgent demand of her husband, who
received $1500 from Strouss the state
put an entirely different construction
and sought to wring from the witness
admissions that would strengthen th
theory it advances.
Under the gruelling of the special
proscutor, the mask of lmperturblllty
that Mrs. Patterson had worn through
out the early days of the trial fell from
her and vanished completely. She ran
the gamut of emotions. Twice she
broke down and wept, while at other
times doubl, scorn and Indignation held
her. Offended dignity was often her
attitude, and she used It to good ad
vantage.
Early Lilfe Reviewed.
Reviewing her early life in San
doval, 111., Prosecutor Benson ob
tained from Mrs. Patterson an admis
sion that when she was about 14 years
old she had been expelled from school.
but not for immoral conduct, she de
clared, as he had Intimated.
Gaining an admission that Mrs. Pat
terson had consulted a Chicago attor
ney about a divorce in July, 1910, be
cause she waa Indignant over the treat
ment of her husband. Attorney Benson
handed her a letter. She admitted
having written it to Patterson, who
was then In a Chicago sanitarium. In
it she referred to Patterson as her
soul mate," and said:
"If you didn't sign the paper my
lawyer has this afternoon, I will come
to you soon, as I am very happy, and
you ore the only cure."
Endearing Terms Vmrd.
In a letter written June 20, 1911,
while her husband was in a Jjenver
sanitarium, was identified. It read in
part:
My dear little pet: Yours just re
ceived. Now you must not worry ana
feel there is a responsibility on you.
for there Is no( I take all the re
sponsibility on my own shoulders. Tou
will bo happy when you step into your
own little bungalow. Just be happy,
and the way to be happy Is to know
that you have got the best little loving
helpmate and wife In the whole world
lots of love and trust me. I am true
all the time. Are you?"
Incident to the trip to Europe with
Strouss, the state poured us neaviesi
fires and the witness fought desperate-
!
Proaeentor Fires uuestions.
By every means the prosecution
sought to glean from the witness that
Just prior to the trip she had urged
her husband to get Into some business ,
for himself and that negotiations were
pending for his purchase of a half In
terest In a Chicago printing establish
ment, for which she was to give him
1500 she said she had received from
an estate that had just been settled.
"Didn't you tell Charlie Patterson
that Mr. Strouss was like a father to
you, that he had had you educated and
taught French, and that he wanted you -to
go to Europe because your knowl
edge of French would be of value to
him in buying goods?" asked Mr. Ben
son. "I did not."
"Didn't he beg you not to got
"He did not."
Wife Begged to Stay.
"Didn't you receive a telegram from
him In New York before you sailed,
begging you not to go?"
"Yes, after he had the $1500."
"Didn't he say that he had discov
ered that Strouss was a scoundrel and
that things were not as he had been
led to believe?"
"No."
."And when you and Strouss reached
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