K ttt . x nnvtinv MOVTVVvl NOVE3IBER 27. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. vol.. I.I NO. 15.914. ' . AMERICAN- CLAIMS AMERICANS CAUSE OF JAMESON RAID WAIFS OF SAV T BOX BLOWS UP AT PRELATES Mil DUCAL MILLIONS SEA, KILLING SIX LXPLOSIOV KXPS WRECKERS' lie nmx DIE LIL JOHN HATS HAMMOND TELLS. "IJfSIDE" OF BOER WAR. BROOKLYN MAX SATS HE IS HEIR TO $185,000,000. SQCAIHILK oral SALVAGE. - ; i I D USERS 200 REBELS SWING ON NANKING HILLS RAID II! i HONORS 111 ROME CAUGHT UUHH Investment of City Is Almost Complete. GENERAL WONG AMONG DEAD Viceroy and Tartar Genera! Flee to Consulate. WARSHIPS TAKE POSITIONS Sunday ' Fighting Rr (carded as Only F&retaMe of Wnat Will Follow. City May Jiot He Ptormed If Bombardment 8ucceed. HtXGHAI. 2- ta rrmmrtrm tkat a 4erat ftskt aaa aka Mwm the wvalatlaalata aa ttaadlta a Roa-Taaa. Aahwrl rrmTlmr. mm tkat lane raakvra mm kllle4. NANKING. Not. 27. (1 A. M.) After more than half a century of si lence, the hills overlooking tha walled city of Nankins, tha ancient capital of China, (warm tonlgh't with rebel lloua force eaer for Its occupation and determined to overthrow tha lest stronghold of tha Manchus south of tha Tangtae. From tha Tiger Hill fort for ser eral hours Sunday mornln bt um spoke repeatedly, while farther up alonr the northeastern range, from tha tip of Purple Mountain, for a lS-mlle semi-circle westward to the Tangtse. smaller forta scattered sheila Into every section of the city. So far aa known the casualty list Is not large. c;neral Wong, second In command of tiie defenders. Is among those killed. laiswHatlat rtle Reaalaed. In the earlier part of the day the Imperialists attempted a sortie against the attacking forces, with a view to recapturing their positions, but were driven ba.-k Inside the walls with con siderable loss.. Tie Tiger HU1 bat teries meanwhile were pounding sheila Into Lion Hill. They succeeded In si lencing the Manchu batteries there. The object of the first selsure of the Tiger Hill waa shown by the early appearance of four rebel cruisers and later In the day of other warships. At nlacht a dozen torpedoboat destroyers and cruisers ware lying near the city. Doubtless they will reduce tha lower sections quickly and drive the de fenders to the south. Official Take Reraa-e. The Viceroy of Nanking and the Tar tar Oeneral. in fear of General Chang, the Imperialist commander, have taken refuge In the Japanese Consulate, In which only the Consul remains. He Is. the sole official representative of for eign Interests now In Nanking. The Consulate la well guarded bj marines. Sunday's attack can only be consid ered a slight foretaste of bigger things t follow, because the main body of the revolutionists Is steadily Investing every side and bringing the big guns Into position on every eminence. The plans of the attacking force are not revealed. The Insurgents may not attempt to rush tlie city, but may pre fer to bombard stesiltly and await lta surrender. Cut If breaches are ms.ie li. the walls of the city and the rebels enter It Is believed tliat General Chang and the loyal troops will make a desperate stand. CABINET HAS IESEHTEO WAX Urgent Takes New Oath, but Edu cated Cla.es Are Skeptical. I'EKIN. Nov. i Premier Tusn Khl Kal Is probably without a Cabinet, only the presidents of the minor boards having accepted ofTlres. The finance board Is without a minister. The vice-minister left Pekln today, after Informing a personal friend that he did not Intend to re turn. The military activity on the part of Tuan Shi Ksl Is considered a forlorn hope. By order of the police dragon flags sre flying throughout Trkin. emblema tic of the people's Joy at the formation of a new constitution. The regent took the oath today with elaborate ceremo nial, swearing adherence before the Kmperor's tablets In the ancestral tmple to the lth constitutional arti cles. The oath was as follows: "My policy and choice cf officials his not been wise; hence the recent troubles. Fearing the fall of the sacred dynasty. I accept the advice of the National Assembly. I swear to up hold the 19 ronstltnttonal articles and organise a parliament, excluding the Nobles from administrative posts. I and my descendants will adhere to It forever. Your heavenly spirits will see and understand.1 Tlie lower classes believe that this declaration means that peare will be proclaimed, but the educated classes are not Impressed. They think that Yuan SIil Kal Is so embarrassed that he would return borne, did he not fear that his departure would be the signal for a panic and Manchu outbreak. t I ..... t i-nn i' I r rnnrf from Nanking say that the revolutionary ' forces suffered enormous losses, but i that they pressed forward irresistibly and finally routed the .Imperialists, who fled Into the city shelter. The iK.'ta.tutl4 oo l as 2. Watcher on Deck of Wrecked Steamer Prina Joaclilm See Com' petition Strangvly Settled. CLEVELAND. Nov. I. Six Florida wreckers were hlown up today while attempting to secure a floating box of explosive, part of the cargo of the steamer Prlns Joachim, which went ashore November 2J op the rocks off Atwood Key. - Thls Information, sent from the Prlna Joachim, was picked up by one of the wireless stations here tonight. While the cargo of the Prlna Joa chim was being Jettisoned, a swarm of wreckers lay about, watching for an opportunity to salvage any part of the cargo. A chance came when three Hta ilmnst simultaneously spied a floating box. They m.-ule for It with all haste. When the three boats, each contain ing two men. reached the box there was a sharp struggle to see which should get It aboard. Watchers aboard the Prlns Joachim then saw the water thrown high In the air by an explo sion. Thereafter nothing of the boats save splintered wreckage was to be seen, nor was there any trace of the men. For a time other wreckers and those aboard the steamer did not guess what had happened. Their surmise was that a revenue, cutter had thrown a shell at the wreckers. PLUMBING TRUST GIVES UP Government Evidence Against Com bine on Const Stronr. WASHINGTON. Not. it. The "plumb ing trust." which Government offlolals say controls the sale of plumbers' sup plies In most of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast regions, has capitu lated to the Department of Justice and Is seeking to avoid court proceedings. Representatives of the trust. It be came known today, will present their Ideas of dissolution at a conference to he held later In the week. The evidence against the combina tion. It waa said today. Is strong. Unit ed States District Attorney McCormU k. of Los Angeles, who Is familiar with the workings of the combination, has been ordered to Washington by Me Wlckersham to be present at the con ference. MRS. HUNTINGTON AIDS Decorator Injured In Mansion Given Best Treatment Possible. NEW YORK. Nor. 2(. (Special.) Surrounded by every attention that the interest of Mrs. Collis P. Hunting ton can give Mm. Valentine Borre. 67 years old. a decorator, lies at the point of death In Flower Hospital suffering from Injuries which he received while at work In her place at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street. Borre's skull was fractured and both arms were broken in several places by a fall from an 18-foot ladder. He was hurried to the hospital and Mrs. Huntington gave Instructions that he should have every attention that money could procure. SNAPSHOT OF HOLY FATHER, IN aboi; rui-E rits walkig is ' TrTz!iaiS -vT -'-"i5wf SjesarT J-.' ": : - ;iF!nRi,x- f r- " 1 - American Flags Wave Over Hotels. POPE RECEIVES O'CCNNELL Papal Furnishers Hasten Prep aration of Requisites. FARLEY RECEIVES LOGUE Pontiff Declares Fervor or Catholi cism in United States and Eu thnslasm of People Are Moat Pleasing. ROME. Nov. 2. (6peclal.) With American flags flying over the Hotel Bristol and the Hotel Qulrlnal. where are staying Archbishop Farley and Archbishop O'Connell. two of the American cardinals-designate, Rome Is visibly stirred today by the prepara tions for the ceremony of the formal bestowal of the coveted red hats upon the prelates from the continent across the sea. Preparations for the note worthy ceremony have been visible at the Vatican for a week. The secret consistory will be held In the hall of consistories tomorrow. The ceremony attending this consistory, at which the creation of the new cardi nals will be ratified. Is simple. The public consistory to be held Thursday In the Sala Regie will be characterised by much pomp and cere mony. At this consistory, the red hat la bestowed on the new cardinals. Archbishop Farley remained quietly at his hotel all day. He received his personal friend. Cardinal Logue, of Ireland, who arrived at Rome last night and entertained at breakfast 20 clergymen of New York diocese. Arch bishop Farley's cardinal robes were made by the papal tailor. Slgnor Gl omlnl. and were hurried to completion. Slgnor Tanfanl and Slgnor Bertarelll. the Pope's Jeweler and general fur nisher, respectively, made his xuchetto and berretta and tho three cardinal hats, two red and one black. Hlgnor Ferln supplied the cardinal's ring. The three American cardinals-designate, will meet at the American Col lege at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning to receive letters from the papal Secre tary of State, notifying them that they are to become cardinals. Kew York Plana Reeeptlosu After a friendly visit they and their suites will take breakfast with Monslg nor Kennedy, rector of the American College. Although Archbishop Farley sincere ly wishes to return to the United States before Christmas, pressure from New York is being exerted to persuade (Conduced on VATICAN, AND OF THREE CARDINALS DESIGNATE, TAKEN AS AiUXiiVlVA X MtMt;-OR KAl.t OSIO .n ARC HBISHOP KABLEV BELOW, ARCHBISHOP ' FARLEY, MO.VSIGSiOR FALCO.MO l.D ARCHBISHOP O'CO.XSELX. oakof.v, "Oom Panl" Kmeger Called Narrow and Reform Movement Result of His Oppressions. BOSTON. Nov. tS. Released by time from an oath not to talk on South African affairs nor reveal any of the "inside" aa to tho events leading up to the Boer War, for a period of years, John Hays Hammond, who was con spicuous in that war, broke his silence for the first time last night at a din ner of the Clover Club. Mr. Hammond said the Jameson raid waa 'the result of the activities of a reform association formed at Johannes burg, consisting largely of Americans. "I want especially," said Mr. Ham mond, "to correct a misunderstanding, "ilt Is said we were acting under the British flag. It Is false. "Much sympathy has been wasted on 'Oom Paul' Kruger. He was opposed to progress, believing that the world was flat. His Impositions were such as no man of the Anglo-Saxon race would have tolerated. "The reform movement against Kru ger was not an English movement. Jameson came Into the fight against our wishes and against the wishes of the British high commissioner. Kru ger In aconference demanded that no contract should be accepted with a Catholic or a Jew. This we flatly re fused. "Kruger broke all his promises and after he had secured the arms In Jo hannesburg he arrested the reform committee. He gave the men to under stand that If they pleaded guilty they would be let off with a line. Instead, they were sentenced to be hanged with in 21 hours. "An emphatic dispatch from Secre tary Olney caused President Kruger and the Boer council to commute the sentence to life imprisonment." WAR SHIFTS TO AEGIAN Dcpite Censors, Reports of Bom bardment Are Heard In Rome. PARIS. Nov. 26. Notwithstanding the strict censorship in Italy over war news, a dispatch has come through from the Secolo, of Milan, saying re ports are current In Rome that an action has commenced In the Aeglan Sea and that a bombardment Is actu ally In progress. Officials maintain silence but the fact that telephone communication abroad has completely stopped and that telegrams are subjected to long delays, is taken to Indicate that the gravest events are afoot. BIRDMAN SCARES STEERS Aviator Fowler, in Right of Fort Worth, Alights on Herd. FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. 26. Avia tor Fowler. In sight of Fort Worth shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon, waa forced to descend in the midst of a drove of steers because his engine broke down In midair. The aeroplane was dragged Into Ions, a mile distant. Fowler said the magneto of the engine refused to work. He will continue to this city tomorrow. WW A-vrAu.jj. Great Quantities of Narcotics Seized. BLOW IS AIMED AT PRACTICE California Pharmacy Board to Continue Campaign. "OPIUM KING" CAPTURED Investigations Conducted for Four Months Past Believed to Have Identified Chief San Francisco Offender. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 261 (Special.) After being trailed for two and a half years. John Edwards, known along the Paclflc Coast as the "King of the Opium King, ' was rrtaiu "' morning at his home, Fillmore street. after a fierce struggle by inspectors of the State Pharmacy Board, assisted by policemen. In the attic of his flat the officers secured the biggest haul of morphine, cocaine and opium ever found here in the possession of one man. The capture brought to a climax the sensational opium raid of Chinatown Saturday night, which proved the big gest raid ever pulled off on the Paclflc Coast. Drdgs Are Seised. Edwards, brought to bay, attempted to shoot Inspector Sutherland. Patrol man Graham sprang on Edwards as he pulled a revolver on Sutherland and snapped handcuffs on the captive's wrists, dashing the revolver from his hand and overpowering him. Edwards then admitted that he had a quantity of drugs stored in his attlo and to prevent the breaking up of his house In a minute search he led the officers to the cache. Many pounds of crnde opium, other smuggled, unstamped opium, a quantity of stamped opium, 135 ounces of morphine, four ounces of cocaine and an opium layout were found by the officers secreted in a big crate In a corner of the attic. Capture Believed Important. Inspector Sutherland picked up Ed wards' trail a few days ago In the general Investigation of the opium traffic and bought a can of morphine from him. This Is regarded as the most Important capture effected In many years. In the general Chinatown raid two and a half years ago. Sergeant Laynge and Inspector Charmak were close on the trail of Edwards, but at that time he evaded them, and no trace of him was found until Sutherland re sumed the trail a short time ago. Commissioner E. J. Molony, treasurer of the State Board of Pharmacy, has (Concluded on Page 3.) THEY WERS EMBARKING FROM Photos Copyright, 1911, by Bain News Service. Joseph Colla Would Have Property of Lady Churchill, Sister of His Grace of Marlborough. ROCHESTER, X. T., Nov. 2'6. (Spe cial.) Joseph Colla, of Brooklyn, claims to be the sole heir to the estate of Lady Churchill, sister of the for mer Duke of Marlborough. The estate is. valued at nearly 100,000,000, with 185,000,000 in accrued rentals coming from lands in St. Johns, Newfound land. Mrs. Joseph Green, of Rochester, is a daughter of Colla, and 'facts in con nection with the Immense legacy as given out by her are: Claremont ChurchllL daughter of Puke of Marl borough, eloped in the 19th century with her father's secretary, an Irish man named Maurice Bolin, and came to America, settling in Newfoundland. For that elopement she was disinher ited by her father. One daughter survived the union of the Churchtll-Bolln elopers and she had four sons from her marriage. Coila is the only one of those four now liv ing. ' Trustees of the English Court of Chancery are said to be in readiness to turn over to the rightful heirs 85, 000,000 in accrued rentals from the Newfoundland properties. 'WHITEWASHES EXPECTED Committee Will Probably Declare Stephenson Entitled to Seat. WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. With the declaration that no Instances of vote buying were discovered but that tTiere was cause for censure for the use of large sums of money In his campaign, the Senate committee which Investi gated the election of United States Senator Isaac Stephenson Is expected to report soon after the opening of Congress. Senator Stephenson, ac cording to a well-founded report here today, will be declared fully entitled to his seat. The use of money In the Stephenson campaign was the result of the Wis consin primary system. It was alleged In the hearings, and a condemnation of that system either In the commit tee's report or by members of the com mittee on the floor of the Senate, la looked for. ' CHURCH FUNDJJRINGS ROW Man Berates Wire Thinking Preach er Was to Get Suit. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Nor. 28. (Special.) Because his wife gave 15 to a church fund which he believed was for the purpose of buying the preacher a suit of clothes for a Christ mas present, Barney Conway last night remonstrated with angry words and with his doubled flnts. according to her story to the -police. Mrs. Conway admitted the contribu tion, but said she had no knowledge f its being planned to buy a suit for the minister. Conway was arrested and must answer to a charge of bat tery. " INDEXOF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41 degrees; minimum, 84 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northeasterly winds. Foreign. Preparation, being hastened in Rome for elevation of American cardlnala. Page 1. Nair tribe of Eskimoa found by white man believed to be descendants of Europeans. Rctolfdrawlnfr In on Nanking; fighting continued. Page 1. Turks and Italians now engaged In fierce Hghtlng in Tripoli. Page u. Domestic. Western Governors leave today on "get ac quainted" tour or East. Page .. Wl'e of new Philadelphia Mayor Is suf fragist, but thlnka time may not be ripe now for women to vote. Page 3. Box of salvage explodes, killing six as they squabble over it. Page 1. prosecution outlines how it will present case against McNamara. Page 2. Eugene V. Pens says trusts are step toward socialism. Page 2. Chef describes Bernhardt', romance. Page 4 Brooklvn man says he Is sole heir to ducat estate valued at 1 1 Si.OOO.OOO. Page J. Family trapoed by California forest fire; hundreds rlee from flames. Page 3. Claire Andrews, circus man. and his w'fe- both well-Known in ruaii. -1 .1 - . I I.'anaa flfV. PflfTe 1. Ban Francisco officers arrest "King of Opium . i ..Kintlti- rtf n ril vs. Hin ana rtiie us w - " Slayer of man and woman confesses to crime. Page 3. Los Angeles torn by politics. Page 5. Pmrfcfic Xortlrwrwt. 6tel brtdn on Cedar River falls, killing on man Wiiiirlrto- m unv. Pa ate 0. Captain James Biakely ceU brates f9th birth- duy at tsro.wnav iiiw. ri! Jurors in Phillips case glad of day of rest. Dynamite on rail at Santa Rosa station on Oresn Kieciric rausrs susjuuiuu w. three persons under arrest. Page Sport. Multnomah to play stronsest line-up of sca- Foottall seapon remarkable for tie games t inAPUiva vlftnrlffl. Paze 10. Tinkering with football rules disliked by rooters. Page 10. Oregon Agricultural College not confident of defeating nunian. x unv iv. Industrial. Waldo Lake irrigation tunnel is completed. Page 11'. T. M. C. A. horticultural book is called joKe by Oregon Agricultural college exye. Catch of salmon on Fiuslaw reported fair l- ; ........ tn. 1 Portland and Vicinity. r Oregon Dairymen's Association to :neet In city uecemoer - j-ase io- Portland pastors praise Hipsy Smith for ap parent sincerity. Pase II. Federal licensed pilots ignore Oregon Pilot commissions oraer iu ""' T.. 11 " Gipsy Smith makes final plea to general pub lic last night. Page 11. A. H. Kirkpatrick. of Phoenix, Ariz., hit by net) in jirxiuM... ici-viiiu... """"" - - in Dnrt and PhlTa 4. Turkeys fattened for Thanksgiving. Page 9. Portland Frsa i;rao enifnams ruruu - Circus Man and Wifs Fill Suicide Pact. r n f BODIES TENDERLY EMBRACED Mr. and Mrs. Claire Andrews in Kansas City Park. COUPLE WELL KNOWN HERE Man Was Brother, of Alf Rlngllng's Wife, and Detectives in Portland Sought Him for Passing Alleged Bad Checks. KANSAS CITT, Mo., Nov. 26. (Spei cial.) The bodies or Claire G. Andrews, a former circus performer, wanted in Portland for passing: allegred bad checks, and his wife, Mayme, wera found at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, in a lonely,, densely wooded part of Swope Park by a company of boy scout. The couple were last seen allva Saturday morning:, September 2. In a nook enclosed by great rocks Andrews and his wife had Iain down together. Their arms were about each other. Near the bodies wera tw glasses arid a two-ounce bottle. Dr. Harry C. Searlinsky, Coroner judged that the bottle had contained morphine and that each had swallowed a glass of the poison and died in the other's embrace. In Andrews' trousers pocket was a purse, empty, and a pad of paper on which was written on one page: "Mrs. Alf T. Rlngllng. Oak street. Baraboo, Wis. Sly dear, dear sister, we have " There the writing ended as if he had begun to write a note to her and had then changed his mind. Both Bora Kear Sawdust Ring. On another sheet was the same ad dress. Andrews wae 38 years old. Ha waa a brother of Mrs. Delia M. Ring . ling, wife of Alf T. Rlngllng, of thf Rlngling Bros.' circuses, and the son of Mrs. R. O. Andrews. His wife was 82 years old.- They were born in Bara boo, Wis., the Winter headquarters of the circuses. Accompanied by his wife, Claire Andrews came to Kansas City from St, Louis August 22. A few days later, Andrews obtained a position as gen eral agent of the United States Si Mexican Trust Company of Kansas City. He was to take -charge of its branch, office at Fort Worth, Tex. Previous to that, two months in fact, the Kansas City branch of a detective agency, through its Chicago office, had been instructed to keep watch for Andrews, as his mother, Mrs. R. G.' Andrews, and Mrs. Delia M. Rlngllng were searching for him. C. W. Tobie, the detective agency manager, re-t ceived a leter declaring that she be- lieved him dead from Mrs. Delia Rlng4 ling. Lawyer Telle of Death Pact. Henry F. Joslln, an attorney o Portland. Or., to whom Andrews had ini structed the handling of his affairs, wrote Mrs. Ringling August 24 that Andrews had written him a lettefl which told of his suicidal Intentions. Andrews, he said, spoke therein A the death pact with his wife, saying) that perhaps by the time the letten reached Joslin, both would be dead. In( Andrews" letter to his mother he asked her not to separate him from his wifaj in death, saying that "they had always been everything to each other." j ANDREWS' RECORD ASSAILEDf Portland Lawyer Saya Circus Manl Got Away With $10,000 Here. ' Andrews was well-known in Port- land, having left the city May 27 him der a cloud. It was charged that ha had fleeced individuals and firms for something more than $10,000. Two suits are now pending In the Portland courts against Andrews, for whom a detective agency has been eeeking ever since he left here. Andrews and his wife lived at the Ramapo Hotel for the year and a half that he "worked" in this city, having come here from Baraboo, Wis., the An drews' home town. Andrews was a brother of Mrs. Alf T. Rlngllng, wife of one of the Ringling Brothers of cir cus fame. Andrews operates a broker age business from his rooms in the hotel, and is alleged to have derrauaea several patrons of tho Ramapo. That Andrews planned to kill himself was learned last night through a let ter he is said to have written to his mother early in September from Kansas City. This information was conveyed to Henry T. Jostin, formerly a Portland attorney, now of San Diego, who act--ed as Andrews' attorney here several times. : It was about three months ago, aa near as can bo recalled, that Mrs. Rlng llng wrote to Michael K. Foley, pro prietor of the Ramapo. saying that she had heard that Andrews was dead, and asked him if he could give her any par ticulars. Foley was unable to do so, as Andrews told him, when he took; "French leave," that he was going to Vancouver. B. C. This he did, says Fo ley, who received a letter from An- (Concluded on Pas 1(L vr I rTzH infill