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-- PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1911. ' PRICE FIVE CEXTS OI,. 1,1 NO. 15.91o. . - LUMBER COIINE HOI ENCOURAGED Wickersham as Sphinx to Coast Men CAPITAL MAY TAKE FRIGHT Piles and Pierce Quit Wash ington Disappointed. FINANCIAL AID IS SOUGHT Attorney-General Withhold Opinion as to Whether Proposed Merger In Oregon and Washing ton la Legal. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAtT. Wirt la (ton. Not. 27. Attorney-General Wlekertham today declined to gtvs any opinion. officially or privately, as to legal right of tidewater lumber mills of Oregon snd Washington to form a great merger, as has recently been pro posed, and refused also to Indicate whether such a merger. If formed, would be attacked by the, Government as being In flotation of the Sherman anti-trust law. His refusal was ex pressed In a letter to ex-Senator 8. li. T'iles, who. with H. J. I'lerce. came to Washington for the purpose of learning the probable attitude of the Adminis tration. Kx-Senator Tiles and Mr. Plerc left for New York tonight. Tbey Intend to rati upon capitalists whose financial aid is sought, and explain to them the attitude of the Attorney-General. They were not in optimistic frame of mind wben they left Washington, fearing that capital will be disinclined to go Into a merger of this sort which may be attacked and dissolved by the courts on motion of the Government. Ex-Benatnr 'lies and Mr. I'lerce on Friday explained In great detail pur poses of proposed merger and said that mlllmen ware desirous of securing financial aid from New Tork. but feared this would be difficult unless soma as surance, could b had In advance that the Government would not attack the merger. Tha Attorney-General did not give any expression of opinion at that time, but In his letter, which reached ex Benator Piles today, explained the rea son for his refusal to pass npon tha question, which, he said. Is not proper ly before his department. Mr. Wickersham. In his letter, said he was not authorised by law to pass upon tha legality of any proposed cor poration prior to Its formation and ex plained that to do so might embarrass not only this, but following Adminis trations, aa any opinion from him now might rightfully be construed aa out lining tha attitude of the Government. Moreover, he said that nntll a cor poration Is actually formed and In op eration. It would be difficult to deter mine whether It was proceeding In ac cordance with or In violation of the Sherman act. Ha therefore declined to act affirma tively or negatively on the proposition as laid before blra by ex-Senator riles, for. he said, he would not express an opinion now that later he or his suc cessor might be forced to overturn. SAWMIIL MKX A HE GLOOMY W lckerham Refueal to Give Opin ion Blow to Merger Plan. SEATTLE. Wash, Nov. 27 The pro posed gigantic mcraer of 0 tidewater sawmills In Creicon and Washington has met with a serious reverse In tha refusal of Attorney-General Wicker sham to pass upon the articles of In corporation of tha Paclflc Coast Lum ber Company, according to word re ceived here today. The articles, drawn In the office of Samuel H. Piles, cx-lnlted States Sen ator, were taken to Washington by Mr. riles, who asked Mr. Wickersham to examine then, and give an opinion whether they confirmed to the pro visions of tha fhfritun anti-trust law. Mr. riles said In Washington today: "The Attorney-General took the po sition that be was not authorised by law to pass on articles of Incorpora tion. Ha declined to give ua an opin ion. Ha feared that If he did take uct'on It might not only embarrass tha present but future ntlmlnistratlora, as me plan might not work out as antici pated. Henry J. Pierce, of rtpokane. tha c-rlclnator of the mercer plan, and Mr. rtlea went to Nsw York tonight to consult tha capitalists who had agreed to (Inane the deal. There la said to Da k serious question whether or not tha merger can be accomplished In the absenca of assurance from Federal au thorities that It will be legal. The promoters promised Western mill men that thera would ba no Interference by Federal authorities and It was under stood bera that similar aasurancea were given Eastern financiers Interested In tha scheme. General XV. II. Beck Dead, a, WASHINGTON. Nor. Brigadier General William H. Beck, retired. Is dead at tha Walter Reed Army Hospi tal In this city. He was the father of Captain Faul Bc.-k. one of tha Army . - , l ATTACKS AT SALEM BECOME MYSTERY IA.V WAYLAID NEAR SCENE OF ONSET OF DR. SMITH". .Walla nt of Attendant at Feeblc Mlnded School Makes Escape. Clrcomstances Suppressed. SALEM. Or, Nov. IT. (Special.) At tacked by a thug at tha Identical spot where Dr. Frank E. Smith, superin tendent of tha State School for tha Feeble Minded waa shot at a week ago. Attendant Wright, of tha aama school, waa tha victim of an assault Saturday night, and hla story adds to the mys tery which surrounds tha shooting of a week before. Tha latter episode waa preceded by anonymous threata against the superintendent's life. Wrlirht had started from the Institu tion to the city when a man climbed tha fence and walked toward him. leering In his face, and auddenly he hit Wright. The attendant hit naca witK .n iimhrella he was carrying. After a scuffle Wright s assailant dart ed across the road. Jumpea tn and disappeared In a field. Superintendent Smith now holds tha view that a craxed man was the prin cipal of each attack. R.rsrriieas of Governor Wests state ment lust before leaving that news at tha atate Institutions would no longer bo suppressed, the attack or Baturaay night waa aa carefully suppressed as the attack of the week previous. VAGRANT ROBBER POTS 3 Highwayman Shoots Men and Goes on Hr Way Unmolested. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) With a wanton dlaregard for the Uvea of -other people, a highway man yesterday afternoon successively shot Albert Brown. William Manilla and John Mela, about five ml)ea north east of Edmonds. AH three ot tna vic tims, although seriously wounded, are not In Imminent danger. Brown snd Manilla were walking alone a railroad track owned by the' Brown's Bay Logging Company when a man appeared and opened nre on them. The first bullet passed through Brown'a right hand and found lodge ment in William Manilla's leg. Manilla dropped and Brown started to run. the hlrhwavman taklnr two shots at him as he fled. A short distance further down the track the highwayman met Mela and took a shot at him. tha bul let passing through his arm. aieia dropped and the bandit then robbed hlra of and a watch. The wounded men were brought to town for medical treatment on the Seattle-Everett In terurban. ACTRESS' DOGS BURNED UP Ethel BarrjmoN'i Babj'g Crib Lost, Too; $100 Asked for It. NEW TORK. Nov. 2 7. Special. ) Russell Grlswold Colt, husband of Ethel Barrymore, the actress, today brought suit ajrainst the Atlaa Insurance com pany, of London, to recover $1638, the alleged loss sustained by him In a fire which destroyed a stable connected with his Summer home at Mamaroneck last Spring. Some of the ltema given In the com plaint are: One baby crib, valued at 1100; basket of his little son. $100: four Summer hata of Mlsa Barrymore. 140: Scotch terrier. $17; Highland ter rier, tit: two canoes, valued at 125 each, and one trunk containing theat rical costumes owned by his wife, (500. OREGON HELD BY WIRELESS Famous Battleship Called at Sea and Ordered Back to Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. t7. Before the , battleship Oregon, which left this harbor late todday for the Bre merton Navy-ard on 1'uget Sound, had proceeded far beyond the Golden Gate, she was recalled by wireless on orders from Washington. The Oregon put back Into the harbor at about dusk tonight. No significance Is thought to attach to the Oregon's recall. It Is believed that the vessel will remain here for members of a board of Inspection that will visit the Sound. BRIDE "SET" IN HER WAY Portland Girl Goes 4000 Mile to Wed. and Won't Promise to Obey. ELGIN. HI.. Nov. 7. Mlsa Mabel Walter Hough, of I'ortland. Or forced ber fiance. Henrlch Koussau. to ac company her on a 4000-mile journey that she might be married by George R. Thompson. Follce Magistrate of El gin, father of the "obeylesa wedding ritual-- The bride said that she wouldn't promise to obey any man. SANTA FE SNOWED UNDER i Ilamasr to Railroad and Stork Is Kelt in Southwest. SANTA FE. N. M.. Nov. 17. The heaviest snowstorm experienced bera In years began last night and con tinued nntll noon, tha drifts blng high at some place;. The temperature last night dropped to IX degrees above xero and railroads are hampered, while damage to stock IRISH ACTORS ARE PELTED WITH EGGS Riot Marks Premier in New York Theater. TEN IN AUDIENCE ARRESTED Hot Reception Is Given "Play Boy of the Western World." "SHAME" DISTURBERS' CRY Only Thick Head of Ilalr Saves "Leading; Lady'' or Dublin Com pany Prom Serious Injury When Potato Hits Her. NEW TORK. Nov. 27. Riotous dis orders broke out tonight at a per formance In which the Irish players, recently arrived from Dublin, at tempted to produce "The Play Boy of the Western World." at Maxine El liott's theater. - Much refuse was thrown at the actors and police reserves were called out. Ten prisoners were taken. Potatoes, eggs, vegetables and other missies were thrown on the stage and several of the actors were struck. Miss Elthne McGee received a particularly bard blow on the head by a potato, but her wealth of hair aaved her from serious Injury. Aadleaee Faahloaable One. The audience was mainly a fashion ably dressed one. The playlet. "The Jail Gate." preceded the performance of "The Play Boy of the Western World." and met with no disturbance, but promptly on the announcement of the second bill, hisses came from the gallery and spread through the whole house. The rioting broke out when the "Play Boy" came on to announce that he had killed his father and was lauded by the women characters. There were cries of "Shame, shame, that's not Irish." and the like. Irish Sorlrtlea Condemn Flay. "The Flay Boy of- the Western World." as written by Synge. and staged by Lady Gregory, was declared In a resolution recently passed by the United Irish Societies as an Insult to the Irish, as It was held to be Immoral and made a hereout of a parasite. The uproar parted as oon as the curtain rose' A the first act and so interrupted' e performance that at the end c he act, Alfred O'Donovan. who played the part of the 'Tlay Boy." (Concluded on Pace 4.) INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 48 degrees: minimum. S2 desrees. TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds. Foreign. American clerics receive red bats. fg . Ksrl Grey tells of England's part In Mo roccan negutlstlonn. 1'age 2. Manchus capture Han Tan. Tags I. Natloaal. Champ Clark says Democrats at Jtr united after 17 years of strife. Page Proposed lumber merger In Paclflo North svest gets no encouragement from Wlca ersham. Pags 1 Domestic. Irish players cause riot when they attempt to produce "The Play Boy of the West ern World." in New York. Page 1. Dr. Ansa Bhasr. suffragist leader, slaps man on face in New York. Page 3. Fire next door to Hall of Records sensation of day In McNamara trial. Page 6. Defense's mvsterlous eye witness testifies In trial of Mrs. Patterson. Page 1. Two San Francisco policemen and informer are dead after effort to arrest Greek. Page 3. Woman takes scld ss victim of Joke. Page L Governors begin tour. Psge 2. Colorado real strike serious. Pags 5. Sport. Mulford. In t,oxicr car. wins Vanderbilt cup race at Savannah. Page 8. DisroursKlng debut made by Vean Gregg - with Spokane In 1909 Is recalled. Page 8. Record crowd for Multnomah-Oregon foot ball game assured. Page 8. Ryan picks Wolgast. Psge 8. Pacific Northwest. Defense In bank trial at Kalama presents data on securities. Page 6. Music of 27 Inland Empire bands surges In Spokane streets. Page 7. Development of Alaska Is slogan at com merce dinner at Seattle. Page 7. Second assault near School for Feeble Minded.! mystery. Page 1. Three Clackamas County pastors' resign. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Turkey supply less than expected and price advances. Psge 10. Big trsds In cattle at Portland stockyards. Page 1I. Union Pacific Is strong feature of Wall street market. Page 19. Wheat weakened at Chicago by large North western receipts and fine weather la Ar gentina. Page 19. British bark Beeswing fixed for wheat. Page, IS. Portland and Vicinity. Many revivals planned by churches to con tinue work done by Gipsy Smith. Page 12. Addison Bennett ssys loving kindness is secret of Gipsy Smith's success. Page 12. Railroads exploit Northwest at Chicago Land Show. Page Is. i T. B. Wilcox tells realty board Investment In Portland Is better than 4 per cent bonds. Page 13. Council committee holds first meeting to consider public market plans. Pags 9. Skldmore-street property Is assessed more for Improvements than lota are worth. Page 9. Blunder of Deputy District Attorney sets al leged undesirable free. Psge 11. Miss Virginia D. Hill, vocalist, threatens to sue Mrs. Fred L. Olson for slander. Page 3. Railroad suit to be heard next month. Page 14. Butcher stock on farms found unclean. Page 14. 23 CHINESE ARE CAUGHT Mongolians Seized at Monterey Mak ing: Illegal Landing. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 27. News was received here today by United States Marshal Elliott of the capture of 23 Chinese for attempting an Illegal landing from the little vessel Kamrat at Monterey. Besides the 23 Chinese, the two offi cers engaged In the smuggling at tempt were also arrested. UP AGAINST IT. i MPERIALS DEFEAT CHINESE REBELS Manchus Capture Han Yan After Fight. ABDICATION IS DEMANDED Mutiny of Emperor's Soldiers 1 Follows Cry. NANKING STILL HOTBED Revolutionists Capture Gate and Defenses and Fa" of City Is Expected Soon Water At tack Aids Land Forces. PEKIN. Nor. 27-A dispatch received at the legations here says the lmparlal troops have captured Han Tans, and that the rebels are fleeing;, mostly to Wu Chang. ' Further Consular dispatches from Hankow of today's date say the Im perialists captured Han Tang, after prolonged and desperate fighttng. The rebels suffered severely and fled in confusion. The Imperialist losses were heavy. Abdication la Demanded. The Assembly of the province of Chi LI has resolved to summon the throne to abdicate and also to partici pate In the Republican government which Is now being formed. ' Consul-General Roger B. Greene tele graphed yesterday from Hankow that the Imperial troops had established themselves across the Han River. Chinese Troops Mutiny. The Chinese troops In Tibet have mutinied, declaring their sympathy for the revolutionists. Fierce fighting continues at Nan king, where the rebels have captured the Tahclngmen Gate, and hold all the defenses In that part ot the city. They are now bombarding Petchekiao Fort from both land and water. It Is expected that the whole city will soon be In their hands. JAPANESE MOVE IS EXPLAINED Troops' Orders Given With Full Knowledge of AH Powers. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The action of the Japanese government In order ing 700 Japanese troops to Tien Tsin and Pekin Is explained by a statement Issued today by the Department of State, showing the movement, is strict ly In conformity with authority con- (Concluded on Page 8.) ' WOMAN TAKES ACID AS VICTIM OF JOKE DINERS MAKE GIRL BELIEVE CARBOLIC IS YERMOCTH. Daughter of Canon Tristram, of Dublin, Dies in New York After Swallowing Fatal Draught. KEW TORK. Nov. 27. The miscar riage of a "crude practical Joke" caused the death of Mrs. Alice Tristram Shanks, said to be the daughter of Canon Tristram, of Trinity Church, Dublin, in the opinion of Coroner Shongut, who announced today that several men present when the young woman took poison would be sum moned to tell what they knew of the case. Mrs. Shanks died Saturday night in a hospital ambulance from effects of car bolic acid which she drank In the res taurant of the Golf clubhouse In Van Cortlandt Park. It was thought then that she had deliberately taken her own life. The bottle containing this acid, the Coroner now believes, was labeled "Vermouth," and placed beside Mrs. Shank's plate in a spirit of "fun." Subpenas will be Issued, the Coroner declares, requiring her companions to testify at the inquest tomorrow. RAIL CHIEF MAKES SHIFT Julius Kruttschnltt Quits Chicago to Live In Sew York. CHICAGO, Nov. 27. 'Special.) Julius Kruttschnltt, director of main tenance and operation of the Harriman lines, and one of the best-known rail road officials in the country, has moved his residence from Chicago to New Tork, where he will continue his duties as one of the chief officers of these roads. About 40 employes in the offices of the Harriman roads in Chicago, In cluding several officials, also will move to New Tork within the next few weeks. Among them will be F. W. Moll and "W. A. Worthington, assist ants to Kruttschnltt; W. F. Bull, his chief clerk, and J. D. Isaacs, a member of Kruttschnltt's staff of consulting engineers. METER'S TALE IS COSTLY Walla Walla Schools Charged $281 In Month Instead of $3. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 27. (Special.) Instead of 123, as usual, the city schools were billed 1281 water rent for the first 2 days of November, as the resuH of the installing of meters, as recently ordered by the City Com missioners. Until November 1, when meters were installed In all city schools, a flat rate of $23 a month for the water used in all six olty schools was charged and no record of consumption kept. Under the meter system during the first 24 days in November the six schools con sumed 3,287,000 gallons of water. The bill, which was brought before the Board of Education Friday night, was held over and no definite action taken on It. 500 ARE KILLED IN BATTLE Italians Mow Down Enemy at Trip oli, Taking 800 Prisoners as Well. ROME, Nov. 27. Special news dis patches from Tripoli say the Italians found 500 dead and wounded in houses on the oasis after yesterday's battle at Hennl. They also found 72 dead at other places. The Italians captured 300 Turks and Arab prisoners, including several Turk ish offlcers. The battle was very severe, especial ly In the vicinity of Hennl, where a series of bayonet encounters occurred. The. Italian loss was "relatively light." General Caneva's plan of battle was carried out to the letter and the Ital ian troops are now In possession of Hennl and Fort Mesrl. AMBASSADOR DUDLEY DIES United States Representative to Bra zil Known in West. BALTIMORE, Nov. 27. Irving Bedell Dudley, United States Ambassador to Brazil, died at the Johns Hopkins Hos pital here today of heart disease, while convalescing from another complaint. He was a lawyer and former police Judge of San Diego, Cal. He was so cially prominent there when he first entered the diplomatic service about 14 years ago. President McKInley, early in his first term, appointed him Minister to Peru. Since that time he had gone to San Diego several times for brief visits. It is believed that he has no relatives in San Diego. BOURNE DENIES ALLIANCE Oregon Senator Says He Is Not One Referred To as Pledged to T. R. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 27. The Washington Her ald today prints the following: "Senator Jonathan Bourne denies that he was the man referred to by Colonel Roosevelt, in a recent inter view, as a well-known United States Senator who had pledged him the sup port of his etate if he would only be come a candidate against Taft. '.In the interview. Colonel Roosevelt was quoted as refusing to divulge the Senator's name. Political wiseacres began to look suspiciously at Senator Bourne. The Senator from Oregon says ba is committed to no candidate." NEW EYE WITNESS WW I Mrs. Patterson's Story Is Corroborated. MYSTERIOUS ONE APPEARS After Seeing Shooting,, Man Says He Went to Tacoma. DEFENDANT HIDES FACE AVoman Accused of Murder Covers Eyes When Mother of Dead Hus band Testifies Son Was Too III to Strike Wife. DENVER, Nor. 27. The defense in, the Patterson murder case placed on the tand today the mysterious eye witness to the shooting of Charles A. Patterson by his wife, Gertrude Gib Bon Patterson, announcement of whose existence by Attorney O. N. Hilton in his opening statement created some thing of a sensation. He was Francis J. Easton, 5? years old, who testified that he had come from Minneapolis, to appear In Mrs. Patterson's behalf. He came to Den ver the day before the shooting, he testified, from Laramie, Wyo., and left Denver two days after the shooting ft- Tacoma, Wash., where he visited his son, who lived In Thirty-second street. The number of the house ho. had forgotten. . Woman's Story Upheld. Easton corroborated the story told by Mrs. Patterson that she shot her husband after he had struck her twice and knocked her down and was stand ing over her with his arm raised to strike again. He explained his pres ence in the vicinity by saying that he had gone to the sanitarium at which Patterson was a patient, and after a Inspection of the grounds had set out for a walk In the neighbor hood. On cross-examination he said he had seen A B. Shugart, the eye witness pl-.ced on the stand by the state, run- lg to the spot, but had not gone over to the body himself, having turned down a street and taken a streetcar back to the city, because, as he told the jury, he did not want to get mixed up In the affair. Witness la Serene. The witness was questioned closely In regard to his life hatory, but Prosecutor Menson failed to shake uia composure. His wife, he said, had died In Miles City, Mont., two years ago. "Do you know Emil, W. Stroussr t.1--- prosecutor suddenly asked him. -"I do not." "Tou did not come here from Chi cago?" "I did not." "Have you been back to the scene of the shooting for the purpose of testifying here?" "I have." "How many times?" "Once." Defendant Hides Face. Easton was the last witness for the defense and after his cross-examination the state commenced its testimony in rebuttal, its most Important witness being Mrs. Mary K. Patterson, mother of the dead man. When the elder wo man took the stand the prisoner cov ered her eyes with her hand and did not look up while the examination of the witness was in progress. The elder Mrs. Patterson, the pur pose of whose testimony was to im peach the defendant's testimony on a number of points, told of a family con ference Just prior to her daughter-in-law's trip to Europe regarding the ad visability of investing $1600 in a printing establishment in Chicago for young Patterson. The prisoner had denied that such a conference took place. Son Too 111 to Strike. The witness 'also declared that when her son was ill at her home, at a time when the defendant had declared Pat terson made an attack upon her, the boy was so weak that he had to be, lifted In bed to be fed and that ha had been taken to the sanitarium on a stretcher. Whenever the witness re ferred to her daughter-in-law, she calld'her, "the defendant." She con tradicted the prisoner on a number of lesser points. When court adjourned today there was a- prospect of the case going to the Jury by tomorrow night, with prac tically a certainty that this would take place by Wednesday in any event. Jury May Visit Scene. The defense will ask tomorrow that the jury be taken to the scene of the shooting to Investigate the contention of Attorney Hilton that the state's eye witness, Shugart,' could not have Witnessed the affair from where , he said he was. After this there remain but the examinations of the court and the closing arguments of counsel. Just after the opening of court today Rose Gard and Ida Kelley, two women prisoners, were called by the defense and said they saw a bruise on Mrs. Patterson's cheek, where the latter says her husband struck her on the day : (Concluded on Page 2.) on the ra&gea is Inevitable,, aviator a.