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-T" Ill M. - rnTiTT.im OREROX. AYEDXESDAY. DECE31BER 37, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI NO. . . - . ! : I I S PLEA 10 IS Annulment of Marriage to Anna Denied. EX-WIFE HOPED FOR DEGREE American Duchess Offers No Opposition to Request. CHURCH SUMMARIZES CASE Vf Caotellane Kxpecta to Return to Rome In January to Bring Vp New Point Former Miss " Gould Issues Statement. ROME. Dee. J- The Vatican ha de clined to grant Count Bonl de Cas tellane an annulment of hU marriage with Anna Gould, who la now the Duchess of Talleyrand and Sagaa. Countess de Castellane waa granted a divorce from her husband and given the custody of their three children November 14. ISO. About a year ago Count Bonl applied to the Vatican for annulment of the marriage. For several month the Congregation of the Council haa had under advise ment the process received from the Archbishopric of Paris concerning the case. Pope Hears Detail. When Monslgnor Amette. Archbishop of Paris, came to Rome recently to re relve the red hat. he gave the Pop and Cardinal Genarrl. Prefect of the Con- rea-ation of the Council, all tne de- tails In his possession concerning the rase. Count Bonl came to Rome December ;o for the purpose of using all possible Influence to obtain hla object. In this he waa not opposed by the Duchess of Talleyrand. The decision of the Con gregation of the council, however, which waa communicated to him yes-i.-riay. rejected lil petition for the an nulment. aan-h Sasamartaea Denial. The ground on which the application Kit denied was summarised as fol lows: "A marriage celebrated and consum mated. If performed according to the law of the church, as It waa In the rase of the Castel lane-Gould marriage. t Indlasoluble. There are certain Im pediments which. If existing before the marriage, can prevent Its celebration, or If i-elebrated In Ignorance of them, render the marriage Invalid. In which i-ase the church can proclaim that the union of the parties never In reality existed. But in the argument brought forward by Ie Castellane. no such lra-j-dlmenta have been shown." Real (ioea Bark Pari. Count Honl departed tonight for Parte. He expecta to return to Rome about the middle of January. It la thought he will bring forward new ...lni on which to base another ap plication for annulment. While Count de Castellane was en deavoring to secure the annulment of tlie marrtage hla ex-wlfe, the Duchess of Tallyrand and Sagan. made public the following statement: "I hope the Count will succeed, aa that would free me from all moral obligation to bring up the children In their fathers religion.- STAMPS CN PACKAGE $40.82 llu;c Parcel Scat by Mall'lYom battle to Melbourne. SEATTI.K. Wash., Dec It. (Special.) What Is announced by C. L Lynch, superintendent of malls of the Seattle pontortVe. probably to be the largest single piece of mall ever handled at the local office was forwarded today to Mel bourne, Australia. In the shape of a package laving an area of I square feet. The bundle la encased In a wooden 'frame S feet long by i feet wide and several Inches thick. A large painting Is believed to be the content, although the exact nature haa not been disclosed by the sender to the postal authorities. Forty stamps, each of the tl denomina tion, and several minor stamps, repre senting a cost of 810.S3. were required to pay postage on the package, going aa first-eta mall. The total weight is : pounds. RATE REDUCTION IS MADE Lumber Shipment om Washing Ion to Ienver Carried Cheaper. SKATTU:. Wash.. Dec. IS. An nouncement was made today of a freight rate reduction of 19 cents a hundred pound on lumber shipment from Western Washington to Denver and polnta In that territory. This J on of the deepest rata cuts ever made on forest product. The new rate, which will go Into effect the latter part of January, will Increase the market for red cedar shingles at least 55 per cent lumbermen say. The railroads have alse announced reductions effective December 34. ranging from 10 to 20 per cent on fir lumber from the Pacific Coaat to paint ONI VATICAN - SKIPPER CAUGHT LONG AFTER DEED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - AR RESTS CAPTAIN OX WAT HERE. Mauler of Steamer Coaster Taken lor Damage Done Fort Cable Year and Halt Ago. Captain J. F. Illgglne, master of the teauner Coaster, plying In tha Coaat trade and at present loading lumber at Weetport for San Francisco, today I trying to recall Incident that had slipped from hi rnemorr concerning a night passed below Astoria a year and a half ago, when hi Tesel dragged her anchor and the "mud hook" brushed rudoly against Unci Sam' cable and thereby did damage. For. that the skipper waa ubjected to the exnbarraasraent of arrest yester day by a deputy United State Mar shal, aa ha paced tha deck of tha Coast er at Westport. and hi only fear wa that tha cargo might not ba aboard In time for him to aall aa planned. He waa Informed that at the time men tioned ha had "carelessly and negll ..mt wmtttMi hi anchor to drag and It consequently came Into forcible contact with cable of tha nre control system. connecting Forta Steven, Can by and Columbia, causing such In Jury that had a Japanese fleet entered tha river then It could not have been blown to fragment. Friend of the skipper, hearing of hi Intended arrest, provided a bond In tha sum of 12000. so that on hla ar rival late last night he was released. Captain Hlggln has made many trip to Portland since his apparent disre gard for the "peace and dignity" of the Union, but no one seem to know why Ms arreet was not brought about sooner. JOY IS FATAL TO WOMAN Courier' News of Victory In Hard Foufrht Land Suit Death Message. SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec 26. (Special.) Joy over the new that her family had won a seven year' fight In the court over a right of way through property near here caused the death yesterday of Mrs. Frank Cores- The new wa told her on Thursday by a mounted messenger who rushed from the courtroom to the Corea home at Evergreen. Mrs. Corea waa 111 and in bed. She arose to kiss and congratu late her aged husband and fell back stricken with paralysis. She died yesterday without regaining conn lousuea. ihe legal fight wis with the family of Bernardo Mlguera, and has been In court for seven years, being one of the most bitterly fought cases which the county courts have ever dealt with. TAFT FREES FOUR FELONS President Hearkens to Plea of Con vict's 80-Year-OId Mother. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 2. President Taft has dispensed Christmas cheer to four Federal prisoners through commu tation of sentence. The pathetic ap peal of a prisoner's 80-year-old mother for the son she had not seen for 25 years caused the President to commute, to expire at once, the sentence of Wil liam J. Key, who pleaded guilty In 190" at St. Joseph, Mo., to counterfeiting. Ills term would have expired April 21. The President also commuted, to ex pire at once, the life sentence of Howell Cobb, an Indian, who pleaded guilty to murder at Sapulpo, Indian Territory, In 18. and Charles Hopkins, a negro, convicted of murder in the District of Columbia in 1894. MAN CREMATED IN CELL linbrelljs Mender'a Clothes Catch Fire From Matches In Pocket. ST. HELENA. Cat. Dec IS. An Itin erant umbrella mender, whoae name 1 unknown here, waa burned to death In the Jail here last night. He had been drinking, and feecauae he raised a dis turbance was locked up. It Is be lieved his bedding caught nre from matches he bad In his pockets. The Jail building Is of stone and waa not damaged. When the firemen ex tinguished the blase In the man' cell they found hla body burned almost to a crisp. FUNERAL CHARGES GO UP St. Louis Liver) men Complain Autos Have Ruined Cab Business. ST. LOC1S. Dec. 2. The St. Louis Livery and Undertaking Association to day announced an Increase of II on every carriage and 12 on every hearse used In funerals In this city. The re adjustment makes the scale uniform throughout the week. "The automobile haa Just about 'put the cab to the bad,' said Louis Land vogt, president of the association. "What the automobile hasn't done, the owl car haa." EMPLOYES TO GET STQCK Steel Corporation Makes Allotments Under Profit-Sharing Plan. NEW YORK. Dec 2. Allotmenta of common and preferred shares for 1912 were made to employes under the United States Steel Corporation's profit sharing plan, it waa said, after a meet ing of the directors today. The amounta and prices were not disclosed, but announcement on this point may be made before the close of tha year. TROUBLE. BREWING FOR PEACE DINNER T. R. Makes It Plain He Will Stay Away. Y.EWS WHOLLY AT VARIANCE Those Who, Differing, Attend Censured as "Traitorous." TAFT WILL MAKE SPEECH President Agrees Also to Remain Through Entire Affair, Provided It Does Sot Last More Than . Three and Half Hours. NEW YORK. Dec 2. Close on the heels of one great peace meeting which was broken up by disturbers op posed to the ratlncatlon of the treaties with England and France, disagree ments have arisen over what Is being planned as one of the greatest peace dinners ever seen, to be held here Sat urday night It developed today, according to a member of the committee In charge of the dinner, that ex-President Roosevelt had replied to a semi-official Invitation to attend the function at which the President would be the principal speaker, with a letter declaring that his sentiments were wholly at vari ance with those to be expressed at the affair and censuring as "traitorous" to their principles all those who accepted the Invitation to the dinner without agreeing with Its purposes. Committee Seek Harmony. To arrange a harmonious programme the executive committee of the Na tional cltlsens committee In charge of the dinner met and discussed the situa tion. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the National citizens' com mittee In - charge of the dinner last Wednesday, a resolution waa adopted authorizing an official Invitation to Mr. Roosevelt, but the secretary, who was told to send the invitation, did not do so In a formal way, but wrote to Mr. Roosevelt first to learn his views. Colonel's Ueellaatloa Positive. A member of the committee who would not have his name printed, said that Mr. Roosevelt replied with a seven-page letter, leaving no doubt whatever that' he would not attend. In another Interview today Mr. Roosevelt Implied his Intention not to attend. John Temple Graves was selected as the toastmaater. A letter from Presi dent Taft wa read. The President agreed to be present and to make a 30 mlnute speech, . as well to remain throughout the dinner. If It did not continue more than three hours and a half. "People Afraid," Say T. It. NEW YORK. Dec 26. Theodore Roosevelt announced this afternoon f Concluded on Page 2.) Y ft 7" i -J7 V w v. ANNUAL "WILL BE COMPRE HENSIVE. All important phases of de velopment in Oregon daring 1911 will be featured in The Orego ian Annual, to be issued next Monday. The edition will be one of the most comprehensive in the eries of 30 biir annual num bers published by The Oregonian. By pictures and text it will give to every reader a clear conception of present conditions in Oregon. No matter what industry a per son is interested in, he will find that it has its place in the An nual Livestock, horticulture, dairying, grain production, min ing, fisheries, hopgrowing and poultry husbandry are only a few of the subjects. The articles are by experts and tell just what ia being done and what can be done in this state. The man already living in Oregon and the man thinking of making this state his home "will alike find much of in terest and practical value. Orders for the Annual should be sent in without delay. The pictures alone would make this big edition well worth sendingto friends in other states. The price is 5 cents a copy. Domestic post age 5 cents. Foreign postage 10 cents. KING'S SKULL IS STOLEN Tomb of Black George of Servia Des ecrated; Jewels Untouched. VIENNA. Dec 26. The vault in St. Mark's Cemetery In which reposed for many' years the bones of Kara-George Petrovltch, founder of the Servian dy nasty, has been desecrated. The skull of the former Servian chief has been stolen, but the decorations and rings were not touched. The coffin of Queen Perslda was not opened. There is no clew to the dese crators. Kara-George (Black George, or George Cserny) was a peasant, born In 1766, who in 1806 became the leader of the Servians In the revolt against Turkey. He defeated the Turks, cap tured Belgrade and liberated Servia. He was driven out of Servia in 1613 and was murdered In 1817. DELLA FOX NEAR DEATH Kx-Coiiuc Opera Star, In Delirium, Sings Songs She Made Famous. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Delia Fox, singer and comedienne. Is said tonight to be in so critical a condition that death Is expected. She was operated on In an uptown sanitarium last Sat urday for appendicitis. It was necessary tonight to admin ister stimulants, and It was said that the famous actress had delirious mo ments during which she repeated lines of "A Pretty Girl, a Summer Night" from "Wang" and other songs she made popular 20 years ago. LUGGAGE EXPLOSIVE-LADEN Suitcase in Nonunion Town Is Filled .With Dynamite and Whisky. PITTSBURG, Dec. 26. Carrying a ault case containing 72 sticks of dyna mite, a roll of fuses, and two quarts of whisky, George Bridges, who refuses to tell anything concerning himself, was arrested last night at Moenssen, Pa., a mill town near here. BIO CANAL, LITTLE SHIP. r': ' 1,-1 VW .vvsa, l ROOSEVELT BOOM DEFINITE IN F Identity of- Backers Kept Secret. EMISSARIES SENT TO SOUTH Cohesion of Forces Working in Wide Field Observed. SECRET MEETINGS HELD Movement Is Financed to Certain Extent and Receives Inspiration From Central Source Not Tet Revealed. BY SUMNER CUPTIS. WASHINGTON, Dec 26. (Special.) That there Is a cohesive organization back of the Roosevelt Presidential movement, and that It Is not merely an incoherent demonstration on the part of Roosevelt enthusiasts, finding ex pression in sporadic booming efforts throughout the country, is a fact estab lished by Information that was ob tained here today. According to the information at hand, the organization that has been effected Is not primarily an antl-Taft affair, nor Is It designed, as certain friends of. Senator La Follette are wont to characterize the Roosevelt move ment, to divide the "progressive" forces in order that Taft's renomlna tlon may be made certain. It Is being financed to a certain extent, and has its central directing body the same as the campaigns that are being conduct ed on the part of active candidates. Directing Force Is Mystery. There Is some mystery at present as to the personnel of the body or group which Is directing the move.nent This mystery, however, 1 likelj to be dis pelled within a shert time Just as soon as It may bo thought" wise to give full publicity to the scope of the campaign. At present the desire is to work as quietly as possible along lines Involving the personality of Colonel Roosevelt, and there are preliminaries to prepare before it may be expedient to make it known how comprehensive the plan of operations Is to be. Here, however, are the salient facts uncovered today: 1. Emissaries have been sent into the Southern States to get a line upon the situation there with reference to ob taining Roosevelt delegations to the National convention. As is well known, Southern .convention delegations usual ly have been under the influence of the Washington Administration. Roose velt, however, has powerful friends in the South, and some of them are mem bers of the Republican National com mittee. Country I Organized. 2. Other parts of the country have been parceled out to receive attention from those who are best informed on local conditions and nearest in touch with political affairs from a geo graphical standpoint. The recent Ne- ( Concluded on Page 3. ) cf. W TAFT MODIFIES LAW FOR HEALERS CHKISTIAX SCIENCE IS PERMIT TED ON CANAL ZONE. Ministration to Sick Without Cse of Material Remedy Permitted Un der Xew Regulation. WASHINGTON, Deo. 26. President Taft today settled the vexed question of allowing the practice of Christian Science or other non-medical methods of healing in the Panama Canal zone. The executive order, made several months ago, which members of the Christian Science Church feared would prohibit their practice, was modified. The original order provided that any one who wishes to practice medicine, surgery, dentistry, pharmacy or mid wifery in the canal one must be li censed by the Board of Health. As modified by the President, the order shall not be construed to prohibit the practice of the "religious tenets of any church in the ministration to sick or suffering by mental or spiritual means without the use of any drug or ma terial remedy." The order as modified takes effect January 1. ' BOSTON, Dec. 26. Alfred Farlow, chairman of the publication committee of the Christian Science Church,' com menting tonight on the order of Presi dent Taft permitting practice by Chris tian Scientists in the Panama Canal zone, said: "We have been of the opinion all the while that President Taft did not real ize how stringent the original regula tion waa and that when It came clear ly to his attention immediate relief would be forthcoming." Christian Scientist practitioners who already are established In the canal zone will resume practice January 1. KENT OPPOSES FREE TOLLS Other California Members of Con gress Favor Proposed Measure. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 26. Among several replies received by the Cham ber of Commerce from California Rep resentatives and United States Senators the reply of Representative Kent, of the Second District, is the only one unfa vorable to the resolution adopted by the Chamber In which the l(.w-makers were asked to urge Congress to favor the elimination of all tolls for the use of the Panama Canal by ships doing a coastwise trade and flying the Amer ican flag. Kent has written a letter to the sec retary of the Chamber declaring that free tolls for American ships alone would be "such artificial discrimina tion" that it would "clog commerce and thereby add to the cost of distrlbu tion and the impoverishment of the commerce of this coastl" Among those who have written in favor of the resolution are Represen tatives Re.ker, Hayes and Needham and Senators Perkins and Works. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 46 degrees; minimum, 40 decrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds, foreign. Vatican denies Bonl de Castellane's plea for annulment of marriage with Anna Gould Page 1. Treatment of General Reyes will be real test of Madero government, page 4. ' Domestic Mm. Marie Rappold. rich opera star, wants poor husband .to let her nave, divorce. Pge 3- Movement to boom Roosevelt takes organ ised form. Page 1. Police believe Violet Buehler may be In hos pital near Chicago. Page 3. Gertrude Leo, of Tacoma, says she will not returrf to New York to testify against Oom. Page 3. Roosevelt's refusal to attend peace dinner promises trouble for sponsors. Page 1. Rational. Commerce Commission puzzled by Supreme Court decision In Valley lumber cases. Page 2. Taft permits practice of Christian Science Government reveals original plan for $500,- Pacific Northwest. . Charges a'gainst Nathan B. Harvey, sus pected Hill slayer, are aismissea. rage -u Edenbower wins fight In Supreme Court for railway spur. Page 7. Ex-Governor of Tennessee pleads for son on weak mind ground. - Page 7. Sport. Demetral ties knot In Jack Leon's record. Page 8. Multnomah Club edict prohibits instructors engaging in outside matches. Page 8. Johnson holdB out for S3O.O0O purse to fight Jim Flynn- Page 8. Joe Matbea demands chance to make good on Beavers; McCredle will give him try out. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Coast apple markets have upward tend ency. Page Wheat lower at Chicago because of- snow In Middle West. Page 18. Plenty of loanable funds offering In Wall street. Page. 19. , Wool sales at Boston large and prices firm. Page 19. Water freight rate to Atlantic seaboard In creased on minimum tariff. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. City and county to co-operate in furnishing work to destitute persons. Page 12. Pittsburg Elks with Governor Tener in race for 1913 grand lodge reunion. Page 12. Steamer captain arrested by Federal Gov ernment for deed committed over year ao. Page 1. W. C. Bristol tells Rotary Club fools In America, number 92,000,000. Page 15. Coroner's Inquest into killing of alleged hold up man by officer to be held today, page 14. Oregon Electric will be at McMInnville In year, says President Gray. Page 12. Mrs. H. B. Van Duzer entertains 50 poor children at home. Page 18. School Board minority favors big bond issue fnr new buildings. Page 0. Grand Jury takes up both sides of alleged police graft case. Page 14. W. I. air Thompson tells of Lakeview's pros perity. Page 9. Cbsrtrr commission finally refuses to sul- ; mit draft to Council- Page 4- j Four youths jailed as counterfeiters. Page 9. T Ardenwald Nursery man Freed by Court. SISTER OF VICTIM OVERCOME Justice of Peace Declares Evi dence Is Insufficient. DETAILS OF CRIME TOLD Many in. Courtroom Congratulate Defendant When Verdict Is Read. Case May Be Renewed by Action of Grand Jury. SHOTS FIKED AT HAKVEY. Sheriff Mass announced In Ore gon City last night that In m dispute between Nathan B. Harvey and T. F. Cowing, Jr., December 1. two shots were fired from a revolver In the hands of Mr. Cowing. Mr. Cowing said last night that the shooting was accidental. Mr. Cowlug said that at the time of th, shotting, Harvey had asked that nothing be said about It. The shooting was reported to Sheriff Mass by Harvey, December 2. No complaint waa filed. OREGON CITY, Or., Deo. 26. (Spe cial.) Declaring that virtually none or the evidence Introduced against the de fendant ras Incriminating and that the prosecution had failed utterly to make out a case against him. Justice of the Peace Samson this afternoon dismissed the complaint against Nathan B. Har vey, the wealthy Milwaukee nursery man, charging him with slaying the Hill family at Ardonwald station, Ju.ie 9 last. The hearing, which was a preliminary one, had been marked with dramatic scenes throughout, but when the Jus tice of the Peace concluded his decision Willamette Hall, where the case was heard, bordered on bedlam. At least one-half of the crowd of S00 that was, packed into the hall cheered and a score rushed to Harvey to con gratulate him! Many literally hugged him. Witness Faints In Court. There was cheering several times in the address of George C. Brownell, who spoke last and cross-examined the wit nesses for the defendant. "While C. M. Idleman, of counsel for Harvey, was summing up, Mrs. Charlotte de Parque, a sister of Mrs. Ruth Cowing Hill, fell from her chair In a faint and was car ried from the hall by her brother. Thomas Cowing, and his wife. She soon was .revived, but did not re-enter the room. A report was current tonight that the case would be taken before the grand jury, which. will convene July 10, but Sheriff Mass and Detective L. L. Levings, who iiave worked up the evidence, refused to Bay whether this would be done. Harvey did not make ' a statement, other than that he was glad to be free end that the newspapers had made mistakes In previous reports. His wife was seated by him when the verdict was given and she was congratulated as profusely as her husband. Time of Tragedy Fixed. According to Deputy District, At torney Stipp, who appeared for ' the prosecution, almost the exact time of the crime was shown. Witnesses testi fied that a clock, in the Hill home bad stopped at what was thought the time' of the murder. Dogs had barked at the home of a neighbor about the time the clock stopped. Harvey waa seen at the station a short time before altd It was argued his movements had been timed so he must have been In front or at the Hill home at the time the clock stopped and when the dogs barked. A subsequent act, the em ployment of Jawyers to defend him by Harvey, the prosecutor said. Indicated a guilty knowledge. Sheriff Mass said after the trial that It was thought by him and his associates before the hearing that this would be sufficient evidence upon which to hold the de fendant The first witness, Clarence W. Mat thews, of Hlllsboro, who lived about 300 feet from the Hill home, testified that he saw Mrs. Hill in her yard late in the afternoon of June 8. when he went by her home to stake his cow. Kelghbora Discover Bodies. "I rapped on the door of the Hill house the next morning when I went to stake the cow again," declared the witness and called, 'Are you people not going to get upT I got no response and told my folks to see what was the matter, as I had to go to Portland. 1 left on the 7:04 car, and my folk! informed me upon my arrival in Port land over the telephone of the crime. I got back at 10 o'clock, but did not go Into the Hill house, nor did I se the bodies. "I was awakened on the night of June 8 by the barking of my dogs. They barked louder than usual and kept It up longer. 1 got up and lookel out of the door and a window. I couldn't see the Hill house from the door, but I saw it from the wjndow. 1 saw no one there. My mother's house (Concluded on Page .) CHARGES mm HARVEY DISMISSED