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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECE3IBER 1911. PRICE CENTS. VOL. LI XO. 15,942. ROOSEVELT 10 BE PRIMARY FACTOR Name to Be Presented in Many States. NEBRASKA EXAMPLE POPULAR Insurgents Ready to Desert La Follette Standard. LAST STAND MADE IN OHIO Taft I nenefrrlarr f Movement In Colonel KTor, and Belief Is Strong That This Kesult I Not TTnlntended. BT 7IARRT J. BROW. ORKGONIAX NEWS BCREAC. Wash ington. Dee. tS. Announcement that the name of Theodore Roosevelt ! to be placed upon the Nebrasaa official bal lot to be voted for at the Presidential preference primary In that state next April has nuifd considerable uneasl nese among; the friends and supporters of the Wisconsin ' Senator, especially sln-e It has become apparent that Knoaevelt himself cannot hare his name removed, inn If he were so disposed. Further disquietude In the La Follette ramp arises from the recognised pos sibility that Oregon. California, North Iakota and other states having the Presidential preference primary may follow the example of Nebraska and place the name of Roosevelt on their respective ballots, alons; with the names of Taft and La Follette. It requires the slrnatures of relatively few voters to place a name npon this ballot, and Roosevelt's popularity throughout the West Is so great as to make It almost certain that Ms. name will be placed before the voters In most. If not all. the states having- a Presidential pri mary next Fprlng. I .a Fellrtte Estimate Ge Wroag. T'p to the time Roosevelt loomed on the Nebraska horlion. La Follette and his supporters had been enthusiastic for the Presidential primary. They figured that In those states having such a law Taft was far from popular, and counted on antl-Taft sentiment to advance La Follette stock and bring forth strong Indorsements for the man from Wis consin. In fact, they have boasted that La Follette delegations would be aent to the next convention from every state having the Presidential primary In op eration. Now they have changed their minds, for It was demonstrated to the satisfac tion of most politicians, while the Re publican National committee was In session, that Theodore Roosevelt and not Robert M. La Follette la the first choice of those Insurgent Republicans who are unwilling to support Taft for the nomination. La Fotlette'a name did not figure In the deliberations of the rcmrnlttce. nor In the discussion of com mitteemen. On the other hand, there was a vast undercurrent of Roosevelt talk: enough. In tact, to greatly alarm the Taft committeemen. The titter In difference toward La Follette, and the est with which Insurgent Republicans advocated the nomination of Roosevelt, most certainly had the effect of check ing the La Follette movement, and four "progressives" out of five around Waah lng:on freely predict that It will not be long before La Follette withdraws from the Presidential race. Withdrawal la Predicted. Naturally. La Follette headquarters rmphstlcally deny that La Follette will withdraw, or has even considered such a thing, but auch a denial was to be expected at a ttme when La Follette baa started on a short stumping tour In the hope of rehabilitating his boom and reawakening enthusissm. Never theless I .a Follette's friends frankly ad mit that unless the Senator, by bis speeches In Taft territory, can 'inject new life Into the La Foliette boom. It will utterly collapse for lack of sup port. "Inside of days." said one of La Follette's Insurgent friends, "you will find Senator La Follette withdrawing his name, unlesa I miss my guess. He never told me this, nor did he intimate It. but no man can keep a Presidential campaign going when there are stam pedes In other directions." The man who made this declaration believes that Roosevelt will be the Republican nom inee In li:. and personally be la fa vorable to Roosevelt, while a friend of La Follette. Another prominent politician, who is enthusiastic In his support of La Fol lette, made this comment: If La Fol lette's preeent tour la a success. If his speeches appeal to the voters and awaken new enthusiasm and demon strate that he la as popular as w be lieve he Is. he will remain In the run ning, and will run strong against Taft. On the other hand. If this trip proves a failure, there win be little more to the La, Follette movement. We are banking heavily on La Follette's invasion of Olilo and the Middle West. Leelag Preepeet t .attractive. The whole troth of the matter Is tills: Insurgents In both branchee of Congress, like politicians of other types, do not want to go Into the cam paign next year backing a candidate thev know cannot win. A vast ma- twecduded ea I'.se 1.J WOMEN THRIFTY IN WINNING BALLOT CALIFORNIA CAMPAIGN COSTS 15.S CENTS A VOTE. I.qnalltT League's Figures Show K rrntlilure of $56,000 lo Ac complish Tlesult. LOS A NO ELES. Deo. - It cost the women of California 15.1 cents a-vote to win their fight for equal suffrage at the recent state election, according to re ports given out at the headquarters of the Southern California Political Equal ity League today. The men admit that 12.30 a vote la cheap for campaigns conducted by them. Reports submitted to the league today showed that 111.000 was spent In the Southern California campaign: that la. In the district from Fresno south. From other sources, the women political lead era said, they learned that "Just about an equal amount" was spent In the northern part of the state. Thla would make a total of i:.Ooe. As there were virtually ISO. 000 votes cast for woman suffrage, a little Indulg ence In division shows thst the average cost per vote was a triflle over IS cents. The report showed that no one con nected with the women's campaign drew a salary of more than f 75 a month. TURKISH TOWELS GOWNS New Fashion in Dress for Women Comes From Bathroom. CHICAGO. Dec IS. Milady's gown 111 be almple of attainment, and It will accord well with the household curtailment due to the cost of living, it was aald today at the exposition of coming fashions on display here by dry goods trade papers. The bathroom, which supplied her bathrobe, now will furnish her dress and tha material In It will be Turkish towels. Two or three towels, with or with out the red stripes and taaseled bor der, as suits the wearer's individuality, little dab of Irish lace, a slit here and there for an arm to come through and the gown la complete. A simple silk underskirt, toned to show off the towel fringe left -at the bottom of the skirt and costing slight ly In excess of the overdress, completes the costume. STICKLER FOR LAW FINED Deputy Game Warden Active) in Ar rests, 1Yage Tongue Too Freely. NEWPORT. Or., Dec. IS. (Special.) me Catena, Deputy Game Warden in this district, was arrested today for using abusive language on Front street on Christmas day. He pleaded guilty and received a fine from City Recorder Jenkins. Gatens has made himself notorious In this section aa a stickler for obey ing the law to the letter and haa caused many arrests in his capacity aa Game Warden, many of the cases being thrown out by the court. At present he Is trying to have warrants Issued for the arrest of seven persons whom he accuses of breaking the game laws. STATION TO COST MILLIONS Union Project In Cincinnati Involves Outlay or $40,000,000. CINCINNATI Dec JS. An ordinance granting a franchise to the Cincinnati Union Depot A Terminal Company to erect a new central station here to cost ltfl.000.000 was passed by the City Council today. The new depot will give the nine railroad and Interurban lines entering the city a common terminus. It Is ex pected that the entire project will be completed In five years. CLERK SAVES FORTUNE Securities Valued at $180,000 Are Found When Max Klnsteln Dice. KANSAS CITT. Mo, Dec 28. Max Einstein, a clerk, who came to Kansas City SO years ago and began work at f a week, died today, and when Ms friends searched Ms trunk securities valued at more than 1130,000 were found. Einstein bad saved his wages and in vested them In first mortgage real es tate loans- Two brothers In Germany are the only heirs. CZAR BARS SALVATIONISTS Council of Ministers needs Opposi tion of Holy Synod. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. IS. The Council of Ministers baa decided not to allow the Salvation Army to carry on Its work In Russia. General William Boolh. commander-in-chief of the army, went to St. Petersburg In 190 to negotiate with the government for permission to es tablish a branch in Russia. He was strongly opposed by the Holy Synod. INFANT BROUGHT TO LIFE Child Holds Breath and Is Given Cp for Dead by Parents. PENDLETON. Or, Deo. 21. (Special.) As the result of slight Injuries the ll-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. IL J. Gossrude held Its breath for 1$ min utes and was given up for dead by lis parents. The timely arrival of a ph brought the child back to life. POOR SON-IN-LAW SUES 'OIGK'CROKER Alienation of Wife's Af fections Charged. $100,000 DAMAGES ASKED Elopement In Family of ex Chief of Tammany Recalled. RIDING MASTER AROUSED Stable Kniploys Who Secretly Wed' tied 31 las Fthel Croker Seek Balm for Trouble He Blames to Millionaire's Family. NEW TORK, Dec IS. (Special.) A sequel of tne elopement In April. 1010, of Miss Ethel Croker. daughter of Richard Croker, the millionaire ex- boss of Tammany Hall, and John J. Breen. her riding master, came today when Breen filed a civil ault to re cover 1100.000 damages, alleging the alienation of his wife's affection, against Richard Croker and his two sons. Richard Croker, Jr., and Howard Croker. The Croker family was much dis pleased at the marriage and have been reconciled to the match. It Is said. A few months after the elopement the couple were separated. Breen at the time blaming his -.rlfe's family. He said then that he loved her more than all the money In the world and that he would fight to get her back. Wife's Family Blamed. In the complaint filed today Breen asserts that he and his bride lived happily together until Croker and his sons Induced her to leave him. He re mained In the United States and she was taken abroad by her family. Richard Croker. who, after his retire ment from New Tork politics, took his millions to his native Ireland, where he bought a great estate, la now In America. "He came here from his home In Ireland about two months ago and Is spending the Winter in Florida, The elopement of Miss Croker and Breen caased a sensation at the time, for the bride's father was rich beyond the average mortal'a most extravagant dreams of avarice, while Breen was an humble, obsequious employe of a Central-Park atable. Match Opposed by Croker. Like the father of his bride. Breen had come from Ireland a poor boy. But Richard Croker had preceeded him to America by many, many yeara and had risen from his obscurity to wealth and Importance. Richard Croker did not want his daughter to become the wife of a stableman. So, like the lovers In the paper- covered novels, when confronted by stern parental opposition to true love, they ran away to Hoboken, N. J, where a Justice of the Peace performed j the ceremony making them man ana wife. The Cathollo Church did not Concludd on Pas I . ... - - '..J. a aa 1 WILL EAST. ASTONISH Hazy impressions of Portland held in the East and Middle Went, where many people have no clear conception of this city's size and metropolitan appearance, will be promptly and completely dispelled wherever The Orepronian Annual is read. A plance at the pictorial section will show them streets well lined with lofty business and of fice blocks and crowded with the daily traffic of people, automo biles, streetcars and other vehi cles. This section will contain the finest collection of Portland views ever taken. Our Eastern friends will rub their eyes in wonder at the progress made by this Pacific Coast member of America's big city family. But not alone will these pic tures astound them. The numer ous articles on Portland and Ore gon is one continuous story of rapid development and prosperity, based on the sound foundation of unlimited resources of soil, of waterpower, of timber, fisheries, minerals and other wealth, coup led with an ideal climate and an advantageous location from the standpoint of markets and trans portation. Just one surprise will be that Portland has spent more than $40,000,000 on the construction of buildings in 1910 and 1911. No other city of Portland's size has approached this record. The price of the Annual will be 5 cents. Domestic postage 5 cents. Foreign postage 10 cents. BONDS USE UP LOT OF INK Vancouver Mayor Signs Xame 65 00 Time in Tear to Coupons. VANCOUVER, Wash, Dec 28. (Spe cial.) In signing bonds of the city, which have been authorised during the past year, John P. Klgglns has signed his name approximately 6300 times and Jamea Geoghegan. City Clerk, in addi tion to writing his signature an equal number of times, has made out the bonds, which takes SO minutes for each one. As S00 or more bonds have been made out, he has spent at least 6000 minutes In writing bonds thla year, in addition to hla other dutlea. Each bond has 20 coupons attached and each must be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, besides signing the main part, making 21 signatures of each official on each bond. After Mayor Klgglns had been sign ing his name several hundred times tonight, in signing the last batch of bonds, he ran out of Ink and remarked: Another quart, another quart of ink. James, and I think I will be able to finish these." CARLINE MERGER IN SIGHT Chicago Railway Election Presages Combination of All Concerns. . CHICAGO, Dec 28. -Leonard A. Busby was elected president of the Chicago City Railway Company today to aucceed Thomas E. Mitten, whose resignation will become effective Sun day. The new president la a Chicago lewyer and has been general counsel for the company. Hla selection Is regarded In financial circles as a step in the reorganisation of the company preparatory to the pro posed merger of all the surface and elevated carllnes. POOR OUTLOOK FOB A RESCUE, ANNUAL BIG TRACT BOUGHT BY LINE SECRETLY 11 East Side Half Blocks Obtained. ACT OF HARRIMAN RIVAL SEEN Hill Interests or Milwaukee Road May Be in Deal. FREIGHT CENTER PLANNED Control of Terltory Including Water' Front Between East Yamhill' and Hawthorne Avenue Gained. Transfers Total $700,000. That control of a large area amount lng to at least 11 half-blocks between East Yamhill street and Hawthorne avenue and Union avenue and tha waterfront by purchase from Individual property owners Is about to pass into th hands of a big railroad corporation. waa made known yesterday. Whether the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern separately, or the allied Hill interests are back of the project Is a matter of conjecture. The Mil waukee road has also been mentioned In connection with the activity. While the identity of the interests operating In the district la still not disclosed. It is a practical certainty'' the deal contemplates the establishment of extensive shipping and frelghthouse facilities on the East Side in competl tlon with the Harrlman Interests. With the non-committal attitude of representatives of the Hill Interests here, official confirmation of the project Is lacking. Carl R. Gray, head of the Hill lines in the Northwest, denied last night any knowledge of the project. Milwaukee officials ara equally reti cent. Eleven Half-Blocks Bought. For several weeks there has been considerable activity in- the district and recently several direct purchases and options were closed. Down to the pros ent. agents have obtained control of 11 half-blocks which are to be in cluded in the future holdings of the competing road. It Is said. The first purchases were completed about 10 days ago, when the north one-half block on East Taylor street, between East Third street and Union avenue, was taken over from the Portland Sash & Door Company. The other one-half block lies west on East Taylor street. between East Second and East Third streets, and was acquired from the Gold Metal Shingle Company. Each parcel brought approximately $60,000. These two purchases form the nucleus of the railroad's operations on the East Side. fl, 500,000 Project's Total. Based on the values of the two par cela of ground taken over a few daya ago, the 11 half-blocks will amount to total consideration of 2600,000 to 1700,000. Construction of frelght- (Concluded on Pas 7.) MOTHER AND BABE DRIFT ON HIGH SEA RESCUE COMES 1 HOURS KOI. IiOWIXG HUSBAND'S DEATH. Woman Benumbed by Exposure Is Picked Vp on Beach of Patos Island by Search Party. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Dec. IS. (Special.) After drifting nearly 21 hours in a launch at the mercy of a tempestuous sea lira. Clark, wife of first assistant keeper of the Patos light station and her infant child, were res cued after her husband had been drowned. The report was brought by the cutter Areata which returned from Patos Island today. Mra. Clark's sister, Estelle Durgan, also was In the helpless launch. Clark and his wife and child were returning to the light station Saturday evening In a launch. When within about 60 yards of the island the launch broke down and the wind n tioe were carrying It out Into the channel. Clark, who was an expert swimmer. Jumped overboard to swim ashore to get a boat to land his wife and child. As soon as he struck the water he dis appeared. The current carried the launch far out Into the channel. After drifting for nearly 24 hours It was carried onto the beach and later Mrs. Clark and her child were rescued. Mrs. Clark waa In a dazed condition from exposure and the loss of her husband. The Areata also reports that the launch Alaska Hover In which Edward Durgan, keeper of the light at Blaine, started for Patos Island to assist his daughter. Mrs. Clark, was unable to cope with the prevailing storm and sought shelter behind one of the islands of the San Juan group where It was stormbound for two days.. This gave rise to the report that the craft had been swamped and all on board had perished. RECTOR'S TURKEY TAKEN Although Her. Otis E. Gray Fed 25 Tramps, Others Kob Him. VANCOUVER. Wash, Dec IS. (Bpe clal) Not satisfied with getting 25 m -Rev. Otis E. Gray, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. preldt of the Associated Charities, on Christ- "fV.raior and stole a baked turkey - ... f cranberry sauce, in. tur- key. which had been cooacu. In a cool place. -i , rector was eating ' Christmas dinner, he waa disturbed by i ..-.am of tramps who a conraiuu - wanted to get a bit. to eat. All were sent to a place designated and were fed. .- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. m temperature, v TODAY Fair; northeasterly winds. Foreign. ,.,vmn. hua of order. Work en Panama. i Y.int of tepublls Sun Tft Bn e"":"" ' of cnina. i -fc " National. . . .i,- .tael tariff first; Bouse leaner. - Huge profits in ol.o and easing, mad. by packer, comu" - Domestic . with Richard Riding Tn"tV...-C.,. ex-Tatnmany cM.f d son. for alienation of wite's ms elnr-.a PftCfl 1. preacher named in Fort Bll.y dynamite ease ha alibi. Pag. J. Nation aelcar.a - ,at. cone.- " , ' . .-.un- Woman secretary Carnal. wm thrifty In winning right to TdV.ted.nTe.gdlTore. to either of Moore.: Judge o.ni-1 . ..temI,ealenu aya iruuu. - Political bettl. loom, in !-- Portland people u P"' Page 1 ens .teamer Yoiexnlte at .ea. Roosevelt's name to d . P'"" ......1 atntRK. Page X. lae. lnteresnus ner. Fage 8. paoirto Northwe". Baker County celebrate, centennial. r.g. Mother and bane in i.uuca - ..a. for 2 hours. Page 1. Mayor-elect Dlmlck want, bualnes. manager i-. rMiim City Page 8. -a -w. Thompion. Presbyterian minister. eleciea aaaj'wt - Bport. Both Portland baseball tam to train to gether. Page Cemetral-Berg match expected to be one of roughest ever ..en here. Pag. 8. Athletic leader, favor preent football role, and. more liberal u of forward pui RongVplay expected In Moltnomah-Seattl. New Year's football game. Pag. S. Commercial and Marine. Outlook Is for lower mohair price. In the Spring. Page 1 Domestic wool clip les. than year ago, Pag. IS. Wheat lower on demand of Argentine rat report. Page 19. Reduced Harrlman earning, and proposed ateel tariff legislation weaken stocks. Page 19. Port of Portland Commission likely to reply sharply to County Court, which oppose. berthing of Oklahama ( at Oak-.treet dock. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Two hundred men will be given work today on Mount Tabor roadway. Page 14. Chine.. In barricaded den at Fourth and Everett admit gambling and defy police sergeant. Page 14. Patrolman who plead, guilty to drunkenness U reinstated. Page 18. Board of Education to recommend 6-mlIl levy for school purpose. In District No. 1 at taxpayers' meeting tonight. Page 32. Party of 175 prominent Canadian, coming on tour of Inspection. Page 15. 3 H Ackerman propose, barring of all pub lie .chool teacher, who are not graduates of high school. Page 14. Task of making one charter out of four drafts to be begun by Council committee Wednesday. Page 12. Member, of Travelers' Protective Association ere merry at banquet. Page 3 4. Grand Jury Investigate, alleged attempt to bribe August grand Jury to favor Wilde. Page 1. Railroad corporation, thought to be Har rlman rival, buy. 11 half block, on East filda. including water frontage. Pag. 1 E E IS ALLEGED Reported Plot to Buy Jury Investigated. TWO APPROACHED IS CHARGED State Said to Have Caused In quiry to Balance Sentiment. FALSE, SAYS MALARKEY Foreman of August Investigators Is Cited as Having Been "Sounded" to Induce Body to Aid De fense Five) Called. Charges that friends of Louis J. Wilde tampered with members of th. August grand Jury in an effort to pre vent the returning of an amended In dictment, or, falling In that, to obtain information as to the knowledge pos sessed by the state, were Investigated yesterday by the grand jury now in session. Dan J. Malarkey, attorney for Wilde, declares the bribery charge la ma liciously false and that the proceedings of th. grand Jury haa been mads publlo to lnolte prejudice against his client. Th. object, he says, is to blacken Wild, before the Jury that will be called on to try him. Th. Jury also heard evidence with reference to the alleged embeixllng by Wilds and W. Cooper Morris, cashier of the defunct Oregon 6avings A Trust Bank, of 112,600 of th. funds of that bank In connection with the purchase In January, 1907, by th. bank of bonds of the Horn. Telephone Company of Fuget Sound. Both Wl'de and Morris now ara un der Indictment on a charge of embes zllng and converting ' (90,000 of tha funds of th. wrecked bank in connec tion with th. purchas. of $500,000 worth of bonds of the Independent Telephone Company, of Omaha, Neb Morris aa a principal and Wilde, who was a stock holder in th. bank, as an alder and abettor. Wilde's trial is scheduled to begin January S. First Charge Thought Weak. The first indictment returned against Wild, waa considered "shaky" by th. state, as In it be was named aa a di rector of the bank and Indicted aa a principal. District Attorney Cameron, therefore, of his own motion, had th. case resubmitted to th. grand-Jury. ' It was while th. August grand jury, which held through June. July and August, was considering the finding of this safer indictment that friends of Wilde are alleged to have tried to In fluence members of th. grand jury. Thos. who appeared and gave testi mony before the grand Jury yesterday In the alleged bribery inquiry were 8. H. Labbe. foreman of the August grand jury; C. Z. Labelle, clerk of the same Jury; J. C. Radke. a member of the Jury; Mrs. Radke and W. M. Miller, a brother-in-law of Louis J. Wilde. Foreman Questioned Alleged. Th. question of "selling out" to the defense waa first broached to Mn Labbe, foreman of the Jury, it is al leged. He is said to hav. been sum moned to the Cornelius Hotel, where an attorney Interested In Wilde's de fense was staying, and there "sounded." Ho was asked, it is reported, to desig nate men on th. jury who might b approached and It was insinuated to him. It is further alleged, that It would be worth his while If he saw lit to come to the aid of the defense. He li also alleged to hav. been plied with questions as to where Clerk Labelle, of the Jury, kept his records. Labelle himself is reported to hav. been ap proached later. Detectives In th. employ of tha de fense are said to have tried to reach Mr. Radke, a member of th. Jury. through his wife. This aocounts for her presence in the grand Jury room yesterday. Sleuths Flee, Is Report. A. E. Clark, special prosecutor In th. Wilde case, waa out of the city yes terday. It was largely through hi instrumentality that the tampering question came before the Jury yester day. It Is believed. The Jurors ar. said to have reported the alleged tamper ing at once to District Attorney Cam eron and to Mr. Clark. That action was not taken at th. time la said to be due to the fact that detectivea said to be in the employ of the defense took alarm and left the city. It Is also believed that the ao tivity of Wilde's attorneys in forcing from the state a bill of particulars and attempting to induce public sympathy for their client In various ways may have led to the placing before th. grand jury of the facta of the alleged attempts at bribery, the object of the state probably being to counteract any public sympathy which may have been aroused In Wilde's behalf. Summoning of Wilde's brother-in-law before th. Jury gives color to the report that he was questioned as to what he knew of the alleged Jury-tampering. Tacoma Sale Investigated. J. T. Blchardson, an expert account ant, who has been working on the books of the Oregon Savings & Trust Bank for District Attorney Cameron, took a -number of the books of the (Concluded on Fage .) BRIBERY WILD