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PORTLAND, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. (ELDERLY GROCER ROOSEVELT NOT TO LEAVE FIELD CLEAR RUNAWAY WIFE IS QUICK TO REPEN ELEVATOR PROVES AID TO NEWLYWEDS FATHER CHASES SOX, TRYING TO HALT WEDDIXG. CL08 HAY EXPEL AND WIFE BEATEN ARSENAL AS ROnnEHS SIA'G P. J. SIIEPPARD; TIE WOMAN" TO CHAIR. FORGIVEXESS IS BEGGED AND GRANTED BT WIRELESS. VOL. LI NO. 13.94G. TROOPS GUARDING GEORGIAN EDITOR ANDVARDEN CLASH MUTINY HINES MEMBER Issue of Candidacy Be Left Open. to Two Mnskrd Men Meet AVith Resist ance at Sliattm-k Station Utile (ash 1 Taken. WORD IS CONVEYED TO TAFT uii-,i.- it- r:.,. .-.... uiiuci uu on buuididiioca Declaration Not Coming. MOVEMENT IS BAFFLING Administration Xo I-es Confident, but Rrco(rnUr That Colonel Is Only Stone In Pathway to Fay Nomination. la roixrms to withdraw i" Booutra interest IS ItKPOKT. RECJOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. Jen. 2. Th Washing ton Tim,. wMrh haa an ardent supporter of I ha 1 Follett Prwi nm!al boon, today daclaraa. on tba authortir of 1-A Follett haadquar lra In thla eltr. thai La Pollatta, axon after hla return to Waabtngton. ! 1 1 announra hla withdrawal from the Prraioatlal rara in tha tnt.reat of Roos.r.lt. Tna Tlra.e mt, that tha T.a Pol tta force rcognlsd that Roose velt la tha ral "proirala eajt-dl.la!-. Tha Times taea tha poaltloa that tha fatlura of tha Inavraaat gatn.iin at Colombo y.atarday to lndors. La. roll.tt marka tha enc of hla campaiga. P. J. Sheppard. proprietor of a coun try grocery at Shattuck station, three ml lea from Portland, waa beatan over tha head irlth a gun butt and Mra. Pheppard. his wife, tied to a chair, by two robbers who held up the grocery tore kept by the elderly couple last night. The men obtained but little cash and departed after threatening; Shep pard If ha should call for help. air. and Mrs. Sheppard were alona In the store about 10 o'clock last night when the men. both young and evi dently Inexperienced, entered. After calling for a grocery order, the two set upon the couple. Sheppard. al though physically not a match for either man. defended himself and his wife vigorously and was gaining tha better of the fight when one of the masked robbers struck him with the butt of a revolver, felling him. Not knocked out, the elderly man strug gled and several more blows Were re quired to put him out. Then tha two turned their attention to Mrs. Sheppard, who had been too frightened to run out of the store, i Taking a piece of clothesline they bound her to a chair. They searched the till, and after finding little, ra out. Sheppard waa ao badly beaten th it. nailer f. 1 wis. who was sum moned. was forced to take a number of stitches in his scalp. One cut of four Inches In length drew consld erable blood. Movement Made toStop Railway Traffic. PEKIN PICKS THRONE TO WW Premier Thought to Have Pu Check on Republic. DOWAGER GIVES $2,000,000 Cabinet Repudiate Agreement for Convention, and Yuan Insists on Meeting "Properly Called," and Held In Pckln. PACIFIC COAL DEFENDED Humphrey Denies Meyer. Conieu lion Eastern Fuel Is Better. ORKGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 2. A Washington special to the New Tork Times, printed to ds y. ssys: "1'resldent Tsft has recently received direct and authoritative Information that there will be no declaration by Colonel Koosevelt to th effect that 'under no circumstances' will ha accept another nomination for tb Presidency. "This Information cam to th Presi dent by word of mouth through a mes senger as to whos reliability and au thority there ran be no question. Not withstanding this th confidence of th Administration and of the supporters of th President for renomtnatlon Is aot a whit less than It waa before th message from Colonel Roosevelt 'was received. Tart Karros CwaflaVat. "The work of organizing th forces is going on steadily, and from their point of view there la nothing In sight that In any way seriously menaces th prospect, of success at th Republican Satlnnal convention In Chicago. -There is no gainsaying th fact that th Roosavalt movement, which Is go ing on roor or leaa openly, la th only ton In th path of th President to certain and eaay renomtnatlon. But th Roosavalt movement la on of th must aluslv and intangible things of recant political occurrence. Friends of th Administration hav pointed out that it would b entirely easy for Colonel Roosevelt to check tha move ment, even without making a positive declaration that undar no circum stances' would h accept another nomi nation. Opsortaalty la Neglected. "Th Nebraska situation, they say, of fers him th opportunity. He could either writ to the Secretary of State of Nebraska, asking that his nam be removed from that primary ballot, or h could seek by writ of mandamus to compel Its removal. "Colonel Roosevelt. it Is learned, takaa th position that It la entirely lmpoaaible for any man now to tell with certainty what th circumstances will b when the Republican National convention meets on June It. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 2. Representative Hum phrey today called upon th Secretary of the Navy to urg that In th future rarlflc Coast coals b used by war ships stationed In Pacific Coast waters. He discussed th subject for an hour, but was told by Secretary Meyer that testa hav shown that Paclno Coast coal Is so far Inferior to the coal of West Virginia that It la economical for the Nary to buy Its coal on th Atlas tie Coast and ship It around tha Horn to the Pacific Coast. i Thla statement, he said, waa born out by tabulated reaulta of an Inves tigation based upon thermal units found In Pacific and Atlantic Coast coals. Humphrey denied that th Secre- tary'a statements were correct and when th naval bill la taken up thla Winter, will again tight to secure tha Insertion of an amendment requiring th us of Pacific Coast ooals In war ships on th Paclno station. HOOSF.VM.T IS NOT DENYING Colonel Saya He Will Talk In Public When He Wills. NfTW TORK, Jan. 2. Theodore rt.ooa.veU today declined to dlscusa the report that a movement waa afoot In Nebraaka to place hla nam on the Presidential primary ballota, his nam having been presented In a petition aimed by John O. Uelser and others. "Have you taken any steps to have your name removed from the rrlmary ballots la Nebraska?" he waa aaked. "I hav taken no steps one wsy or the other." waa the reply. "A dispatch from Washington says that you have made known to Presi dent Tsft. through a friend, your un willingness to say that you will, un der no circumstances, accept th nom ination net June. Is this truer "I haven't seen the story." Colonel lLtosevelt answered, "but I will say this; That when I have any announce ment to make 1 will make It publicly. I have nothing to say on anything. Th peace banquet, with Its strong-arm squad preserving peace, presented an opportunity tha other day but I am not discussing rumors." "GIfford 1'lnchot Is quoted this morning aa saying that yon had told him that you would not accept the nomination, although you thought you could be elected. ro you a lih to deny thlsT" "I haven't aeen the statement." said Coaclaad ea rase 1 ( SNOW COVERS DEATH TRAP Bridge Burns; Kotary Plow Kails Into Gnlch. Engineer Killed. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. I. A rotary snowplow that was fighting drifts on th Copper River Railroad at Mile 71. Alaska, last night, ran Into a gulch that had until a short time before been spanned by a bridge and Engineer J. E. Reed, of Cordova, was cruahed to death beneath th rotary. Tha bridge mas destroyed by fir yesterday, but owing to the snow the engineer did not detect th gap. PRISON STRIPES WILL GO Only Felons Who Work Outside Fed eral Prison to Keep Garb. ATLANTA. Ga, Jan. 2. That th conspicuous striped j.riun garb would be discarded at the Federal prison In thla city was the announcement of tha warden today. Only convicts who work outside the walla of th Institution will wear tho dt.tlns;ulehlng clothing In th future. This Is th second radical Chans to be Instituted at tho prison during the last few months. Thanks giving day the warden announced that th rule of silence during meal hours had been abandoned. PEKIN, Jan. 2. Seven hundred sol diera guarding, th Lanchow arsenal mutinied today. They are part of th Imperial government troops, among whom ttwwe has been a movement for sora time past In favor of a republic The commanding officer, fled to- Kal ping, whence he sent a message to th railway authorities at Tlerwtsln warn lng them that the mutineers Intended t stop all railway traffic. The feeling In Pekln tonight, never thaless. Is t.iat the throne haa taken on a new lease of life. There ar soma competent observers who believe that Premier Tuan Fhl Kal will yet prerent the consummation of a republic. Cabinet Repudiate Part. The Imperial Cabinet has accepted th resignation of Tang Shao Tl. who was sent to the Shanghai peace confer ence as th representative of Tuan Shi Kal and th Imperialists. The govern ment also has telegraphed to Dr. Wu Ting Fang, leader of th revolutionists at the peace conference, saying that In futnr It will negotiate by telegraph. Th government declares that Tang went beyond his Instructions when he signed tha agreement calling a nation al convention to decide on the future form of government. Premier Tuan adheres to th points of his original suggestion regarding tha national convention, namely, th proper election of delegates and th selection of Pekln aa the gathering place. lua Itcala-aa Agala. Premier Tuan again offered his resignauon mis morning, but it was not accepted. Th court alao received a round robin from the .generals com manding th Imperialist troop In th vicinity of Pekln, In which they de manded that the princes of the Im perial clan withdraw their wealth from the foreign banks, where much of t hss been placed recently, and de- Mrs. Jack. Roberts, ex-Salome Dan ccr, Sails From Honolulu but Will Sail Back Again. SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 2. (Special.: Mrs. Jack Roberta, a young and pretty actress, known In San Fran Cisco, and who, before she married Roberts, a wealthy cafe proprietor In Honolulu, was a sensation in th Islands as a Salome dancer, waa a pas senger en tha Oceanic liner Sierra. which arrived from Hawaii today. According to the passengers and at taches of th ship, the petit ex-actress spent most of bar time in her state room crying and bewailing th fact that ah had unceremoniously lsft her husband and child, December 27. and took passage on the steamer for San Francisco. In Honolulu Roberts 1 known as the "much married man. The pretty actress was his fifth wife, After the Sierra was at sea a day Mrs. Roberts No. i relented her hasty action and began a series of wireless communications with her husband. He was first obdurate and told her h wanted nothing more to do with her. Three days out, while the Sierra waa still within the wireless zone of llono lulu, the actress received this message Dear, take the next steamer back. airs. Kooerta. who Is well supplied with funds, will return to Honolulu to morrow on the Pacific Mall liner Man churls. (Concluded on Pass 4.) MARRIAGE LURES ACTRESS Dorothy Marlowe Qnlts Stage Darn Rich Husband's Socks. .w TORK, Jan. 2. (Special.) Another actress has given up the stag to darn socks for hr husband. Sha la Miss Dorothy Marlowe, until re cently with DeWolf nopper In "Pina fore." Miss Marlowe was married last night at "The Little Church Around th Cor ner." to W. H. Blxler, a wealthy man ufacturer of Bethlehem. Pa. Miss Marlowe closed with Grao Van Etuddlford two weeks ago In Denver, where she was appearing In "Th Par adise of Mahomet." At the same time a letter arrived from Mr. Blxler asking her to marry him on New Tear's day. SNOWSLIDEHITS EDUCATOR Tscoois Professor . Has Narrow Es cape In Climbing Mountain. TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 2. (Special.) Professor John B. Flett, of the high school faculty, had a narrow escape from losing his life by being under anowalldea while attempting to scale Eagle Rock on Mount Rainier. Flett and his party on their New Tear's trip got within 1000 feet of the top of Eagle Rock and Flett attempted the remainder of the ascent alone. The big slides of soft snow struck him, the last nearly sweeping him away, befora he gave up the attempt. The party returned last night. Morse's Proffer of Cash to Official Told. Happy Pas: Pair Escape When Cages Angry Parent Refuses to Forgive. WIGKERSHAM IS INFORMED Treatment of New Yorker Is Cause of Hot Argument. STOCK DEAL NOW "Dungeon" Where ex-Banker Was Kept for Two Days Proves to Bo Good Single Room, Well Lighted, and Heated. ATLANTA. Ga Jan. 2. A heated personal argument between a newspa per editor and Warden William H. Moyer. of the Federal prison here, re sulted today In disclosing that Charles W. Morse, convloted banker, made 12000 in a Wall Street deal through the courtesy of Warden Moyer. It waa brought out that In the Spring of 1910, Morse made tha money by selling 'short" on gas stock by moans of cipher message Moyer allowod him to send. To show his gratitude, or for some other reason, Moyer said. Morse sub sequently offered to share the profits with him. Editor Defends Mora. This alleged act on the part of Morse so prejudiced th SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 2. (Special.) Aa a newly married couple came down the elevator in the Prefontaine buIMlng, fresh from the matrimonial mill In Judge George's court today, the Irate father of the bridegroom came up In the car on the other side, hop ing against hope that he might be In time to stop the ceremony. The contracting parties were Philip O. Eby, a printer, and Wessie Ferrier, daughter of Albert B. Ferrier, of the Waldorf Apartments. Eby . gave hla a:e aa 21 and Miss Ferrier as 19. The two rushed into Judge George's court Mn acl-ml 4 K n n ... . l 1 . - .... 1 suuiDuaa lucre Ul I tU I that could marry them quickly. The ceremony gone through with, the couple left the building in haste. I hey had no more than Rotten out when Samuel C. Eby. the father of the bridegroom, rushed in asking If there had been a marriage celebrated. When he heard that his son was beyond reach he asked where he could get a. warrant, aa they . were too young to be married. He did not get a warrant and went home where he refused o see them when they came to pay their respects. They went to the bride's home. Millionaire "Placed on Trial'' by Directors. LQRIMER CASE MADE ISSUE Funk, Chief "Complainant," Tells of $10,000 Request. BUILDING FEES ABOLISHED Seattle Does Awav With Rrremui Last Year Amounting to 910,479. SEATTLE, WashTjan. 2. iSDeelaL) Hereafter Seattle property owners can Improve their real estate without paying the city for a permit to build. The loss in revenue to the city and the consequent gain to builders Is shown In the fact that Seattle in 1911 received in fees for issuing building permits $10,479. The sum was even greater in 1910. warden owln to tn8 unusual number of large INQUIRY STORY. REPEATED Lumberman Accused of Conduct En becoming a Member Threatens to Sue Fnloii League Club If Ho Is Ejected. against the ex-banker In the opinion of F. L. Seeley, who publishes the At lanta Georgian, that he subsequently ubjected Morse to disciplinary treat ment, oharacterlzed by the editor reprehensible." Seeley Is a friend of Morse. Last Thursday he printed In his paper story hinting at a Congressional inves tigation Into Morse's treatment in the penitentiary, citing an Instance in MME. CURIE SUDDENLY ILL which ha waa allnired tn h.va h..t. 1 placad in solitary confinement In dungeon for giving a slok boy, about to ouiiaings that were erected. The fees that year amounted to $13,136.65. In instances where the fee would cost more than a nominal sum and where a delay of a few daya would make no difference, there is no doubt that many building plana were held up to await the going into effect of the ordinance abolishing the fees. paltry sum of be discharged. money." Warden Is Incensed. The publication so Incensed the war den that he Invited Atlanta newspa per men to the prison to show them just how Morse waa kept In solitary confinement and to explain the cir cumstances. Editor Seeley responded In person as the representative of his paper. Surrounded by newspapermen, Moyer read a statement he had written on the accusation In Seeley's paper. He de clared Morse had been kept In solitary Operation for Appendicitis Held "ecessary by Physicians. PARIS. Jan. 2. Mme. Curie, the noted scientist, who received the Nobel prize for chemistry last year, is seri ously in with acute appendicitis. She waa taken to a hospital tonhrht lor an operation. (Concluded on Page 4.) FOREIGK PESTS BARRED California Can Declare Quarantine Against Other Countries. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. 2. Th Stat of California now has power to declare a quarantine against any for eign country for th exclusion of pests which prey upon fruit or vegetable. Thla was made poaalble today. Governor Johnson signing the bill passed by th legislature at the extra session a week ago. Th bill provides a way for the stat to combat th dreaded tropical fruit fly which has gained a foothold In th Hawaiian Islands. FIRE MENACES LUNATICS Ontario Insane Asylum Barns but Inmates Make Escape. LONDON. Ont. Jan. I. A threaten- in fire broke ont tonight in th In sane asylum In this city, the largest tn Ontario Province, containing 1100 Inmates. The Bremen were successful in con fining th blaze to the amusement hall, where It originated. The loas la esti mated at about $75,900. All the pa tients wer removed without Injury. dad's pocketbook- I msmm . i ; . ir X " ""--r- -- yV .-af.t..T. . t t t m 9 m m m m m INDEX OF, TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTT7RD AY'S Maximum temperature, 30 TODAY'S Fair end continued cold: variable wind becoming easterly. Foreign. Imperial troops pT:ardint Lanchow arsenal mutiny. rge . Political. Roosevelt to leare question of his candidacy an open issue, .race 1. Anti-Harmon forces, organizing in Ohio, in cline toward Bryan. Page 2. Michigan Governor, Invited to introduce La i-oueiie. cans mm sell-seeker, page 2. Henry E. Reed announces candidacy for Re- puDiican nomination lor Assessor. Pace 12. National. Con press has busy programme mapped out. rage . - Secretary Xagel advocates Federal bureau for control of trusts. Page 5. Documentary proof of packers' price-fixing agnjeiueui uiierea Dy government. Page Domestic. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, oldest son of fa mous novelist, dies suddenly in New- York. Page 3. Tveitmoe says question of defense fund is not worrying him. Page 5. Hlries "on trial" before Union League Club. Page 1. Georgian editor and prison warden clash ! over Morse. Page 1. Mayor-wlect Rolph of San Francisco Pre pares speech that makes record for brevity. Page 2. Ex-Salome dancer who ran away from hus- nana rorgiven oy wireless. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Youngs bride and bridegroom escape from angry parent in elevator, page 1. Mrs. Cleta Pearl AJIsky gets divorce decree at Oregon City. Page 6. Slayer of Central! a bank president identified as A. B. Clarke, an Aberdeen millwright. Pace 6. Sport. Battling Kelson shows he 'still haa punch ien. x'B.ge i. Death takes many noted athletes in 1911. Page 7. -v Barry will manage Seattle club and Victoria wants Tommy Sheehan as leader. Page T. Physicians fear Ad Wolgast's Illness will de velop Into pneumonia. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. English brewers complain of presence of arsenic in hops. Page 17. Bullish Argentine reports advance wheat prices at Chicago. Page 17. Stock market opens strong with all prices nigncr. fa go it. Choice wool values are marked up. Page Id. Pilots to pass two days Inspecting channel weaiuer permits, r'age 16. Portland and Vicinity. Prisoner who ran amuck in hotel may be any one oc several persona Identity pus sies police. Page 3. Documentary evidence against Wilde Is stolen from offices of District Attorney and A. . Clark. Page 11'. Hill Road considering three plans for invad ing iast blue warehouse district. Page CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Edward Hinei, the millionaire lumberman named In the Lo rimer Investigation, waa "placed on trial today by the directors of the Union Leagne Club, charged with con duct unbecoming a member, according to admissions by officials of the club. Mr. Hines and the club, the directors of which today heard his story, were brought into the Lorlmer case, when Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the International Harvester Company and the chief "complainant" in today's action, told a story of having been ap proached by Hines in the clubroom with a request that the Harvester Company contribute $10,000 to the fund used "to put Lorlmer over." The charges, it is said, were pre pared Boon after the incident, but wer not formally referred for a hearing by the directors until today. The direc tors were in session at midnight to night, it was learned, but finished their session soon after. Whether this com pleted the hearing could not be learned. Mr. Funk was present and told his story. He was questioned by several members of the directorate and by an attorney for Mr. Hines, it was said. He told the same story as at the Lorlmer inquiry: that.-Hln.as. came to him and, after telling of the success in electing Lorlmer, said: "It had cost- $100,000; that several persons had underwirtten the amount and that contributions were to be sent to Tllden at the stockyards." Herman Hettler, a competitor of Hines, said Hines boasted of "putting Lorimer over." Hines advised the directors that if he were ejected from the club he would take the matter to the courts. CITY RULERS IN QUANDARY Salt Iake's New Commissioners TJn- .able to Start Government. . SALT LAKE CITT, Utah. Jan. 2. How should a commission form of gov ernment be started?" was the question that perplexed Salt Lake's live Com missioners when they met today in their first business session. "The board will please come to order," said Mayor Park as he brought down his gavel. Conscious of having done his part in a proper and conservative majiner, he sat back and waited for one of his colleagues to set in motion the govern mental machinery. The head of the water department thought the machin ery should be started with an order of business. Careful 'inspection falling; to reveal such a part, the Commission gave up the problem. I move that we adjourn for 16 min utes," said the Commissioner or fi nance. The motion carried unanimously and a rush order was sent to the City At torney for an order of business that would fit a government of Salt Lake's size. 16. Nine members of people's charter committee eig-n draft with proviso and flla It. Pace 10. City Health Board favors drafting; of strin gent meat-inapectlon law. Page M. Edward Cooking-ham extols National Mone tary Commission's banking system aa only cure tor panics. Page 10. Three for aud three against cutting carfare la meeting of tret committee. Pag. 13. Grocer beaten, wife tied, to chair by masked ruffians, page i. Pater McAlplne, tlmberman, hangs self at home at Aba iJroaaway. lags Vt KANSAS TOWNS HUNGRY Fuel Famine Also Threatens Com munities Snowed in for Ten Days. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 2. The towns of Jetmore and Dlghton, Kan., on branch lines of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, today notified the public utilities committee that they had no train serv ice since December 26, and asked re lief from 1 threatened coal famine. At Jetmore food provisions are run ning low. The commission is urged to get a train through to relieve the situ ation. The snowfall in the vicinity of these towns has been heavy and railroad tracks have been blockaded. PAROLED MAN TAKEN BACK Freedom Too Much for Kennedy, He Can't Let Cash Drawer Alone. SALEM, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) Seven months of freedom proved too much for Frank Kennedy, paroled man, who was returned to the Penitentiary today for violating the confidence re posed in him by this administration. Kennedy, when paroled, was given work at the White House restaurant here. The proprietors found ha had been engaged in systematic theft. through "knocking down" on th monr placed In his hands by customers. s