PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LI NO. l.",932.
LORIMER DENIES HE
PAID FOR HIS SEAT
GIRL SUES SKIPPER,
ALAS, FOR $51,000
GERTRUDE MACFARLAN ASKS
DAMAGES FOR ALLEGED JILT.
WOMAN JUROR NOT
GIVEN OWN ROOM
HOLD OF FEDERAL
LAW IS TIGHTENED
JONES DECLINES
TO BECOME JUDGE
SERTS BANK
OF
ARE HIS
EQUITABLE
DEFKXSE INSISTS THAT JL'RY
BE XOT SEPARATED.
SENATOR TJNAVTL-LING TO SUC
CEED DONWORTH.
AN AS
HISTORIC
HOME
IS
BURN
6 Dead, 12 Hurt; Money
Loss $6,000,000.
HARR2MAN BKGRA'HY IS LOST
Records of Railway System
May Be Saved.
VAULTS HOLD MILLIONS
lrlcelc Libraries DeMroyed In lire
Ilcplrlc Willi Sensational In
cident Itatlalion Chief
Is Among Dead.
NEW YORK. Jan. . The ImmraJ
narbl and granite hema of the Eqult
Me Life Assurance Society. covering
Mock In lower Broadway, an hlatorle
landmark of New York s early period
of skyscraper balldltiKi and ona of
the city's Important financial centers,
was destroyed by flra today with a
Iom of six Uvea and probably M.000.-
enn In property. Twelve peraon were
Injured.
The tire started In the kitchen of a
restaurant In the basement of the
building.
Valuable records. Including- the bl-
nirraphy of K. II. Harrlman. and two
priceless libraries which cannot be re
placed, went up In flames, and the fate
of hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of securities, stored In safe de
posit vaults, was In question tonight.
although It was believed that fireproof
construction would save them from
damage
Maar rorporatleaa la Bolldlaa.
The great structure, which besides
containing the main offices of the
Kiiuitable Ufe Assurance Society, was
the home of the Mercantile Trust Com
pany, the Equitable Trust Company,
the banking- hot.ee of Kountse Broth
ers. August Belmont ft Company, the
Harrlman Railroad lines, the Mercan
tile Safe Ix-poslt Company, the Law
yers" Club and many of the city's most
prominent law firms, stand tonight a
shell of lt-e-coated stone.
The Intense cold caused a thick coat
ing to form on the facades of sky
scrapers adjacent and on the pave
ments for blocks around. The bulwark
of modern fireproof structures nearby,
according to Fire Commissioner John
inn, protected the entire financial dis
trict. The damage, except by water,
was confined to the Equitable struc
ture. Tare- Jump. Three other Bsraes.
Of those who lost their lives, three
employes of the building were killed
bv jumping from the roof to which
they were driven by flames.
Battalion Chief Walsh dropped In a
whirl of smoke and flame when a cave
In occurred on the third floor. Two
other men, William Campion, captain
cf the watchmen In the Mercantile Safe
IepO!lt Company vaults, and Frank
J Nelder, a special officer, whose
bodies have not been recovered, com
plete the list of dead. s far as known.
Several persons. watchmen and
others, who were In the structure when
the fire broke out have not been ac
counted for. but are believed to have
escaped. The death total, however,
may not oe fixed until the fire, which
was burning tonight, has been extin
guished and the ruins cool.
Dir Nnrsed Krrai Yaalt.
Among the injured Is W. J. Glblin.
president of the Mercantile Safe Ie
p5lt company, whose rescue from the
basement vauits, where he was Im
prisoned, after two houra' work by
firemen, was one of the most sensa
tional episodes of the fire. He had
gone Into a vault to save securities and
accidentally locked himself In with an
employe who had accompanied him.
Their cries were heard by the firemen,
olio had to saw through the steel bars
i f a door leading to the street before
t-iey could rescue the Imprisoned men.
Mr. Glblin was taken to a hospital,
suffering from the effects of smoke.
One man In another vault of the Mer
cantile Safe Deposit Company, believed
to be Campion, could be seen from the
street with his legs pinned down by a
n ass of debris, but could not be res
i ued because steel doors barred the
way. Through the smashed window
of the doors the last rites were adminis
tered by Chaplain McCean, of the Fire
lVpartment Just as h was swallowed
from view by the Jcr.se smoke.
Others He sorted MlaalM.
Spectators at the window of nearby
skyscrapers told of seeing other dis
appear in the flames when the roof
caved In. but the authorltlea believe
the casualty list Is not likely to be
Increased.
Some estimates of the loss run as
high as .15.000.000. but more conserva
tive authorities tonight thought the
damage would not run over K. 000,000.
The property was assessed by the city
at 113.000.000. a larger valuation, with
one exception, than that on any other
building In the financial district. The
greater part of the valuation, how
ever. Is based on the value of the
ground.
An K'lUltahle official said the socie
ty's own loss probably would not
amount to more than KOO.OOO. covered
bv Its own contingent Insurance fund.
iCwciuacd ea J'ags 2 j
Seattle Judge Itnle Mr. Doddridge
May Sleep Behind Screen In
Apartment With Men.
SEATTLE. Wash, Jan. . Speclal
Whether the sex of a woman Juror
renters her Ineligible to sit In a mur
der case may be passed upon by the
Supreme Court .through Judge J. T.
Ronald's ruling today In the case of the
state against Detective Joseph Blanchl.
charged with manslaughter.
Attorney John F. Miller, defending
Blanchl, called the court' attention to
the law requiring that member of Ju-
rle In murder case be not eperated
and Insisted that the law be complied
with literally. The Blanchl Jury In
cludes one woman.
"The defense Insist upon this," said
Mr. Miller. -We ask that thl Jury
be held together as a body not only
through the day, but through the
night.-
Judge Ronald ruled that the Jury
should be held together so far as con
ventionality would allow, but that the
law would be tempered and Interpreted
to met 20th century exigencies.
Mrs. Retta Doddridge, the woman
Juror, will be separated from the re
mainder of the Jury In the sleeping
quarter by a screen across the end of
a large room and .will have the attend
ance of a woman bailiff, who will oc
cupy an adjoining couch.
HOME BECOMES FIRETRAP
Three Children Locked In House by
Mother Horned to Death.
BOISE. Idaho. Jan. . (Special.)
Locked In their llttlo home at Buhl,
Idaho, last night by their mother, who
left to go down town and attend a
revival meeting, three children aged S,
t and C. respectively, of Mr. and Mr.
R. McGee. were burned to death. Neigh
bors made frantic but unsuccessful ef
fort to save them.
It I thought that the children ob
tained matches to plav with and these
started the fire. When neighbor ar
rived attracted by the house burning
and the screams, ef the children, the
scene was a pathetic one, for the chil
dren tried the windows and door to
escape.
The two older children died within
the burning home. The 3-year-old
child was taken from the building af
ter a herolo effort on the part of sev
eral men. but died from Its burns a
hort time afterwards.
DEMOCRATS ARE GRILLED
Hill Say They Fall at Constructive
legislation.
WASHINGTON". Jan. 9. In an attack
upon the Democratic party for Its rec
ord In the extra session of Congress
last Hummer, Representative Hill, of
Connecticut, a Republican member of
the ways and means committee, de
clared In the House today that the ex
tra session had demonstrated the In
ability of the Democrats to do con
structive legislative work.
Mr. Hill especially attacked the
Democratic tariff record. He Insisted
that the free wool advocates, though
greatly In the majority when the tariff
session began, had surrendered to those
v, ho favored a duty n wool because
tho wool duty force wa strong enough
to combine with the Lepublleans and
secure a majority of the House.
HAMILTON ASKS PAROLE
Convicted Adjutant-General of
Washington Model Prisoner.
WALLA WALLA. Wash, Jan. .
(Special.) After serving two year In
he State Penitentiary for embexzllng
thousands of dollar of the state's
funds while Adjutant-General of the
Washington National Guard, Ortls
Hamilton has asked the State Board
of Control for a parole. Even If tho
Board recommends a parole fit must
also receive the official sanction of
Governor Hay.
Hamilton Is at present In the stew
ard's department at the prtaon and the
officials of that Institution say he 1 a
model prisoner. He is serving an In
determinate sentence of from one to 14
years and Is now eligible to parole.
WOMAN LEAPS FOR LIFE
Matron Jump From Second-Story
Window to Escape Man She Helped.
MILWAt'KEK. Jan. . Mrs. Breau.
seed S3, was attacked at her home In
Wauwau Tosa, a suburb, today, by a
man who asked admittance, saying he
was freezing.
He dragged her by the hair, but she
leaped through a second-story window
and evaded him. falling unconscious
outside her house, while the man fled.
A posse Is In pursuit.
TAFT NAMES CRONEMILLER
Appointment of Receiver of Lake
view Land Office Is Made.
OREGONIAN NEWS BCRKAl. Wash
ington. Jan . The President today,
on the recomendation of Representa
tive Hawley and National Committee
man Williams, sent to the Senate the
nomination of Fred P. Cronemiller as
receiver of the Lakevlew land Office.
He lpo renominated William Balder
ston as register of the Boise Land Office.
States Must Retire if
Conflict Arises.
DUTY CF CARRIERS DEFINED
Commerce Commission Para
mount, Says High Court.
LUMBER CASE IS DECIDED
lu Minnesota and North Carolina
Litigation, Ruling Is That When
Nation Speaks, Then State
Must Be Silent.
WASHINGTON. Jan. . The grip ef
the Interstate Commerce Commission
over the commerce of the country was
tightened today In decision of the Su
preme Court.
The principle was laid down that
shippers suffering from civil injuries
from railroad must go to the Com
mission before rushing to the courts
for relief.
The paramount authority of the
Commission In reasonable rate making
was upheld by the court's decision that
the Federal District Court of Minnesota
wa wrong in preventing the enforce
ment of the Commission's reduced rates
on lumber from the Pacific Coast, Ore
gon and Montana points o St. Paul,
Omaha and Chicago.
Federal Aathorlty Asserted.
The legislative field touching the ac
ceptance of goods by railroads for in
terstate shipment was marked forever
as Federal territory and states were
warned to keep off.
The supremacy over state laws of
similar import of trr Federal "hour of
service law," the enforcement of which
is confided to the Commission, was up
held. The fight over the lumber rates had
been the most exhaustive. The Com
mission's rate eradicated substantially
all the increase in rates from the
Northwest proposed by the railroads in
1903. After a long consideration of the
attack upon the Commission's order.
Justice Lamar concluded that the court
could not say that the order was made
because of the effect of the advance
on the lumber Industry, as suggested
by the railroads, or that there was no
evidence to support the Commission's
rates.
Dividends Not Safe Basis.
The court laid down the principle
that railroad dividends were not to be
a sole basis for Judging the reasonable-
(i'onol urtd on Paga2.)
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l 'ocos
Wishes Made Known to Taft In Con
ference Boyd J. Tallman Ap
plies to Poindexter.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. 9. Senator Jones, of
Washington, declared today that he is
not a candidate to succeed Federal
Judge Donworth, of Western Wash
ington, and further said that he would
not be appointed to this office.
As Senator Jones conferred with the
President today, it is presumed that
he explained to the President his pref
erence for the Senatorshlp, and thl wlU
take bl name out of the list of eligi
ble. He oould have had the appoint
ment, however, had he desired It, for
the President would willingly have
named him. - There are several appli
cants In the field, but no indications as
yet as to who will be appointed.
Senator Jones would not discuss can
didates or say what transpired at his
White House conference.
Senator Poindexter today received an
application from Boyd J. Tallman, of
Seattle, for the appointment to succeed
Judge Donworth. Poindexter has made
no recommendation.
DUNCANS SH0CK PARIS
"Reign of Prudery" Wages War on
Scant Draperies In France.
PARIS. Jan. 9. (Special.) The anti-scant-drapery
movement now sweep
ing over France has struck Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Duncan, who are being
prosecuted and will be evicted from
their apartments. The "reign of prud
ery" began at Nice, where Reglna
Asadu. the beautiful Paris danseuse,
appearing In a production by Pierre
Louys, Is being prosecuted for "ex
cessive nudity."
After this, detectives were put to
watch Isadore Duncan, and last night
her brother, Raymond, and his com
panions were warned of tho same fate.
Duncan and his guests are living In
apartments In the Avenue Charles
Flouquet, lent him by Madame Sturges.
Notwithstanding the bad -weather.
and with the cold so Intense that a
man died from It today on the Rue de
IUvoll, Duncan and his companions
continued to wear attire that would be
considered highly appropriate lor a
seashore bathing resort in July.
PEOPLE ACCLAIM REBELS
Ecuadoran Province of Canar AVon
by Revolutionists' Victory.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Jan. 9. Af
ter a battle which ended In favor of the
troops from this city who are support
ing the provisional government pro
claimed at Guayaquil. December 28, by
General Pedro Montero, the inhabitants
of the Province of Canar announced
their adhesion to General Montero's
cause.
The troops from Quito under General
Plasa continue to occupy the heights
near Alausi and Garanda.
Senator Is on Witness
Stand First Time.
AID IN CAMPAIGN IS REFUSED
Story of Breach Between Hop
kins and Deneen Told.
DEADLOCK WAS PLANNED
Illinois Governor Said to Have
Feared People of State Would
Misunderstand If He Him
self Were to Run.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. United States
Senator Lorimer today began testify
ing In his own defense. It was the U
linols Senator's first appearance in the
witness chair since the Senate ordered
an Investigation of his election.
The first question put to Senator
Lorimer by Judge Henecy, his counsel,
was blunt and leading.
"Did you ever pay anything of value
to anybody for your election: no uo
manded. "I never did." Senator Lorimer re
plied. T..rio- v-TenArv repeated the
question In different forms, and each
time Senator Lorimer replied:
"I never did."
Contribution of 300 Returned.
Lorimer told how when he was run
ning for Congress in 1908. F. M. Blount,
campaign manager for Senator Hop
kins, had sent him a campaign contri
bution of 3500, which he returned, say
ing: t hom nM all mv election expenses
myself, at both the primary and the
polls, without accepting a cem
anybody and therefore I cannot accept
yours."
. - can ntnr T,orlmer's testimony
was of conversations with Governor De
neen about the Senatorial election in
the Illinois Legislature, and he brought
out the breach between Deneen and
Hopkins.
Deneen Against Hopkins.
"When I met Deneen by appointment
In January, 1909." he said, "he felt that
he had been treated harshly in the
state committee meeting by Senator
HoDklns. Mayor Busse and Postmaster
Campbell, of Chicago. He felt the pri
mary had originated with them, and he
did not want to return to the 'soap
box' system. He was afraid Busse
(Concluded on Page 8.)
San Francisco Woman Says Captain
Greene, of Oriental Liner, Prom
ised to Marry Her.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. (Special.)
Miss Gertrude MacFarlane filed suit
In the Superior Court today against
Captain William W. Greene for 151,000
heart balm, for failure to marry her
October 14 last, after their engage
ment had been announced and the
marriage license had been procured.
Miss MacFarlane says in her com
plaint that she became engaged to
Captain Greene, commander of the Cht
To Mam, August 12, 1911, and the wed
ding date was set for October 14. All
of this was duly announced in the
newspapers. The marriage license was
procured October 13.
She avers that she had prepared an
elaborate trousseau at an expenditure
of $1000. She says that she has suf
fered $50,000 worth of distress and
humiliation.
Captain Greene's vessel Is now In
this port, due to sail for the Orient
tomorrow.
Miss MacFarlane Is a member of a
prominent Sausallto family, but has
lived in 6an Francisco for the past 20
years.
When the Chi To Maru docked she
was on the dock to greet him and, as
he walked down the gangplank, she
ran forward and threw her arms about
him, regardless of the merriment of
the bystanders, and the evident em
barrassment of the captain..
Then came rumors of a rift In the
lute. Friends of the plaintiff say the
captain thought Miss MacFarlane had
money, and friends of the captain as
scrlbe the same mercenary motives to
Miss MacFarlane.
BOON SOUGHT FOR COAST
Humphrey Would Make Chinese
Come in at Pacific Porta Only.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Representa
tive Humphrey, of Washington, intro
duced a bill today asking that Chinese
shall enter the United States only
through a Pacific Coast port. He said
the Government discriminated against
American railroads in favor of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad by main
taining an Immigration station at Van
couver, B. C.
The bill, Mr. Humphrey said, would
abolish immigrant stations on the
Canadian and Mexican borders, main
tained almost exclusively for the ex
amination of Chinese.
LIVE WIRE KILLS YOUTH
Storm Contributes to Death of Gene
Graham at Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or, Jan. 9. (Special.)
Gene Graham, aged 22 years, a na
tive of Weston, was instantly elec
trocuted in the basement of the Jar
man store in that town about 2:30 this
afternoon, by coming In contact with a
live wire.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAFS Maximum temperature, 43
degrees; minimum, 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; south to west
wind.
National.
Senator Lorimer denies on witness stsnd
that he paid for election, rage i.
Supreme Court holds Federal laws superior
to state laws in raliroaa cases, rage i.
Senator Jones, of Washington, declines to
become candidate lor federal juagsnip.
Page 1.
Packers' trial checked by defense'a objection
to documentary evidence oirerea. rase a.
Polities.
Democrats adopt "permissive" primary plan:
convention to be held in Baltimore June
25. Page 2.
Domestic.
Member of theosophtcal "Inner circle" denies
Mrs. Tlngley's testimony in will contest.
Pasre 3.
Girl sues sea captain for $51,000 for alleged
lilt. Page 1.
Detective witness for state In Conners trial
says he duped accused aynamiters wnue
plotting. Page 2.
Six dead and 12 hurt In $8,000,000 Equitable
fire in New Torn, rage l-
Pastor Richeson's counsel to appeal for com
mutation of death penany. rage o.
Cleveland society Interested In divorce suit
of Mrs. Stallo. Page S.
Han arrested In Chicago claims bank rob
beries in Canada and Panama and several
murders as his. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Attorney A. E. Clark, special prosecutor in
Wilde case. Is shot at twice by would-be
assassin at Salem. Page 5.
Trial of Vancouver policeman who shot es
caping prisoner opens. Page 4.
Oregon City Mayor declares Schuebel, ac
cusations are false. Page 4.
Rising temperature brings lighter hearts to
Northwest cities, rage a.
Woman Juror In Seattle murder trial not to
be given separate aieeping-room. rage x.
Sport.
RTtltlon of Giencfce case may lose two
players to Kick Williams' team. Page 7.
Multnomah Club to take charge of lnter-
scholaetic track and field meet. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Winter hides are offered and market Is
weaker. Page 17.
Wheat lower at Chicago on large Increase In
world's supply. Page 19-Sava-ge
attacks by bears on stock market.
Page 17.
Six steamers chase raft of logs from South
Portland to St. Johns bridge. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
C. G. Murphy, head meterman, discharged
by Weter Board for selling material to
Junk dealers. Page 10.
Nearly lno men thrown out of work by $60.-
000 fire at Oswego. Page 10.
Destitute laborer appeals to authorities to
aid him in collecting bill long overdue
from Board of Education. Page lo.
Vice commission in first report declares city's
condition as to venereal disease is alarm
ing. Page 12.
More than 200 Democrats attend Jackson
Club dinner. Page 6.
Few changes made In banks at annual
meetings of National and -state concerns.
Page 7.
Portland Trust Company elects O.-W. R. &
N. president director. Page .
Flood danger follows melting of ice and
snow. Page 12. j
Suspect Says He Stole,
Fought and Killed.
CANADA TO BOGOTA IS TRAIL
Prisoner Declares He Was in
New Westminster Job.
LIST HAS FOUR MURDERS
Chicago Police Doubt Story of Pick
pocket Who Boasts of Crimes.
Panama Case Is Cited His
Accomplices Not Named.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. Bank robberies In
Canada and Panama, murdera in Co
lombia, South America, In Panama,
Tulsa, Okla., and St. Louis, MO, and
other crimes were "confessed to" and
admissions of a further crime record
were promised here today by Frank
Holloway, 32 years old, who has been
arrested as a pickpocket. He has
many aliases.
His story is doubted by the polioe,
who are investigating. Nearly $500,
000 is involved in the thefts he told
the police he had taken part In, and
he said If he "felt like it" he would
give details of still other robberies
later.
Many Crimes Claimed.
Following is the crime record whioh
he claims:
Aided "many other persons" in rob
bing the branch of the Bank of Mon
treal at New Westminster. B. C, last
September, getting 3375,000 In gold and
paper money. His share was nearly
385,000.
Was one of a gang of six who
"busted" the safe of the Panama City
Banking Company at Panama in Feb
ruary in 1910; got 3S4.000 all told.
Killings Confessed To.
In a gun fight with fellow robbers
near Panama, shot and killed one
Schaefer In a quarrel over the division
of the spoils of the bank.
Shot and killed Kdward G. West
when the latter "double-crossed" him
In a later division of the proceeds of
the same robbery. This was in Bogoto,
Colombia.
Killed a "notorious bank robber,"
Frank Starr, In Tulsa, Okla.. five years
ago when the latter "crowded him"
for a "split" of the proceeds of a small
robbery.
St. Louis Shooting Mentioned.
Shot 'Bob" Reynolds and two men
named McGlveney and Smith, who were
working for him in St. Louis during
the World's Fair, when he kept a sa
loon there. Of this he said: "The three
men were trying to put me 'out In the
cold' and we had a row. I shot' all
three of them and later Reynolds died.
I was 'pinched' but worked out of the
case."
Forfeited a bond at Fort Worth, Tex.,
where he had been arrested, charged
with a bank robbery at Harold, Tex.
Was questioned by Burn's detectives
in Portland, in connection with an
other matter but eluded them.
He said he had 354,000 In Canadian
money in a Chicago hotel "and lots
more hidden elsewhere," but said he
would not disclose where it was. He
refused to name others implicated in
the crimes he enumerated.
Family Prominent In Texas.
Holoway. after adding many details
to the description of crimes he was re
lating, including a tale of how a bur
row under the Panama Bank took two
months to dig and how, of the 3210,000
in gold they found, only 384.000 of It
could be carried my them because of
Its weight, told the police of his family. S
He said his home was In Vernon,
Tex., where his mother, brother and .
sisters still lived. His father, he said,
was the late Captain Frank Holoway,
well-known Texas criminal lawyer. He
called himself the black sheap of the
family. He said he served In the Span
ish-American War in the Second Mis
sissippi Infantry and formerly had a
hotel In Memphis.
Telegrams confirming the story of
the Harold Bank robbery were received
today from a Texas sheriff.
HOIXOWAT'S. STORY DOUBTED
Detectives Are Looking for Albert
Anderson as Member of Gang.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 9. With
John McNamara under arrest In New
York and Charles Dean held at Los
Angeles, charged with the robbery of
tho New Westminister, B. C, branoh of
the Bank of Montreal, last September,
the detectives are directing their ef
forts to the capture of Albert Ander
son, alleged to be the third member of
the gang and to the recovery of the
3230,000 of the loot unaccounted for.
The fact that the robbers hid 325,000
of the stolen notes under a sidewalk
near the bank leads the detectives to
believe that more of the rr.oney may
have been cached in New Westminster.
Seattle detectives who have done
most of the work of trailing the bank
robbers place no credence in the state
ment attributed to Frank Holloway,
under arrest In Chicago, that he parti
cipated in the New Westminster rob
bery. They Investigated Holloway's
(Concluded on Page .Two.)