Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 11, 1912, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textf TIIE aiOttNIXG OREGOXIA THURSDAY. JANUARY 11, 1912. PACKERS' SECRET TESTS REVEALED OLD LADY ALMOST CRAZY WITH ECZEI1A FAMOUS AMERICAN PRIMA DONNA, WHO IS ILL IN ATLANTIC CITY. Every Article Reduced BELIEVED INTACT VAULTS CONTENTS 1 More Than $50,000,000 Re covered From Ruins of Equitable Building Fire. HALF BILLION REMAINS Securities of Ilarrlman Lines and Other tireat Holding May Xot Bo Iteariiod for Week Two Bodice in Debris. NEW TORK, Jan. 10. More than $f).000.0f0 In stocks and bonds were recovered from one of the smaller vaults tn the burned Equitable Life As surance Society building late today, but It probably wllj be a week perhaps longer before the great vaults of the society and those of the Mercantile Rate Deposit Company (rive up their half billion or more In securities. Examination today showed that the vaults are Intact. tn the opinion of thos who made the Inspection an opinion reinforced by the revelation to day that the smaller vaults had kept their treasure safe their contents will suffer little, ir at all. But burled as they are. under hundreds of tons of ice and debris. It may be a week before It will be advisable to open them. Meanwhile, securities variously estl mated In value from half a billion to I billion and a half dollars cannot be reached. ' Special guards have been thrown about the bulldlna and day and nifrht they will be on duty. Smaller VaaKa K.nptled. The smaller vaults of the Mercan tile Trust Company were the onea reached this afternoon. As soon as It was seen that they could be entered. so clerks were dispatched from the Bankers' Trust Company, a few blocks away, and fTO.OOO.OOO In stocks and bonds were removed. The Bankers i rust Company owns the Mercantile Trust Company. Just what Is the value of the securi ties still In the vaults Is mere guess work. It Is known that the Equitable STurltlcs are close to S300.000.000 and those of the Ilarrlman estate In the vaults of the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company are understood to approxi mate Si:5.000.no0. It also Is said that Thomas K. Ryan has approximately $ 1 00.000.000 In securities there and the ioulcls about the same amount. It Is said this afternoon that Mr. Gould had felt some anxiety about the securities, but had received assurances that there would be no loss. llarrliaaa Vaults lataev. The Mercantile Safe eposlt Company Issued a statement saying that not only was everything In the vaults safe, but that In some places the paint on the vault had not even been blistered. The vaults and safes of the Ilarrlman lines are believed to be Intact. No trace had been found tonight of the body of Battalion Chief Walsh, nor had the body of William Campion, chief nf the Mercantile tluards. been re rorered. although It Is partly In sight. -Tenants of the American Exchange National Bank building, across Cedar street from the trembling ruins, have heen ordered to vacate their offices. PORTLAND MAN HONORED I". J. Alexander Majer Heads Coast lire Indervrrllers. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 10. The Flra I nderwrlters" Association of the Pa nne Coast met here today In their tiith annual convention. The principal business of the meeting was the elec tion of officers, which resulted as fol lows: President F. J. Alexander Mayer. Portland: vice-president. T. H. Wil liams: secretary-treasurer. Calvert Meade: librarian. J. P. Moor. With the exception of Mayer all are from San Francisco or other of the bay Titles, as are the newly elected members "f the executive board. T. J. A. Tlede rr.ann. Herbert Folger. A. M. Brown. F. H. Kellam and Louis Weinman. The neetig closed with a banquet to night. F. J. Alexander has been engaged In he Insurance business In Portland the past 30 years, at present being general agent or tne r ire Association of Phila delphia and of the Philadelphia I'nder wrlters. Mr. Mayer has been an active member of the association for a num ber of years. RENO "BOARDER" IS ISSUE onrt Eyes Relations of Man and Woman Kaon Seeking Divorce. RENO. Nev.. Jan. 10 (Special.) Mrs. Loclse Pall, formerly of Albany. N. T. but more recently of West New Tork. and for the past nine months a resident of this city, testified today la her suit for divorce against Arthur Hall that she came to Reno accom panied by Willis Ouderdonk, Jr.. and hat ha lived with hr aa a boarder. The records show that Ouderdonk filed his a. lion for dlvorca against Ef f e Ouderdonk the same day that Mrs. Halls ease waa riled, and engage) the saxe firm of lawyers. Mrs. Ball had alleged that her husband supplied her w ith only II a week, but she appeared on the witness-stand In a silk gown, and this led Judge Orr to question her tlosety. A woman witness as to residence tes tified t.':at Mrs. Ball lived near her with "her gentleman friend." Judga Orr took the matter under considera tion. DEATH PENALTY IS FOUGHT Piwpect of Four Executions Xext Friday Stirs California. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 10. (Special.) The Ar.tl-Capital Punishment Leapue of California Is preparing to Invoke the initiative to abolish capital punish ment in this state. J. H. Young, sec retary of the league, declares a peti tion w ill be begun at once and tha peo ple will strike from the laws the pro vision requiring that murder shall be punishable by death. The campaign la to be started at this time, says Young, because of the fact that four men are sentenced to die r.ext Friday on the scaffold. These executions, the league hopes, may be prevented. The murderers who are scheduled to be hanged are Mark Will iams, sentenced from Oakland: J. Duns, sentenced from San Francisco; J. Burke, sentenced from San Diego, and Ueorge Flgueroa. sentenced from Los Angeles. v - -. II MUE. OI.IVE FAMOUS OIVA ILL Mme. Olive Fremstad Obliged to Give Up Her Role. FRIENDS ARE CONCERNED American Prima Donna TTntlrr Care of Physicians In Atlantic City. Rise From Obscurity Fame Is Recalled. to NEW TORK. Jan. 10. (Special.) Mme. Olive Fremstead. th . famous dramatic soprano, has not sung at the Metropolitan Opera-House for mors than two weeka and it has become known that she Is quite seriously ill In Atlantic City. Th opera manage ment first explained Mme. Fremstead's non-appearance by saying that she had gone to Atlantic City for a brief vaca tion, but it Is admitted now that ner health haa broken down. Friends who have learned of Mme. Fremstead's condition worried over her Illness. She Is an indefatigable work er and Is possessed of a wonderful con stitution, but It Is said that tne strain of the trying rolea she sings In the leading operaa of the Metropolitan repertoire has seriously undermined her health. Some express doubt whether her superb voice will be heard and her acting seen on the stage of the Metropolitan again this season. The prima donna is an Important member of the Metropolitan organisa tion, having an immense following that la grieved to learn of her illness ana which sadly misses her performance Mme. Fremstead Is regarded as one f the leading artists, both as to abil ity and salary received, on tne opera stage. Her rise to fame has been steady and Is the result of hard work, trie was an obscure little country glrL Her parents atlll live la their N Isconsin village home. socialIsTlossTs felt MEDFORD PARTY" PRACTICALLY DEAD AS RESCLT OF ELECTIOV. Though Campaign Was Most Strenu ous In History of City Machine Fails to Win Votes. MEDFORD. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.) Defeated after making the hardest cam paign In the history of the Medford Socialist party. It Is generally believed that Socialism is Medford is dead as far aa municipal politics Is concerned. All five candldatea tor city offices In Tuesday's election were defeated, al though the party secured outside speakers, ran a paper previous to the election and had a party machine well organised for work at the polls. An analysis of the vote shows that while a total of 1174 votes were cast In 1911. and 126 In 1912. the Socialist vote In 1912 was less than that of a year ago. In the Third Ward. Miller got 161 votes last -car and waa elect ed, while tn the same ward this year. White, polling the largest vote of any Socialist Aldermanlc cand!(ae, got but 128 and was defeated: this In spite of the fact that the total vote was larger. The attempt of the Socialists to put a former bootblack, a carpenter and a blacksmith at the head of the city af fairs is declared by supporters of the opposing ticket to have aroused re sentment of the voters. . NEWBERG APPLE MEN MEET John Hutson Heads Organization Which Plana Biff Mass Meeting. NEWBERG. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.) At a meeting of apple-growers last night to effect an organization John Hutaon was chosen chairman and W. Pairs. Jr, secretary, and tha general aituatlon in regard to the planting, p-unlng. spraying and general care of apple trees was discussed. The fact waa disclosed that most of those present were comparatively newcomers here but they were all owners of ap ple orchards, and they expresaed a determination to make this valley the i. -Na, ii y V V FWEMSTAD. banner apple producing section In the state. The total acreage represented was 296 acres, and statements were made by several of those present that others would heartily Join the organ isation as soon as they had an oppor tunity. It waa finally decided to hold a mass meet'ng of apple-growers on Saturday. January !". ai i P. M.. and the secre tary was directed to Invite experi enced apple orchardlsts of Hood River and one or more from the State Uni versity to be present and address the meeting. Last night there were many Interesting polnta brought out. as the result of the experience of those present in the cultivation of their or chards. It was suggested that prune growers be Invited to Join the asso ciation, but -after some discussion on that line It was decided that It would be better to confine the membership to men who are engaged In the apple in dustry alone. DEATH JAUNTS FILMS SAX FRANXISCO PIXYSICIAX DEAD IX XICKELODEOX. Janitor Finds Body In Morning Wlillc Police Search City for Missing Doctor. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. ID. (Special.) The dead body of nr. Edwin W. Ben nett. 65 years old. a prominent local physlrlan. was found this morning in a nickelodeon by a Janitor. The body was discovered while the police were sending out to all parts of the city a description of the physician, furnished by ills wife and daughter thla morn ing. The police were asked to search for Dr. Bennett, who was reported missing all night from his home. Heart failure is thought to have caused death. Dr. Bennett left home last night at o'clock, saying that he was going to buy medicine for a patient and that he would return within an hour. When he failed to return to his home. Mrs. Bennett and her daughter made in quiry among friends and continued the search throughout the night. Soon after daybreak this morning the po lice were sppealed to. The nickelodeon operator had failed to notice the man's figure when he closed the house for the night. HOMESTEAD AID PROPOSED Oiambermln Would Permit Absence Six Months Each Year. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 10. Senator Chamberlain Is preparing and will Introduce a bill for the relief of homesteadera. differ ing from all measures now pending in that It will provide that any home steader, after six months continuous residence on his land, may be entitled to leave of absence for six months of each year: that Is to say. homestead ers will be required to reside upon their land only half of each year until final proof la made. By this means, he believes, settle ment will be greatly encouraged and homesteadlng made easier. Senator Chamberlain thinks some relief must be granted to attract settlers to those lands now open to homestead entry. WEBSTER ACCEPTS FATE Physician Admits Killing Wife but Won't Clear Vp Mystery. STERLING. Ill.rJan. 10. That Dr. Harry E. Webster will accept any sen tence without clearing up the mys tery concerning the killing of his wife, Bessie Kent Webster, was asserted by his counsel today. The alleged confession held by the police is said to be Inaccurate. Webster, who refused to discuss the announcement of his attorneys that he would plead guilty, seemed, however, to be hopeful that he would escape wrth a life sentence. Blaze tn Wagon Put Out. HOOD RTVER. Or, Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) A serious fire was narrowly averted here night before last when the nlghtwatchman of the Transfer & Liv ery Company discovered and extin guished the burning wagon of a rancher who had driven In from the country. The orchardlst had put a hot brick In the foot of his vehicle because of the cold evening. Two bales of hay In the vehicle had become Ignited and were almost half consumed. The Vlctrola will furnish more en tertainment than any other possible gift. Sherman. Clay Co.. on Morrison at Sixth, have all the records. Victor records may be used on other machines Orders Issued Verbally After Injunction Issued by Judge Grosscup. KILLING. COSTS INCREASED Revenue From By-Products Makes Sale of Beef Below Cosl Possible. Unsupported Papers Are Not Admitted. CHICAGO. Jan. 10. Methods em ployed by the packers on trial before United States District Judge Carpen ter for criminal violation of the Sher man law in computing the uniform test cost of slaughtered animals, which the Government contends was the ba sis used in fixing the margin of profit and aelllng cost of fresh meat, were re vealed today by Henry F. Moyer, an accountant in the employ of Armour & CO. He declared that after the Injunc tion Issued by Judge Grosscup. Instruc tions given him by his superiors re garding the items used In figuring the test cost were communicated to him verbally, and the sheets containing the data always were destroyed after six months. Killing Coat Increased. The cost of killing, he said, had in creased from $1 a head to 12.75 a head in 22 years. In the great railroad strike in 1894. the killing cost, he said, went to 13.80 a head. He -said that two methods were used in figuring the test cost of the animals. One he described as the "memorandum" or "red cost" d the other as the "last." or real test cost. The Government contends that the "memorandum" or "red" test cost is the one which all the members of the alleged packers' combination used in fixing the margin of profit and the selling cost of fresh meat. The wit ness explained that the credit allow ance for certain fats has been reduced from 13.15 to S3 a hundred within three years. Voaupported Papers Rejected. The defense v.on a point this morn ing when Judgo Carpenter struck from tne records the letters and papers pur porting to bear notations In the hand writing of J. Ogden Armour. Other papers were admitted, but the testi mony of Jerome H. Pratt identifying the handwriting was ordered stricken out. On cross-examination. Mr. Pratt was questioned by Attorney John Bar ton Payne, representing Edward TU den. Pratt d. .crlbed the details of mar keting fresh meat through the. branch Louses. He said a steer that cost $60 would bring about 150 in dressed beef, that because of the revenue received from the by-products the packers were enabled to sell fresh beet at less than actual cost, and that the packers were not always Influenced by percentages In shipping to branch houses. He said that local independent packers in sev eral cities did a considerable part of the meat business and were In daily competition with the defendants. 'The National Packing Company op erated no packing houses under lta own name," said Pratt. "It operated ) plants of the a. H. Hammond Com pany. Omaha Packing Company, Unit ed Dressed Beef Company and the St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Com pany under the old names. The United Dressed Beef Company limited Its op- eratlona to supplying the Jewish trade In New Tork City. The other three companl.s did business throughout ter ritory 'A." " XATIOXAL COXVEXTIOX DELE GATES EXTITLED TO $200. I Attorney-General Rnles All Repre sentatives of Parties With 5 Per Cent Vote May Draw Money. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford today gave an opinion for Secretary Olcott to the ef fect that delegates to National con ventions representing all political parties that have 5 per cent or more of the vote at the last preceding elec tion are entitled to )200 as expense money to be paid by the state under the new Presidential ' preference law. The question arose as to whether only those parties who are entitled to vote for Presidential electora at the primary nominating election would have the privilege of collecting the expense money or whether other parties would have an equal privilege to name delegates in a convention and secure the expense money. Secretary Olcott today prepared a form of a petition to be used by can didates for delegates to National con ventions, the form being as follows: To Ben W. Olcott. Pecnetarr of State of the State of Orison and to the members of the party and the electora of the State of Oregon. X. reside at and my postofflce address Is I am a duly registered member of the party. If 1 am elected to the office of delerste to the National Convention for the nomination of candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States at the primary nominating- election to he held in the State of Oregon on the 19th day of April. 11' 12. I will quality as such officer. If I am elected I will, during my term of office (Here-the candidate. In not exceeding 100 words, may state any measure or principles he efpecl&lly advocates, and the form In which he wishes his name on the nominat ing ballot, la not exceeding 12 words. ) 'Signature of the candidate.) WIFE'S LEG SAVES MAN'S Woman Gives Slab of Bone So Graft ing Will Xot Make Mate Cripple. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10. (Special.) With a slab of bone four Inches long, an inch and a half wide and an Inch deep taken from his wife's left leg and grafted upon his own left leg, Fred Bottonhoff is recovering from the ef fects of an unusual operation. Bot tonhoff was Btruck by an automobile November IS. and his leg was broken. The bone had been splintered on either side of the break. The surgeon found it necessary to chisel away some of this splintered bone, leaving a groove the size of the slab Just grafted on. The doctors prepared to remove a slab of uninjured bone from Botton hoff's right leg, but finally yielded to the wife's Importunities and. consented to allow her to furnish from her own A Remarkable and Convincing State ment of the Success of Cuticura Soap and Ointment in theTreat mentofthe Pain, Itching and Burning of Eczema. 2234 Hebert St., St. Louis. Me. " I, tha undersigned, cannot give enough praise to the Cuticura Remedies. I bad been doctoring for at least a year for eczema on my foot. When a young girl I sprained my ankle three differ ent times, paying little or no attention to it, when five years ago a small spot showed upon my left ankle. A doctor said it was ecxema. He drew a small bone from the ankle about the size of a match and about an inch long. The small hole grew to about the size of an apple, and the ecxesaa spread to the knee. Thr. whole foot ran water ail the time. ' My husband and my sons were up night and day wheeling me from one room to an other in the hope of giving me some relief. I would sit for hours at a time in front of the fireplace hoping for daybreak. The pain waa so intense I was almost crazy, in fact, I would lose my reason for hours at a time. One day a friend of mine dropped in to see me. Mo more had she glanced at my foot than she ex claimed, 'Mrs. Finnegan, why in the world don't you try the Cuticura Remedies!" Not being able to sleep at all, I decided to give the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint ment a trial. After using them three days that nlgbt I slept as sound as a sliver dollar for eight long hours. I awoke In the morning with but very little pain, in fact, I thought I was la heaven. After using the Cuticura Remedies for three months I was perfectly restored to health, thanks to the Cuticura Soap and Oint ment. I will be sixty-four years of age say next birthday, hale and hearty at present." (Signed) Mrs. Julia Finnegan, Mar. T, 1011. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold everywhere. Sample of each mailed free, with 3 2-p. book. Address, "Cutioura," Dept. T, Boston. Tender-faced men should share with Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick body the necessary tissue. The trans ferred piece of bone was riveted in place. MIA MUCH COLDER LOW TEMPERATURES DEMORAL IZE TRAIN SCHEDCLES. Butte, With Mercury at Freezing Point, Warm by Comparison With Other Sections. HELEN1 A. Mont., Jan. 10. Low temperature records for the Winter threaten to be broken tonight through out Eastern Montana. At 6 o'clock to night It was 18 below in Helena and 20 below is predicted before morning. Section Director Young, of the United States bureau advises shippers to pro tect perishable shipments east and north for 20 to SO degrees below zero and west tor 10 below. The minimum temperature In Havre today was 20 below. Snow Is falling in many parts of the state but there is little wind. The railroads feel the effect of the low temperatures and train schedules are badly demoralized, some trains be ing as much aa 15 hours behind time. Butte today remained an oasis of warmth in a desert of frigidity. The temperature there waa 32 degrees above zero. Zero and colder weather prevailed within 50 miles north, east and west- Mountains encircling tne city are thought to have deflected the cold wave. Livingston reports continued delay of Northern Pacific trains. Minneapolis Shivers Again. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 10. The cold wave again gripped Minneapolis today, when the thermometer recorded 23 de grees below zero. More intense cold Is predicted for tonight. POULTRY EXPERT SPEAKER H. F. Ran, of Tacoma, Will Address Y. M. C. A. Boys' Club. Members of the poultry club that la conducted by the boys' department of the Portland Toung Men's Christian Association will be addressed next Sat urday night by H. F. Rau, of Tacoma, an expert in poultry husbandry. Mr. Rau will speak on the subject, "Poultry Houses, Fences and Fixtures." The Y. M- C. A. Poultry Club is com posed of boys who are engaged in a poultry-raising contest. Besides car ing for their chickens and keeping a record of feeding and laying, the boys are making a study of subjects con nected with poultry-raising. Next Spring an exhibit of poultry will be held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Several other lectures are planned for the youthful poultry fanciers. The subjects to be discussed are: "Natural and Artiriciai Metnoas or incuDation and Brooding." "Egg Production for Hatching and Market," and "Feeds and Feeding." Government Stores Berger's Plan. WAsmN'RTOX". Jan. 10. Representa tive Berger. Socialist, of 'Wisconsin, In- Need Sunshine AND Scott's Emulsion Next to sunshine, nothing restores health, strength and vitality like Scott's Emulsion ALL DRUGQISJTS PRINTING Baling. Binding and Blank Book Maldaa. Phone. Mala 201. A zzSL Portland Printing House Co. t. t. Wright. Pres. and Oen. Mwa Book. Catalogue and Commercial, hub aaa Xulor Sea. Portland. Ureses, ' ' 1 W ' ' 3 'fcft. - '- y- r Sir. rttr-1 11-53 KESSLBsaiS Only Four More Weeks of Our Great Removal Sale 1 erchandiasa of Itefll Ory-- troducea a bill today to appropriate $1,000,000 for the establishment of Government-owned department stores in Washington for the benefit of Govern ment clerks, to be operated on the lines of the commissary stores in the Panama Canal. New Mexico Inangnral to Be "Dry." SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 10. The com mittee in charge of arrangements for the Inaugural ceremonies, Monday, January 15. today announced that a EAT CABBAGE, ONIONS OR SAUSAGE WITHOUT DREADJOF INDIGESTION No misery-making gas, heartburn or sour, upset Stomach if you will eat a few Diapepsin occasionally. fi r PAPE'S 82 CHAIN TRlANGULEg OP DIAPEPSIN FOR INDIGESTION Registered 1n U. S. Pat. OfBco . t n . -- :r: - -., . -. .-. . Do some foods you eat hit back taste good, but work badly; ferment into stubborn lumps and cause a sick, sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. and Mrs. Dyspeptic, Jot this down: Tape's Diapepsin digests everything, leaving noth ing to sour and upset you. There never was anything so safely quick, so cer tainly effective. No difference how badly your stomach is disordered you will get happy relief In five minutes, but what pleases you most is that it strength ens and regulates your stomach so you can eat your favorite foods without fear. Most remedies give you relief sometimes they are slow, but not sure. Dia pepsin is quick, positive and puts your stomach In a healthy condition so tho misery won't come back. Tou feel different as soon as Diapepsin comes in contact with the stotnachi distress just vanishes your stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belching, no eructations of undigested food, your head clears and you feel fine. Go now. make the best investment you ever made by getting a large fifty cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug store. Tou realize In five min utes how needless It is to suffer from Indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder. Imagine fresh clean dressed ox-tails packed in boxes, and paper-covered like choice fruit! That is how we receive them for Campbell's Ox Tail Soup. Every box and every tail bears the government-inspection-stamp. Our own inspectors are even more particular than Uncle Sam. And the soup we make from this selected product is the finest and most palatable ox tail soup you ever tasted. Think how good it would go with today's dinner! 21 kinds 10c a can Look for the red-and-white label mmm Iong-f)tandlng precedent would be broken and no intoxicants would be served at any of the festivities. NEW MODEL VICTOR-VI CTRO LAS $15, $25, $40. $50, $75, $100, $150 and $200. ,6old on easy payments by The Wiley B. Allen Co., corner Seventh and Morrison Sts. " Land in Japan can still be owned outright only by Japanese subjects, the entire coun try btng nominally the property of the Emperor. mm -'Avar M-'C- Vf-wA V i