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VOL. LI X). 1J5.0GI. I'OlM'i.AXD, OKEGOX. WEDNESDAY, JAXUAKY 24, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROOSEVELT IS FOR TAFT, SAY FRIENDS Fears of Convention Crisis Are Quieted. renovation is approved Close Relations of Old May Be Restored. COLONEL'S FEELINGS HURT JYlend of rvolh Men Say rrcMdent I Partly to Blame for -(Ion of Cordiality Artful Advisers Blamed. BT FT'fVF R CTTtTTS. WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. (Special.) Another torn of the kaleldescope today presents the Tart-Roosevelt National political situation In some new angles. Mutual friends of ths former and pres. ent execntlres refuse to admit that the alienee of Oyster Bay Is a designed menace to the nomination of Tart, or that Colonel Roosevelt Is playing; team In the. Interest of his own can didacy or for ths purpose of ultimately aiding someone elite to defeat ths White House occupant. v. w t j.ip.ia w.ii In the public prints and In all the corner gro ceries throughout the land, ths over topping political Interests of the mo ment centers In the position the prob. Jemsllu position of the ex-President. The new point of super-Interest today Is that Important officials and citlsens who are direct and Indirect mediums of communication between Sagamore JIM and the White House have declared that In arguing as he has with respect to him own possible candidacy Colonel ItooLvelt expects and approves ths re- nomlnatlon of ITesldcnt Taft. Chasm Caa lie Hrldged. That the chasm between Taft and Roosevelt la not so wide It cannot be bridged la now declared In certain po litical circles, where It Is asserted that there Is Intimate knowledge of the Ins and outs of the matter and of Die stale of mind respectively of the Individuals directly concerned. It le not to be de nied that the close personal relations enca existing between the President and bis predecessor have been sadly trained. But friends of Taft are be arlnninr to admit that the blame for this does not rest entirely on Roose velt's shoulders and that perhaps Mr. Taft has been more at fault In bring ing thla condition to pass. Never a suggestion has been made by President Taft, so far as anyone knows, of taking a step toward solicit ing the good will of his predecessor, re la lira to ths Presidential contest or oven of sounding him as to where he might be expected to ba found In the tour of crisis. Everything that haa been done In the sounding line from the Taft side ha been absolutely voluntary on the part of mutual friends. Some of them are beginning to think the time is ap proaching when the President ought to make some advances of bis own ac count and It la probable that efforts wlU be made to have him take the In Illative In the not distant future. Way Oaea for Asm area. Thero Is a feeling that he can do this without any sacrifice of "ride, because he has been largely responsible for the cessation of the correspondence that ence began "Dear Will" on one side and "Dear Theodore' on the other. Learning from what they regard as authoritative sources that Colonel Roosevelt Is suffering more from wounded feelings than from anythtng else and that be thinks a renom:nation rightfully should go to his succrs.ior. and, believing that something of the old personal friendship can be restored, the close friends of the President here are not so apprehensive of dire con vention calamity as ate some of the politicians farther removed from the scene President Taft probably will get advice of a variegated character, so far as the iMosevelt proposition is con cerned, and there Is no telling as to exactly what he may do. All that haa been attempted to depict herein is what some of his friends will urge. hMplrlna Kalrre by lalga, Koo-ccit and Taft both have been . ti.e viLiinu, If It may be stated thut way, of ovrrx.iilous friends and ad visers, wtih ulterior motives. Koose e:t undoubtedly has lc n poisoned In Ms feelings toward his successor by persons who lijve been Imbued pri marily v.K!i tt.e Idea of getting Tafts Siaip. It Is possible. in ever, that the virus has not afleeted him as much us President Tail lias been affected by the atmosphere by which, he lias been surrounded much of the lime since be has been In office. jt has been poured into the ears f the President that Roosevelt was conspiring to defeat him and humiliate htm. and it is well known thai if ever a thought of work Ing with r.oosevelt or getting Roose velt's assistance has showed Itself, it would have been hit with an ax by some Cnlted States Senator posing as the Executive's friendly adviser, or perhaps even by a member of the Cab inet. So much for a day of buoant spirits among Tafts friends, based on Infor- PRISONER MAKES JAILER HIS VICTIM I..VVi:i: ItKTAlXICD. ALSO PAID WITH BAD CHUCK. .Mail Arretted In Portland I Not Daunw-d hy Cell Hars When He I'Mt'lit- AiiRClrs.. lJOS ANGKLKS. Jan. :3. (Special.) Frank C. Smith, alias Dr. J. C Pay. who was arrested in Portland and Is held in the County Jail awaiting trial on a charge of embesxl-ment, has added another original chapter to his career by passing bad checks on his lailer and bis lawyer when in a stato of incarceration. So far as known he Is the only prisoner confined here who ever succeeded In such a feat. Smith's victims were George Galla gher, chief Jailer of tho county Insti tution, and the law firm of Wlaler Vermllyea. The prisoner retained Henry M. Wlsler to defend him. One check was given the attorney as a re taining fee, while Gallagher trot his In payment for certain exceptional privi leges accorded prisoners who are able to pay for extra comforts. Roth checks came back today from the South Spring-Street Bank. on which they were drawn, bearing the notation, "No funds." Smith had secure! some cash and special privileges for the checks. MORGAN'S NEPHEW SILEN Financier's Relative Who Married Japanese Woman Won't Talk. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. (Spe elal.) George D. Morgan, nephew of Plerpont Morgan, and who was said to have been disinherited by the flnan cier several years ago for marrying a Japanese woman, arrived here yeater day to await the arrival of his wife on the ateamer Tenyo Maru, which Is due Thursday. He has taken a suite of four rooms at the Palace for himself and his wife. Mrs. Morgan will be accompanied by two servanta. The manner in which Morgan has provided for the reception of his wife and the fact that a valet accompanied him from the East Indicate that he la not in Immediate need of money. The couple will leave for the East soon af ter the arrival of tho liner. On the occasion of a former visit hero Morgan and Ms wife were ths guests of Rev. Mr. Clam pelt, of Trln Ity Episcopal Church. Dr. Clampett was at one time a tutor of young Mor gan. Mr. Morgan absolutely refuses to dlscuis his family life or speak of his uncle. RAILROAD WAGES HIGHER Proportion, as Compared With t Earnings, Still Growing. N CHICAGO. Jan. J I. (Special.) Rail road wages for the last fiscal year ag gregated about f 1.170.432.4U0. as coin- pared with 11.071.3S6.4:7 In 1907. at the climax of the boom in railroad bust nens. The actual total, as compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission, will not be known for more than a year, but according to compilation on ten leading systems, comprising 47.600 miles of railway, the Increase for the fiscal year amounted to 114.63i.O00, or 4.87 per cent. Wages in 1903. which was the boom year, amounted to 109 per cent of the net earnings, and In 1907, the next boom year, to 119 per cent. Comparison of the depressed year ahows the same tendency for l0s. Wages amounted to 131 per cent of the net earnings, as compared with 119 per cent In 1907. HAND PRESSES WILL STAY Senate Will Not Consider Bill Mak ing Change In Kngravlng Bureau. WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 The Senate today refused by a vote of 30 to 34 to consider the printing bill that would supplant with power presses the hand presses now In the bureau of en- graving. Democrats generally voted against the measure and Republicans divided. The bill codifies the printing laws and provides that power presses be used In printing paper money for the Government. This provision Is being bitterly fought by Itbor organizations. Senator Reed, of Missouri, objected to consideration of the bill and a motion to consider was lost on rollcalL SURGEON MAY TELL ALL Court Itulc-s It Is Not Violation of Kcli lis When Doctor Is Suing. NEW YORK. Jan. 23. The rule that a physician may not reveal any of the secrets of his consultatton-room does not apply when the physician Is suing to recover for the value of his services, according to the ruling of the courts here in a suit brought by a New Tork surgeon against Malcolm 1. Whitman, former National lawn tennis champion. Whitman moved to strike out all the allegation relating to the service per formed, contending the doctor waa not permitted by law to make them public. WALLACE BANKER DENIES Trial of Cannier of Suj-jieiKk d Insti tution Is Fixed. SPOKANE. Jan. S. Edgar S. Wyman. ex-casliler of the defunct Bank of Commerce at Walla.-e. Idaho, pleaded not guilty to the charge of lsmlng .false reports as to that Institution's condition, this afternoon, and hla trial was set for Monday, January 29. KING'S UNCLE SEES GREAT WHITE WAY Tallest Sky-Scraper Is Royalty's Viewpoint. CROWD GREETS DUCAL PARTY Roosevelt Meets Visitors at Reids' Luncheon. . CUKE DEMOCRATIC CHAP (Vovrrnor-Ucncral of Canada Strolls Through Fifth Avenue With Alde-de-Camp He Shrinks From Interviewers. NEW IORK, Jan. 23. The royal trio of Connaughts the Duke, Pucheas and Princess Patricia had their first op portunlty tonight to makj something like an Intimate acquaintance with American lite. They viewed It In at least three distinct phases. From the tower of the highest office building in the world they surveyed the forest of downtown skyscrapers, and with the aid of glasses they viewed the entire metropolitan district for IS miles around. At the foot of the tower, after they bad shot down 43 floors In an elevator. they came face to face with their first American "mob." More than 600 per sons beset the Pucal party and by sheer force the party made Its way to auto mobiles. Society Meets Royalty. . The royal visitors tonight met nearly 100 of New York's society folk at a ball In the home of Ambassador Held. The Impressions New Tork has made upon the Duke have been but meagerly told in the exclamation that the city haa changed wonderfully since his vis it here aa Prince Arthur in 1S69. lie has given no interviews, but be baa seen much of the New York newspaper men, especially the reporters. The party's trip today Included a visit to the private art galleries of J. P. Morgan. Thla was followed by a luncheon at the Retd home, at which Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, waa a guest. The afternoon also included trips to Grant's tomb, Columbia Uni versity and to the new Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The formal dinner at the Relds to night waa set for about SO persons. and the dance was afterward. The Relds. displeased with reports that in vitations to the function had been sent I Concluded on Pane 2.) TAME, j ' l ljfpr f , i lWALL STREETI i i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS ' The Weather. YEST3RPATS Maximum temperature, 44 degrees; minimum. 37 derrees. TOUAV'S Rain; southeasterly winds, shift ing to southwesterly. Foreigo. rremier Yuan In dancer from Manchu plots, evsp as h agrees to fight for throne. Tagc 2. 1'olllles. Brrsn defends Wilaon's course In Harvey controversy. Fixe II. Friends of Taft and Roosevelt sar Colon.! rally favors President's nomination. I'a(e 1. National. Steel Corporation president says concern has clone no business with harvester combine for fiv years. Pace 5. Democrats ratify iron and steel tariff sched ules. 1'age 4. Domealir. Accused e mbexs I er fleeces jailer and attor ney wltft bad checks. Pace 1. Bearbeys aeemlns fall at aviation merely utile joae on crowd. Pace 0. Mrs. Armstrong Howell testifies maniac Itself Is proof she needs guardian. Page 3. Steel millionaire, now married to ex-dancer. sued by first wife. Pass s. Duke of Connaugbt sees sights of Gotham. Pace J. Pacific Northwest. Portland girl Is state's second star wit ness in Hasiard trial. Pace 1. Single-tax petitions will be placed on bal lot Is Supreme Court order. Page 6. Aberdeen chamber of Commerce urge reor ganisation of Kouihwest Washington De velopment Association. pace 6. Idaho Legislature votes down sincle-tax measure, pace 6. Dr. J. D. Sranlon. Vsncouver physician, dies from overdose of chloroform under strans circumstances. Pace 7. Some members of Coroner's Jury believe Miss Sarah Fltzpatrlcic was murdered in Monterey Hotel. psge 7. Sport. San Prsneiseo wins trspshoot at Belling- bam. Pace 8. Alnsworth heats Clinton-Kelly at soccer. Pace 8. Williams has 27 regulars In prospective roadsters' lineup. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Hop markets East and West being manip ulated, face in. Chicago wheat market affected by foreign we tiier r.oort. Page 18. Bears unsuccessful In keeping stocks down. rage jv. All wool markets are strong. Page 18. Court upholds Tillamook ' Port project. Page Is. Portland and Vicinity. Wilde jury selected; trial to begin today. Pace 1. Reported use of oleomargarine at state asy lum is assailed as blow to Orecon's dairy Industry. Pace 9. Southern Pacific seeks double-track electric franchise on Fourth street and connec tion with Jefferson depot. Pace 12. Loan sharks suddenly wlthdrsw suit against Borrower, page 14. J. T. Elllt. ssya letter he received from Roosevelt intimates Colone) doesn't spurn Presidential candidacy. Page 9. Retail hardware dealers. In convention, pro pose honor roll and blacklist of whole salers. Page 12. Deposit system of telephone companies to oe aooiisnea oy ordinance. Pace 13. Portland Toung China Association to send aeit to bun Yat Sen. Page 12. Street prearher hurls deflsnce at clerrv. polite and others. Page 14. NEW STEAMER IS ORDERED Hamburg-American Line Prepares for Panama Business. HAMBURG. Jan. 2J. The Hamburg- American Una has Just placed a con tract for ths construction of a big steamer to be attached to the passenger service to Panama, which was fore shadowed in the annual report pre sented to the stockholders January 16. The new steamer is to displace 16.500 tons and will ply between New York and Valparaiso. JUST LIKE THE ANIMALS AT PORTLAND MAIDEN IS STAR WITNESS Esther Cameron Testi fies in Hazzard Case. BACKBONE OF VICTIM IS FELT Claire Williamson , Weighed 50 Pounds, Says Nurse. BODY IS PURPLE-SPOTTED Margaret Conway, Williamson Fam ily Caretaker, Declares She Could Not Recognize Dead Girl as Claire Diary Is Read. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 23. The state's second star witness. Miss Esther Carre, eron. an 18-year-old girl of Portland, Or., was piaced on the stand at Port Orchard today In the trial of Mrs. Linda Burfield Hazzard, a fasting: specialist accused of murdering, by starvation, Miss Claire Williamson. Miss Cameron testified that from May 1 to IS, 1911, she was employed at Mrs. Hazzard's Olalla Institution to assist the nurse care for the William son sisters, who were undergoing Mrs. Hazzard's starvation treatment, tone said that when she arrived at Olalli she found Claire emaciated. Her body had the appearance of a skeleton with skin drawn over it and at the lower part of the spine there was large ulcer. Claire had difficulty In speaking, said MIbs Cameron, because of her tense lips. Her body was covered with pur nla snots and there was no iiesn on her limbs. Backbone Could Be Felt. Tou could feel her backbone when you placed your nana on ner uuuu men. the witness saia. Miss Cameron said she had assisted to carry Claire upstairs and estimated her weight May 1 at 60 poundj. She waa so weak that when tho nurse moved her she suffered much pain. The witness described the treatment and baths given Claire, which, she said, were sometimes administered by Frank Lillie, a farm hand. "The baths were given in the kitchen," said Miss Cameron. "Claire was placed in a washtub and sometimes she fainted from the oppressive air in the room. She was so bad that some times I couldn't stand it. Mr. Lillie, Miss Sherman and Miss Robinson gave the' ' -.ths." Witness said that the tomato broth (Concluded on Page 5.) HOME. LONE JUROR GIVES VERDICT OF $18,075 MOXEV WILL GO TO YOUTH MAIMED BY LOCOMOTIVE. Judgment Against Southern Pacific Made Regular In Court by Act of Single "Venireman." A jury of oe man, J. Sandrosky, who happened to be a spectator in Judge McGinn's court yeaterd returned verdict of $18,076 In favor of Charles Winfield Wise and against the South ern Pacific Company and Geibisch & J op 1 In. The defendants practically confessed Judgment. The object of having Sandrosky sit was to have verdict In regular form ana allow the entering of Judgment. The only wit nesses were the plaintiff and his father and guardian ad litem. cnaries wise, a boy, then 18 years of age, was an assistant engine hostler for the Southern Pacific last May. He was riding an engine traveling across section of the Holgate sewer, in course of construction by Geibisch & Joplin, when the track sagged and he was thrown from the pilot of the en gine. He lost both 1. ;s. Logan t Sm h, his attorneys, brought suits for ,60.000 and 11925, the latter amount being what he would have earned till he reached the age of 21. The smaller case went on trial first. and resulted last week in judgment for the full amount asked, which will make total of 20,000 t'-at the defendants will have to pay. "The young man will net more than 114,000," said Attorney Logan. "I understand his parents, have made ar rangements to purchase a farm near Gresham for $10,000, and the balance will be used to give the boy a thor ough education." TRAIN GOES THROUGH FILL Fireman' Killed When Engine, Ten der and Boxcars Sink. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., Jan. 28. (Special.) W. E. Crane, fireman on extra freight No. 1613, was crushed to death when the train went through the newly-made fill about 100 feet from the station at 7 o'clock tonight. The fill, built In a lake, had been softened by the water and when the heavy 220 ton engine struck it tonight the track. for an extent' of 100 feet, sank and the engine, tender and two boxcars precip itated into the lake The engine toppled over and the fire man was caught and killed instantly. The engineer, John Hallman, remained in the cab and was uninjured. Crane Is survived by a widow and child, who live at Tacoma TAFT WINS IN OKLAHOMA Convention Naming First Delegates Indorses President. COALGATK, Okla., Jan. 2S. Presi dent Taft was indorsed for renomina tion by the Fourth Congressional Dis trict Republican convention here to night after Roosevelt supporters had made a determined effort to stampede the convention. Defeat came only after a hard strug gle, during which spectacular methods were used to impress the delegate with the boom which the supporters of Roosevelt had set in motion. Edward Perry, district chairman, led the fight for Roosevelt. mi. -i i . , , . . . ueiegaiea selected tonight arj tne nrst to be chosen of those who will select the Republican Presidential nominee at Chicago in June. SITKA STATION ABANDONED Mine and Tourists Sole Support of Once Russian Capital. JL'NEAU, Alaska, Jan. 23. The United States marine barracks, main talned at Sitka for 30 years, has been ordered abandoned by the Navy De partment as an unnecessary expense to the Government. The only duty of the marines for years has 'been the guard ing of 10.000 tons of coal stored on Japonsky Island for Naval purposes. It is expected -that the Government will dispatch a cruiser to convey the marines, officers and guns south. Then Sitka, an important town in Russian days and for many years the capital of Alaska, will depend for support on a rich mine and the visits of Summer tourists. SPOKANE TO AID PUPILS Free Meal Tickets to Be Provided by City Appropriation. SPOKANE, Jan. 23. For the imme diate relief of 200 or more Spokane school children who are forced to at tend school unfed, the City Commis sioners this morning authorized the city charity board to make an appro priation of any sum the board may find sufficient. The plan is to estab lish lunch counters at the schools for use of all the children, those affording it to pay for what they get and those who cannot, to be handed meal tickets privately by the teachers. BICHESON'S LIFE EBBING Sheriff Reports Minister Who Mur dered Girl Is Dying. BOSTON, Jan. 23. Sheriff Quinn told a City Council committee today that Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson. the slayer of Avis Lionel), was in a dying condition, although it was expected that he would survive until the day sat for the execution. May 19. The WILDE JURY PICKED FAST TRIAL JUMEU Defense Suddenly Fore goes Challenges. NIGHT SESSIONS TO BE HELD Judge Orders Dozen Deliber ates to Be Locked Up. TESTIMONY BEGINS TODAY Opening Statements to Be Made Tjj Counsel This Morning Hearing to Take Only Week, Says Prosecutor Fitzgerald. JURY THAT WIIX DECIDE FATE OF LOCI8 4. WILDE. H. M. Callwell, bill clerk Wells. Fa. go Company. 809 San RafaeL J. H. MacDonald. contractor and builder, 1070 East Fortieth South. O. F. Rampe, lineman. East Klghty slxth and Base Line Road. Martin Sattler, contracting painter, 422 Going. J. A. McArthur, merchant, 4106 Sixtieth avenue Southeast. W. G. Eaton, real estate broker, 73 East Sixteenth. F. E. Jackson, commercial traveler, 1282 Belmont. L. A. Lajols, wholesale Jeweler. 1251 East Morrison. Charles A. Kalus. retired, 140 East Forty-seventh. J. B. Tanner, accountant. S20 Weld ler. L. C. Batchelder, assistant fore man American Car Company, 595 Borthwlck. R. H. Randolph, contractor and builder, 4903 Thirty-second avenue Southeast, ... 4 Opening statements by opposing counsel in the. trial of Louis J. Wilde will be made before the Jury la Judge Kavanaugh's court beginning at 8:30 o'clock this morning. A. E. Clark, spe cial prosecutor, or Deputy District At torney Fitzgerald will present the con tentions of the state and what the prosecution will undertake to prove in support of the embezzlement charge for which Wilde was indicted Jointly with W. Cooper Morris. ' Dan J. Malarkey. chief of counsel for the defense, will make the introductory statement to the Jury in behalf of the defendant. When this preliminary has been dls-. posed of, the Introduction of testimony will begin. With the acceptance of R. IL Ran dolph, contractor and builder. 4103 Thirty-second avenue Southeast, the Jury was completed and sworn in by Court Clerk Fields shortly before noon yesterday. Judge Kavanaugh forthwith announced an adjournment of court un til 9:30 o'clock this morning, when he said that because of the importance of the case he would order the Jury locked up during the progress of the trial. In making this announcement. Judge Kavanaugh said arrangements had been made for furnishing the Jur ors with every comfort and conven ience during the period they necessar ily must be kept from their homes. Night Sessions Ordered. In the same connection. Judge Kava naugh said they would expedite the trial as much as possible by holding night sessions. He urged counsel on both sides to so arrange their affairs that the trial might be continued with out interruption until it was con cluded and submitted to the jury. Just before the jury was sworn, F. E. Jackson, one of its members, ad dressing court and counsel, said he had an Intimation that the trial would be a protracted one ana ior mat reason asked to be excused from service for the reason that if he should be de tained in the case longer than Febru ary 1 he would lose the position he ac cepted recently with the Routlcdge Seed & Floral Company. Jlr. Fitzgerald, of counsel for the prosecution, predicted that the case would be concluded in a week and with this assurance Mr. Jackson re sumed his seat. Trial May Last Fortnight. Since seven and one-half days were required to select a jury, it is not be lieved that the actual trial of the case. regardless of the number of night ses sions that may be held, can possibly be concluded inside of two weeks. Neither side has 'made a definite an nouncement as to the number of wit nesses it will use, but it is known that the defense some time ago obtained an order from Presiding Judge Gatens authorizing the summoning of 30 wit nesses. Immediately on opening of court yes terday morning, Mr. Clark, represent ing the prosecution, asked a few minor Questions of J. T. Lacey. special agent of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow er Company, whose examination as a venireman had not been completed the day before. The state then passed Lacey for cause, wnereupon Judge Kavanaugh called for another, peremp tory from the defense. The defense at this time doe3 not desire to exercise a lunner peremp tory against any of the men now in the Jury box. announces jur. aiaiamey. It then became tncumoent for tha Concluded oa Fags 8.)