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TTT .-0-r . PORTLAND, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912. , PRICE FIVE CENTS. MODERN WRITERS FAST CURE LA FOLLEnE STOCK BOW TO DICKENS ASKS NEW TRIAL DECLINES RAPIDLY SIX SEEN IX NEW CAPACITY AS TOTJXDS EX-PASTOR. EVENING DRESS CALLED "SAR TORIAL MONSTROSITY." NOTED NOVELISTS CENTENARY IS CELEBRATED. nnnmn i nRn's rAi i HFARn 11 rp t inTni n rvr ani-uku u tSAtid il'l nuli vi am l UUu I Ufi ry Hnni iiam MAYOR Hnullluu I Uli u Lit CLAW-HAMMER SUIT l UinHIIIIIC " ' v y - ,inn nnninn I I ll ni M fl 1 r II Trt III h PU UKUUU U --J HU U MtN b Situation Clears in Respect to Taft. WISCONSIN MAN IS DESERTED Philadelphia Episode Puts Quietus on Chances. . SOUTH CHEERS PRESIDENT alterations Favorable to Adminis tration Beln to Roll In, Show lor No Evil Effect From I tr moral of Hitchcock. ft rt'WER cruris. WASHINGTON. Feb. . Pome of the wrinkles are being Ironed out of tbe Republican Presidential situation. The rapid "oozing- out" of the La Foliette candidacy, aa one of the In surgent members of Congress expressed It today. Is designed to make the con test for the nomination at Chicago clearly defined between President Taft and Colonel Koosevelt. Senator Cummins does no. appear to be cutting much or a figure In the cal rulations baaed on the late develop ments In the antl-Taft ranks, his can didacy being regarded as purely a local Issue In Iowa up to this time. Dearrtlaaa frees L Fellette Noted. At the La Foliette headquarters the bravest possible front Is being main tained by the managers of tha Wiscon sin Senator's campaign In the face of constantly Increasing" evidence that financial and other powerful supporters of the movement are getting; ready to transfer their efforts to Roosevelt. A tew of the La Foliette followers In Congress say they will stick to the Wisconsin Senator until a candidate for President la nominated, but the great er number, who do not wish, however, to have their words quoted, declare that the La Foliette ship Is doomed, and that It Is foolish, albeit romantic, to go down with a sinking vessel. Among these are some of the most ardent frlenda of tha Senator from bla own state. Philadelphia Fplaede Cewnta. One La Folle.te supporter declared that even If the Senator's health per mitted him to resume campaign work, the Philadelphia episode would pre clude his friends from considering fur ther serious work in his behalf. 'Venator La Foliette had the oppor tunity of a lifetime at the Philadelphia dinner.- be asserted; "just the same chance that Lincoln had when he made the speech at Cooper Union that brought him the Presidency. He not only failed to rise to the occasion, but. by losing control of himself, be made It Impossible for friends to champion his candidacy." It la probable that tha large force that has been employed at the La Fol iette headquarters will be materially reduced. Despite the assertions of the managers that the doors will not be closed entirely, many belljva that loss of financial backing will cause com plete cessation of committee activities within a few weeks. W eaten Ceadlttoaa Cfca-iced. In connection with the reduction of the force. It probably will be explained that changed conditions In sot a of the Western states, meaning' the sup planting of the La Foliette movement with the Roosevelt boom, makes It un necessary to carry on the work on aa broad a scale aa originally attempted. In North Dakota It Is expected there will be a straight fight for delegates between La Foliette and Koosevelt, as Taft a name will not go on the pri mary ballot. Many of the 'progressives' are wel coming the change of conditions tbat will concentrate their strength and place It behind a single movement- The Taft managers, however, are not per mitting the opposition to rest on all the clalnia that are being made. They ex pect some. . If not many, vf the men who have been strong for La Foliette to give their support to the President on the ground that they are more antl Uoosevelt In their feeling than tbey have been antl-Taft. Soalh Beatas te Speak. The South has begun to speak on the delegate proposition, and th Taft man agers already are reckoning the pres tige to be gained by the lining up of slate and district conventlone In that territory for the President. Part of the Administration programme has been to have the Southern organisations act early so as to exert an Influence la other sections. Telegrams that reached the White House tonight .rom Florida. Georgia and Mississippi brought great cheer, as they showed the bail has been started rolling. With tbe Florida delegation to Chicago, chosen by the main wins; of the state convention today, solid for Taft and under Instructions; the Mis !: rpl state committee unanimously indorsing the President, and the re turrs from the Georgia primaries Indl . antic. Instructed Taft deleratea to the Mate and district conventions on every liiind. there was plenty to counteract frars that had been exploited regarding a break from the President on account of Mr. Hitchcock's removsl from the political saddle and other circumstances. Tribute Paid to Man Who Wrote of HoneM, Simple Women Who Fell in lAve Before Marriage. NEW TOUK, Fob. . The 100th an niversary of the birth of Charles Dick ens was celebrated here tonight with a banquet at which more than 500 per sons, prominent In the lltersry. Pro fessional and social life of New York City, were present. r-.v(.n Tj nnaldd and ad dresses were made by Kate Douglas Wlggln. F. Hopklnson Smitn. Ague. T-nnii... TVim.m Ravard Hal and others. A poem by Edwin Msrkham. written for the occasion, was roan, lines of which echoed the sentiment of the speakers: Too raised for human rights a world-wida That etui Is sounding on from sky to sky. W. Baysrd Hale offered Dickens as a man "m-ho, unaware of the modern woman's side of things, only concerned himself with those honest, simple women who only fall In love before they are married." Dickens was unable to paint men and women In their complexity of nature as we now see them and as fiction now portarys them, he added. STAMP SALE BIGGEST YET Portland Postofflce Breaks Record for Day's Receipts. Sales of stamps at the Portland post offlce yesterdsy were the greatest In Ita history and amounted to $6900. the previous highest sale being on Decem ber 1 last, when the sales amounted to 11300. Dnrlna- December last Tbe Oregonlan mentioned tha fact that the postal receipts of the Portland ofnee would be considerably larger If sevsral nubile eorooratlona. doing buslnesa here, would purchase their supply of stamps at the Portland office Instead of at San Francisco or Seattle. This suceestlon bore fruit, as the Southern Pacific Company yesterday Durchased atamDS to tbe amount oi IJS00 through lta Portland agent. Sev eral more such institutions have indi cated their purpose to purchase neees aarv atamns In Portland In the future aa tha recelDta of the office will more nearly indicate its actual business than In the past. LANDS MAY BE AVAILABLE Exchange of Logged-Off Tract for Forest Reserves Proposed. SPOKANE. Wash, Feb. . A plan by which 7.000,000 acres of logged-off lands In Washington. Idaho and Mon tant may be obtained by the Govern ment and then opened up for homestead entry Is being worked out by the execu tive committee of the International and Empire Federation of Commercial Clubs. The plan, as outlined, proposes the exchange by the Interior Department of forest reserve lands for logged-off lands with the lumber companies, on the basis of three acres of cut over lands for one acre of forest reserve. It Is proposed that the Government then open the logged-off lands for entry. WALLA WALLA AGED 50 Seml-Centennlal to Be Commemor ated by Historical Pageant. WALLA WALLA. Wash, Feb. . (Special.) It --ill be (0 years ago tha first 'Of April that Walla Walla held its first city election, when E. B. Whit, man was elected Mayor. To commemo rate this semi-centennial, the city la preparing a fitting celebration, one that will be Inclusive and appropriate. A cnquet, preceded and followed by addresses of men who lived in those days, four voters being residents here now. wfll be one of the features. A hlsorlcal pageant Is also planned, showing; the growth and development of Walla Walla from Its earliest found ing to the present time. Prominent men from all parts of the Northwest will be Invited to participate. NATIVE DAUGHTER PASSES Mrs. Sarah P. Langhlin Born la Oregon In 184. CARLE TON. Or, Feb. . (Special) Mrs. Sarah P. Laughlln. one of Oregon's oldest nstlve daughters, was stricken with apoplexy yesterdsy and died last night at the age of (6. Mrs. Laughlln was born in Washington County, nesr where the town of Cornelius now is, on February 12. 1846. She la survived by her husband. D. W. Laughlln. whom she married in 1162. A. daughter. Orlce L Horrls, of Carls ton, also survives her.' KING FREDERICK IS ILL London Hears That Danish Ruler's Condition Is Grave. COPENHAGEN. Feb. . While tak ing his customary walk today King Frederick was seised with a sudden chill. He returned to the palace and was ordered to bed. A bulletin Issued tonight says that his condition Is sat isfactory. LONDON. Feb. . A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Copenhagen says that the attending physicians report tbe King's condition as serious. Misconduct of Jury Charged by Convicted. MAGNIFIER BASS FOR ACTION Glass Said to Have Been Used in Probing of Exhibits. SENTENCE PASSED TODAY Judge Yakey Will Pronounce Prison Term Half-Hour Before Consid ering Request for Re-opening Case of "Dr." Razzard. SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. 6. Allega tions of misconduct of the Jury Is the basts or an application for a new trial for Mrs. Linda Burfleld Hazxard, the fasting specialist convicted of man slaughter for starving to death Claire Williamson, filed today with Judge John B. Takey. of the Superior Court of Kitsap County at Port Orchard. Counsel for Mrs. Haxzard charge the use of a magnifying glass by the Jurors for the examination of writing exhibits used by the state. Judge Takey will pass sentence upon the convicted woman tomorrow morn ing, a half hour before considering the request for a re-openlng of the case. State Makes Denial.' Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Stev enson denies any knowledge that the Jurors were possessed of the magnify ing glass, which, if used, was not made a part of allowance by the court. F. T. Ryan, foreman of the Jury, denies that a glass was uaed. The exhibit most affected by the point raised was the post-mortem find ings presented in court by Dr. Stephen Olmstead. a Seattle eye and ear spe cialist who testified for Mrs. Haxzard. The state assailed the document torn from Dr. Olrastead's notebook as hav ing been prepared and written Just be fore the trial, but said by the doctor to have been written May 22. 1911, the day the autopsy was formed. The ex hibit is said by members of the Jury to have been largely effective In form ing their verdict. Ketee Alleged Fabricated. During the arguments to tbe Jury last Friday. Mr. Stevenson surprised every one by advancing the theory that the Olmstead notes were fabricated. He called attention to the fact that the notes were written with an, Indel ible pencil and reminded the Jurors tbat such writing will blur when han dled. He said he had examined the exhibit with a magnifying glass and could not find a blur. Indicating that the document had been written re cently. The prosecution did not ask the court (Concluded on Pas S.) BY Chler Executive in Sermon Declares He Relieves Supreme Being Need ed His Aid in Fight. ABERDEEN, Wash, Feb. . "X firmly believe the Lord called me Into the Hoqulam political field that I might do something to change the de plorable conditions that exist in that city. He haa called me from the pul pit into politics." This Is the statement of Mayor Harry Ferguson, of Hoqulam, ex-pastor of the Baptist Church In that city, made In a sermon last night in the Baptist Church In that city. Alluding to his work In Hoqulam as the head of the commission form of government. Mayor Ferguson said that never during his ministry had he come In contact with sin In lta dreadful degradation as that he had faced as head of the government of Hoqulam.' "I have had young women slaves to iniquity before me." said the Mayor, "with whom I have pleaded and coaxed and demanded that they lead better lives and to my utter surprise my words fell on hardened and empty ears." NOME GIVES CRY FOR COAL Appeal Made That Ice-Breaking Ship Try to Carry In Fuel. SEATTLE. Feb. 6. The Chamber of Commerce today received a cable dis patch from Mayor William A. Gllmore, of Nome, Alaska, asking the chamber to use Its Influence to Induce an lce brtaklng Norwegian steamer now at Vladivostok to make a voyage to Nome with coal. This messsge Indicates that the fuel situation .In the gold camp, which has 2000 Inhabitants. Is becom ing acute. The dredging companies have turned their coal supplies over to the citizens and there Is much . fuel ore In store, but evidently everything burnable will hnvi, h.pn entiiumid lona: before the opening of navigation in June. Whalers say that the Bering Sea ice pack is not so formidable In February end March as it Is later, after the thaw begins. There are open leads in the Winter, the whalers say. but the leads are closed after the sunshine begins. LAST PRISON GUARD GOES Posts at Salem Will Be Empty In - Night Henceforth. SALEM. Or, Feb. . (Special.) The last guard on the posts at the State Penitentiary baa been removed from night duty. It Is understood that the removal of the last guard was made from an economical standpoint. Under the present conditions the guards at night have the some status as Just prior to the famous outbreak of Harry Tracey. It has. always been the supposition that when Tracey made his break with his brother-in-law, Mer. rill, that the guns which he kicked from the dirt on the foundry floor were taken over the wall In the night when the walls were unguarded. As a consequence guards were Imme diately posted, and some have remained ever since. Recently there has been but one guard on the posts. THE WAY, HAVE YOU REGISTERED? ffJHTHErfKY I PLENTY OF j v time y General's Loyalty to Madero Questioned. UNITED STATES PREPARES Chihuahua's Secession From Mexico Would Not Surprise. ARMY POSTS ARE ACTIVE President and His Cabinet Discuss Precautionary Measures Addi tional Orders Are Issued to Military Commanders. CABINET MINISTER PRISONER. TORREN. Mex, Feb. . Abram Gonzales. Minister of the Interior, who went to Camarg6 to quell the uprising at that point, was made prisoner by the mutineers, escorted back to tbe railroad at Santa Ro salia and aent to Chihuahua on a handcar, according to news that reached here today. The rebels re fused to listen to his overtures. He reported his failure to the central government. Seventy dead and wounded Sal gadlsta were left on the field at Chllapa after an encounter with the forces of General Ambroslo Flgueroa yesterday. The losses of the fed erals were not given. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. President Taft and his cabinet turned a scrutl nlzlng eye toward Mexico today. Of ficials before the President seriously questioned the loyalty of General Pas cual Orozco to the Mexican federal government and lntifnated that the present conditions in the State of Chi huahua, bordering on Texas, might de velop into a movement of secession. establishing an independent republic in the north. The President and his official family discussed precautionary measures, and tonight the War Department sent ad ditional orders to Army posts through out the country to be ready for a possi ble mobilization. VlaTflance Ie Watchword. The Department of Justice has in structed Its agents to exercise all pos sible vigilance in enforcing neutrality, while the State Department has asked for quick reports from consular agents of any danger in the interior to Ameri cans or their Interests.' After today's Cabinet mooting, the President professed not to be alarmed by the situation. It was admitted in official circles that the separation of Chihuahua from the rest of Mexico would create a situation different. In many respects, from those that existed during the last rebellion. It Is believed there would not be . (Concluded on Pace 2.) Managers of College Performances Join in Concerted Action to Oust "Undemocratic Dress." SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6. (Special.) War - has been offlcialy declared on the dress suit at Stanford. Accusing claw-hammer clothes as undemocratic and relics of - custom old and foolish, the managers of college shows have organized for concerted action aimed at'runnlng the "sartorial monstrosities" out of college. Whenever the young thespians give a play, young men In corduroys and flannel shirts, made famous by Stan ford tradition, fill the gallery and rear seats but steadfastly refuse to purchase the more expensive seats because of the sprinkling of- "queeners" In full evening regalia who occupy part of them. It is believed by the play man agers that the expensive seats will sell as well as any others if evening clothes are barred. C. R. Nunan, editor of the college newspaper. The Daily "Palo Alto, has thrown his editorial strength to the side of the reformers as follows: "We readily agree that the dress suit is well enough In its place but its place Is not in the assembly hall. As the cus tom now stands, the possession of one of those saratorial monstrosities Is an absolute prerequisite to the purchase of first-floor tickets to any theatrical pro duction. "The next production will afford an excellent opportunity to pick out the weak brothers who are unable to break away from the old and foolish customs. Those wearing dress Buits will be branded by their actions as lacking in that demooracy which we like to be lieve Is essential to the Stanford spirit." BURGLAR SCARED BY BABE Child Cries, Robber Flees, Leaves 38-Callber Pistol Behind. -Scared by the cries, of a three-year-old baby, a musical robber who gath ered sheets of the latest hits from the piano in the home of R. A. Smith at 764 Union avenue last night, and placed them with his revolver on a piano stool, ran out of the house without taking any booty. Disturbed by noises made by the rob ber, the baby began crying late last nfo-fct lrlsrhtened by the noise, the robber beat a hasty retreat, knocking over the piano stool and leaving a .38-callber pistol as a souvenir to me baby who had routed him. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperateure, 50 degrees; minimum. 4a degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rarn; easterly winds. National. More than SO labor officials and agents in dicted in dynamite cases. Page l. Government centers attack on Swift Com pany, in packers' trial Page -. Secretary Wilson and Solicitor McCabe In Florida everglades scandal. Page s. Lorimer committee to stage test of stenog rapher whose notes are disputed. Page a. President Taft and Cabinet doubt Orozco's loyalty to Mexico. Page 1. Politics. La Foliette Presidential stock declining rapidly. Page i. McCs.ll opposes third term In any form. Page & ' Domestic. Hundred explosions Involved In alleged dyna mite conspiracies. Page 7. Stanford "U" puts ban on "claw-hammer' coats. Page 1. Special agent of French government en route to Portland to study new trade and immigration possibilities. Page - Writers celebrate 100th anniversary of birth of Charles Dickens. Page 1. Government to restrain steel trust from destroying records. Page 2. Jury chosen for third trial in Kimmel identity case. Page 3. Boy Scouts at Chicago welcome General Baden-PowelL Page 3. Sport. Packer McFarlan bests Kid Burns In ten round go. Page 8. United States League will open season May 1. Page 8. Spokane trapshooters win fifth consecutive match. Page 8. Fielder Jones says Wolverton has much to learn In New York. Page 8. Nick Williams new Federal Immigration In spector, fiiae o. Pacific Northwest. Electrical companies In Southern Oregon and , . . i i . . , a nt mm Northern camornia suia iwr fiw,vw,viiv. Page 6. DT." Hazsard asks for new trial; alleges misconduct of Joury. Page 1. Oregon City fast encroaching on Reno s rights as city of divorce. Pago 8. Hoqulam Mayor astounded by sin found in ...... TBO-A 1 Brady may be candidate for Representative . t t.A ,r T to L. JHRICB iruiu i.'a""- o - Poundmaster causes arrest of many dog owners, rage v. Cwmmercial and Marine. Hop markets weak on Pacific Coast owing Wheat touches highest point of season at Chicago. Page IS Wool steadily advancing In Boston market. Page 18. Favorable railroad earnings reports strength en stock market. Page 19. French bark Chas. Gounod Is libeled for non payment OI dU'CCDt CUrgV cums i a . J. Portland and Vicinity. Newspaper men are first' guests entertained at new Multnomah Hotel. Page 9. Paroled convict's implication in gambling leads to raid of club. Page 12. Petitions to put Taft's name on primary bal lot to be circulated today. Page 12. Commercial bodies to unite to counteract in fluence of "famine letter." Page 14. Bondholders of wrecked Columbia River Or- elation. Page 13. Dog owners protest when poundmaster causes arrests. raKo . Pnhllc service companies point to city water t age New York suffragist makes fun of Roose velt in reception given by Mrs. J. G. Gauld. Page 4. Two young thugs hold up conductor and motorman of Alberta car at end of line. Page 4. Price of flour goes up 20 cents a barrel. Page 6. More Than 30 Labor Officials Involved ARRESTS WILL BE DELAYED Care Taken Lest Premature Move Betray Plans. AMOUNT OF BONDS IS FIXED Total Said to Aggregate More Than $300,000 Erectors' Counsel Says Workmen and Society in General Will Benefit. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 6. Union labor officials and agents, paid to number be tween 30 and 40, whom the Government holds criminally responsible with the McNamaras and Ortle E. McManigal for perpetrating more than 100 explosions In cities from Massachusetts to Cali fornia in the last six years, including the wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building, were Indicted today. Thirty two indictments were returned. Capiases for arrests have been Issued and all the men Indicted are to be taken in custody on a day secretly fixed by the Government, known to be within a week. March 12 has been set for the ar raignment before Federal Judge Ander son In Indianapolis. Amount of Bonds Fixed. The papers for the arrests designate the amount of bond which the defend ants may give in the Federal districts in which they reside for their appear ance here. The amounts of the bonds in the individual cases were not made known, but It wag said In the aggre gate they would total $300,000. Although the names of the- defend ants and their exact number were or dered withheld pending the arrests. It was said probably .more than 32, and possibly 40 men are accused. Inasmuch as more than one defendant was named In the Indictments. Among the men were either union officials or men who were charged with affiliating with the dynamiters. Asked if any men "higher up" had been indicted. United States District At torney Miller refused to say. Intima tion came from another source, how ever, that no officials other than those who had had headquarters in Indian apolis are involved. Frank M. Ryan, president of the In ternational Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, and Herbert S. Hockln, the secretary-treasurer, when informed of the indictment, refused to comment except to repeat their state ments that J. J. McNamara acted on his own responsibility when he organ ized his "dynamiting crew." Hockin succeeded McNamara as secretary treasurer of the association. With the return of the Indictments, District Attorney Miller completed an Inquiry begun last October, and the grand Jury ended a six weeks' hearing of testimony In which. It is said, Mc Manlgal'g confession, given by him be fore the Jurors and involving others, and papers taken from the headquar ters of the Ironworkers, had important bearing. These papers were said not only to have shown under what circumstances McManigal was Induced to start in the dynamite business against "open shop" contractors, beginning In Detroit in June, 1907, but also to throw light on the 11000 a month allo'wed McNamara for organizing purposes. Arrest to Be Delayed. The grand jury filed into Judge An derson's court at 2:10 P. M. District Attorney Miller, first explaining that only 32 of the indictments pertained to the dynamite conspiracy, held a confer ence with Judge Anderson, at which the issuance of capiases and fixing of bond were arranged. Some delay In forwarding copies of the indictments to the Federal districts where the defendants are to be arrested would ensue, Mr. Miller said, and the arrests of men even within easy reach would not be effected at once. By de manding a copy of his indictment on arrest, a defendant could reveal the names of others, Mr. Miller said. "The arrests may not be made until Saturday of this week or Monday of next," Mr. Miller added. "There are 3000 typewritten pages in the Indict ments, and a copy must accompany the capiases. Two days probably will be required for the clerical work, and the processes must then be delivered to the United States Marshals of the vari ous districts In which they are to be served. All this will require four or five days." Walter Drew, counsel for the Na tional Erectors' Association, an organ ization of "open shop" iron and steel contractors, whose members have suf fered from explosions against their property, called at the District Attor ney's office. "Thi3 is the culmination of years of effort on the part or tne erectors' as sociation, not only to protect the mem bers from loss, but to clear the labor unions of the criminal element." Mr. Drew said. "The public does not now realize the scope of this investigation, but when the arrests are made and the facts become known, the enormity of the Government's tatilt will appear. Workingmen and society generally will be benefited," t