w ... POTtTT.AXD. PRECOX. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RESULT OF TAR'S VISIT IS CHEERING All New York Leaders But One in Line. SPEECH HAS HELPED CHANCES New Jersey Organizes to Com bat Roosevelt Movement. BARNES IS FOR PRESIDENT Perry Heath. Homo From Extended Journey. Says Success Will Be More Sore When Fale Idea Are Dissipated. TVASHTNTTOV. Feb. 1 (Special.) President Taft returned to Washington today from hla speeehmaklng trtp to Nw Tork enthusiastic over bis recep tion. His political advisers character lard the trip as the most successful from the etandpolnt of party politics yet made by the President Into New Tork City, and they predict that ef fect of the Presidents speech would be brneflclal to hla personal interests throughout the country. Mom significant Immediate result of the trip, as they saw It. waa the or cnlsllon of the Business Mens" Taft flub In New Jersey, which will begin at once to combat the Roosevelt force. Mew Tr It Lea-era for Taft. In New Tork all the big party lead ers except National Committeeman Ward, are for the President, it Is said, and friends of Mr. Taft are authority for the statement that Ward Is the only leader hanging back from the Taft hoonv. They assert that William Barnes. Jr. chairman of the state committee, tlthough not publicly committed to the r-esldent. Is In reality favorable to bis nomination. An Influential Senator who la sup porting Roosevelt for the Republican nomination said that If Taft sot the delegates from New Tork State, Colonel Roosevelt might not be heard from la the convention next June. Heath Reports oa Baalaeas. Some Interesting Information as to political and business conditions throughout the country waa presented to President Taft by Perry Heath, ex Assistant Postmaster-General, who has Just returned to Washington from an Investigating trip that took him Into to states. Business, ho told President Taft. waa baiting because of a feeling of uncertainty as to what Congress or the President might do. He added that he found much misunderstanding of the Administration and soma misrep resentations of Its attitude, but be lieved that. if Republican leaders would make a campaign to dissipate these false Ideas the chances of success would be Increased. RUSSIAN QUITS IN HUFF "Bah!" Says SmlroTf as Liner Bears Him St. Petersborgward. NBTW TORK. Feb? 1 J. (Special.) Plmltrl Smirnoff, former Russian tenor of the Metropolitan, sailed for home on the liner Kronprlns Wllhelm today after breaking his f 1200-a-performance contract with the Metropolitan Opera Company. He said he bad been forced to break the contract because of annoyances and petty persecutions to which he was subjected by the Italian element In fhe management of the Metropolitan. Not only has he not been permitted to appear In his favorite roles. In "Faust" and "The Barber of Seville. but the management refused to pro duce "Boris Godoaoff." the Russian opera, in which he attained fame. "It Is the land of Italians." he said, looking back at the roofs of Manhat tan. "It Is the land of the square deal nut at all. Farrar can tell you. So can Dsstlon. but the climax came when Mrs. Wbltelaw Reld selected me to sing before the Duka of Connsught, Instead of Caruso. Gadskl sang there, too. and that Increased hard feeling, tor Gadskl Is not an Italian." ANTARCTIC TO BE PROBED Americans Wonld Ascertain Whether Crocker Land Really Exists. NKW YORK. Feb. II. (Special.) I nJrr the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History and the, American Geographical Society and with the backing of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Admiral Robert 11 Peary end many other prominent persons. Oenrge Borup and D. B. MacMlllan will start In July on a polar expedi tion for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not Crocker land really exists. Eminent geographers declare that this question Is the greatest geo graphical Issue yet remaining to be solvxi. The object of the tour Is to reach and map Crocker Land, la the South Polar seas, northwest of Grant Itnl. and to make such scientific stud ies on the wsy and in other por tions of the Antarctic aa the attending circumstances will permit. The psrty Is to leavo Fydney. N. 8. W, by spe cial steamer about July 10. WHAT'S INSIDE TOY DOLLS? 2 MEN CRY THEY'RE GLAD WHKN THEt FIVD BULLET OF LEAD. Alaska lawyer's Tiny Daughter Eat. Plathing'i "Innards." Father and Doctor in Panic. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. II (Special.) U P. Shackelford, a dignified attor ney of Juneau. Alaska, and Dr. J. I Waller, the equally dignified house physician of the Falace Hotel, clamored frantically at the doors of a Sutter street department store tonight for per mission to go inside and see what some little mechanical dolls were stuffed with. Their desire for such knowledge was the result of a similar desire on the part of tha Infant daughter of Attor ney Shackelford, after her mother had bought for her one of the dolls In the afternoon. Tha baby's curiosity im pelled her to investigate for the pur pose of finding out what caused the manikin to stand always upright. Hav ing found the cause, she swallowed It and promptly went Into convulsions. Then arose the eagerness of father and physician to learn what had been In the doll, knowing that It had gone Into baby Margaret. A night watch man at tha store was made to see the urgency of the case and opened the door. A frantic rush was made for the toy department, another of the lit tle dolls ripped open and a round, lead bullet revealed. The seekers afterward returned to the little patient, their anxiety al layed. They feared the child had swallowed quicksilver and might suf fer mercurial poisoning. It Is not be lieved Margaret will suffer any serious effects from her experiment. MORSE OFF FOR EUROPE Bank wrecker and Wife Co Aboard steamer Secret Ij. NEW YORK. Feb. II. Charles W. Morse, the bank wrecker, whoaa 15 years- sentence In the Federal peniten tiary at Atlanta waa commuted recent ly on account. of Illness, boarded the Hamburg-American liner steamer Kal serin Augusta Victoria tonight to sail at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for Europe. He win take the bath treatment at Bad Nauheim. In Germany. After spending less than a week In New York. Morse outwitted newspa permen for several hours tonight. Ha and his wife, son and physician left the Morse apartments In a taxtcab, taking four large trunks with them. It waa aald at the apartments that Mr. Morse bad Intimated that he waa going to Atlantic City, but later It waa learned that Mr. and Mrs. Morse were aboard tha Kalserln Augusts Victoria, at Hoboken. N. J, pier. Dr. A, W. Fowler, who accompanied Mr. Morse from Atlanta. Ga last week and who placed Mr. and Mrs. Morse aboard the steamer tonight, said that ha did not plan to accompany the banker and his wife to Europe. Dr. Fowler said that Charles W. Morse, Jr, would not accompany his father. FARMERS FIGHT FOR CARS One Man's SknII Broken in Battle Over Grain Blockade. REG IN A. Sa.sk.. Feb. II. In a pitched battle among 100 Gallclan Krencb and Doukhobor farmers at Blaine Lake, one Doukhobor suffered a broken skull and It Is said he will die. Stones, clubs, bottles and whips were used by the combantants In the fight, which waa over the posseaalon of grain cara. Two hundred cars are needed at Blaine Lake to carry off the surplus grain and only a scattering few ar rived there yesterday. As the first man reaching the car fis entitled to have his grain carried away In it, there waa a general ruah of farmers when the cars pulled In. MAN BLIND; PONT KNOW IT Youth Who Shot Out Both Eyes Be lieves He Will Recover Sight. LOS ANGELES. Feb. II. (Special.) J. Robert Atkinson, the Helena, Mont, young man who shot out both eyes about three weeks ago. when he attempted to commit suicide, has so far recovered at the County Hospital that he will bo able to leavo that Insti tution this week. Atkinson does not know that he has bean blinded for life. He falls to re member the shooting. Mrs. Atkinson, the mother, will arrive In Los Angeles this week and take her son home. Atkinson said today: "I'm going to leave heret then, and employ a special ist. My, but wouldn't it be awful to bo blind all your life?" WASTE IS LOST TO ROADS Tar Worth Twelve Millions .Not Saved by Coke Oven. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. As sn. evi dence of waste In this country. Provost Hubbard, chemist of the United States Bureau of Good Roads, today pointed to the fact that more than S00.000.000 gallons of tar, which could be used In road building, la being lost yearly In tha roke ovens of the country. Valued at 2.4 rents a gallon, this Is a monetary loss of $12,000,000. Germany Is far in advance of this country, he said. In the use of by products of roke ovens, and exports to tha United States alone tar products to tha value of several mlllon dollars a year. ' - - 111 MRSL SCHIff NAMED IN EX-VALET CASE Brandt May Be Tried as Burglar Again. BREATH OF SCANDAL HEARD New Yorker Courts Investiga tion of Circumstances. JUDGE R0SALSKY SCORED Supreme Court Jnstice Reserves De cision on Convict's Pica for Freedom, but- Doubts Trial Court's Jurisdiction. NEW YORK. Feb. II. After serving nearly Ave years In prison for burglary a: the home of Mortimer L. Schlff. where he formerly was employed as a valet. Foulke E. Brandt may be tried again to determine If he la guilty of the crime to which he confesaed and for which he ia under , sentence to serve 10 years In prison. Judge Rosalsky of the court of gen eral sessions, who sentenced Brandt, ordered today the withdrawal of Biandt's plea of guilty and the sub stitution of a plea of not guilty for a new trial. This action was taken two hours after Justice Glrard of the Supreme Court bench had reserved de cision on an application for Brandt's release on a writ of habeas corpus with the comment that he was "almost convinced" that the trial court had not had jurisdiction in sentencing Brandt on his plea, unsupported by evidence. A feature of today's developments was the appearance of Judge Alton B. Parker in behalf of Mortimer I Schlff, who, he declared. Is anxious to have the case sifted to tha bottom In order that "false and Infamous scan dals" might be proved untrue. Governor Dlx. who previously re fused to interfere In Brandt's behalf, today appointed Justice Gerard as a commissioner to hear Brandt's applica tion for clemency, which waa regarded as a move to take the case out of Judge Rosalskys-hands. Altsa B. Parker Speaks. According to Judge Parker, Mr. Schlff always has stood ready to "In ject himself Into an application for clemency, based on grounds of con trition and reformation. Instead. Brandt attempted to gain sympathy by posing as a martyr under the in famous suggestion that Brandt's pres ence In my client's house waa to keep an appointment with one dearer than life itself." Judge Parker added that while- his client had sought to prevent "exposure of charges so vile and outrageous, but thst be now hopes for a trial that will enable the public to Judge the prisoner's crime and vindicate his honor and that of his wife." Judge Parker read a long; letter from Mr. Schlff In which Mr. Schlff said: "The facts are simple. Brandt wrote (Concluded on Pace 8.) I'LL BE t INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTE RDAY'S Maximum temperature. So decrees; minimum. 45 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. Foreiga. French deputies vote to curb naval con struction. Page 4. Chinese people pay little attention to change of Government. Page 4. Foreign Consuls In Durangn, Mex., appeal for protection. Page. 3. Asqulth about to retire from Premiership, Britain believes. Page 12. National. Jamta J. Hill tells steel committee era of competition will outlast present laws. Page 1. Sweeping changes made In reniocratlo chem ical tariff bill. Page 2. Aiisona to be made state today. Page 2. . Domestic Thirty hurt In Great Northern train wreck in South Dakota. Page 5. Dynamite arreata acheduled for today; de fendants number 64, Page 6. Urn Schlff named In case of ex-valet of Brandt. Page 1. Politic. MaeVeagh says Roosevelt cannot and will not run against Taft. Page 2. luffs advisers much encouraged by result of New Tork visit. Pag 1. Pdflo Northwest. Tax commission finishes labors at Salem. Page . Sport. Irvlngton Club to build II 00.000 clubhouse. Page T. Oak's Infield Is worry to new Manager Sharps. Page 7. Mike Gibbons has better of ten-round go with Freddy Hicks. Page 7. Team owners to meet In Chicago today to discuss trades. Page 7. Referee declarea Holland-Berg fight draw, but crowd Insists Astoria lad won. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Portland grain receipts pass 10,000-car mark. Page 1. Wheat drops sharply at Chicago on large receipts and bearish cables. Page 19. Stock market tradera turn to bull aide. Page 10. Portland flrma hope to obtain contracts to repair and overhaul steamers Beaver and Bear. Page IS. Portland and Wlnity. Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Poorman le made Colonel of Third Oregon regiment. Page IX Four firemen burned In testing wall made of fire-proofing material. Page 1. Oregon Irrigation Congress next week to attract delegates from all parts of state. Page 10. Library Association decides to retain new library site at Tenth and Yamhill. Pag 14. Republican state central committee plans friendly suit to test National convention law. Page 9. United States Senator C. E. Townsend. of Michigan, and Representative David J. Foster, of Vermont, to stump Oregon for Taft. Page 14. Elks name 17 committees to plan for deco ration of city for convention. Page 18. Water Board turns down Robert Wakefield A Company's 4 14,000 reservoir claim. Pag 10. Defunct Orchard Company secretary and director In truse firm arrested here. Page 1. Vast plan of settlement started by De velopment Leagues. - Page 11. Vancouver couple celebratea golden wedding anniversary. Page A. Four Columbia Rlvsr Orchard Company pro moters arrested on Federal warrants. Page 1. Government may aend farm expert. Investi gator and educator to Instruct Oregon farmers. Page 18. GRAND JURY PROBES CLASH Evidence Favors Railway Employes Rather Than Strikers. ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) With over 30 witnesses thus far ex amined. District Attorney Brown said tonight that ha expected to conclude tha examination of' witnesses before the grand Jury in the several cases result ing from Sunday night's clash between Southern Pacific employes and striking shopmen late tomorrow. Most of the 20 witnesses examined today were disinterested parties who chanced to be In the vicinity of the trouble at the time it occurred. In a majority of Instances. It Is said, those witnesses gave evidence favorable to the accused railway employes. Intense Interest Is manifest in the outcome of the investigation, and the evidence ad duced is said to be somewhat conflict ing. . YOUR VALENTINE, IF YOU "WILL A i rf Vf 2J - ' ii i : HILL SEES i END OF COMPETITION Railway Man Says Fit test Will Survive.' HUMAN NATURE NOT CHANGED Cancellation of Ore Lease Causing No Mourning. LIFE WORK NEARLY DONE Witness Says He Will Be Angel With Red and White Feathers in His Wings Before He .Goes ' Into Steel Business. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. James J. Hill told the Stanley Investigating committee today that he would be a "first-class angel with red and white wings" before he would go in the steel business, and predicted that competition would be the rule long after the pres ent laws were wiped off the statute books. Mr. Hill's last day of testimony was replete with the sage expressions for which he is noted. He said that the stockholders of the Great Northern Railroad were not "wearing any crepe" because the United States Steel Corporation in its fright had cancelled the Great North ern ore lease. Day of Hard Work Over. "You will be in a comfortable po sition, no matter whether the lease Is cancelled or not, won't you?" Chair man Stanley suggested. "You could start a steel company of your own with 400.000,000 tons of ore in the ground." "I will be a first-class angel with red and white feathers in my wings lony before I ever consider going into the steel business," Mr. Hill replied. "I'll be 74 years old my next birthday and I don't mind telling you that I've done about all the bard work I Intend to do In this life." Just before the railroad builder was excused. Representative Beall, of Texas, called his attention to the assertion of E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of the Steel Corporation, and other busi ness men, to the effect that the day of competition was passed, and that the time was at hand when the Government must regulate maximum and minimum prices of commodities. Human Nature Not Changed. "I think you will have to tame hu man nature and eliminate all selfish motives that rule human beings and every other form of life, before you will eliminate competition," Mr. Hill remarked. "There will be competition Just as long as the doctrine of the sur vival of the fittest lasts, and that will be operating Ions after all our pres ent statutes have been wiped off the books." "Do you think, then, it would be un wise for the Federal Government to assume control of business?" Mr. Beall asked. "I think when the Federal Govern- (Concluded on Page 2.) BE MINE 4 FIREMEN BURNED IN TESTING WALL FLAMES CATCH THEM WHEX DOOR IS OPEXED. Taddy" Byrd, Hoscman, May lose Eye All Victims Belong to En gine Company No. 13. Four firemen were severly burned, one of whom may lose an eye, as the result of an explosion in a firewall test yesterday afternoon. Two were so severely injured by the backdraft of flame that they were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. The others being taken care of at the house of Engine Company 13. of which they are mem bers. The Injured are: C. F. Neale, captain of Engine Com pany 13. Otto Wesel, lieutenant of the com pany. J. T. Dolphy, hose man. M. ("Faddy") Byrd, hoseman. Dolphy and Byrd were rushed to the hospital immediately after the accident- One of Byrd's eyes is so severe ly injured that it is thought he will lose it. Dolphy is badly burned about the face and hands. Lieutenant Wesel and Captain Neale are badly burned about the face and head, and their hands are injured. Dr. John W. Slfton attended the injured. Members of the company were en gaged in testing a system of firewalls at Alblna avenue and River street, when the backdraft from burning ma terial inside the testing building blew through the door at which they were standing playing a ' hose upon the flames. All were knocked backward and the flames seized .upon their hair and clothes. A building, of flreproofing material had been built on the vacant lot at the corner to test the quality of the ma terial. A fire to reach the highest heat had been built in it, in accord ance with the requirements of the fire wall ordinance and was allowed to burn two hours to test the quality of the firewall material. When the two-hour test was com pleted, the place was opened, and a stream of water, of 30 pounds pressure, was turned upon the flames. When the steam, arising from the Inside of the almost alrproof building, acquired strength, it burst out in an explosion which blew flame and hot water over the four firefighters about the door. $1675 LOOT IS RECOVERED Pnrse and Keys Found In Room Three Blocks From Theft Scene. Stolen on the 7th of the month and recovered on the 13th, with 13 cents still left in a leather purse which was taken with them, bonds, receipts and notes valued at SI 675 were recovered by Detectives Litherland and Van Ovexn last night in a hotel at Sixth and Taylor streets. The money, S31, taken with the papers, was gone, but the keys by which the thief had en tered the room of Mrs. M. M. Root, landlady of the Rowland Hotel, at Fourth and Salmon streets, and un locked the bureau drawer in which she kept the valuables, were laid beside the papers. The papers, money and stamps were taken from the room of Mrs. Root Feb ruary 7, while she was absent. The thief had keys both to her room and the bureau, entering while she was ab sent for five minutes. The spoil in cluded a note for $300. $900 in receipts, $475 In bonds of the Oregon Trust Com pany, $31 in cash and $2 in stamps. The. stamps and money had disap peared. COUNTY 'WET'; BANK FAILS Sudden Withdrawal of Funds to Buy Licenses Too Heavy Strain. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 13. Liquor is held responsible for th closing of the state bank at Elk City, Idaho County, on February 8. The sudden withdrawal of funds to purchase saloon licenses following an election in which the county went "wet" crippled the bank, it Is said. State Bank Examiner Piatt ordered the suspension of the Kendrlck State Bank of Kendrlck. Idaho, last week. It was carrying personal notes of the officers and directors to the amount of $25,000. Both institutions may be able to resume business, it is said, when tlte examiner finishes his Investigation. WIRE SAVES MAN'S LIFE Bridgeworker's Fall Cable. Stopped, by Death seemed the assured portion ot Karl H. Boeckel yesterday morning when he started to fall from the new Oregon-Washington railroad bridge with a sheer drop of 130 feet beneath him. Whirling end over end through space, Boeckel dropped 25 feet, when he was stopped by a steel cable to which he managed to cling. Finding himself almost unhurt he crawled to a safe place and asked for his hat. , Boeckel is a steelworker on the bridge and he resumed his work soon after' his fall but later he felt badly and quit t9 the day. BANKER MAKES GRAINBAGS Welty, in Walla Walla Prison, Will Learn Use of Hands. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. 13. A. J. Welty, the Bellingham ex-banker, was' put to work in the Jute mill at the prison today. For a few days he will learn the use of the machines and later may be as signed to one. All the men possible are being worked in the mill now. F 0 ORCHARD FAILURE SEIZED Government Arrests Biehl and Others. BAD USE OF MAIL CHARGED Federal Warrants Also Issued for Three More. BIG CRUSADE PROMISED United States District Attorney Mc Court Says Action Is Only Be ginning of "Housecleaning." $3,000,000 Steal Alleged. Eradication of snide real estate com panies and unscrupulous promotion schemes and the appropriate punish ment of the guilty are the purposes of a crusade inaugurated by United States District Attorney McCourt and which resulted yesterday In the arrest of two officers each of the Columbia River Orchard Company and the Ore gon Inland Development Company. Ar rests were made on warrants issued by the United States Commissioner, al leging the fraudulent use of the United States mails. A. J. Biehl and H. H. Humphrey, of the Columbia River Orchard Company; J. T. Conway and H. H. Riddell, presi dent and general manager and secre tary respectively of the Oregon In land Development Company were placed under arrest yesterday by United States Marshall Scott and re leased under bonds. Biehl and Humphrey will appear be fore United States Commissioner Can non at 2 o'clock this afternoon for a preliminary hearing. A definite time has not been fixed for the appearance of Conway and Riddell. In the opinion of the Federal authorities there is lit tle doubt but that the accused will be held to report to the Federal grand Jury, which is now in session. Warrants Out for DeLarm. Unserved warrants have been issued for the arrest of W. E. DeLarm, presi dent, and G. C. Hodges, another officer of the orchard company, and Frank Richert, president and treasurer of the development company. DeLarm Is sup posed to be in Canada and Hodges is suspected by Mr. McCourt to have crossed the boundary about three weeKs ago. Richert Is supposed to be in Wash ington, D. C, or some other Eastern city. The arrests yesterday were but the beginning of a general "housecleaning" of real estate and general promotion companies promised by Mr. McCourt, who is being loyally assisted in his investigations by Postal Inspectors Clement and Durand. The possibilities of the crusade started by the Federal prosecutor can only be surmised. Its extent depends entirely on how much the malls have been used in exploiting the crooked schemes. "So many complaints have reached my office of tho operations of crooked real estate and promotion companies that I have resolved to make a thorough investigation," said Mr. Mc Court yesterday. "I shall continue the work already started and wherever I find that tho postal laws have been violated in the promotion of these 'get-rlch-qulck' schemes It may be de pended upon that vigorous prosecution of the offenders will follow. I am de termined that the good name of tho state shall not be further besmirched by the questionable operations of these unscrupulous money-getting concerns." Crooked Work Alleged. Mr. McCourt said yesterday that his investigation of the records of the Col umbia River Orchard Company had satisfied himself of the crooked work of the corporation, which manifestly had succeeded in floating bonds to the amount of about $3,000,000 and had assets to the amount of not exceeding $250,000. Tho operations of the orchard com pany, according to Mr. McCourt, were conducted through a three-cornered organization. In each spoke of the money-getting combination the officers of one alleged corporation also had an official relation to one or both of the others, so that all the bondbuyer had to do was to "dig" and his contribu tion went to the group that really man aged the three companies. According to the records seized by the Federal District Attorney's office, the Washington Orchard Irrigation Sc Fruit Company was first of three com panies to assume corporate shape. It was organized under the laws of South Dakota, with its principal office at Se attle. Then followed the organization of the Columbia River Orchard Com pany, under the laws of Washington, with offices also at Seattle. When these two companies had been formed, the third spoke in the wheel was fur5 nlshed through the formation of the Oregon & Washington Trust Company, which was organized under the laws of Oregon with headquarters at Portland. Blehl Had High Offices. Biehl is secretary of the Columbia River Orchard Company and was for merly secretary of the Washington Or chard Irrigation & Fruit Company. (Concluded on Face 13.)