-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SEPTEMBER
KAISERIN GRANTS
BUSINESS VOLUME
EASTERN MILLIONS
" BUY TIMBER BONDS
812,090,000 INVESTED IX WEST
ERN SECURITIES THIS YEAR.
GUN THAT KILLED
SCHOOLGIRL'S PLEA
BAN" OX FRENCH IN URVILIE
SCHOOL- REMOVED.
OF COUNTRY GAINS
OFFICIALS BELIEVE
1G.
DOMESTIC AXD FOREIGN" OR
DERS IMPROVING.'
MARINES IN BAnLE
WILSON OPPOSES
TARIFF BOARD PLAIl
2 OFFICIALS HELD
IN SMUGGLING PLOT
BARR
FOUND
Dramatic Disclosures
Follow Rapidly.
THAT MAN DID DEED BELIEVED
Near-Eye-Witness to Murder
Is Found at Inquest.
TANGIBLE CLEWS DAWNING
lime of Crime More Nearly Estab
lished Victim's Last Abode 13
Sought by Police as Means to
Finding Important Letters.
That H. G. Barr was killed Monday
night by a man, not a woman; that
the time was around 9 o'clock, tame
diately after Barr had deposited three
passengers at the Hut tavern and
started back to the city, and that the
crime was committed within 300 yards
of where the body was found, and al
most within the view of Billy Swag
gert, proprietor of the tavern, were
Indications established yesterday by
Captain Baty and Detectives Maloney
and Swennes.
A pool of blood in the road at the
end of Death Curve furthest from the
city, an old revolver, fully loaded and
with one chamber fired, lying In the
grass near the blood spot, and the re
port of a woman that she heard a
shot fired and saw an automobile pass
with a man driving it from the foot
board beside the driver's seat, were
the developments picked up by the of
ficers yesterday. The discoveries are
of greatest importance in that they
greatly narrow the expanse of time
and space within which the murder was
committed.
Important Facta Gathered.
Of highest importance was a state
ment obtained yesterday by the offi
cers from Mrs. Nathan Wilcox, who
Uvea about midway between the spot
where the pool of blood was found and
the point where the body was thrown
over the bank. She heard the shot
fired, some time between 3 and 10
o'clock and, going to a window, saw
the car proceeding along the road to
ward the city. It was being driven by
a man who stood on the running board.
She could see only the dark outline of
the car and Its standing driver as it
was silhouetted against the light cast
In front by the car's lights.
To test the woman's story three car
loads of officers went last night to
the scene of the murder, one of the
cars being that in which the murder
was committed. Arriving on the spot,
they went through the supposed evo
lutions, which occurred at the time of
the murder and found that they tallied
at every point. Standing ' where Mrs.
Wilcox stood. Captain Baty was able
to make out the outline of - a man
standing on the running board, just as
he had done. It was also clearly dem
onstrated that the car could be op
erated by a man in that position.
Murderer "Hien" Car Is Belief. .'
Peculiar features In the mechanism
of the car seem to point to the fact
that it was driven after the murder
by one who was familiar with it. Un
like most other cars, the throttle and
spark control . operate on opposite
sides of a circle, are exactly alike in
appearance, and are not ratcheted, so
that they drop back if not held at all
times. Patrolman Sherill, an experi
enced chauffeur, who drove the car
last night, had difficulty with the ma
chine until he had become familiar
with it.
After exhaustive tests based upon
Mrs. Wilcox's statement. Captain Baty
pronounced himself satisfied that the
crime was committed under her eyes
and as she had described it. He was
greatly elated over this limitation of
the sone of uncertainty of time and
space within which the murder was
done. f
Dlarlnim Are Dramatic.
The occurrences at the time of the
finding of this new evidence were
highly dramatic. Accompanied by
George Barr. brother of the murdered
man. Captain Baty and Detectives Mol
oney and Swennes went yesterday to
the neighborhood of the place where
the crime was committed, with the pur
pose of interviewing the residents, on
the off chance of gaining a clew. They
had made considerable progress and
were debating the advisability of stop
ping at another house, when Captain
Baty's attention was attracted to a
spot on the hard-surfaced road near
his feet. v
"That's blood!" he said.
. The others were inclined to dispute
him at first, but young Barr took a
pen-knife and began digging up tbo
hard-packed roadway.
"See." he cried In a tense voice,
"that's Harry's blood!"
Seemingly Impelled by an occult
force, the young brother straightened
up and cast his eyes about, and then
walked Jnto the grass by the side of
the road and picked up a cheap .3 8 -caliber
revolver.
"And that," be said, "is the gun that
killed him."
It was a simple task to reconstruct
the scene af the time of the crime. Barr
had been shot, apparently from the running-board,
within a few hundred feet
of the old Lakevlew tavern. Just as his
car reached the beginning of the fatal
Theodore B. Brown Tells Realty Men
Portland Is Center for Rapidly
Growing Business.
More than $13,000,000 has been
brought from Eastern money centers
and invested in timber bonds since
January 1, according to a statement
made before the Portland Realty Boara
yesterday by Theodore B. Brown, of
Brown & Brown, timber bond broKers.
This new capital was invested in bond
ing propositions, nearly all of which
are in Portland's territory.
"The business of floating bonds on
standing timber has reached big pro
portions during the past few years."
said Mr. Brown. "The ability to re
alize on standing timber by the bond
ing method has1 been of great benefit
to the Northwest. As a result oper
ators have been able to continue the
logging Industry to advantage. Hun
dreds of men have been given employ
ment and the development of this sec
tion has been generally aided.
"Oreaon and Washington timber
bonds are now in favor with Eastern
capitalists. On account of the effi
cient patrol of the forests, danger from
fires has been reduced greatly, thus
providing better security for timber
bonds."
PEARS BRING HIGH PRICE
Rogue River Bartletts Sold for $3.15-
a Box In New York.
MEDFOKD, Or., Sept. 20. (Special.)
The highest prices for Rogue River
Bartlett pears this year were received
today in the New York market, when
$3.15 a box was paid for fruit shipped
by D. R. Hill, of this valley. The sale
was made through the Producers' Frnlt
Company, which rep6rts the sale of
three cars. '
The first was sold for $1351, being
made up of shipments from various
orchardists. Prices ranged from $2.60
to $2.90. The second car brought
$1449. It was loaded with Hill fruit.
Prices ranged- from $2.70 to $3.15-a
box. The third car, mostly from the
Daggett orchard, brought $1541. Prices
averaged $3.05.
The Producers' Fruit Company, hop
ing to duplicate the success of last
year, has shipped four cars of Bosc
pears to Glasgow, via Montreal. Bosc
pears met with remarkable success in
that market a year ago.-
DOCTOR TRUSTS PEOPLE
Woods Hutchinson Says Publicity
. Will Improve Healtb Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Sept 20. -"Trust the
people and they will take care of them
selves in health affairs without being
driven," declared Dr. Woods Hutchin
son, of New York, formerly of Portland,
Or., in an address today before the
American Public Health Association.
The time had passed, he said, when
any of the trappings of mystery need
be placed about questions relating to
public health. Twenty-five years ago,
when the medical knowledge was much
less advanced, mystery probably was
necessary, he declared, but full pub
licity was needed today.
Wide publicity and discussion of
health problems, he declared, were do
ing more to bring the United States
into an excellent state of health than
the strictly enforced laws in some other
countries.
TAFT CHANGES HIS PLANS
Trip to Hot Springs, Va., to Shorten
Stay at Parramatta.
BEVERLY, Mass., Sept. 20. Plans
for President Taft's vacation here were
changed today, and it became known
that the President probably would re
main in Beverly only until October 20,
He had intended staying at Parra
matta until a few days before election,
and then closing up his Summer home.
travel to Cincinnati to vote.
According to the new plan, the Presi
dent will leave Beverly with" Mrs. Taft
for Hot Springs, Va., late in October.
He will vote in Cincinnati and return
to Hot Springs for a long stay, prob
ably remaining there until a few days
before Congress convenes In Decern
ber.
EUROPE "DONE" ON $83
Columbia Student Works Passage
and- Walks After He Arrives. "
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (Special.) ,
Doing Europe on less than $33 is a
feat that has just been accomplished
by Morris Jagendorf, a Columbia Uni
versity student, who returned to
Columbia today to begin the work of
the new school year. Jagendorf left
New York early In June with a work
ing capital of $90. He had $7.40 left
when he returned. He spent his Sum
mer in England, France,- Germany and
Switzerland.
After working his way across the
Atlantic on an English passenger boat,
Jagendorf went to London, staying
there, a few days before going to
France. He walked most of the way
through France and Germany and
spent considerable time in Munich.
Rich Will Be Released.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or Sept. 20.
(Special.) L. B. Rich has been Indicted
for bigamy in Grants Pass, where he
married. Layton, an officer, is on the
way here to get the prisoner, but Mr.
Rich will b released here anri th.
charge against him dropped1 when the
officer arrives. Conflicting stories as
to the first marriage are being circu
lated here, one that the couDle were
never married, the other that they had
Force of 1000 Prob
ably Cut. Off.
NAVY DEPARTMENT WORRIED
Nicaraguan Rebels Thought to
Have Made Attack.
AMERICANS WELL ARMED
Serious Conditions Declared to Ex
ist, Particularly at Granada,
Where Tortures Are . Said
to Bo Practiced.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (Special.)
That there has been a terrific battle
between American marines and Nic
araguan rebels under General Zeledon
Is the belief of the State and Navy De
partment officials. - No reports have
left Corinto since lateTuesday night
and it is feared that communication
between Managua and Corinto has
again been destroyed. If so, Rear
Admiral W. H. H. Southerland, with a
force of nearly 1000 men, is in the in
terior of the country, cut off from the
American warships at Corinto.
So worried has the Navy Department
become that 'a rush message was sent
to Rear-Admiral Southerland today or
dering him to report immediately.
Belated Message Received.
A. cable message from Corinto, dated
September 17, was received at the de
partment today, which contained an
accouht of an attack made by General
Zeledon on the American forces at Bar.
ranca Hill, 14 miles from Managua. It
said that many shells burst over the
beads of the marines at work' repair
ing the railroad. Rear-Admiral South
erland gave Zeledon notice that if the
rebel forces did not draw away the
American forces were going through
at any cost.
It is thought by Navy Deparement
officials that General Zeledon did not
draw away, and that a battle was
fought. -.
Americans Have Machine Guns.
The American forces have three or
four three-Inch guns and several ma
chine guns. It is thought that if
there has been loss of life it is on the
rebel side. '
According to the latest advices con
ditions in Nicaragua, especially at Gra
nada, are worse than those which ex
isted in Congo and in Putumyo. The
American legation has received a letter
from Pedro Rafael Guadra. Minister of
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THEODORE'S
Weekly ReTiew of Trade by II. G.
Dun & Co. Is MJost Optlm-
istic in Tenor.
'NEW YORK, Sept. 20. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomor
row will say:
All the developments of the week
confirm and strengthen the improve
ment in business activity.
Dry goods houses report a steady
volume of duplicate business, buyers
displaying confidence, but confining
their operations to frequent purchases
of small parcels. Wide print cloths
are firmer and narrow cloths steady,
while a better demand is noted for
fine and fancy cottons. Drills, sheet
ings and ducks are very strong, and
some export orders are said to be
pending in the latter.
.. Conditions in the wool and worsted
markets and at the, mills are ex
ceptionally satisfactory. Trade in silks
is steadily Improving.
Trading in footwear shows further
improvement, both in New England and
at nearby points, and, while little buy
ing has yet been done for Spring, many
supplementary orders for Fall and
Winter goods have been received.
Leather and hides continue strong. The
lumber trade is heavier. -
BLIND EMPLOYE REWARDED
Mine Owners Send Him $10, 000
Three Years After Accident.
RENO, Nev Sept. 20. (Special.)
Roy Berry, who was blinded three
years ago while working in the Com
stock Phoenix mine at Virginia City,
today received a check for $10,000
from the owners of the mine.
With the disposal of - a reasonable
block of stock In the mine the direc
tors came to the conclusion they should
do something for a faithful employel
who had been blinded through a pre
mature explosion while working in
their Interest. Ever since the accident
three years ago Berry has been con
tinually cared for by the mineowners.
During the period following the ac
cident the mine owners showed every
possible consideration for the young
man. After his recovery ,he was taken
about on business and pleasure trips
and his life made as easy as possible
under the distressing circumstances.
Berry left today for San .Francisco.
DIAZ REFUSES T0JALK
Ex-Mexican Ruler Will Xot Com
ment on Popular Tribute.
BIARRITZ, Sept. 21. (Special.)
A press correspondenfhere asked Gen
eral Porflro Diaz, who is here, what he
thought of the demonstration in favor
of his return at Mexico City on the
anniversary of Mexican Independence
and whether he intended to go back
to that country. General piaz thanked
the correspondent for offering to cable
his views, but added:
1 am unable to break my rule of
not speaking on politics."
ANSWERING SHOTS GO WIDE OF
Experts Are Declared to
- Foster Delay.
CAMPAIGN IS OPENED IN OKI
Harmon and State Leaders At
tend on Candidate.
HIGH PRICES DISCUSSED
Government Regulation Will Shield
Monopoly as Well as Guide It,
and Regulation Is Not Free
dom, ; Is Keynote.
COLUMBUS, O., Sept 20. Twelve
hours were spent in Columbus today by
Governor Wilson, but in these were
crowded the formal opening of the
Democratic campaign in Ohio, a lunch
eon with Governor Harmon, Represent
ative Cox, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, and state leaders and a
series of speeches and receptions.
It was a strenuous wind-up to the
Presidential nominee's first week of
consecutive Campaigning.- Enthusiasm
and demonstration spread through the
day's events. For the first time in his
life, the Governor said, he saw what a
political organization looked like. He
saw the preoinct organizers, the coun
ty leaders and the state executives, and
with them hundreds of co-workers.
From the meeting of the Democratic
organization the Governor went to the
Chamber of Commerce and addressed a
'meeting of educators from all parts of
Ohio. He then addressed a meeting of
several hundred business men.
Commercial Hara-KIrl Improbable,
"One of the most amazing fictions of
our politics," said the Governor to
them, "is that the Democratic party is
not Interested In the business life of
the United States. When you reflect
that the Democrats of the United
States comprise about half the popula
tion, ifc -is .interesting .thatVfealf the
population should be suspected of the
desire to commit commercial hara-
kiri.:' . .' . .:. -. , '
In attacking the idea, of a board of
experts to handle the tariff question,
he said conditions were constantly
changing with the tariff ; as often some
times as every 24 hours.
"You cannot touch -one tariff sched
ule," he added, "without having. Incal
culable results in other schedules.
suppose- that when you deal with the
woolen schedule, for example, you sup
pqsed that . was all the woolen men
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THE MARK
Empress, True to Promise, Orders
Language Introduced Despite
Political Agitation.
BERLIN, Sept .20. (Special.) While
the Kaiserin recently was at her castle
at Urville, near Metz, she invited the
village schoolgirls to the castle. When
they arrived the Empress said to one
of them: "Tell me your wish and I
promise to fulfill it."
To this a little one replied: "I wish
It would be granted us to learn French
in our school."
The Empress was taken back by this
request, which touches a great po
litical question which Is always to the
front In Alsace-Lorraine, namely, the
Germanlzation of schools and the sup
pression of French influences. But,
having given her promise, her majesty
said: "Your wish shall be granted."
The little . girl bowed and said:
"Thank you very much, Frau Wll
helm." The next day the first French les
son was given in the Urville school
since the - annexation of Alsace-Lorraine.
These lessons will be repeated
three times a week hereafter.
FROG LIVES AGES IN ROCK
Workmen Release Amphibian, Which
Awakes and Hops Away.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 20. (Special.)
Workmen engaged in clearing and
blasting rock on the L. D. Loomis prop
erty, in Santa Monica Canyon, today
found a frog imbedded in solid lime
stone, three feet beneath the surface.
It had been encased in rock for several
hundred years. Apparently petrified,
the amphibian was taken by the aston
ished workmen and laid in the sun. In
a few seconds it suddenly showed signs
of life. After several minutes it blinked
confusedly, drew a long breath, and In
long leaps traveled a hundred feet
before the workmen could recapture it
The lump of limestone from which It
was taken was' carefully packed and
taken. to Santa Monica. It shows clearly
the exact shape of its occupant, to the
minutest detail.
Professor G. W. Altland, of the Uni
versity of California, to whom the rock
was shown, and to whom the circum
stances of its finding were related, said
that undoubtedly the f rog . was hun
dreds of years old. Professor Altland
Is recognized as an authority.
WIT UNFASHIONABLY ILL
Wilson Mizner, With Appendicitis,
Would Prefer Auto Smash.
NEW YORK, Sept 20. (Special.)
Wilson Mizner, the playwright, maga
zlne writer, wit and adventurer, was
operated on for appendicitis at the
Hahnemann Hospital early today. It
was only on assurance of the doctor
that it was necessary to save his life
that Mizner submitted. Though In great
pain, he joked with the surgeons as he
stretched himself on the operating
table.
"The worst of this appendicitis stuff,"
said the author of "The Deep Purple,"
smiling, "is that it is no longer fash
lonable; everybody who is anybody has
had It long ago, and it's more stylish
now to be in an automobile smash.
Anyhow, get on with the aldermanlc
inquiry into my innards.'
It was said after the operation that
it had been completely successful and
that there was no appearance of any
complications, though the fact that Mr.
Mizner has not been in good health re
cently made the shock unusually se
vere. ETHEL CHASES BURGLAR
Actress in Xightgown Pursues Thief
in St. Louis Hotel.
i
ST. LOUIS. Sept 20. (Special.)
Ethel "Barrymore, attired in her nightie,
gave chase to a midnight prowler in
the Hotel Jefferson last night, but the
man escaped, after entering and rob
bing the apartments of nine patrons.
His loot included watches, jewelry,
clothing, checks, cash and railroad
tickets.
Miss Barrymore, who in private life
is Mrs. Russell G. Colt was awakened
by a noise in the room she and her hus
band were occupying. They had
neglected to lock the door. She sprang
from bed and, followed by her husband.
pursued the burglar down the dimly
lighted hall. i
The burglar ran Into the suite occu
pied by Miss Blanche Irwin, the hotel
housekeeper, who let loose a volley of
screams which brought a battalion of
bellhops." The entire procession pur
sued the burglar, but he managed to
escape. '
"WIGGLE" DANCES BARRED
Chicago Society Determines to Re
turn to Old-Fasbloned Steps.
CHICAGO, Sept 20. (Special.) So
ciety is fortifying itself against a repe
tition of last year's revel of "freak"
dances. The galloping "horse trot,"
sinuous "grizzly bear," wriggling "tur-
ket trot'"' and yits sister, "the "bunny
hug," together with all other "whirly
glg" and "wiggle" dances are under the
ban.
With the opening of the dancing
season, the entertainment committees
of the Onwontasla Country Club, the
South Shore Country Club and prac
tically all others of the more elite of
the clubs have issued stern edicts
against dances of this class.
This season dancers will have to con
tent themselves with the waltz and
two-step or some of their modifications.
Inspector and Steam
ship Man Indicted.
OTHERS SAID TO BE IN NET
Intercepted Letter - Leads to
Federal Investigation.
DRUG TAKEN OFF STEAMER
Evidence Against Assistant Superin
tendent Donaldson, of Pacific
Mail, and Inspector Ualli
gher Causes Arrest.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 20. Robert
Donaldsen, assistant superintendent of
navigation of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, and Henry Gallagher,
United States customs Inspector, were
arrested here tonight after Indictments
had been returned against them by a
Federal grand Jury charging complicity
in an opium smuggling conspiracy, in
which, it is said, many other men are
implicated.
The indictments were based upon the
testimony of David Powers and Enill
Fiedler,, employes of the Western Fuel
Company, arrested in Oakland, Decem
ber 13, 1911, with several hundred tins
of contraband opium in their posses
sion. Powers and Fiedler served four
and six months, respectively, In the
Alameda County JaiL
Letter Is Found.
The supposed connection of Donald
sen and Gallagher with the smuggling
plot was revealed through the Inter
ception, by Government officials, of a .
letter given by Fiedler, while in jail,
to a discharged prisoner.
Powers testified before the grand
jury today that he had been approached
by Donaldsen in December, 1911, with
a proposal to assist In landing opium
concealed on the steamer Siberia,
which then was being loaded with coal
by a barge on which he and Fiedler
were working. He at first refused to
consider the' matter, -he "said, but later
decided to "take a chance." He was
taken aboard the Siberia and met two
Chinese cabin boys, who had secreted
the opium. Two nights later, said
Powers, 320 tins of opium were trans
ferred from the Siberia to the barge.
Cases to Be Pushed.
Gallagher, according to the witness,
first appeared in the plot in conniving
to land the drug in Oakland. Through
the defection of a Chinese accomplice
in Oakland, the plans miscarried, and
Powers and Fiedler were arrested.
Federal officials said tonight they
would1 push the cases against Donald
sen and Gallagher and that they ex
pected other arrests soon to follow.
WEST'S AGENT WINS CASE
Lebanon Livery Man Fined Fifty
Dollars for Bootlegging.
LEBANON, Or., Sept. 20. (Special.)
Frank Gleason was convicted In the Re
corder's Court In Lebanon on a charge
of selling liquor in violation of the city
local option .law and was fined (50. At
the conclusion of the trial he gave
notice of appeal to the State Circuit
Court. This case grew out of the con
tention arising from the recent raids
made In Lebanon by F. A. Dillon, who
was sent here by Governor West.
Friends of the Newman brothers.
whose livery stable was raided at that
time, believed that Gleason had been
too active In that raid and made this
complaint as a retaliation. Mr. Gleason
is also the proprietor of a livery stable.
and was a former partner with New
man. The charge was that, while a
partner of Newman last April, he made
the sale from the same barn in which
the raids took place.
Mr. Gleason says h has plenty of
evidence to convict Newman of a dozen
charges, which he will place before the
City Attorney and ask for warrants for
his arrest.
CUBA SILENT AS TO GIBSON
Transfer Deplored by Americans
Who Fear Effect.
HAVANA, Sept 20. The Cuban news
papers printed today without comment
the Washington dispatch announcing
the transfer of Hugh S. Gibson, at
present Charge d'Affairs of the lega
tion at Havana, to be secretary of the
legation at Brussels.
Some Americans deplore the trans
fer, which, since it follows closely the
Reilly claim incident and the attack
on Gibson by a Cuban journalist, they
believe, may be interpreted by Cubans
as an indication, despite'the public ex
planations of Washington, that the
United States disapproves of Gibson's
conduct and is prepared to make any
sacrifice rather than incur the illwill
of Cuba.
MUTE ACCUSED AS FORGER
Negotiations With. Hotel Clerk Con
ducted W"lth Pad and Pencil.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 20. Sought
by the Sheriffs of nearly every county
in California, Irvin Hart a deaf mute,
was arrested today on a charge of for
gery just as he had received 100 from
a hotel clerk on a check alleged to be
bogus.
Hart conducted his negotiations with
a pad and pencils
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been divorced.