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TIIE 3JORXIXG- OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, XOYE3IBER 2, MEDALS i DOUBT OF SUICIDE &(EaStort.?fens AMERICAN ADVISER OF CHINESE REBELS WHO DIED IN LOS ANGELES YESTERDAY. Store Opens 9:15 GIVEN TO HEROES CAST BY AUTOPSY r Merit On! Carnegie Fund Commission An nounces Supplementary List of Awards. Surgeon Thinks Woman's Skull Fracture Small for Self inflicted Wound. MINE DEFENDENTS AIDED CORONER ORDERS INQUIRY cMercKandiso of CS Mystery or Ieath of Mrs. Jean Mc Comas, Wire or Mining Man, Grows More Complex as It Is Investigated. SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 1. (Special.) "It is Impossible to determine from an autopsy whether Mrs. McComaf hot herself or not. hut 1 oo nno. mai the nature of her wound does not cor respond to the general condition of a fcelf-Innicted bullet wound." This Is the summary of the report of Dr. David E. Stafford, autopsy sur eeon. who last nieht conducted a post mortem examination of the body of Mrs. Jean Wisner McComas, young wife of William P. McComas. a mining man. who was found wounded Tues day in her suite in the Angelus Apart ments and died subsequently from a bullet wound. On that report Coro ner Iceland announced his intention of holding the body of the woman until the impanelment of a Jury, which will hold an inquest and make a thorough Investigation Into all the circumstances surrounding the death of -Mrs. Ale Comas. Small Skull Fracture Noted. Dr. Stafford declares that it is Ira possible to reach a conclusion from an autopsy as to the manner in whien Mrs. McComas received her injuries and the question can be answered, he says, only by a rigid inquiry into the cir cumstances of the case. The most Im portant variance In the nature of Mrs. McComas' wound from the general con dition of self-inflicted bullet wounds is, according to Dr. Stafford, the small fracture of the skull produced by the entrance of the bullet. In th,e usual case of a self-inflicted bullet wound, says the surgeon, there is a large frac ture of the skull, due to the proximity of the weapon to the head when it is tired. To complicate the case further. Dr. Stafford in his autopsy found an abra sion over the scalp, starting directly over the right eye and running ba.Vk over the scalp for about four inches. While this may have been the result of a fall, it may have been produced by a. blow from a blunt instrument. A bar nee of Powder Bura MeaniasieM. "The autopsy which I performed can not determine whether the wound which caused Mrs. McComas' death was inflicted by herself or not," said Dr. Stafford today. "It Is impossible to say that the wound was not self-inflicted. Ail that is to be said Is that the nature of the wound does not cor respond In some respects to-the nature of bullet wounds that are self inflicted. Bullet wounds self-inflicted produce a large fracture of the skull, due to the proximity of the weapon to the head when it Is flred. There is a small frac ture in Mrs. McComas' skull. I found three small pieces of lead scattered in the brain. "There were no powder marks visi ble, but these, if there were any, prob ably had been removed by the surgeons who operated on the woman, so that the absence of powder burns is mean ingless in this case. "I also found an abrasion on the head starting over the right eye and running back over the scalp for about four inches. There Is a possibility that it was caused by a fall, maybe when Mrs. McComas fell back after she was shot, but the wound also could have been caused by a blow from a blunt instrument." WOMAN BIGAMIST FREED Pretty Young AVi'c of Two Paroled but Cigarettes Are Barred. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. Nov. 1. Mrs. Florence A. Richardson, an at tractive young woman of 19 years, re ceived a suspended sentence today of three years in San Quentin prison. She will enjoy liberty just as long as she refrains from smoking cigarettes. The young woman's offense was in acquiring one more husband than is allowed by law. She pleaded guilty today to the charge of bigamy. Her two husbands, Edward A. Richardson, of Alberta, and Cylde Slamel, of Red lands, Cal., were in court at the time. Judge Oster. after pronouncing sen tence, allowed the young woman to be placed on probation, the initial pro vision of which was the prohibition against smoking cigarettes. Mrs. Richardson formerly was Miss Florence Barrett, of Seattle. MILK DIET IS ECONOMICAL Committee Shows Comparative Value of Fluid as Food. NEW YORK. Nov. 1. Would you down the high cost of living? Then drink milk. Is the suggestion of the New Tork milk committee. The committee's exhibit at the Pure Food Show here this week Includes a chart saying that one quart of cream ery milk costing 9 cents is equal in food fuel value to any one of the fol lowing: Three pounds fresh coffee, 54 cents. Three-quarters pound round beef steak. 22 cents. Two pounds salt cod, 40 cents. Eight eggs, 40 cents. Two pounds chicken. SS cents. One and one-half pounds ham, 45 cents. One quart of oysters. 30 cents. OFFICER ARRESTED IN PERU Government to Punish Autliors ot Rubber Field Atrocities. LIMA. Peru. Nov. 1. The Peruvian government expresses its determina tion to punish the authors of the Putu mayo rubber field atrocities. Lieuten ant Velez de Villa was arrested today by order of the Minister of Justice for complicity In the outrages. He recent ly arrived from Lorento. President Billinghurst is watching closely the Investigation now going on. Dance Ends in Shooting. SEATTLE. Wash... Nov. 1. Louis Chapman, porter. 29 years old. was shot twice in the body and probatdy fatally wounded by Ed Mouton. of Tacoma. in a fight in the Dumas Club at the close of a Halloween dance, at o'clock this morning. Chapman had slapped Mouton's face, witnesses say, and the Tacoma negro left the place, obtained a revolver and returned and emptied it at Chapman. Mouton escaped and Is being sought here and in Tacoma. it - v - . GENERAL GENERAL LEA DEAD Adviser of Chinese in Rebellion Victim of Paralysis. LIFE DEVOTED TO CAUSE Hank of Llrutenant-General in lie- publican Army His "Valor or Ignorance," Written as Warn ing, One or Works. SANTA MONICA. Cal., Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) General Homer Lea, famous throughout the world as the personal adviser of Sun Yat Sen during the revolution in China and as the author of "The Valor of Ignorance." died this noon at his home, 135 WaUsworth ave nue. Ocean Tark, after an illness that has been serious since his return from China last May. "The Valor of Ignor ance" was written as an Intended warning to Americans of the military possibilities of an Asiatic Invasion. He leaves a widow and two sisters. Mrs. Lea was with her husband when he died. One sister, Hers Lea, Is here. The' other; Mrs. Emliie White, resides In Alaska. General Lea Is known as widelv In ! the literary world as among military men and Government officials. His latest book. "The Saxon of Today" was published three months ago In China. General Lea held the rank of Lieutenant-General. He was almost con stantly by the side of Sun Yat Sen during the revolution. Collapse Followa Victory, : His American friends credit him with many enormous achievements for the new government of China. Only a few days after the Republic was declared General Lea collapsed under the strain and was brought home to Southern California. He gained strength and was able to ride about the beach in a wheel chair and ap peared to be progressing rapidly toward his normal condition of health. Last Sunday the improvement was marked and occasioned special com ment among friends. Last night he suffered a shock from which he did not rally. No funeral arrangements have yet been made. The body will be cremated. Blindness Also Threatened. Since returning to the I'nited States General Lea has taken keen interest n the Improvement of Los Angeles harbor at San Pedro and its proposed 40-foot channel. He came home ill from China last Spring, landing In San Francisco May 6. a nervous wreck and threatened with blindness. Since then he has been at his Ocean I'ark home. General Lea's other literary works ncluded "The Vermilion rencll." a novel, and "The Crimson Spider." a drama. He had in preparation a "His- ory of the Political Development ol China." FEARS FELTF0R BALLOON Dnsecldorfr II May Have Been Blown Toward Arctic, Is Belter. BREMEN. Germany. Nov. 1. The missing balloon. Dusseldorf II. with the two American aeronauts John Watts and Arthur T. Atherholt on board, was probably the balloon seen sailing to the north on Monday by John Berry ana A. von Hoffman, when they landed with the "Million Population" near Danzig. Verry and Von Hoffman said today: "An hour after ve had landed near LTeckermuende (at noon on Monday) we saw a balloon sailing at the height of from 9000 to 11.000 feet towards the northeast. It soon disappeared In the clouds. "We believe the oalloon was the Duesseldorf II and that the pilot had aimed to reach Norway. Since the bal loon was so high in the air and was traveling at least 40 miles an hour, the pilot could not have descended be fore dark, and we were of the opinion that he would not be able to tell where he was before next morning. "By that time he must have sailed at least 600 miles and. if the balloon kept in the direction it was taking when we observed It. it must have been carried far into Norway or Lapland, or even beyond or Into the Arctic Ocean." The Duesseldorf II has not reported for five full days since she started In the race for the Gordon Bennett, cup from Stuttgart on Sunday evening. SEERESS MUSJPAY VICTIM Jury Decides Methods Are Xot ol Effective Kind. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. I. (Special.) There may be a way of acquiring the arts of a fortune-teller, palmist and spiritualist medium, but the way does "X f S, s i a Hi. jr HOMKK LEA, not lie in the direction of plucking inree nairs irom a horses tail and burying them in the cemetery or in buying large active roosters and giv ing them to teacher, or in wearing a stone, fish about the neck and going to oea DacKwara. or in irtanting rose bushes in teacher's yard. The highly original prayer: "Et sin tan tal dis in tere nemo" is also rejected as a means of acquiring the psychlst's art. These findings are th? result of the deliberation of a jury in Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court today, when they brought in a verdict for $391 in favor of Laura Orabell K.' Brown against Mary Skoglund, formerly known as Mary B. Perry. It was charged that In May, 1910, Laura Brown began to board with Mrs. Skoglund, who ac quired a hypnotic Influence ove-r her to the extent that when Mrs. Skoglund offered to make her "lucky" for $75 in cash she accepted the proposition and paid the money. It was whilo en gaged in this quest that the defendant Is said to have scratched the plaintiff's back, repeated the highly original and powerful prayer, and enjoined her pupil to repeat It often. There was also a provision for wrapping three hairs from the head of a man around a $5 gold piece and ultimately entrusting it to teacher for mysterious rites- L ACROBAT KILLED MISS SIXX5KR, WIFE XOW ADMITS. Taunts by Baltimore Actress Said to Have Driven Husband to Mur der and Kob. CHICAGO, Nov. l.-An ordeal of more than 24 hours of questioning broke down the self-possession ot Beatrice Ryall Conway, and hysterical admissions made by the woman here today are said by the police to clear up the mystery ot the murder of So phia G. Singer, the Baltimore actress. Mrs. Conway made a statement to the police this afternoon. She said that Conway, the circus clown and acrobat, and she. a former "queen of burlesque." were penniless in Chicago, where they POLITICAL. ACTIVITIES TONIGHT ' CONXXUM2 CAMPAIGN. Although a number of minor meet ings are scheduled for Monday nlKht. . the pending- campalg-n In Multnomah County will bo concluded tonight. The Republicans have arranged a big rally at the Bungalow Theater, with the following ' speakers: Judge Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendleton; Xan J. Malarkey, John,F. Logan, Gus C. Stoser and C. N. McArthur. Charles B. Moores. chairman ot the state committee, will preside. United States Senator Chamberlain will be the principal speaker at the concluding Democratic rally at the Armory. Dr. Harry Lane and M. G. Munly, nominees for United States Senator and Representative in Con gress, respectively, also will speak. H. B. Van Duzer. chairman of the county committee, will preside as, chairman. The Bull Moosers will carry their final appeal to the voters in the streets. They will have six automo biles In the downtown business dis trict. The cause of Roosevelt and Johnson will be urged by the fol- . lowing speakers: Arthur I. Moulton, B. O. Skulason. Colonel Emmett Callahan, Earl E. Schmitt, J. II. Long and W. M. Davis. had been invited. as guests of the mur dered woman. Miss Singer taunted them with their helplessness and sug gested that Mrs. Conway make some money in an immoral way. Enraged by the proposal, Conway knocked the woman down, gagged her and robbed her. the confession continues, and the pair, not knowing that Miss Singer was dead, fled from the city with J4S, which they took from her effects, and two suits of clothes belonging to W. . R. Worthen, Miss Singer's .fiance. A witness who will be able to throw much light on the occurrences in the suit occupied by the Conways, Miss Singer and Worthen on the night of the murder is sought by the police. The missing witness is a traveling man. Ttie.man was In an adjoining room and heard the struggle, it was reported to the police, but he fled from the city to avoid being called in con nection with the case. Thousand Receive Wage Advance. LEBANON, Pa., Nov. 1. One thousand men employed in the mill departments of the American Iron & Steel Manu facturing Company are affected by a notice today of an advance in wages on the basis of $1.75 a ton for puddlers. Major O. F. Larrabee Dead. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Major Chas. F. Larrabee, former assistant commis sioner of Indian Affairs, died today at a sanitarium near here of heart trou ble and hardening of the arteries. Widow of Man Who Ixst I-He in At tempt to Save Another Will Ke , ecive Pension for Herseir ' and Her Children. PITTSBCRG, Nov. 1. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced to night a further list of awards for heroic acts. The last list was made public on April 26. The list, with medals awarded, etc., in part follows: - William B. Hutton Bronze medal and $1000 toward purchase of a home. Huttpn, a foreman, helped to save William Porter, stockman, and attempt ed to save John Rykmans. foreman, and Mike Lewecki, laborer, from suffoca tion in Los Angeles, August 19, 1911. George A. Blitch Bronze medal and $1000 toward purchase of farm. Blitch, a laborer, saved John R. Northcutt from suffocation at Palo Pinto, Tex., August 19, 1909. Thomas J. Gibbons Bronze medal and $1000 as needed. Gibbons, a pit mo torman, assisted In an attempt to save Robert M. Meek, miner, and Edwin A. Sutton, assistant superintendent, from suffocation at Cokedale, Colo., February 10, 1911. Farmhand Gets Medal. Ttlchard H. Mardiss Silver medal and $1000 as needed. Mardiss, a farm hand, attempted to save Charles A. Hill from suffocation at Naco, Ariz., Juno 17, 1908. H. Frank Fizer Silver medal and $1000 as needed. Fizer, motorman, saved Thomas Bowman and seven other men from a cavein in a tunnel, Santa Barbara, Cal., April 7, 1912. Fizer discovered that a cavein, which would cause water to back to the face of the workings, was imminent two irjiles from the entrance. In order to warn the other men he waded back in the tunnel a distance of more than 4400 feet through water from 12 to 20 Inches deep. All escaped. Edward W. Hargett, Sr. Bronze medal and $1000 as needed. Hargett, a restaurant proprietor, attempted to rescue Nora N. Higdon and Anna E. Weldelborn from a runaway at Globe, Ariz., March 6. 1908. Widow and Children Pensioned. ' Percy Walker, deceased Sliver med al to widow and pension of $50 a month, with $5 a month additional for each of two children until each reaches the age of 16. Walker, a hotel proprietor, died attempting to save Abram B. Hen rlckson, an automobile agent, from drowning, at Keen Camp, Cal., Feb ruary 29, 1912. George W. T. Snare Bronze medal. Snare attempted to save Tercy Walker from drowning at Keen Camp, Cal., February 29, 1912. The commission announced that It had given $15,000 to assist the local commltee at McCurtain, Okla., In car ing for the 48 widows and 133 children who were dependent upon the 73 miners killed In an explosion at that place last April, and $10,000 to assist tho committe at Jed, W. Va., In caring for the 39 widows and 81 children de pendent on the 82 men killed in the mine explosion there last March. CHINESE YIELD ON TAX Revenue Otlier Than Salt Tax Must Guarantee Crisp Loan. PEKIM. Nov. 1. The Chinese govern ment decided today to grant the de mand of the "six powers" bankers and some of the foreign legations which protested against the intention of China to allot a portion of the salt tax reve nue as a guarantee for t"he repayment of the Independent loan of $50,000,000, made to China by the Crisp syndicate. The Ministry of Finance has Deen in structed to utilize all the salt revenue for the Davment of the Boxer Indemnity except that portion reserved for pre vious loans. Other adequate security will be offered for the Crisp loan pend ing the payment of the Boxer in demnity. POLAR STEAMER WRECKED PhoUa. Carrying Captain SjedoTf Toward Tole, In Distress. ARCHANGEL, Russia, Nov. 1. The steamer which lias just arrived here from Norway states that the steamer Fhoka. with Captain SJedoffs Polar ex pedition has been wrecked.' The steamer nrougnt nuoeiBno. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA A highly concentrated preparation of ROOTS, BARKS and HERBS Has in thousands of cases proven especially valuable for . the relief of Catarrh, Rheumatism, Scrofula And other ailments and diseases, -Eczema, Tlndlgestlon - and Dyspepsia, Boils, Ulcers, and -Abscesses, Bilious ness and Sour Stomach, Kidney and Liver Complaints, Backache, etc., arising from General Debility and an i impure or Low State of the Blood It contains not only Sarsaparilla, but also those great ALTERATIVES, Stillingia and Blue Flag; those great ANTI-BILIOUS and LIVE remedies, Mandrake and Dandelion; those great KIDNEY remedies, Uva Ursi, Juniper Berries and Pipsissewa; those great STOMACH TONICS, Gentian Root and Wild Cherry Bark; and other very valuable curative agents harmoniously combined.. IOO DOSES ONE DOLLAR, an unanswerable argument as to economy. GET A BOTTLE OF YOUR DRUGGIST TODAY. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Prepared only by C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mais, U. S. A. Children's New Winter Dresses In a Most Important Unprecedented Sale Dresses for Girls From 6 to 14 Years of Age Selling Regularly From 5.5 O to 01O.5O Each Saturday at a RemarKable Price, $3.95 These most attractive stylish and practical dresses come to us at a price concession from one of our leading manufacturers of children's apparel. They represent the daintiest girlish styles, mod eled in materials in greatest vogue. There is a touch of distinction to all of these dresses not ordinarily seen in moderate priced garments. i They are made of fine all wool shrunk and sponged, storm and F rench i serges; all wool fancy and plain colored challie; light colored French , Henrietta and other materials. They are made in long-waisted styles with plaited and full skirts. Fancy-braid trimmings; others with embroidered, scalloped , and button trimmings. Also many trimmed with silk. Yoke effects, inset sleeves, high necks and collarless styles. The illustration is an exact reproduction of the dresses on sale. The colors are navy, brown and white serge. The other materials in light shades. Fourth floor READ Pamphlet Urges "Any and All Methods to Get Results." ETT0R ATTEMPTS SPEECH Court Kefuses Liabor Ijoader Right to Make Personal Statement in Own Belial t Defense in Murder Trial Begins. SALEM. Mass.. Nov. 1. Methods of the Industrial Workers of the World and the tenets of that body played a big part in the closing of the prosecu tion of Joseph Ettor, leader of the Lawrence textile workers last Winter, Arthur Giovannittl and Joseph Caruso, charged with responsibility in the mur der of Anna Lopizzo. Attorney At- will, for the state, read striking pas sages from the I. W. W. pamphlet. One chapter, entitled "Tactics and Meth ods," sets forth that the Industrial Workers use "any and all tactics to get the results sought in industrial disputes": that "the question of right and wrong does not concern us"; and advocates "militant, direct action to the full extent." Evidence was introduced in the form of a circular signed by Ettor and Giovannittl urging the strikers to "throw down the stairs" all persons who sought to get them to return to work. Ettor sought to make a personal statement to the court Just before opening remarks for the defense began His request was denied. The court previously declined to rule on a motion to take the case from the Jury, but granted to defendants' counsel a right to renew it when the testimony is concluded. In outlining the defense of Ettor and Giovannittl, Attorney Peters said he would prove that throughout the strike the defendants counselled against vio lence and on several occasions pre vented violence. He said testimony would be givnn to show that the mill owners incited trouble to discredit the strikers and that private detectives hired by the mill owners were arrest ed for committing depredations and I afterward were released when the po nce ieai ucu Liicii Both Ettor and Giovannittl. he, an nounced, would take the stand and brand as falsehoods the testimony giv en against them by private detectives. Caruso will attempt to prove an alibi. HOQUIAM PROJECT PUSHED Dredging Work Starts With Big Jobs Under Way. HOQUIAM, Wash.. Nov. 1. (Special.) Work has been begun on the first important fill project in this cltv and the pump dredge of the Tacoma Dredg ing Company will be engaged for the next two months in removing about 120,000 yards of silt from the Hoquiam River channel and utilizing it for the nil. The dredging and fill are being done In connection with the Govern ment's provision for Improving the channel of the Hoquiam River. The dredge Is engaged first in making a fill for Dr. W. E. Ferrebee and associates on a tract of unim proved property opposite the plant of the Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Com pany. As soon as this is completed the dredge will start work on the main project, a three and a half foot job on a ten-acre tract, occupied by small industries and residences on the east side of the river opposite the main business section of he city. Completion of the undertaking will mean a big improvement to the district In addition to deepening and other wise Improving the river channel for shipping. MEYERS FACES ACCUSERS Government Agent on Stand in Puget Sound Xavy-Yard Frauds. SEATTLE. Nov. 1. William Bryan, an agent of the Department of Justice, who investigated the alleged Navy Yard pay frauds, was the chief witness today In the trial of Edwin Meyers, charged with defrauding the Govern ment In connection with bids on sup plies for the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Bryan testified that one evening, after following H. H. Wheeler, another defendant, who has since pleaded guilty, he saw Wheeler meet Meyers when the latter came from Bremerton. Bryan followed the men a few blocks and saw them stop, while something he believed was money passed from Wheeler to Meyers. Bryan said that when he accused Meyers of having taken a ten-dollar gold piece from Wheeler the defendant denied the charge. Bryan's cross-examination had not been concluded when court aa journed. Before Bryan testified, H. P. Tich nar, head storeman when Meyers was employed at the Navy Yard, testified that he found a number of stray requi sitions for which ho had been unable to account. Suicide Follows Quarrel. John E. Underwood committed sui cide yesterday by swallowing carbolic acid in the corridor of a rooming-house at-291',4 East Morrison street. Ills wife, with whom he had quarreled, stood by as he drank the poison, not realizing what he was attempting. Un derwood lived near Gresham. He and his wife had come to Portland to at tend a theatrical performance, but had a disagreement. ri I 7-L T J Children's Day At Lennon's WE take a personal Interest in pleasing the little folks. No store offers & larger assortment in Children's Gloves. Hosiery and Umbrellas, at mod erate prices. Saturday is children's tday at Lennon's. A PllKSKW roil KVF.RY CHII.IJ WHICH COMliS TO THE STOK13 TODAY. And these savings besides: Children's $1.2." Morha and Cape (,Uvrn All sizes. Sat- Q2r urday, pair 70w Children' Evemenr Hose Me dium and fine ribbed. Every pair is guaranteed. Sat- QCn urday, pair fcJV Children's Wearproof School Hone Four pairs, guaranteed three months, 91. Sat- urday, pair MClC Children' School L'fnbrellaw ' With strong frames, waterproof covers. Special value. C5fc Saturday at UUL Si morbisox st., orr. r. o. C. F. Berg, Manager. a Monster Repabl'can Rally HON. STKPHE.V A. LOWELL, of Pendleton, Will DIscuhs the National Issues and the "Oregon System," Why It Should Be Upheld. HON. CI S C. 1HOSEB Will Tell the Voters What Laws the Candidates for the State Senate Will Advocate and Endeavor to Enact at the Next Ses sion of the. Legislature. ' HON. V. !. M'ARTHVR Will Speak) for the State Representa tives, and HON. JOHN F. LOGAN Will Represent the County Candi dates and Discuss Their Fitness for the Positions for 'Which They Were Nominated. AT THE ' Bl'XGALOW THEATER. Twelfth and Morrison Streets, SATURDAY EVENING. November 2d, at Elaht o'clock. FRANK D. HENNESSEY WILL SINQ And Other Good Entertainment Will Be Provided. All Loyal Republicans Are Urged to Gather at REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS, Suite 207 Imperial Hotel, Saturday Evening at 7:30 o'clock. To Participate in Parade Preceding the Meeting. EVERYBODY CORDIALLY INVITED . (Paid Advertisement.) Tfiso CLEANS n.'tvCi : SCOURS : SAPQUri POLISHES Ill 1 i II ! MOJ II III
