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IDAHO GOVERNOR TO
TREND OF LIVING'S
INFANTRY ARMOR
HALF BILLION
OF
BANKCLEARINGSOF
WEEK $15,875,000
PORTLAND BREAKS MARS AND
LEADS ALL NORTHWEST.
EXTRA SESSION IS
BE SOLON HIMSELF
IS BULLET PROOF
i i
FLOWER SHOW
UD
1
OIL LAND
HAWLEY WILIi RESIGX SO THAT
GERMAN INVENTS LIGHT METAL
' HE CAN BE APPOINTED.
SHIELD FOB SOLDIERS.
OF BEAUTY, IMS
Big, Bare Armory Made
Into Lovely Bower.
GOST IS DOWNWARD
INVOLVED
WILSON'S DECISION
Not Later Than April
1 5 Is Date Set.
TARIFF WILL BE TAKEN UP
President-elect Savs It Is
Well to End Uncertainty.
J
PRESSURE FOUND STRONG
Vacation In Bermuda to Bo Devoted
Jn Part to Quiet Thought, and
Officials Will Be Asked to
Respect Incognito.
NEW TOIIK, Nov. 15. Governor W1I
on announced tonight that immediately
after his inauguration as President of
the United States' he would call an
extraordinary session of CongTess to
convene not later than April 15 for the
purpose of revising the tariff.
The President-elect will sail for
Bermuda at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon for a vacation and will return
December IS. To set at rest specula
tion as to what be would do with re
gard to tariff revision, he Issued the
following statement:
"I shall . call Congress together in
extraordinary session not later than
April 13. I shall do thia not only be
cause I think that the pledges of the
party ought to be redeemed as promptly
as possible, but also because I know
it to be in the interest of business that
all uncertainty as to what the partic
ular Items of tariff revision are to be
should be removed as soon as possible."
Brief Announcement la All.
Beyond this brief announcement the
Governor said he had nothing further
to say.
The Governor had not intended to ex
press himself about an extra session
so soon after his election. Although
he favored the idea of an extra ses
sion, he had promised to spend more
timo in ascertaining public opinion.
With the time to be consumed in dis
cussion, the Governor felt that if an
extra session were not called, the bene
fits of the tariff revision virtually
would be postponed two years.
Immediately upon his election the
Governor made up his mind to wait
until after ha returned from his va
cation before making known his at
titude, but upon finding, as he said,
that opinion in favor of a special ses
sion was nearly unanimous, he felt no
hesitancy about making public his con
clusion. Vacation to Be Marked by Study.
Though the President-elect means to
rest a while In Bermuda, he really ex
pects to give a good deal of time 'to
quiet thought about the problems that
face him. He will sketch Jiis' annual
message to the New Jersey Legisla
ture and will do some extensive read
ing on the tariff, monopolies, banking
and currency reforms and other Issues.
The Governor came to New York to
night to attend the dinner given in his
honor by- his classmates, Princeton '79.
He expects to have no political confer
ences while in the metropolis, and
seemed confident that he would not be
disturbed by political callera while
resting in Bermuda.
The President-elect will sail on the
steamship Bermudlan, one of the reg
ular boats plying between New York
and Hamilton, Bermuda, and will ar
rive Monday. He has leased a cottage
on a remote part of the island.
Immediately upnn arriving he will
call upon the Governor of the .Island
and request him to consider his pres
ence in Bermuda entirely informal and
unofficial.
"I'm going to try to be 'incog " said
Governor Wilson tonight, "so that I
may have no functions of any kind
while there."
PARTV LEADERS APPROVE
Long Preliminary Investigation Re
garded as Unlikely.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. General ap
proval was voiced In Democratic cir
cles tonight over President-elect Wil
son's decision to call an extra session
of Congress to revise the tariff. The
announcement was in line with almost
universal recommendation of Senate
and House leaders and It met instant
response tonight from Speaker Clark,
Senator Williams, William J. Bryan and
Senator Dixon, Colonel Roosevelt's cam
paign manager.
The news tonight from New York
cleared the Congressional air of un
certainty and paved the way for active
work on the part of the Democratic
managers during the coming weeks In
preparation for the tariff session.
In all Democratic quarters the ses
sion was strongly approved. The ways
and means committee of the House
probably will begin work early in Jan
uary on the new tariff bills.
Democratic Leader Underwood, chair
man of the ways and means committee,
is expected In Washington next week.
Members of this committee agree with
President-elect Wilson that repeated
investigations of tariff schedules have
made unnecessary a long Investigation
preliminary to making new measures
for the extra session.
The ways and means committee
probably will begin on the wool, cot
ton or metal schedules. If the plan of
revising- the tariff schedule by schedule
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Tests Show Plate 1-4-Inch Thick Is
Only Dented by Volley Fired
From Close Range.
BERLIN, Nov. IS. A- light metal
unfold ald to be caiable of rendering
infantry practically impenetrable
against bullets is saia to nave oeen i
vented by a German engineer named
Schaumann.
Volleys fired at a distance of 85
yards during experiments of the Dahlen
rifle range only slightly dented one of
tii. tiawIv invented nlatea. eaulvalent in
weight to a plate of nickel ateel of six
millimeters thickness (Just under a
quarter of an inch).
On the other hand bullets fired by
the. same men from a similar distance
at a plate of nickel steel seven milli
meters thick (more than a quarter of
an inch) smoothly penetrated the metal.
The composition plate, according to
niA Post. Is much less costlv than nick
el steel, while its weight la less than
one-third.
The Prussian War Minister Is taking
a lively interest in the matter, but it is
said the United States. Russia and Aus
tria were represented at the experi
ments and are maKlng active enoris 10
obtain the Invention.
GOULD TO LIVE ABROAD
Desire Behind Offer to Sell Inter
national Railway Holdings.
NEW YORK. ov. 15. Desire to make
his permanent home in Europe Is said
to be behind Frank J. Gould't negotia
tions with the Missouri Pacifio for sale
to that railway of his entire holdings
In International & Great orthern pre
ferred and common stock and it is
probable that the deal will be carried
out within six weeks.
President Bush, of the Missouri Pa
cific Railway, recommended to the
board of directors that It obtain an
option on these holdings as well as
those of the Gould estate. Missouri
Pacific is no longer absolutely con
trolled by the Goulds. They retain a
large amount of their holdings, but the
property is managed in the interest of
Speyer & Co. and John D. Rockefeller,
as well as the Gould family. Blair &
Co. also has a large interest.
All these have assented to Mr. Bush's
proposition, with the reservation that
the road's physical and financial con
dition shall prove to be what has been
claimed for It by the Goulds..
HOMER LEA ESTATE'.$4000
Mysterious General With Great In
come From China Dies Poor.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15. (Special.)
General Homer Lea, the mysterious lit
tle hunchback who wielded great power
In China, left an estate of only 14000,
according to his will, which was filed
today. Chief among the assets is
$1776 in bank. -Archie Way and William
M. Bowen are named as executors.
Three sevenths of the estate is left to
the widow and the remainder to Lea's
two sisters.
The small extent of Lea's property
is a great surprise, for be was gen
erally considered wealthy. Ha rode in
the finest automobile in the city, hao.
an expert chauffeur, and Was credited
with an enormous income, supposedly
from Chinese sources. He spent money
lavishly and it was nothing unusual
for him to take friends out for an
evening and give them a $100 dinner.
MOOSE PLANNING BANQUET
Beveridge and Xortoni to Be Speak
ers tU Kajisas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Nov. 15. Ex
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, and
Judge Albert D. Nortonl, of St. Louis,
who was the Roosevelt Progressive can
didate for Governor of Missouri, will
be the principal speakers at a banquet
to be given here November 26 by the
Jackson County Progressive Club, ac
cording to announcement made today.
Covers for 2000 persons will be laid,
the announcement says, and members
of the Roosevelt Progressive party
from all parts of Missouri and Kansas
will attend.
Other speakers on the programme
are: Governor Stubbs, of Kansas; Ar
thur Sager, of Bt. Louis; William Allen
White, of Emporia, and Henry Allen,
of Wichita.
CANAL CALLS FOR LUMBER
Bids for 3,000,000- Feet of Douglas
Fir to Be Opened Soon.
E. C. Glltner, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce received yesterday
from the Isthmian Canal Commission
calls for bids for the supply at the
Isthmus of about 3.000.000 feet of
Douglas flr lumber. The bids are to be
opened December 5.
Mr. Glltner will lay the matter before
the lumbermen of the Chamber and an
effort will be made to have all or part
of the required lumber sent from this
port.
"There is no reason why all of the
business covered In this call for bids
should not fall to the lumber manu
facturers of Portland." says Mr.
Glltner.
STRIKERS ATTACK TRAINS
Miners Refuse to Allow Cars With
Strikebreakers to Proceed.
CHARLESTON, "w. Va., Nov. 15.
Striking miners today attacked a pas
senger train on the Cabin Creek
branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
road. The miners stopped the train
and refused to allow it to proceed be
cause two carloads of alleged strike
breakers were attacked.
Governor Glasscock has ordered a
company of state militia from this city
to the rescue.
Legal Contest Opens
in Washington
OUTCOME TURNS ON CLAUSE
Oil Is Mineral, Is Contention of
Railway's Foes.
OTHER ROADS AFFECTED
Brief Filed With Supreme Court De
clares Southern Pacific Had
Spouting Wells on Land It
Called Agricultural.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. Title to
Western oil lands valued at the stupen
dous figure of $500,000,000 is said to
depend upon the outcome of the legal
controversy which opened in earnest
today before the Supreme Court of the
United1 States. Edmund Burke filed be
fore the court his printed' argument in
favor of a claim to a portion of the
land In controversy, scathingly ar
raigning the Southern Pacific Railway
Company, also fighting for the prop
erty. The case will be argued orally
January 6.
Railroad Laya Claim to Land.
The land in controversy in this par
ticular case is in the oil fields of South
ern California. . The Southern Pacific
claims it under the land-grant act and
Interior Department patents which
contained the provision "excluding and
excepting all mineral lands, should any
such be found in the tract."
The validity and effect of this ex
ception Is receiving unusual attention
because of its having been included In
the land grants to other railroads for
decade after decade. Mr. Burke con
tends that all oil land is mineral land.
OU Worth More Than Railroad.
According to the brief filed today,
the interpretation of the exception
wnuld determine the Southern Pacific's
claim-to-oil land worth ' mor.et hail $he
entire railroad itself.
The brief charges the railroad with
attempting to control the mineral de
velopment : of ' California through
dummy corporations, and suggests that
if it would stop this ft would have
more time to dvote to the carrying of
passengers and freight, "just as it has
greatly enhanced its value since the
few years it was relieved of the polit
ical control of California."
The railroad. It is contended, would
have the courts hold land to be more
valuable for agricultural -purposes than
for mining when the land had hundreds
of oil wells spouting forth their riches.
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1 "SIR THOMAS, YOU'RE A GOOD SPOUT."
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Xcw Record for Day Is Set Wednes
day, When Total Approximately .
Is $3,500,000.
All records were broken ih Portland
financial statistics this week, when
bank clearings between noon Thursday
of last week and noon last Thursday
reached the Immense total of JH5.S75,
000. Compared with the totals for the
corresponding week of last year the
clearances made a gain of $2,384,000, or
17.6 per cent.
During the week there also was
reached a new mark in dally totals
when on Wednesday clearances amount
ed approximately to $3,500,000. .
As against the total clearings at S
attle, Portland easily establishes ltdelf
as the financial center of the Pacific
Northwest. The total clearings at
Seattle for the week were J14.363.000,
with a gain of 9.9 per cent. Portland's
totals exceeded those of Seattle by
Sl,512,000.
Clearances at Tacoma were $4,399,000
and at Spokane J4.290.000. In other
Pacific Coast cities substantial gains
were made.
The total clearings in the United
States were $3,855,490,000. In the same
week last year the totals reached $3,
534,408.000. The gain therefore for the
week just closed was $321,082,000.
BROWN ELL IS ON STAFF
Wcll-Knovrn Hotel Man to Be As
sistant Manager of New Oregon.
When the new Oregon Hotel opens
its doors to the traveling public during
the coming January, J. M. Brownell
will be Its assistant manager accord
ing, to the announcement made by
Messrs. Wright & Dickinson, its pro
prietors. Mr. Brownell, who is one of the best
known hotelmen on the Pacific Coast
with 25 years' experience, was the
first head clerk of the Imperial Hotel
at Portland, later he was employed in
a similar capacity with the old Occi
dental of San Francisco and later ' for
more than ten years In charge of the
desk at the Palace Hotel, leaving that
position to become assistant manager
of the Multnomah Hotel. Mr. Brownell
Is at present in California, but will re
turn to Portland within a few weeks
to assume his duties with the Oregon.
CAR GOES THROUGH BRIDGE
Corvaills & Eastern Wreck Halts
Pasenger Traffic.
TOLEDO, Or.. Nov." lo. (Special. 5
A wreck occurred lata today on. the
Corvaills & Eastern about one mile
west of Chltwood, the smoking car go
ing through the bridge and into the
river. The passenger coach on the. east
side of the bridge turned over.
The. passengers all are safe, and no
one was injured seriously. The engine
and baggage car brought the passen
gers through, arriving about two hours
late. Fifty Toledo people expected to
attend the football game at Corvallis
Saturday, but the plan was called off
late tonight on account of passenger
traffic being crippled.
LIKE WONDERLAND IS PUCE
In Maze of Blossoms and Folh
age Hundreds Enchanted.
OREGON'S WONDERS SHOWN
Orchids, Chrysanthemums, Carna
tions and Roses in Many Hues
Displayed Annual Exhibit
Assured - Baker Speaks.
The Flower Show, in all its loveli
ness, is now a Portland Institution,
promising to return at least once each
year, and perhaps oftener. Its success
was assured by the attendance and in
terest shown yesterday, when even be
fore the exhibition had been opened
formally hundreds thronged the en
chanted aisles of the wonderland which
was only 'a big, bare, brick-walled
armory a few days before. During the
afternoon a continual stream of people
passed through the broad entrance, to
wander, delighted, through the maze
of beauty.
The show was ppened at 2 o'clock by
George L. Baker, speaking for Mayor
Rushlight. He affirmed his increased
pride In a city which could furnish
such a display.
"This means a beginning in Oregon,
land of beautiful flowers, for flowers
still more beautiful," he said. "Familiar
as many of us have been with our
flowers, we find here that we knew
very little about their variety or their
beauty. We see that delicate orchids
may be made to grow here with all the
thrift and beauty that they have in
their native Jungles, and more than
ever we are brought to realize that
each Oregon home may be made beau
tiful by the planting of shrubs and
flowers. I do not believe that we even
need to yield to CaUfonrtl as a flower
state, after what X have seen here this
afternoon."
Greater Culture I Hope.
The speaker declared that before
many years he expected the people of
Portland to build an auditorium for
the. culture and display of the beautiful
flowers that grow here, or that may be
grown here with much less effort than
in other climates.
Governor West, who was to have
been one of the speakers, was unable
to te present, and his place on the pro
gramme was taken by Adjutant-Gen
eral Flnzer, who expressed himself as
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Lieutenant Announces He Will Make
Democratic Executive Senator to
Succeed Late Mr. Heyburn.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 15. (Special.)
Lieutenant-Governor Lewis H. Sweetser,
of Albion, announced here tonight that
In the event Governor James H.
Hawley resigns as Governor, he will
appoint him United States Senator to
fill the recess vacancy caused by the
death of the late Senator Heyburn
Negotiations are under way here to
night and will be completed tomorrow
by which Governor Hawley will retire
as Chief Executive of the state and be
given the toga. The following state
ment was authorized by Lieutenant-
Governor Sweetser:
"Should Governor James H. Hawley
resign as Governor of the State of
Idaho and by virtue of that act I be
come Governor of this state, I will most
certainly appoint Governor Hawley,
United States Senator from. Idaho, to
succeed the late Weldon B. Heyburn
for the recess vacancy.
"I believe that It would be for the
best interests of the State of Idaho
for Governor Hawley to fill the vacancy.
A Democrat will be appointed and In
my opinion the Governor is the Demo
crat who should be.
"I am here for the purpose of taking
up this very Important matter with the
Governor and have no doubt now but
that his resignation will follow, where
upon I will appoint him United States
Senator. Idaho will be benefited by
having a prominent Democrat familiar
with conditions in this state, in the
United States Senate, if only for a
short time.".
HONEYED HOMINY CURES
Joaquin Miller Renews Life on Diet
Prepared by Daughter.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. (Spe
cial.) On a diet of honeyed hominy.
Joaquin Miller is fast securing a sec
ond lease of life. Friends of the poet
have learned that he has so far re
covered from his recent Illness as to
be able to leave his bed and resume
his strolls along the wooded slopes
of his beloved home in the hills across
the' bay.
To the daily dish of honeyed hominy
prepared by his daughter. Juanlta, tne
Joet ascribes his "rejuvenation." The
humble fare constitutes the main por
tion of the family menu and is offered
to the wayfarer who makes the pilgrim
age to Miller's Home. -
The poet received today an express
package fro mthe students of the Okla
homa College for girls, who recently
celebrated a "Joaquin Miller day." They
received a letter of appreciation from
the .poet, and in return dispatched a
home-made fruitcake and other evi
dences of the culinary art as taught at
their college.
TAFT FAVORS FREE TOLLS
Expert's Advice on Subject Xot Ac
cepted by President.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. President
Taft told official visitors today he did
not expect to recommend to Congress
the repeal of the free toll provision
made in the Panama Canal bill list
Summer .for, American coastwise ves
sels. A second portion of the report of
Professor Emery R. Johnson, the expert
upon whose investigation the President
based his recent proclamation of toIHs
became public today and contains
strong recommendations against free
tolls for American ships.
Professor Johnson's report did not
discuss the diplomatic aspect of the
canal toll measure and was prepared
before Great Britain entered its protest
against the exemption of coastwise
vessels.
SLAYER MUST AID WIDOW
Court Orders Payment in Lieu of
Serving Year In Jail.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Joseph Bush,
who killed James McNamara in a fight
in Brooklyn, September 29, was sen
tenced today In Supreme Court to pay
the widow I'd a week for one year In
lieu of spending a year in Jail. Bush
thankfully agreed to the carrying out
of the decree, but Mrs. McNamara de
clared she would not take a cent from
her husband's slayer. Bush was then
told to place the money In a savings
bank to the widow's credit.
A Jury found Bush guilty of assault
in the third degree a few daysjigo.
HEALTH GUARANTEE URGED
Women's Clubs Indorse Requirement
of Certificates Vpon Marriage.
ATTPfiWA Ills.. Nov. IK. "Good health
marriage certificates," were Indorsed
hv thn Illinois Federation of Women's
Clubs Just before the adjournment of
Its annual convention nere today.
Amid a storm of applause, a resoiu-
Mnn waa fldnntpH riemanrilner fi. Rtate
law rrTh lil diner thn crantinsr of mar
riage licenses unless applicants could
produce guarantees 01 their good
health.
BLIND BANKER CONFESSES
Parisian Financier Says He Mis
appropriated $,000,000.
PARISr' "Nov. 15. Augustine Max,
known throughout France as "the blind
banker of Paris," has created a mild
sensation in financial circles here by
surrendering himself to the police and
confessing that he misappropriated li,-
000.000 of his clients money.
Mux Declared he had invested the de
positors' funds In copper and nlckol
mines in' New Caledonia. The enter
prises were complete failures.
1912 Thanksgiving
Dinners to Cost Less.
NEARLY ALL EATABLES DROP
Noticeable Decline in Prices
Welcomed by Buyers.
FOWL FALL 2 CENTS. POUND
1
la Some Commodities Purchases Can
Be Made at Prices Far Lower
Than nave Prevailed for
rive Tears Past.
The living cost, which has been grad
ually declining since early Summer, will
become more apparent when Portland
buyers lay in their supplies for Thanks
giving dinner.
There have been reductions all along
the line. In some commodities, pur
chases can be made at prices lower than
have prevailed for five years past. This
is the consequence of the big crops
that have been raised in this part of
the country.
A glance at the wholesale prices now
ruling In the Portland market on whiuh
all retail prices are, or should be. based,
will . show the general declines that
have taken place in such articles as It
is customary to place on the Thanks
giving table. The following are the
Jobbing quotations on these holiday sta
ples, now and one year ago:
Table Shows Difference.
191S.
1911.
.57
.14
. 1 1!
!i? .
.75
.011;
1.50
.;. 4
1.73
1.1:.
.so
1.00
1.00
I. Ml
oiu
S.00
.o
12.00
Turkeys, pound $
Chickens, pound
Geese, pound
Ducks, pound
Celery, doxen
Pumpkins, pound .
Potatoes, sack
.13
.12
.IB
.BO
.01 4
.60
.01
1.00
1.10
,5
.75
.75
Sweet potatoes, pound
Apples, box
Grapes, box
Lettuce, dosen
Turnips, sack
Carrots, sack
.90
uniuns, BMI.IV ............. .--
Cabbage, pound
n ... v.. 4.00
Tmonfl. box ...... S-0U
Cranberries 11.S0
Retail Buyers) Fare Better.
Retailers' prices do not follow closely
the fluctuations of the wholesale mar
ket, as they should, to give consumers
the benefit of the present low values,
but in this respect the buyers fare
better than they did a few years ago.
For this they can thank the many
small store-keepers who have recently
opened vegetable, fruit and poultry
stands in the market district bounded
by Alder. Washington, Third and First
streets. These market men. for the
most part, are selling their wares on a
small margin of profit. They have ma
terially brought down prices In the
other retail districts, but only those
who trade there regularly know to
what extent.
Turkeys, without doubt, will be much
cheaper In all the Coast markets this
year than last. Tho Oregon crop is
known to be a large one. and whllo the
demand will be larger than ever be
fore, it is fairly certain there will be
enough turkeys to go around and to
spare. Southern Oregon has produced
as many more birds than last season,
while the turkey ranges of Idaho have
had a large Increase.
Idaho, in the last few years, has
r-nmo tn ihft front as a great turkey.
growing state, and now supplies moKt
of the markets of the orwwesi.- uui
for- the Idaho turkeys, the prices here
would ha considerably higher than they
are, as a good part of the Southern
Oregon crop always goes to tne lsii-
foriila. markets.
Eastern FowU to Stay Oat.
None of the Portland dealers or poul
try speculators this year will bring in
anv Eastern turkeys, as their experi
ence in this line last year was not sat
isfactory. Furthermore, mere is no
nwi thin RpAHnn for lmDorted stock.
It Is understood several cars are being
rought to the Sound from the Last,
nd the Northern markets will, as
usual, buy what they need In Oregon,
but their wants will be supplied with
out lifting the market.
A n-nrw! mnnv ttirkeVS. A.liVA And
dressed, are already coming on Front
street. These are being used In large
n.rt to fill orders from Alaska. The
grade of the early shipments gives
promise of a uniformly good quality
r-the main crop.
Other ' kinds of poultry are also
abundant. This is particularly true
of
chickens, which were never before
nlentiful In Cr-sron. Chicken rals-
so
lng
ic seems to have become a craze In
many parts of the state. The Portland
mnrV.i apvirti tlmpit thin Meason has
been swamped with supplies, and the
country is sun 1UU VI UU1i:AV1IB. I
flocks of ducks and geese are also
large.
Apple Crop la Bumper.
Every one knows the apple situa
tion. The crop Is a big one and tho
nrica Is low. In the stores, anoles of
very fair quality are to be obtained
)1 a box. or even less. In tne Joo
isr district, hirh-crade apples of the
Spltzenberg and Jonathan class have
sold in the past few days at 1.50 and
tl.
25.
Potatoes are another cheap com
odlty. The crop in Oregon was the
lorcrast nvcr crrown here, and with
practically no shipping outlet, the
ces are. In the language ot tne
trade, "In buyer's favor."
Nenrlv all other vegetables and fruit
prices are lower than they were a year
ago.
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