The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 07, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPages 1 to 12 SMALL GIRL PUTS THUG TO FLIGHT INDIANS BUTTLE PREACHERS NAB HOLDS COOKDID NOT REACH POLE ADMIRAL CHESTER PUBLICLY DECLARES OPIN'IOX. MAN AFTER CHASE TIE LANDS IH JUL WITH 50 POLICE BLOW AT CANNON STRANGER YELLS "THIEF" AXD MINISTERS PURSUE. IiASS rSES VOICE AXD NAILS IN i FIGHTING VILLAIN. ni,Tt a vn nprnnv STTvn i v irnRTft. NOVEMBER 7. 1909. . PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXVI11. AO. vxt.x--, " " " 'CUMMINS STRIKES WOMAN WITH RED HARR1MAN POLICY ON CENTRAL UNES Vast Improvements He Planned Adopted. DEATH MAKES NO DIFFERENCE Brown Will Spend $85,000,000 in Carrying Them Out. WILL BE EQUAL TO BEST Pennsylvania System Taken as a Model by Great Rival Ballast Will Be Rock Xew Rails, Cars and Engines. CHICAGO, Nov. . (Special.) The death of Edward H. Harriman is to have no effect upon the extensive im provement plans which he inaugurated Tor the New York Central lines, and the task of rebuilding a large portion of the lines is to be carried to com pletion with vigor. In the accom plishment of this task there is to be expended, during the coming year, a total of $85,000,000, which will go far ioward making the New York Central lines capable of handling as large ton nage as the Pennsylvania, and handle t as expeditiously. When William Newman was taken from the presidency of the New York Central lines and W. C. Brown put at '.heir head, through the suggestion of the late Edward H. Harriman. it was with the understanding that the new president would be given a free hand by the board in bringing the lines up to the standard of practical perfection , that pertains on the Union Pacific. Harriman is said to have stated that to do this would take at least $100,000, 900. and the directors were Inclined to balk at first. Arguments of increased tonnage moved at less cost were used and finally prevailed. Directors Balk, Harriman Wins. Mr. Brown was eager to undertake the task, provided he was assured a sufficient amount of money. His plans were prepared, and they called for an expenditure of JS5, 000,000 the first year. Again the board .was Inclined to balk, but Harriman won it over In his usual mRSterful fashion and the ex penditure was authorized. It was feared by some that the death of Harriman would cause a change in the plans, and this apprehension gained ground when W. K. Vandcrbllt and William Newman, together with W. C. Brown, recently made a long trip of Inspection over the New York Central lines. Will Equal Pennsylvania Lines. The sum which it is purposed to ex pend during 1910 In betterments and extensions is the greatest, with one possible exception, that a railroad sys tem ever spent In one year for the same purpose. The men who controP tiie system, however, are apparently Imbued with the Harriman Idea that. If the New York Central lines are to re main a serious rival of the great Penn sylvania system, this enormous sum must be expended. The Pennsylvania tiow speiis physical perfection of maintenance and perfection of opera tion. Its ability to handle enormous tonnage expeditiously is the wonder and envy of every railroad. Edward H. Harriman declared that there waa no reason why the New York Central lines should not be as good a system. Rock Ballast, Additional Tracks. Of the great sum to be expended, fully 115.000.000 is to be poured into , the Lake Shore, which for years had the reputation of being the best rail road physically In the Vnited States. Its ballast, however, was sand and gravel, which has the twin faults of dust and Instability, and there Is to be a change to rock ballast. Fully 175 miles of new third and fourth tracks are to be bulit, 35.000 tons of new heavy steel rails are to be laid and f Conclude on Par j. . .Jf ' , Now, Thru, a Site. " i I Mr ArtatfM. Wasn't It Great! Floel t X AMdr.Wm. Ckoklas Him Oft Broke.. , " ATM no-. - ....... . T T . . T T - - ' -t t - T a . ..... r - ..... - J ........ ' - ? ' -jrFTI lQ5.oj?r-) ' ' Member of Geographic Society Com mittee Points Out Flaws In Story. WASHINGTON. Nov. . That Dr. Fred erick A. Cook could not have reached the North Pole and that Commander Peary did attain the goal were statements made tonight by Rear-Admlral C. M. Chester, retired. The officer was a memoer or the committee of the National Geographic Society that passed upon the Peary data and announced their conviction or its genuineness. The lecture delivered to scientists in the hall of the University Club created a pro found Impression, for It was practically the first utterance of an official of the OeairaDhic Society, although given unof ficially, which has openly cast discredit upon Dr. Cook. Admiral Chester contended that Dr. Cook erred In saying that at a certain point in his travels north he witnessed a remarkable sunset. If he had been at that point, the speaker continued, ne would have found the sun high in the heavens. t. The testimony of the Eskimos who ac companied Dr. Cook also was reviewed. This testimony, the Admiral insisted, showed conclusively that the party wit nessed the sunset at 87 degrees north, a considerable distance from the Pole. He also declared that Dr. Cook s party would have been compelled to travel 40 miles a day to accomplish me trip. speed that was impossible even under the most favorable circumstances. While tonight's lecture was intended only for scientists. Admiral Chester an nounced that he had In course of prep aration a statement to the public, which, he said, would establish the truth of the matter. Admiral Chester is a member of the committee appointed by the Geographic Society to investigate the question who reached the North Pole first. WIFE RAIDS HEN ROOSTS Spectacular Revelry Too Much for Spouse, Who Seeks Divorce. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 6. (Special.) When his wife and her woman companion kept the neighbors awake by nightly revelry in the backyard, S. S. Dyer had only a mild kick to make, but when she donned his trousers to go on. chicken and" apple expeditions he thought it carrying matters a little too far. and waged stren uous objection In the form of a petition for divorce, which he filed in the Supe rior Court today. , Dyer alleges that Esther Brown Is re sponsible for most of his domestic dis cord, claiming that the young woman In duced his wife to journey to his neigh bor's chicken houses and orchards and gives her credit for suggesting the scheme of disguising themselves in his wearing apparel. He thinks he is the only one in the household entitled -e wear trousers. DIVORCE COSTS $10,000,000 Mrs. Astor Asks No Alimony, but the Colonel Settles. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Counsel in the suit for divorce which Mrs. John Jacob Astor Is reported to have brought against her husband Indicated today that, other than the dcree of the court, details of the testimony would never be made known. Friends of Mrs. Astor say no applica tion for alimony will be made and that Colonel Astor made a settlement of J10, OOO.OA) on his wife. It is understood Mrs. Astor, after she receives the decree will take up her residence abroad. GIRL KILLS OLD FRIEND i Sings His Favorite Song and Fires Fatal Shot in Jest. PORTSMOUTH. O.. Nov. . Five min utes after she had finished playing and singing his favorite song. Miss Hertba Wolf shot and fatally wounded Thoma." Fetty in her father's home in New ISos ton. last night. The young people had known each other from childhood. After finishing the song the girl playfully pointej h'?r father's shotgun at Fetty and pulled the trigger. Fetty bled to death be fore medical aid arrived. Fetty made an ante-mort?m state ment exonerating Miss Wolf, who is prostrated. CURRENT EVENTS Will Remain Insurgent, Not Leave Party. TARIFF QUESTION STILL OPEN Compares Leaders to Three Tailors of History. HAS NO MERCY FOR BRYAN Insurgent Leader Warns . Cannon Whole Middle West Is Insurgent and Vows to Reduce Power of the Triumvirate. CHICAGO, Nov. 6. Defying the trium virate, composed of Senator Aldrich, Speaker Cannon and Representative Payne, to read the insurgents out of the Republican party. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, in an address before the Mar quette Club tonight, made a vigorous retort to Mr. Cannon's recent attack on him and defined the position of the In surgents on the tariff. f v He particularly heaped ridicule and sarcasm on the triumvirate, which he compared to the "three tailors of Dooley street," for their efforts to define what is and what is not a Republican. He said that, if they succeeded In driving out all who agreed with the insurgents, they would drive out the majority of Repub licans from the Ohio-to the Rocky Moun tains. He declared the purpose of the insurgents to promote the nomination of progressives and to . reduce the influ ence of the leaders "to that point at which they will feel it necessary to con sult xat her than command." Referring to Mr. Cannon's statement that he practically proposed to Join hands with V. J. Bryan, Mr. Cummins branded the assertion as false, declaring it to be "simply an appeal to blind passion and a senseless prejudice." He declared the Democratic party incapable of governing the country and referred to Mr. Bryan's many defeats. He said there was no intention to ac cept as final the revision of the tariff against which the "insurgents" voted. He added, however, that criticism of the tariff bill was no invitation to any Republican to forsake his party candi date. "Our struggle," he declared with em phasis, "will not be to exclude anybody from the Republican party, but upon the principle involved, we ask no quarter and shall give none." Heaps Sarcasm on Cannon. Saying he spoke in the hope that a better understanding may follow a fair and candid discussion of the differ ences of opinion In the Republican party, Mr. Cummins saidi A month ago a distinguished son of Illi nois came to Iowa obviously angry and therefore in one of his hysterical moods. He made a speech ostensibly in defense of the rules of the House of Representatives, but which was. In fact, an assault upon those who had opposed the Republican ma jority In Congress upon the tariff measure. Not content with burning us at the stake. he scattered our ashes to the four winds In order to mak-a sure that we would be lost to the Republican party forever and ever. He exalted me to a pre-eminence among the Insurgents which I do not deserve, but which I would be proud to occupy, and de clared, with a vehemence which you who know him will appreciate, that I had be come an ally of a certain eloquent gentle man whose quadrennial business has been to carry the Democratic banner to over whelming- defeat. Warming to his work. he made another speech a few days ago at Elgin, In which he repeated in alt the colors of his rainbow phraseology the de nunciation of those who committed the horrid crime of voting against the tariff bill, and again consigned them to the lowest depths of Democratic perdition; and then, to completely satisfy his lust for blood, he assigned to Senator La Follette and myself a superheated chamber In this region of the damned. With all these Im precations, expulsions and exterminations i still ringing in my ears, I feel like a (Concluded on Page 2.) ONCE MORE PROVE Crook Attacks Child Cries Bring Help Thief Strikes Victim and . Takes to His Heels. SAN" BERXARDINO, Cal., Nov. . (Special.) By persistent use of her lungs and Anger nails. Miss Minnie Laurance, 14-year-old daughter of a wealthy resi dent, put a hold-up man to flight on North D street late last night, thus saving her parents' valuables and pos sibly escaping serious injury. Little Miss Laurance had been playing in front of her home when she saw a man watching her. She .hastened up the steps, but he overtook her, threw his arms around her neck and attempted to choke her. The girl began to scream and to scratch desperately at the man's face and hands. The struggle lasted for several minutes until windows and doors in the neighbor hood began to open, when the man struck the girl a blow on the head that sent her to the sidewalk then ran away. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 55 degrees; minimum, 41 degree. TODAY'S Cloudy Sunday; probably showers by night; light southeast winds. Foreign. Mrs. Stein heil'a servants testify against her and one comraaicis mciu. page 3. Roosevelt's family thrown into consterna tion by rumors of his death. Section l, page 1- National. National Waterways Commission will send committee to report on Columbia River. Section 1. page 2- Publlc business at Washington awaits Tafti return. Section 1, page 3. Taft visits historic scenes in South Caro lina and Georgia. Section 1. page 5 Politics. Senate r Cummins defies Cannon and denies insurgents will bolt. Section J. pare 1. Senator Aldrich tells Chlraso his opinion of money question. Section 1. PS -Domestic New York Central carrying out Harriman" b policy of extensive Improvements. Sec- tlon 1, pace 1 Fourteen-year-old girl puts thug to flight. Section 1. page I. Admiral Chestea says Cook did not reach Pole. Section 1, page 1. Copenhagen University refuses to show Cook's records -nti! it haa examined them. Section 1. page 4. Two Wyoming cattlemen turn state's evi dence against murderers of sheepmen. Section 1, page 4. Warriner says others shared his stealing from Big Four Railroad. Section 1, page 8. Sports. Harvard 18. Cornell 0; Yale 23. Brown 0: ' Princeton 6 Dartmouth -ftrChlrago 34, Northwest 0; Notre Dame 11, Michigan 8. Section J, page 10. Ten automobiles start on race across Call ' torn la desert. Section 1, page 10. Seattle High School beats HI!!, 11 to 6. Sec- - ticn 4, page 6 Portland fans greatly interested in meeting of National Baseball Association. Section 4, page 5. Automobile Club selects date for annual show. Section 4, page 5. Multnomah Club ready tor boxing and wrestling tournament. Section 1. page 11 Oregon defeats Multnomah in spectacular contest, 3 to 0. Section 1. page 10. Washington downs Whitman, 17 to 0. Sec tion 1. page 10. , . Scores In football games In Pacific North west. Section 1, page 10. pacific Northwest. Spokane police arrest woman who attempts street speeeh. Section 1, page 1. Grays Harbor lumbermen entertain timber men from Northwest. Section 1, page 6. Skeena Indians take to warpath; captured after live-hour battle. Section 1, page 1. Real Estate and Building. Manv deals closed on Inside property. Sec tion 4. page 7. Beautiful homes are being completed in Portland. Section 4. page 7. E H. Wemme will make 1110,000 proflt on realty deal. Section 4. page 8. Plans made for additional five stories to Oids. Wortman A King building. Section 4. page U. - Joseph Shemanski to build 155,000 flats. Section 4. page 9. Building permits for week amount to X154. 370. Section 4. page 11. Realty Board hears address on Central Oregon- Section 4, page 11. plans are made for Old People's Home. Section 4. page 10. Proiect for water mains south of Division street is launched. Section 4, page 8. Farm lands are in great demand. Section 4, page 0. Portland and Vicinity. Two clergymen chase alleged crook, arrest him and turn him over -to policeman. Section 1. page 1. Trustees of Reed Institute begin work of selecting site. Section 3, page 10. Great airship is being constructed at Expo sition grounds. Section 3, page &. Physicians will examine Ernest Harps this week. Section 3, page 3.2. Fourth Infantry to lose its identity. Section 1, page 8- Assembly plan is opposed by organized la bor. Section 1, page 8 Evening Star Grange discusses county gov- . eminent.. Section I, page 8. : lgal battle on for streetcar rights over Madison bridge. Section 2. page 12. Decorations for next Rose Festival will be elaborate. Section 4. page 12. Steamship Walkure and bark General Faid- herbe clear with grain for Europe. Seo tion 3. page 10. Lee B. Westcott returns to San Francisco and romance with actress may be at end. Section 1, page 5. , eellwood Y. M- C A. wins light for new j building. Section X page 2- 1 ATTRACTIVE AND ARE Savages Yield After Five Hours' Fight. SKEENA CHIEFS CAPTURED Settlers Assist Canadian Au thorities to Subdue Reds. NOTED OUTLAW A PRISONER British Columbia Indians Incensed at Treatment of Government, and Aroused by Agitators, Take to Warpath After Depredations. VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 6. (Special.) After a five hours' battle, beginning this morning at daybreak, a force of 60 special police, under Chief Constable Maitland-Dougall, and embracing vir tually all male inhabitants of Hazelton, on the Skeena River, captured the In dian village of Kispiox and made prisoners several chiefs of the tribes who have been inciting the related nations of the Skeena to war upon the whites, obstructing railway construc tion and this week seizing supplies and stopping provincial road work. Settlers Fear Trouble. -Chief Constable Maitland-Dougall makes no report of casualties to Superintendent Hussey here, although private telegrams say firing was practically continuous from daybreak until noon. Despite, the fact that the Canadian gov ernment had ridiculed the suggestion, resi dents of the North country apprehended serious trouble all along the Skeena as soon as Winter sealed the waterway, the Indians nursing an original and legiti mate grievance as to game laws and fish eries regulations interfering with their basic supplies until It was fanned into flame by agitators who have all Summer been preaching the legal rights of the Skeena nations to all the lands along that river. Lately a conference .with Special Com missioner Stewart and Indian Superin tendent Vowell, the former sent from Ottawa, proved abortive, the extravagant claim being firmly adhered to by . the chiefs of the 400 people of the Skeena nations that their country has never been won by conquest or alienated from its aboriginal possessors either by treaty or sale, and that the whites have therefore no status of ownership. Words of Alarm Are TJnheeded. The Government premptorily dis missed petitions for re-establishment of old tribal boundaries, and cancella tion of all reservations, and Inspector Green and others in July and August last predicted an uprising with the ad vent of Winter unless a strong force of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (Canada's frontier cavalry) were sent in. This suggestion, too, was ridiculed, al though many residents sent out their women and children, fearing for their safety. Navigation on the Skena closed but two days before signs of impending eruptions became so obvious that the Chief Constable for the district deter mined to strike first, swore in all the men of the country and attacked Kis piox, the stronghold and capital of the malcontents. Incidentally, it is reported that Guna noot, the Indian outlaw and murderer, wso, assisted by all the natives of the North country, has defied capture dur ing three years past, was prominent in today's battle, although had he been among the prisoners. Superintendent Hussey would undoubtedly have been so advised. Another oause of trouble with these In dians has been the crossing of the Na tional Cemetery at Kispiox by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The natives de manded compensation at the rate of $500 for each-chief, J300 for each brave. J200 for each squaw and $100 for each child's body moved. The Government threw out the claim and granted the railway cross ing rights on condition of a new cem etery being provided, the bodies move? with reverence, and $1000 paid as lump sonBolation. PICTURED BY HARRY MURPHY'S PEN They Catch Fugitive After Run of Two Blocks and Turn Him Over to Police. Two ministers of the gospel chased an alleged crook for three blocks on upper "Washington street yesterday afternoon. and, nabbing him, they turned him over to a policeman at Park and Washington streets. The captors were Rev. E. W. Shepard; pastor of the Christian Advent ist Church on Second street, and Rev. John M. Kelly, of Kennebec, Me., who is visiting Mr. Shepard. The captive is Frank Watson, who, with a companion, is accused of robbing Edward Buren, of Midas, Blko County, Nev., of $500 cash. The prisoner's partner escaped. Mr. Shepard and Mr. Kelly were walk ing up Washington street and at Eleventh street they were attracted by three men on the sidewalk, who appeared to be quarreling. As the ministers came abreast the trio the center man, Buren, yelled 'Help! These men have robbed me of $500." One of the alleged crooks ran up Washington street and the other headed the other way, both ministers taking after the second fugitive In hoj haste. After a fleet run they caught him and he broke away. Again they gave chase, E. House, of 274 'Washington street, joining in the pursuit, just as the clergy men caught their quarry a second time at Eleventh and Washington streets. Here they turned him over to Patrolman Klingel, who was standing nearby. Buien, victim of ,the alleged crooks, says he was met yesterday morning by Watson and his partner at Second and Washington streets and was enticed by them to bet his money on a racing game in a so-called poolroom near Eleventh and Washington streets, He was re monstrating with the pair to return his money, he said, when the clergymen came to his rescue. The captive is said to have returned $30 to his alleged victim just before the clergymen turned him over to the policeman. He is booked on a larceny charge. SPORTSMAN ASKS DIVORCE "Walter McCreevy, Millionaire, Thinks Wife Married for Money. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6. (Special.) Walter McCreevy, a millionaire of the Burlingame Club," crack polo player of the Coast and a member of many smart English clubs, will sue for divorce from his English wife, whom, he married 14 years ago. McCreevy for years has spent most of his time in England, and he mar ried the daughter of. one of the old shire families. 'He now says his wife married him merely for money, and that he has ample evidence to secure a divorce. McCreevy left here last January, soon after the international polo series was played at Coronado and Burlingame. He went to London to induce English golf and polo players to visit California and play a series of games. His efforts were successful, and a number of crack play ers, among them several officers of the Fourteenth Hussars, will play at Burlin game this Winter. 7 MANIAC FIGHTS IN MIDAIR Woman and Ambulance Man Strug- gle on Narrow Ledge. DENVER, Nov. 6. While doctors, nurses and patients breathlessly looked on. William S. Southerner, driver of the County Hospital ambulance struggled desperately for IS minutes with Mrs. Norah Wheeler, an insane patient on the narrow ledge at the top of the roof of the insane ward fit the hospital today. A dozen times it seemed as if the maniac and the man struggling to keep her from certain death would fall to the ground 60 feet below, but finally the wo man's strength gave way and Southerner, bleeding, and his clothing almost torn from him, dragged his charge to safety. STRATEGY FOILS SMOKERS Extinguish Weeds When Women Are Sent Into Car. CHICAGO. Nov. 6 The troubles of the Oak Park Elevated Railroad in en forcing its rule against smoking: con tinued today. One of the railroad guards hit on the expedient of directing women into the former smoking-cars, and found that, rather than annoy the women, the smokers refrained from violating the new rule of the company. Makes Street Speech; Is Arrested. FOOD STRIKE IS DECLARED Prisoners First Refuse to Work and Now Will Not Eat. ONE MAN BEGS FOR WORK Spokane Police Comply With Re quest and Prisoner Goes to Rock pile Chief Warned to Watch lor Woman Bomb-Thrower. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 6. Frantically haranguing a large crowd at the corner of Howard and Riverside avenue, Agnes Fair was arrested at noon today by Of ficer Miller. She was taken to pollc headquarters, where she declared she is an author and playwright She was booked on a charge of disorderly conduct in connection with the I. W. W. disturb ances. The woman has been a conspicuous fig ure on the streets of late, where she waa noticeable by the flaming red tie she wears. Tuesday the I. W. W. men would not . keep quiet. Thursday they would not work. Today they will not eat. , U Prisoners Taboo Pood. Firm in the stand taken this morning ( not to eat anything unless the. men con-1 fined on a bread and water diet are given a square meal the 130 I. W. W. prisoners steadily refuse to touch the food offered to them by the police. The strike of the prisoners occurred this morning, when Inspector Lewis, took tha newly convicted prisoners and those awaiting trial their breakfasts. It was good food, well cooked, hot and steaming; but the men refused to touch it, declar ing they would not eat unless the strik ing prisoners were given food, too. One Man Seeks Work. Those who have been partaking of the bread and water bill of fare also refused to eat. The 84 hot breakfasts and IS loaves of bread went untouched. This morning there were 53 prisoners who had been put on bread and water, and the ( number was swelled to 73 when the pris oners convicted yesterday refused to toil on the roclcpile. After this stand was taken by the pris oners. Jailer Casey was appealed to by one of the men, who asked him for a chance to go to work. "Give me a pick and let me go to work," he said; "I didn't come here to be starved." 1 HQi was accommodated later by the po lice. Police Chief Warned. Police Chief Sullivan received warning this morning to look out for bomb-throwing by a woman agitator who is reported to be headed toward this city. "We will be prepared for her if she appears," said the Chief. A bulletin posted at I. W. W. head quarters declares 200 men from Butte are on their way to Spokane, led by a man named Gourley. Leaders Do Not Starve. There is no disposition on the part' of the I. W. W. leaders to starve with their following. While the more humble mem bers of the organization are refusing the regular meals on account of the bread and water diet which the majority of the I. W. W. pris oners enjoyed tonight because they de sired to "starve wid de bunch," the lead ers. James Wilson, editor of the Indus trial Worker, E. J. Foote, imported from Portland to take Wileon's place on the paper. Secretary Feligno, of the I. W. W., and his assistant, A. F. Cousins, are eat ing the regular meals in a separate cell reserved for state cases, the four being charged with conspiracy. "They eat everything that is put before (Concluded on Page C).