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Pages 1 to 16 PRICE FIVE CENTS. SUNDAY MORNING, " NOVEMBER 26, 1911. 80 Pages . nnpTT vn rT?T"firiV. -m- V 1 .1 - h tll M. 1 J .1 1 1 A J - ........ - - ' " ROOSEVELT FLY IN LA FOLLETTE'S GUP Colonel Causes Worry to Wisconsin Man. CANDIDACY KOW IS FEARED Plan to Capture Ohio Delega tion Suffers Setback. TAFT STILL COMPLACENT Observers Point Out That Outlook Editor llaa Really Denied Noth ing Secret Plan Be lieved Perfected. WAUHLVOTON. Nov. IS. (Special.) 3ayety I added to the National politi cal situation by the atateraent which Colonel Rooaevelt yeeterday authorised a New Tor morning paper to print. In which the Colonel proteased surprise that anyone should hare commented upon hla recent editorial In the Outlook on the subjects of the trusts, and saya that recently be requeated a certain unnamed Senator not to work for him for President, but left off without a denial worthy of being called a denial that ha has aaplratlona for 113. Tha fact la that, aa the politicians here In the National Capital view the situation. Colonel Rooaevelt la much a factor, particularly In the shaping of the programme of the Insurgent Republicans. President Taft through It all la complacent and serene, and not aa much can be said for tba LaFollette men. It appeara aa If tha ahadow of tha Colonel were falling exclusively upon the LaFollette camp. LaKvllrtte Mrs Warrylag. Developments of a few days past particularly In Ohio, where the LaFol lette forces have been boasting that they aurely would divide the delega tion to the National convention, and perhapa would take It entirely away from the President have shown that political times are changing. Hereto fore, tha LaFollette men have counted on auch Kooaevelt sentiment aa there was as a political aaaet of their own: now they seem to have feara about It. There la danger. It la said, that tha antl-Taft movement may spilt upon this rock. Tba LaFollette men have been unable to atlll tha demanda that have been heard In every eectlon where they have conducted their propaganda, that Rooaevelt. and not LaFollette. be draft ed to "save the psrty and the day." The Colonel la refraining from any spec! lie denial which would Improve thla altuatlon from the point of view of the LaFollette leaders. And every one knowa that If Colonel Rooaevelt really wants to deny a thing, he knowa how to deny It hard. Specific declaratlona by way of denial have been made by the Colonel In the past, prov ing that thla Is true. Meveaseat Believed Inspired. It la the view of many political ob servers here that the atepa taken to prevent the Insurgent movement from becoming purely LaFollette la not purely spoottieous that It Is be ing conniv.-d at by the Roosevelt fol lowers who are high In the councils, and that It at least ts not frowned upon by the Colonel himself. It is expected that tha antl-Taft "progressives" will get-together In an rffort to force a declaration from Rooaevelt. . That the object of all thla solicitude can keep silence long In the face of the kaleidoscopic situation Is doubtful, but It Is thought that he will choose hla own time and place and manner of utterance. Not even the dean of all the oraclea of Delphi could have turned out a better Job of utter tCoBc!ud4 on face 3.) 0 rWOO? OLD NANKi(r J$j, HAS SrAHD- r fHO ALL IVEFK WAITING rrs fat OREGON FIR TREE IS POSTOFFICE HOME BLACK ROCK MAIL HANDLED IX STRANGE ABODE. Wires of Telephone Conipnny Also ntcr In Bm of Old Trunk. lx-k t'arvcil Out of Hoot. SHERIDAN. Or.. Nov. 25. (Special.) In the stump of a huge yellow fir tree at Rack Rock. In the central part of Polk County, tha United States, with the aaslstance of F. J. Holman, the postmaster, has established a postof flce. Mr. Holman also operates the central exchange of the Mutual Tele phone Company In Black Rock. The stump, tha cars of which la under the direction of tha Postmaster-Qen-ral. la IS feet In diameter, and tha Government appropriation for lia Initial cost and up-kcep was small. When ar ranging hla quarters In tha old trunk. Mr. Holman encountered an obstructing root tentacle, which by a little planing and sawing he converted Into a service able desk. In place of the greenery that former. ly drooped from the branches of the forest monarch now may be seen an empty mall sack, or perhaps a full one, that la to be taken to tha outgoing station. Also to the tree lead the tele phone wires that connect tha homee and business places of Black Rock and vicinity. AUTO TAG IS GREEN-BLACK Color for I IS Changed and Chaof- frura to Be Numbered. SALEM. Or.. Nor. !S. (Speciali sts thousand numbers, or 12.000 lag's. weighing over 7v0 pounds, were re ceived by the automobile department of tha Secretary of State's office, today for use in registration of motor ve hicles In llz. In addition 2000 chauf feurs' badge have been ordered. The number lacs for 1112. which are Issued In duplicate, will ba green background with black flgurea. In 111 the tags were of yellow background with black figures. The automobile department Is now sending to every owner of a motor ve hicle, aa registered In 1811. a copy of the 111 application blank. These will be filed In th order that they come In and Immediately on the first of tha year the numbers will be sent out. The letters are being sent early ' as probably there will be a great rush of applications. CHILD SEX IS FORETOLD Paris Academy Hear Methods of Pre-BIrth Experiment. PARIS, Vov. IS. (Special.) Profea sor Leon Lubba read before tha Acad emy of Medicine thla week a paper written by Dr. F.oblnaon. giving atart llng results from a series of experi ments with adrenalin as determining In advance the aex of a child. Dr. Roblnaon seriously contenda, and la aupported by Professor Lubbe, that If adrenalin be Injected hypodermlcally Into tha father of the baby, it will be a glrL If Injected hypodermlcally Into the mother, the child will be a boy. The French aavant also asserts that tha aex of a child can be determined by atudylng the mother's pulse. When it la unusually rapid tha child will be a girl. TURKEYRAISERS GET RICH Total of 11,000 Birds Shipped Out of Iknrlas County. ROSEBURG. Or- Nov. 25. (Special.) A total of 11.000 turkeys were shipped from Doug:aa County tonight for the Thanksgiving trade. Of thla number about "000 birds were purchased by Oakland poultry dealers, while tha re maining 4000 were contracted by Rose burg merchant The birds average 10 pounds each and at the market price of 21 cents the raisers receive approxi mately :5.000. Other than tha 11.00 birds shipped to distant markets It la estimated that about 1000 will ba sold in supplying home consumption. This years out put of turkeys Is about half of that marketed last season. CASTRO AS HAVING- SINGLE BID MADE FOR fill SUBSIDY Baker Is Suspected of Coup on Rivals. FOSSIBLE COMPETITORS FEW Bates & Chesebrough Would Need Added Line. COMMITTEE GETS ADVICE Baltimore Promoter Says Canal Business Would Not Make Seri ous Inroads Into Railroads Owing to Immigration. WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. (Special.) Only one bid was submitted today In answer to roatmaater-General Hflchcock's advertisement for tha es tablishment of a subsidy mall line be tween the two coasts. The fact Is be ing cited now in support of tha Indi rect charge being made by Bernard H. Baker, of Baltimore, that the transcon tinental lines are thwarting his effort to establish an Independent steamship company to operate through the canal. Nobody knowa who made the bid. although In one quarter the suspicion exists that Baker put In that bid. the assumption In that quarter being that he accomplished a coup on the trans continental lines and every other pos sible bidder by making It possible for the reports about the choking to be aet afloat and thua leaving tha Held to himself. Only Tw Rivals Possible. At the time the advertisement was put out. aside from Baker there were only two possible bidders, the Hawaiian-American Steamship Line and the Bates & Chesebrough Company. The bid, which cams In without any possible marks of identification, will not be opened until after the Postmaster-General returns on Monday. Bates Chesebrough cannot comply with the terms of the proposed con tract until after they have put steam ers on tha route between New York and Colon, the service out of New Or leans not being sufficient, even If the ahtpa are fast enough. Tba Hawaiian company could comply by extending the routes of Its ships from Philadelphia to New Tork, an easy thing to do. Capital la Fearful. The Investigations thus far made by tha Senate committee on In terstate Commerce do not austaln aensatlonal reports that th transconti nental railroads have actually combined to prevent the capitalisation of steam ship lines Intended to engage In coast-to-coast trade through the Panama Canal. At the same time. It has been shown that American capital Is gen erally fearful that the railroads. If no restrained by Congress, might inaugur ate cut-throat competition which would render private enterprlae Ineffectual In competition wlth tha transcontinental railroads, and it Is this fear, rather than anything that has yet been done, that baa made it impossible to finance suc cessfully the Atlantic & Pacific Trans, portatlon Company, which Intended to operate ships between the ports of the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts by way of the canal. Thla whole question was gone Into at great length by Mr. Baker In a three hour hearing before the Senate com mittee. Mall Cowtraet Weald Help. While Mr. Baker believed It would be necessary to carry out his Ideas to form a IIS, 000.000 corporation, he per sonally felt that If S3. 000.000 could be ralaed prior to November 2S his corpor ation could submit Its bid for the mall Concluded on Psge 2.) CARTOONIST REYNOLDS' REVIEWS SOME OF THE -WEEK'S EVENTS IN PICTURES. INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS . The Weather. YESTERDAY 8 Maximum temperature, 63 degrees; minimum, 42 decrees. TODAY'S Fair. Southwesterly winds. Foreign. Mexican stats of Oa'xaca swedes from fed eral union. ' Section 1. pass 2. Rebels capture fort outside Nankins- and city la now at mercy of, bombardment. Section 1. pace 4. . National. Only one bid offered for coaat-to-coast mall subsidy; Baker suspected of coup. Sec tion 1. cage 1. . Domestic. "Sleep cure" expected to wring confession that Rogers killed Jewelry salesman, bec tlon 1. page o. Brother of McNamara Juror dies: wife of sacond la sinking; third is feeble, tac tion 7u Page 6. Fsmous New Tork Episcopal Church cele brating centenary. Section 1, page 3. Eingle-tsxers will flood malls with tons of literature at Govsrnment expense. Section 1. page 0. Roosevelt attitude cause of deep anxiety to La Follette men. Section 1. page 1. Rockefeller pastor denies words attributed to him by Kockefeller's accuser. Section 1. pegs I. Tw-kllled. three wounded in battle witn rndisn outlaws la California. Section 1. page 4. hports. Yale end Ilsrvsrd bsttle to 0-to-0 tie. Sec tion 3. psgs 3. Navy conquers Army In fierce fame by score of I to O. Section 3. page 3. MultnoVhah men renfldent of duplicating lat year's Thankfglvlng defeat of Oregon. Section 2, page X Nine killed. 177 hurt, is 1911 football toll. Section 1. pfyce t. Minnesota claims Middle West championship by victory over Illinois. Section 2. page Minnesota defeats Illinois snd wins Middle Western footbsll championship. Section 2. page 3. Boxing game reviving In California. Section 2. page 6. Six best women tennis plsyers selected. Sec tion 2. psge . Tommy Ryan likes former weighing rules for boxers. Section 2, pass 4. All-star Interscholsatlo Portland eleven se lected, section 2, psge 2. New Fire Chief Dowell Is athlete. Section 2. psge 4. Feelfic Northwest. Letters criticise banking methods In Van couver trial at Kalama. Section 1, page 7. Pretty BoUe girl, charged with horse-stealing, finds champion in Idaho clubwomen. Section 1. psge 7. Big railroad land grant case arises In Linn County. Soction 1. psge 6. Jspanese gardeners control big acreage In Eastern Multnomah. Section 3, page 12. Idaho Democrats sre divided on choice to head National ticket. Section 1. page 14. "Prorref live" Republicans st Tacoma organ ise for coming csmpslgn. Section 1, page a. PoMort ce at Black Rock. Or., la. estab lished In stump of tree. Section 1. psgs 1. Commercial and Marine. Front street dealers look for low turkey prices. Section 2. page 17. All wheat options closs higher at Chicago. 8ectlon 2. psge 17. Stock besrs use interstste commerce order to depress market. Section 2, page 17. Portland wheat receipts for aesson 6120 - csrs. Section 2. page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Y. M. C A. employment bureau establishes branch at Second and Ash streets. Sec tion 1. DSrs ll Attorneys honor memory of W. T. Mulr and H. E. Northup. Section 1, page 14. Gipsy Smith says response by youngsters in sfternoon meeting was hla best in Port land. Section 1. page 12. Mssslve marble monument to mark grave of H. W. Scott in Klvervlew Cemetery. Section 1. page 1. Three deals In Oregon acresgs In week amount to !H0.000 invested by Eastern cspitallsta. Section 1. page 1. . Ralph TV. Williams to ask National commit tee to favor "Oregon system" in selec tion of convention delegates by populsr choice. Section 1. page. 31. Gipsy Smith addresses 173.000 persons In , Portland and 1HH0 are converted. Sec tion 1. page 12. Socialist hints at secret boycott under wsy to down merchsnts that oppose perty's tenets. Section 2. psge 18. Fifth snnusl Horse Show closes after suc cessful programme. Section 1, page 10. POPE IS COMPLIMENTARY Desire to Recognize Farley's Merit Is of Long Standing. ROME, Nov. 25. Pope Plus gave a prlvateaudlenc today to Archbishop Farley, of New York. At the conclusion, in response to the cardlnal-deslgnate's cxpressiona of gratitude, the pontiff said It had long been hia desire to recognize tha loyalty of the Catholic Church In America and the merit of the Archbishop of New York. CITY VOTED JRY BY WOMEN Suffragists Carry Prohibition' at Fnllerton, Cal., by 350 Votes. SANTA ANA. Cal., Nov. 25. Women voted today In the liquor election at Fullerton and the city was carried for prohibition by a vote of 540 to 190. as; a, i mi., vrt fell TN ; I Jri C V .Tnuiniui y.C.vr; AX-VAl Cn I 8900,000 TOTAL EN 3 REALTY TRADES Eastern Money Figures in Week's Activity.1 BROADMEAD TRACT BOUGHT Syndicate Pays $350,000 for 2300 High-Class Acres. KLAMATH LAND GOBBLED More Thau Eight Square Miles of Rich Soli Transferred for $S00, 0 00 to Oregon liand Corpora tion IMastcr Sale Also Big. THREE REALS I.X OREGON LAND TOTAL f 900,000. SO.OOO seres In Klsmath County JSOO.ono I.IOO .Teres st Broadmead ... 30O.OVO 100 acres In Eaatorn Oregon. 200.UOO Total 1900.000 With the closing of two deals yes terday and one Thursday, there was invested In Oregon lands last week nearly $1,000,000 of Eastern capital. The properties are In three- different portions of the state, one being in the Wlllametto Valley, one In the northern part of Klamath County and one In Eastern Oregon. The Willamette Valley tract taken over yesterday comprises about 2300 acres at Broadmead, along the extreme southern limit of Yamhill County. The property was purchased by a syndi cate of Minnesota and Portland capi talists from the Broadmead Land Com pany, of which L. B. Menefee Is the head, the amount Involved In the pur chase being $350,000. This property was acquired by Mr. Menefee and associates about three years ago! from the Ladd estate.- It la declared to be exceptlonably good land, there being about 1700 acres in a high state of cultivation. The remaining part of the acreage la covered with hardwood, timber. The tract la about 43 miles southwest of Portland, on the Corvallls branch of the Southern Pa cific, the station known at Broadmead being on the land. The proposed exten sion of the Oregon Electric between McMlnnvllle and Dallas will touch the property. Minnesota Mea Bay. The Minnesota members of the syndi cate are V. C Mead and A. D. LaDue. Mr. Mead waa for several years president of the First National Bank of Hills, Minn., but resigned to give his atten tion to the Broadmead enterprise. He will close out his Interests at once In Minnesota and remove to Portland. Mr. LaDua la president of the First Na tional Bank of Luverne, Minn., and la one of the most prominent financiers in Southwestern Minnesota. The Portland members of the syndicate are E. W. Barnes, tlmberman; W. IL Barnhart, building contractor; B. Lee Paget, of the Portland Trust Company, and W. P. Hurlbut, formerly of New York and Idaho. "The tract taken over by our syndi cate is, in our opinion, one of the finest In the Willamette Valley." said Mr. Hurlbut last night. "Already In a high state of cultivation, we will make more extensive Improvements on the prop erty. We are not ready to announce our development plans at present. We expect, however, to do our ahare toward the upbuilding of the atate." Valley la Extolled. Mr. Mead Is also greatly impressed with the Willamette Valley and predicts that In a few years thla section of the atate will make strides in Intensified farming. The Klamath County land sale- in- tConcluded on Page 6.) 1 BIG SHAFT MARKS H W.SCOTT'S GRAVE HUGE MARBLE MfXCMEXT RISES AT RIVERVIEW. Facsiniille of Signature of Distin guished Editor- Is Carved on Beautiful Tombstone. Over the grave of Harvey W. Scott, for many yeara editor of The Ore gonlan, is being erected, a beautiful monument of Barre granite, which will be the largest and heaviest private monument In Rlverview Cemetery- In cluding Its concrete foundation, which is 12 feet square and six feet deep and weighs about 64 tons, the total weight of the shaft will be 111 tons. It will stand 10 feet high. Otto Schumann, veteran marble dealer, ts superintend ing erection' of the monument, which he expects to have In place next Satur day. The first baBe Is 12 feet square and two feet In depth and weighs 22 tons. It Is cut out of solid granite and is polished on all exposed surfaces. The second base, eight feet eight Inches square and one foot eight inches thick, is of the same material and weighs about 12 tons. The die,, or pedestal, is six feet square and seven feet three Inches thick. It is also cut from the celebrated Vermont granite, is highly polished and weighs 23 tons. The name "Scott" in plain, square sunk letters appears on the front side of the pedestal, while a facsimile of Mr. Scott's signature is engraved on the opposite side. The three sections of the monument were shipped to Portland from the Ver mont quarry In a special car and the task of unloading and transporting them to the cemetery was a large un dertaking, requiring the use of a small traction engine. Over 5000 feet of heavy timbers were used for double planking some of the bridge structures over which the Immense sections of granite were transported en route to the cemetery. VANDAL GOAT AT LARGE Bearded Rumiiiajit Defies Authori ties of Two Counties. MEDFORD. Or., Nov. 24. (Special.) A strange and wily goat Is ravaging the countryside near the county line, and Medford authorities are uncertain If the animal Is In their Jurisdiction or that of Josephine. County, John Bur ley, a countryman of Pleasant Creek. has notified the city officials of the depredations of the goat, and has asked assistance. Burley, It seems, has tried to bring the goat down with his rifle, but could not get within range. Meanwhile the bjarded " ruminant Is eating all the cabbages left In the ground, and does not hesitate to carry away Burley'a weekly paper aa a morning relish. Bur ley drew the line when the goat ate his Ashing tackle, and he wants Con stable Slngler to run the beast to earth with his pack of Imported bloodhounds. It la believed that this is the same goat that troubled the residents of Grants Pass last September and scared several women on the streets. ANTE-MORTEM RECITAL HIT Washington Supreme Court Settles line Legal Point In Reversal. OLTMPIA. Wash., Nov. 25. The Su preme Court today reversed the verdict of a King County court which con victed Axel Nlst of murder" In the seebnd degree for the slaying of Po liceman Judson P. Davis in Seattle on the night of February 23, 1911. and granted Nlst a new trial. Nlst and John Ford set out On that night to hold up and rob men on the street, according to the ante-mortem state ment of Ford. Nist was unarmed. Po liceman Davis halted the men and Ford and Davis engaged In a pistol duel which, resulted In the death of both. Nlst fled and was captured. The Supreme Court ruled that a dying man's statement cannot be used except as against one of his opponents In a fight. Tarns Davis, If not killed Instantly, might have made a valid statement against Nist. but Nist's own partner's statement - barred. STATE UYS STRESS Ofl SHOT BACK Killing of Patterson Re-Enacted in Court CLOTHES ARE MUTE EVIDENCE Woman Sobs as She Denies Malice Toward Husband. DRAMATIC CLIMAX REACHED Xurso Testifies Patterson Made Threats That He Would Kill Ills Wife If He Ever Got Out of Bed. DENVER, Nov. 25. Crouched on one knee on the courtroom floor, with spe cial Prosecutor Horace G. Benson standing over her, his right arm poised for a blow the attitude In which she had testified her husband was when she fired the shots that took his life Gertrude Gibson Patterson today re enacted before the jury the scenes of the moment that brought her to trial for her life. K was near the close of a long ordeal of cross-examination. "And he swung his right arm for an other blow?" asked the prosecutor. "Yes, yes " and her breath came fast "and he looked like a demon." "And you shot?" Courtroom Shudders at Climax. "Yes, yes, I don't know how many times." "And you shot him In the back." That was all. A little shudder ran over the crowded courtroom. The wit ness resumed the stand. The cross-examination began anew. Against Mrs. Patterson's version of the shooting, the state Is content with the testimony of the physicians who performed the autopsy and the mute evidence of the dead man's clothes, thrown In a heap under a table In front of the witness chair. Both show that the bullets entered his back. One went through his right shoulder, th other through his heart. State's Theory Outlined. Just before Mrs. Patterson had been asked to; show bow the shooting had occurred, the state had placed before the Jury Its version of how Patterson met his death. "When your husband told you ha would not dismiss his alienation suit against Emil Strouss, didn't you say, 'I told you Saturday that if you wouldn't I'd kill you," and didn't he start to run and didn't you shoot hlin In the back, and while he was on his hands and knees before you, crying, 'Oh, my God, my God!' didn't you put the muzzle of your gun within a few Inches of this coat that he was wearing and shoot him through the heart?" and Mr. Benson thrust almost in her face the coat her husband wore at hia death, his finger on one of the powder burned bullet holes in the back. Woman Denies Unflinchingly. She did not shrink. "No, sir; no, sir; that's a lie," she replied. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Prosecutor Benson ended his cross-examination and. turned the witness over to her counsel, O. N. Hilton, for redirect examination. Mr. Hilton took up almost Immediately her alleged relations with Emil V. Strouss, the millionaire clothing manu facturer of Chicago, a point avoided by the defense on direct examination and brought out by the prosecution on cross-examination. "How did you meet Mr. Strouss?" he asked. "I was visiting In Chicago and was asked to dine with Mrs. E. J. Weller. Mr. Strouss also was a guest." (Concluded ou Page 2.) I " WOK A BAJTLZ in Ufi2UeimA a m m m 9 m