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Newspaper Page TextJitttfei K Pages 1 to 18 VOL. XXX NO. 50. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ---iL'""i rJlL if ti l At AV a A X A A A A . A - I mm rr ironnnrainL 84 Pages iwm GO IN SECRET 10 PRISON Journey of 501 Miles Made by Train. QUICK START EYADES CROWD Brothers Cheerless as They Leave Los Angeles Jail. CAPTORS FEEL RELIEVED Thoorh Mm Hare Tirrn Modrl Pris oners, SecetHr of Keeping Watch on Visitors Ila Been Strain Term Begin Today. IPS ANGELES. Pec. J. Jamea B. McNamara. confessed murderer, and John J. alcXamara, confessed djrna miter and secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, started from bera today for San Quentln peni tentiary. 801 miles away. Jamea B. will begin tomorrow a sentence of Ufa Imprisonment, while Ma brother faces a term of IS years. "I'm a union man and I'm for union labor." waa John J. McXamara's part' Ins? comment to the world, according; to Clarenca S. Parrow. bis chief coun sel, who was last with him. John J. also expressed the hop that tha sen tlment of union labor toward blm would change, remarking; that In time tha case would be, better understood. Real la Kept Secret. The route to be taken by Sheriff Haromell and bis prisoners waa kept a profound secret and even tba time of departure waa unknown to tha sen ei U public By previous arrangement with Sheriff llammeil, however, a coterla of news paper men and photographers were concealed behind the Jail and were in formed of tha exact moment of d parture of tha McXamaraa, so they col lected about tha entrance only long; enough to aea tha brothers enter a waiting; automobile. Jamea B.'s right band waa manacled to John J.'a left. Both men looked pala and cheerless and walked tha few steps from the jail with bowed heads. Sheriff Hammell was accompanied by Robert Brain. Clauda Mattbewson and alartln Agulrre, his deputies. As soon as tba prisoners were seated In tha machine the canvas lapa on both aides of the hood wera drawn and with, a quick start tba automobile dashed up the bill beside the Jail and away to tha northward. Whether tha prisoners would ba taken all the way to thv state penitentiary by automobile waa not known to the general public. Tha prisoners were actually taken by train, but to put the morbid sensation seeker off tha scent, it waa given out that tha Sheriff Intended to take them to San Francisco by boat, thence to Ban Quentln by launch. Tha prisoners were carelessly groomed and bad prepared in no way for their departure, except to order their belongings sent to Eastern rel atives. One of them had $123 and tha other $131, which waa turned over to tha Sheriff today. Jailers Feel Relief. 'They'll be In alrlpes soon. com mented one of the Jailors. So quickly waa the getaway made tnat hardly 29 persons witnessed It. 3eorge Gallagher, chief Jailer, heave, a alga of relief when his charges left. "They hare behaved well. he de clared. but wa always bad to ba watchful about people from the out el de." Gallagher said later that the Mc Namara had told him thry expected tl ir mother to visit them soon at San Quentln. The McNumaras came (Concluded en jV &. V- TH- SXTV-SECOY0 CCVGf?S$ COWnS T. IAASHV(rTQH SPOKANE WOMEN DEMAND APOLOGY CHARGE OF THEFT OF COUNTY'S towels is dexouxced. Retraction From Commissioners Who Made) Allegations Sought. Score to Take Action Tomorrow. SPOKANE. Wash, Dec. 9. (Special.) Every woman Juror who has served Spokane County will ba asked to join a committee which expects to wait opon tha County Commissioners Mon day. They will demand a publlo re traction of tha statement that they stole tha county's towels. Twenty- nine of the, feminine members of coun ty Jurors wera represented at a meet lng Friday at which several plana to "get even" with tha county beads wars discussed. At first It waa determine J to hare all the Juresaea sign a petition to tha Commissioners, Insisting that the dif ficult assertion be withdrawn. Finally It waa determined to march in a body upon tha Commissioners. "There la not one of us that Is not willing to face the Commissioners and ask that their statement about towel stealing be retracted and that better treatment be given Juresaea. In the fu ture," declared Miss L. Nelson. TOLL IN LIVES IS 50,708 Law Aokc-d to Prevent Trespassing on Railroad Tracks. SALEM. Or, Dec, . SpeclaL) That trespassers on railroad tracks of the United States are largely responsible for swelling the total number of people killed and Injured Is the statement made In a bulletin received by the State Railroad Commission today from the Bureau of Railway Statistics, at Chicago. This bulletin shows that In tha 10 years from 1101 to 1911 the number of trespasaera on railroad tracks who were killed was 90,708, and the number Injured, was Se.lSS. Tba object of tha bulletin Is to se cure passage or lawa prohibiting pedestrians from walking on railroad tracks. GUNS TURNED ON RABBITS Eastern Palates Create Market for Idaho Prairie Peat. BOISE, Idaho, Deo. t. A demand for rabbits as a table delicacy in tha East has caused firearms, ranging from tha high-grade bammerlese shotgun fo the antiquated musketto ba resurrected by Jerome. Idaho, farmers who are now swarming Into the fields in quest of the fleet jackrabbtt. Heretofore the animals have been regarded as a serious pest, but the an nouncement reoently that Eastern com mission merchants were paying six cents for tha rabblta here has prompt ed hundreds of hunters to Invade tha prairie country. Mora than 6000 rabbits wars shipped to Pittsburg this week. 100 MEN ADRIFT ON FLOE Much Time Must Elapne Before Aid Can Be Sent to Fishermen. DORPAT, Russia. Dec. 9. Mora than 100 fishermen ara adrift on an Ice floe on Lake Polpua. from which the Win ter fish supply for St. Petersburg Is drawn. Aa all the lake steamers have been laid up for tha Winter aome time will elapse, before rescuing parties can ba sent out to search for tha missing men. whose position la consequently peril ous. 0BBLES HOBBLE PROFITS Paris Modistes Say They Have Lost Millions by "Simple" Skirts. PARIS. Dec. 9. (Special.) French dressmakers assert tha they lost 4.000.000 this year. It Is said that 10.000 girls are out of mplojrment because of the wecrlng of hobble skirts and- kimono blouses. m-htrh reaulre only half the usual amount of material. . CARTOONIST THE B&YSH AVSS? VUIL HOIA 0SCUSS J fiO A 'S iMPfZAL TTTVC?J? FATE OF 156 MEN UNKNOWN ii Explosion Wrecks Ten nessee Colliery. RESCUE WORK IS HAMPERED Entire District Rallies in Hope ' of Saving Lives. ONE BODY FOUND MANGLED Prospect Is That Relief Will Re I-ons; Pelayed Victims May Be M lies From Entry Mine Held Safe Week Ago. KNOXVIM.K. Team, Dee. . A tele phone atiuic front Brlretville save that the workers la ke Cross Moo m- tala tnlae had passed S3 of the ST eroaa. rallies aad aot a llrlas; ma a had sens foaad. BRICEVILLE. TeniL. Dec. 9. Many hours must elapse before rescuers working desperately can reach the miners, now estimated at from 12$ to 16. who were burled alive in lateral workings of the Knoxvllla Iron Com pany's great Cross Mountain mine here today. Those most sanguine hope that by daybreak tomorrow tha shafts will have been cleared enough to gain ac cess to the chambers where the living may be confined or the men's bodies may ba recovered. It la generally be lieved that all the miners are dead. Nearly 2000 persona were gathered tonight around tha mouth of the mine. frantically demanding news. Tha men bad entered to begin tha day's work when a terrlflo explosion wrecked the workings. Only three have coma out alive. The body of Lee Pol- ton, operator of the mine fan plant. waa found burled and mangled, under the cave-In, In tha mine shaft. Ream Work Difficult. Rescue workers are making scarcely any headway. A big force la here. In eluding engineers from all over thi district. The shafts extend more than two miles Into tha bowels of tha moun tain. Acoordlng to President Stephen son, of the Iron company, the men. If they had reached their posts, wera In lateral shafta when the explosion oo- ourred. Thla encourages those on tha sur face to hope that many may be living. There Is little prospect of an early rescue. Workers have encountered dense and compact deposits of slate, earth, rock and coal In the main shaft of tha mine and also in an abandoned entry used for an air shaft. Fires Dalit to Stir Air. About the mouth of a vertical venti lator, leading .to the top of the moun tain, fires have been built to create a circulation of air from within the mine. If possible. Rescuers are engaged .In digging tha debris from the shafta, and this must be removed about a mile to the exit of the mine. 'It Is not yet possible to determine whether this blocking of tha entry Is extensive. Wood posts and trussea In tha shaft have been blown outward, and this, miners say. Is indicative of a serious explosion beyond. Brattices are now being constructed, by means of which air Is forced into the chan nel as fast aa It Is possible to remove tha debris. Tare Theories Held. There are three theories as to the cause of the explosion. One is that powder or duat exploded, the second Is that an electric wire came In con tact with explosives, and the third Is thul the explosion was caused by poor tamping of a drill. The mine was thoroughly Inspected (ConclutlM on Par 3.) REYNOLDS SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON SOME OF s 1 INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 40 decrees; minimum. 48 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. Commercial and Marine. Hlsher prices bid for wheat at country points. Bsctlon 2. pate 19. Argentine crop damage causes advances at Chicago and Liverpool. Section 2. page IB. Stock market firm early, but reaction wipes out most of gains. Section 3. page 19. New York bsnk statement is strong one. Section S. page 19. Japaneae shipping agents in city to collect trade data. Section 2, page Is. Foreign. BrHlfh opinion turning against Russia In Persian affair. Section 1. page 2. Qaeen of Spain's aunt deals with divorce problem In book that angers Alfonso. Section 1. page 6. Xtomestlc. Prosecutors expect McNamara agent to con fess erlBery guilt, section 1, page a. lfcNamaras taken secretly to San Qnentrn. Section 1. page 1. Holy Ghost er found guilty of causing six deaths on yacht. Section 1, page 8. Parties In Alison vie In presenting "pro gressive" platforms. Section 1. page 7. Mrs. Maybelle Gllman Corey studies four hours a day to learn sermon. Section 1, page 6. Gridiron Club makes fun of foibles ot Na tion's "reformers." Bectlon 1, page 1. Rockefeller and pastor will not testify bc- xore committee, section 1. page 7. Jamea B. MeN'amara. with life term In prison ahead, yet sees hope in future, fcsctlon I. page 6. Fate of 156 men In Tennessee mine Is un known. Section 1. page 1. Jefferson Mrers praises women voters. Seo tlon 1. page 1. National. Texan tails House pension bill Is equivalent to higher tariff. Section 1. page 1. West Umatilla project Is Oregon's only hope for Federal irrigation aid. Section 1. page 2. "Dirk to Dick" letter to be made Issue again. Section 1. page 3. P ports. Reavers may train In Spring at Elnlnore In stead of Santa Maria. Section 2, page 2. Coach Doble opposes rule changes. Section 2. page 4. Joe Jackson. Cleveland slugger. Is 1911 sen sation. Section 2. page 2. Bvanston. IU eleven to play Washington. Section 2. page 3. Hal Chase favors Wolverton to lead New York. Section 2. page 2. Cavlll Invents "crawl" stroke. Section 2. page 4. Diamond stars make Portland Winter home. Section 2. page 8. F. G Perkins. ex-Cornell football player. wonld coach Oregon. Section X, page 2. McCredle to provide for comfort of baseball umpires. Section 2. page 8. Pacific Northwest. Spoksne police declare girl-murder result of love affair. Section 1, page 9. Spokane women to demand apology of Coun ty Commissioners tomorrow. Section 1, page 1. Condition of defunct Vancouver bank Is shown In report. Section 1. page 9. Vancouver man brings suit to stop city pur- cnase oi cemetery, section i, page a. President Gray says Jamea J. Hill Is not backing Paolfla Great Western. Section 1. page 8. Two Astorlans arrested as result of cocaine- selling probe. Bectlon 1. page 4. Grand Jury to Investigate Wallaoe bank of ficials cases. Section 1, page 4. - Bead Estate and Buildings. Portland's realty record for weak big. amo tion p&fi t. Et SJtfe but Ml nc shows adTftnco. tion . pare 8. Farm values In Ore con Interior ar at tractive. Section 4, page 8. Oak street extension now assured. Beotlon AH departments of city show bis; arowth In Ave years. Section 4. pace 11. Portland and Vicinity. New York enclneer praises Portland's water- iront as ran nine witn finest in country. Beotlon 1. pace 14. Washlnirton Chapter, No. 18, Royal Arch Mason a has annual banquet Section 2, pace 20. New York engineers tra Terse west side of Willamette In quest of Ideal publlo dock sites. Section 1. pace 11. Department of Agriculture fives Orecon IS w yominc eia to oecome sole property oi state. Section 1. pace 14. Show of Oregon Poultry and Pet 8tock As sociation Is brought to close. Section l page la. lttlss Genevieve Hal ley, 17, of Portland, wins Elks prise for drawing best poster deslgn for convention. Section 1. page 12. Vice commission scores public for apathy toward reform movement. Section 1, pags 10. Oeorge M. Hyland likely to seek nomination as Representatlvs to Congress from Third District. Bectlon 1, page 10. Seattle O.-W. R. & N. offices to be moved to Portland. Section 1. page 12. Dan McAllen urge Rose Festival. Section 1. pags 11. President Gray predicts Central Oregon will be state granary. Section 1, page 13. GOVERNORS SEE WARSHIPS Following Visit to Navy-Yard Ex ecutives Attend Banquet. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 9. Having been shown the principal points of Interest about the city the touring Governors from the West, who passed the greater part of the day In Phila delphia, tonight were the guests of honor at a dinner tendered by the Manufacturers' Club. They visited the warships today. SOCAJJSM WALKS UuH JHJ.OSA HG S ' ' "JT BITTER ATTACK ON E Texan Calls It Huge Campaign Fund MEMBERS COWARDS HE SAYS Measure Declared Equivalent to Higher Tariff. CIVIL LIST NEXT STEP Honse Listens Attentively to Depar ture From Usual Order of Speeches on Subject, but Applauds Sparingly. WASHINGTON, Dec 9. Characteriz ing his associates In Congress as "po litical cowards" on the subject of pen sion legislation, and declaring that tbe Sherwood pension bill Is a $50,000,000 campaign contribution. Representative Dies, a Texas Democrat, swung the pension debate In the House of Repre sentatives out of Its routine channels for a half hour this afternoon. Dies declared that niembera were not speaking their convictions on the pen sion subject but were supporting an In crease of pensions for fear of losing their seats. "The Democratlo party abounds In Just aa much cowardloe on this subject as does the Republican party," said Mr. Dies. "Some of my friends say that If we do not give the soldiers this money we will not be returned to Congress." CIvU List Is Feared. Representative Dies said he appre ciated the fact that 4000 or 6000 pen slon soldiers after a acared Congress man "left no room for argument." "What will It be when we have a Civil list?" he demanded. "There are 1,000,000 employes of the Government now demanding to be pensioned. The President has capitulated. "I take it our leaders on tha Demo cratlo side will capitulate as readily as he. It may be that to be honest upon these questions would beat uq for the Presidency; It may be It would leave soma of our Democratic seats va cant. I have about come to the con elusion that there are a great many seats here on bo(h sides of the cham ber that ought to be vacant. Respect for Conrage Lost. "I do not doubt the honesty and in tegrlty of this body, but I have lost my respect for Its courage. Presently we are going to bave a good deal of flannel-mouthed orators on tha tariff Question." continued Mr. Dies. "om of our vociferous leaders are going to talk about free wool and lower taxes and lower tariff. Do they know that In voting for this bill to increase pensions from $20,000,000 to $50,000,000 a year they will vote for higher tariffs? I have not much pa tience for our fellows who are going to .talk about a lower tariff after hav ing voted for this bill." Applause Given Sparingly. Mr. Dies added that he was a "politi cal coward Ilka the balance of you," but he expected somebody to rise some time, "brave enough to risk his hide and atop thia notorious legislation." "It may be President Taft," he added. "He may veto the Sherwood bill. If so, I say: Strength to bis arm." The House gave undivided attention to the Texaa Democrat, but applauded hla sentiments sparingly. With the ex ception of Representative Trouble, of Georgia, all the other dozen members who spoke on the pension question dur ing the day advocated the service pay Increase of the Sherwood bill or an age limit Increase on the plan of the Sulloway bill, passed by the House last Spring. BILL THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS EVENTS BfL HA SPAIN LVLL rotAHAl A V TUH TV TO APPEAR SOtZPZSC? WOMEN AS VOTERS PRAISED BY MYERS SMILES ARE GKEKTISTG GIVEN" LrOS ANGELES CITIZENS. Suffrajrists' Judgment Promises Good for California, Says Port land Man, Back From East. LOS ANGELES, Deo. . (Special.) The apostle of smiles, hailing from Portland, Is a guest at the Angelus. He has been in the East for two months. distributing smiles through Washing ton. New York and other Eastern cities, as samples of tha principal fa cial expression on the Paciflo Coast. Tha smile man Is Jefferson Myers, In charge of the Oregon building at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, a retired attorney, rated In the plu tocracy class on account of his exten sive land holdings, bank directorates and' other business Interests. "The chief topic of discussion throughout the East during my stay there seemed to be the municipal elec tion in Los Angeles," said he. "The women who voted should receive their due credit, since much of the responsi bility of the election hinged on them. "When they showed their sound Judgment in an endeavor to protect their homes and their loved ones from the outbreaks of anarchy, they Indi cated Just what they will do In future questions which threaten the homes." As a prominent member of the Shriners, Myers is arranging some of the advance details for the coming of the Oregon Shriners. POPE DISCERNS SHADOW Appointment of Cardinals Regarded as Preparation for Death. ROME, Dec 9. (Special.) It Is an open secret that Plus X Is s'o Impressed with the propheoy that he would hold the pontificate not more than nine years, or for another year only, that It waa by his wish that a consistory was held In this year of mourning for the church on account of the celebra tion of Italian unity. He Is convinced that the 19 new cardinals will follow his policy, especially In respect to the codification of the canon law and tha war against modernism. The ' sudden decision to create so many cardinals, a majority of whom are foreigners, and thus practically re form the sacred college. Is believed to have been due to the Pope's conviction that their services would be needed soon for conclave to elect his suc cessor. MAN'S LEAP ENDS POVERTY Park Row Suicide Is Identified as ex-Body Guard of Lincoln. NEW YORK, Dec 9. (Special.) The man who Jumped from the dome of the Pulitzer building and was smashed to death in Park Row Wednes day afternoon was Pryce Lewis, the first Federal spy of the Civil war. He waa 83 years old and killed himself to escape poverty and because his appli cation for a pension had been refused ia an official letter received Wednes day morning. Lewis, In his services as a spy, was twice captured and once condemned to death. He lay for 19 months In pestilence-ridden Southern prisons. He was many times the personal guard of President Lincoln, who became his staunch friend. WOMAN MADE CITY CLERK Jlrs. Grace Gibson First of Fair Sex to Hold Municipal Office. TEXINO, Wash., Deo. 9. (Special.) Mrs. Grace K. Gibson has the distinc tion of being the first woman to hold a municipal office in Thurston County. Mrs. Gibson was elected to the office of City Clerk In Tenino last Tuesday, with a majority of 67 over the present Treasurer, H. S. Barclay. August Klingbell. C. S. Vandersllce and S. W. Fenton were elected Councllmen on the progressive ticket, with substantial majorities. riLWA t?L V TJr WAY ps REFORM FOIBLES GRILLED li'J SONG Red Insurgent Banner Flung to Breeze. SUPREME COURT "RECALLED" Gridiron Club Makes "Bath house John" Chief Justice. UNCLE JOE IS BARBARA 'We Are All 'Standpatters' After We Get Ours," Is Sentiment Ex pressed In Operatic Trav esty on "Faust." WASHINGTON, Dec 9. Round the table are offices fair; President and congress ail are there. Look them over, you insurgent horde. And take them all If you have the aword. This touching little parody of a stanza from Whittier's poem, "Barbara Frietchte," gave the key note to tha December dinner of the Gridiron Club tonight. The red banner of Insurgency was flung to the breeze and every skit and gibe was super-charged with the spirit of revolt against present condi tions, political, social and personal. Nothing was too sacred to escape the Irony and wit of the actors who played their parts on the small stage and tha choristers who chanted to the tune ot popular airs the grievances of the com- jnon people and the glowing promises ox tne reiormers. Supreme Court "Recalled.'' That venerable body, the United States Supreme Court, came In for Its share of attention early in the eve ning. After an overwhelming majority vote of the diners had vanquished all of the regular candidates and planed Dr. Wiley "In the Presidential chair, the Supreme Court found itself completely reconstructed, having passed through the process of "recall." The new court was headed by "Bath House John" Couglln, as Chief Justice, and among the Associate Justices were Eugene V. Debs, "Hlnky Dink" Kenna, Samuel Gompers, "Flngey" Conners, Charley Murphy, Governor Stubbs, of Kansas; ex-Senator Aldrlch and Theodora Roosevelt. When the attorney for the Sugar Trust, which was on trial before tha court, sought to call attention to the law in the case, he was chlded by tha Chief Justice with, "Can that chatter about the law. We make our own laws." The Trust was convicted and ordered "pulled apart." Trust Jibe Aimed at Roosevelt. The Steel Trust was the next victim, charged with having "Goldbrlcked T, R.," although the Justice of that name violently protested that "they didn't goldbrlck me." The protest did not avail and the president of the trust was sentenced to four hours private conversation with Attorney-General Wickersham. An appeal for an injunction to pre vent Bryan from running again for the Presidency was denied by Justice Aldrich, who said: "Oh, let him run. What difference does It make?" Attorney-General Wickersham asked for an Injunction to restrain Champ Clark from annexing Canada, but one of the Justices suggested reciprocal action by inviting Canada to annex Champ Clark. A petition to prevent the Taft boomers ftom grabbing the Presiden tial nomination from "Bob" La Fol lette was denied on the ground that "it is no crime to take candy from a child." Whlttler Ballad Dramatised. In the stirring ballad of "Barbara Frietchle," which was dramatized for this occasion, was shown the rough (Concluded on Page 6.) ...... ......................... f Hll