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Newspaper Page TextJ IHhCii fK Pages 1 to 16 80 Pages v vifcjt tcs&Lg . x-r nwpfinv. stt-vtiav MOKXfXfi. FEBRUARY 18. 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXI XO. 7. . . V - 1 Z . .. - -- . I - " 1 I I I LA FOLLETTE PUT TAFT IN FIELD Strategic Move Made in North Dakota. ROOSEYELT COMBINE FEAftEO Three-Cornered Fight Is Pre ferred to Straight Issue. WEEK FAVORS" PRESIDENT Krport From Center of Large Im portance Indicate That Dele gate Will Be la Favor of Renomlnatlon. BT T KMR CUR Tl. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. (Special.) That which th dramatic crttlca lov to call th "eternal trln(lt" trana formed to have a political Instead of a domestic significance, seems to char acterise tho Republican Presidential situation. A week that began with a "clarified situation," Involving a stralghtout contest between the. Taft and Roosevelt forces, closes with the Indomitable La Follette not only stick In to the fame Ilk a puppy to a root, but playing- strategic that Indicate that bla shattered nervous system Is not beyond repair. At any rat his managers still are alert. The most vitally Important political news of tb week cam from North Dakota this afternoon. It was to the effect that the nam of President Taft as well as those of ez-PresMent Roose velt and Senator La Follette, Is to go on the primary ballot for the Initial Presidential preference test. This waa the last day for Cling- nominations of csndldates for the preferential primary la North Dakota. Taft Mea Are Sarprtawd. It had been expected that the only names on" the ballot would be those of Roosevelt and La Toilette. Walter L. liouser. chairman of the La Follette campaign committee, who went to the state a few daya ago' to "cheer up' the Wisconsin Senator's friends, tele graphed sententlously from Bismarck this afternoon that La Follette. Roose velt and Taft would go on the ballot and that the Taft proposition waa a "great surprise." It undoubtedly waa a surprise to the Taft manager her and to the Roose velt boomers, but It 1 doubtful whether It waa an actual surprise to th La Fcllette leaders. la short. It looks aa though th La Follette managers bad put ever a clever deal In North Dakota, upon which attention Is to be riveted a few weeks hence, when th first trial of th Presidential preference scheme Is to take place. Re Taft Cass palga Made. Th Taft people have made no cam paign la North Dakota and weeks ago. before Roosevelt was Injected Into .the I equation by various Influences. It was taken for granted that La Follette would rue a race with himself la that political division. A little later It developed that the contest would be between La Follette and Roosevelt. Then followed the hsppenlngs thst sug gested the elimination of the La Fol lette movement and Manager liouser MEN H00 HOO HOAX IS CROSS-FIRE PLAY KITTENS" SCARED TO DEATH AS TWO BEGIN SHOOTING. When Smoke Clear Away at Con catenation, Perpetrator of Trick Convulsed With Laufliler. SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) Forcing his way into tn oau roora of th Washington Hotel. In which a Hoo Hoo concatenation waa In progress and from which he had been expelled because be persisted in pick ing a right with a. o. mstmi'i -lumberman from Napavlne. R. C. King, president of the Pioneer l.umoer pany. of Seattle. last night drew a pistol, causing a panic among the men who crowded th room. Without warning. Mr. King com- - at RAmervllle. who IUCUK.ru ,ii,uuii. - . also whipped out a gun and returned his assailant's firs, cropping a large wicker cage which had been placed In th mlddl of th room and which waa fur of lumbermen being In itiated into the Hoo Hoo. the two men emptied their revolvers at one another, shooting through the frantic, strug gling. Imprisoned "kittens." v a i i the shootlne- cora- menc than everybody In the room. except H. 8. Stln ana in men In. the cage, rushed from th room a fast as possible or dropped flat to the floor, shielding themselves aa best they could with chairs and tables. Mr. Stlne. although daaed at first by the suddenness of the gun play, en deavored to disarm King, but waa un able to do ao until both of the re volvers had been emptied. Aa soon aa th firing -had ceased, th bravest of th crowd peered back Into th room, expecting to sea every body Inside either dead or badly wounded. To their surprise, however, they saw Mr. King and Mr. Somervllle tumbling about the room, convulsed with laughter at th fright which they bad thrown Into the assembled Hoo Hoo and especially Into th "klttena," bald captive In th cage. SEATTLE CHINESE SILENT Xew Tear, Celebrated for 400 Years, Fall In Response In 112. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) Th Chines New Tear of th old Mancbu dynasty, observed for th past 400 years and which falls on this day. not only came In with an absolute iianea. hut harrlnsT a few outward semblances In the old and th new Chinatown of 8eattle, ther 1 notn i .a indicate anvthlna- out of th ordinary. Streets, which formerly were Uttered on the morning aner r.ew Year's eve. contained this morning not a scrap of red paper from tb explod ing firecracker. Seattle Chinese, with their fellow In America, ar trying to avoid th cele v.. mm ta show their respect to the new Chinese republic Then, when th United States gives toe lormai rec- i.i the habv renubllc th fun will begin among th Chines of thla and other American cities. VALUATION $500C A FOOT One Lot at Weat Park and Washing ton Sell for $230,000. Announcement waa made yesterday that the (OxlOO-foot lot at the south east corner of West Park and Wash ington streets, owned for msny years by th Jagger estate, had been pur chased by a non-resident Investor for iiso.ooo. The property has a frontage of 10 feet on Washington street and 100 feet on Weet Park street. At the consider ation named, the property has a valua tion of 15000 a front foot. The lot Is covered with a three-story frame build ing. YUAN WILL RETIRE IN OR. SUN'S FAVOR Presidency of China Goes Begging.. mruim lu ccid nc "DII'M" rnuYii.n in ilhu ui num Modest Work as Husbandman Will Be Resumed. MANCHURIA IS DISTURBED Appeal for Fonda for Famine Suf ferer Declare Struggle for Lib erty Ha Rendered Admin istration Helpless. ' SHANGHAI. Feb. 17. Tuan Shi Kal telegraphed today to Nanking, request ing Huang Sing, the War Minister In th Republican Cabinet, to dispatch troop to assist In quelling disturbances In Manchuria. Tuan Shi Kal also tele graphed to Dr. Wu Ting Fang, th Re publican Minister of Justice, and to Tang Shae Tl, urging them to endeavor to secure th election of Dr. Sun Tat Sen a president of th republic In his place. In his dispatch ha said: "I am unable to control th Involved situation In China, as I am suffering from impaired health. Now that th aim of th republican have been at tained, I have accomplished my duty. "The post of president of the repub lic would only serve to lead to my ruin. I ask your kind offices' and Interest with the people of the country to elect Tr. Sun Tat Sen, to whom credit should be given. I will wait her until I am relieved. Then I will return to my home and resume my work aa a hus bandman.' The new constitution of the pro visional government will be approved by the assembly at Nanking on Feb ruary 19, after which It will be rati fied by a delegation which will start for the north. General Homer Lea, the American officer who haa been acting as military organiser, and who has been seriously 111, haa rallied and may recover. Dr. 8un Tat Sen In an Interview to day urged that an appeal be made to foreigner to contribute to tb relief of the famine. He said that owing to the l'f and death struggl for freedom which had been going on, the adminis tration waa 'helpless at present, but he hoped that hereafter it would not b necessary for China to make any appeal abroad. FATHER DYING, SON HURT Lad With Broken Sknll Taken to Hospital, Where Sire Is Low. Benny Gross. It years old, fell from the Southern Pacific viaduct In East- moreland last night and fractured his skull. The Injured lad, who Is be lieved to be mortally hurt, was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where hla father Is at death's door. The boy's mother died one year ago. In crossing the railroad structure young Gross slipped and fell to the concrete flooring, IS feet below. Gross, ' senior, has not been Informed of the ' accident. . The Gross horn is at IS7 South avenue. In Sellwood. CARTOONIST ' REYNOLDS GLANCES INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA. INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS The Weather. TZSTIRDATTS Maximum temperature, 5 decree; minimum, 48 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; south te west wind. I Foreign. Toan Shi Kal will yield presidency to Dr. Sun. Section 1. pass 1. : Oomes accepts provisional presidency of Mexico, bection l. pas -LHraieatie. Cruise of warship kpt mystery by Nsvy officials. Section 1. pass Oer an-Americaa women declare petticoat prohibitionists don't represent enure Bection 1. pace 6. Hlfh school girl expelled for Joining fra ternity to carry esse 10 msnesi court. Section 1. Das S. Iron Workers' secret conversations betrayed throusa use of dlctasTspa. Bection x. pace S. Hermit's mansion In Brooklyn epened for first time In 23 years; sold In kecs found covered with dust. Becuoa x, page i Aviator Hoff probably fatally injured ta Oakland meet. Bection 1, page I. California bigamist and swindler traced with alti-wlfe to Canada. Section 1. page 2. Senator Psulhamua. of Washington, tells Willamette Valley folk how, to make farms pay. Section 1, psge - Leper Early's case big pnxsle to Pierce County authorities, section 1. page . National. Hons committee reports that sugar trust exists. Section 1. psge 8. Packers change system when Indictments are found, section 1. page . Ainsworth Incident precipitates Congres sional Inquiry Into War Department. Bection 1. page 2. National Committeeman Williams tells Pres ident Sllets bill must be enforced. Bec tion 1. page 7. "Miss Democracy" Is belle of gridiron ball. Section J, pegs X. Politics. La Follette men make Taft candidate In North Dakota, tearing Roosevelt com bine. Bection 1. page 1. List of candidates for Multnomah County of fices Is good. Section 1, page 10. Republicans In Oregon esgerly sign Taft nominating petitions. Section 1, page 10. Sport. Irvlngton Club names W. B. Ed car chairman of tennis committee for 1U12. Section 2, page t. Billy Evans says umpires honesty Is bul wark to National game. Section 2. page 2. Freddie Welsh 111; match with Brit ton can celled. , Section 2. page 4. Amateur baseball leagues forming. Section 2. page 2. Aggies have poor prospects for track team. Section 2, page 8. All-star soccer teams picked. Section 2, page S. Coaches disagree on football rule change. Bection 2, page s. Ooed fights scheduled for Washington's birthday. Section 2, page 4. Pacific. Northwest. Hoo Hoo hoax Is crossflr play of two mem bers at Seattle concatenation. Section 1. page J- Disastrous flood threatening Rogue River Valley. Section 1, page L More than 1.000.000 tons of quarry rock blown in great blast near Tenlno. Wash. Section 1, pegs 7. Counsel for University of Oregon files brief In referendum case on appeal. Section 1, page 8. Real Estate and Building. Realty market strong, demand for Inside property Is great. Section 4. page v. Portland apartments are said to excel thoee in Los Angeles. Section 4, page . Dwellings rise In all parts of East Side. Section 4. page . State campaign begun to rout unscrupulous realty dealers. Section 4. page 10. Commercial and Marine Oregon onions shipped to Chlcsgo snd other Eastern cities. Section 2. page 19. Sharp break in wheat prices at Chicago, Section 2. page 19. Stock dealings small, but tone is better. Section 2. Page 19. Loans of New York banks now lsrgest on record. Section 2. psge 19. Steamer Kansas City to take PorUand-Ban Francisco run pending repairs of ' Big Three" liners. Section 2. page 18. Portland sod Vicinity. Traffic man sees great development gsln In cdrning 6ummer. Section 1, psge 12. Attorney In Municipal Court case says Coun cil Intends to change ordinance govern ing serving of liquor In restaurants. Sec tion 1. page 12. Irrigation Congress Is likely to revive con troversy between Governor snd Des chutes Uii Company. Section 1. page 14. Programme for Rose Planting day cere monlee framed. Section 1. page 1L Ex-dete-tlve ssys he trailed man who shot Attorney Clark snd then declsres he lied. Section 1. pegs 4. H. C. Atwell extols eo-operstlve plan for reaplnv benefits in the sale of fruit crops. Section 1. page 14. Water Department aeoounte short $500. clerk disappears suddenly. Section 2. psge 20. University Club will build $100,000 clubhouse at Sixth and Jefferson streets. Section 2, page 20. Improved roads add Impetus to sutomoblle trade. Section 4. page 4. Flsher-Thorsen Company will build $250,000 warehouse on site of Union Oil Com pany's tanks. Bection 2. page 7. Hotel men of Oregon seek John Day, bad i check passer, bection i. psge i, 5 AVIATORS FALL AT OAKLAND MEET Hoff Believed Dying From 50-Foot Drop. DEATH LURKS ON ALL SIDES Gusty Winds on San Francisco Bay Upset Airmen's Planes. MANY MACHINES WRECKED Parmalec, Martin, Kearney and Beachey Also Driven to Ground. Contestants Lose All Sense of Direction in Thick Fogs. OAKLAND, Feb. 17. Opening of an aviation meet at the old Emeryville racetrack near here today was baptised with blood. Tonight. William H. Hoff. a San Francisco aviator, lies probably dying In a hospital and a half dozen of his fellow-aviators, more fortunate than he In escaping from the wreck age of their machines, are -nerving; themselves to play again tomorrow the hide-and-seek game with death which lurks In the ocean fogs and the gusty winds of San Francisco Bay. Phil O. Parmalee. Glenn Martin, Horace F. Kearney and Hlllory Beachey were among those whose ma chines were driven to the ground. Air Currents Tilt Plane. On after another the biplanes were caught by the wind, which was broken Into combatting currents by the Islands of San Francisco Bay and the hills and mountains that surround It. Be fore the aviators could pitch their planes to meet one burst of the half gale, another, from a different direc tion, would upset their entire equilib rium. ii Palmer, the youngest aviator at the meet, became lost In the fog and it waa feared he had fallen Into the swift tide which races past the Federal mili tary prison on Alcatraz Island, but he finally landed. Hoff Fall SO Feet. Hoff was trying out a new machine when he met misfortune. As he flew at a height of about 60 feet, an air current, sweeping around Mount Tamal puls. struck the biplane. It buckled and dropped straight to the earth. Hoff waa under it. His pelvic bone was fractured, his nose broken, his face was ground to pulp and he sustained in ternal Injuries. Young Fish, when he alighted, said he had lost all sense of direction in the fog and "took a chance." Hemmed In by San Francisco and San Pablo bays, he was fortunate enough to light on the neck of ground between them. Hoff was mechanician for Eugene Ely at the time of the tatter's fatal fall at Macon, Ga. Mrs. Ely was In the grandstand today as Hoff fell. She left the field unnerved. Martla Loaes Coat ML Glenn Martin, representing the San Francisco relay team In the second lap oj.' the 16-mile race, lost control of his car In a treacherous bit of air at the north end of the cours before he had obtained any height and came to the ground, rushing along the rather uneven field until his machine crashed Into the fence which separates the ileld from the racetrack. Martin came out unscathed. The ma- 9 rAn.lnH,H on Pass 6. a FLOOD THREATENS CITY OF MEDFORD TOWN MAT BE WITHOUT DRINK- IG WATER. Bear Creek Overflows Banks and. Dam at Intake of Water Supply at Bntte Creek Reported Ont. MEDFORD, Or. Feb. 17. (Special.) With a record-breaking precipitation In the last 12 hours. Bear Creek overflow ing Its banks, a rise in the Rogue River and rain still falling, Medford and the Rogue River Valley are threat ened with a disastrous flood. There haa 'been no serious property destruction yet, but Medford may be without drinking water for 14 hours, as the dam at the Intake of ths water sup ply at Butte Creek la reported swept away, the reservoir must be held for fire emergency, and high water makes repair work almost Impossible. The high water in Cove Creek, near Ashland, today claimed a four-horse team and the driver, H. Spencer came near finding a watery grave before he caught an overhanging branch and pulled himself to safety. The man at tempted to drive across the swollen stream, but midway the horses lost their footing, became entangled with the harness and were drowned. The team belonged to Bert Kellogg, a rancher living on the Dead Indian road. The high water in the Rogue carried away the temporary fish ladder at the Ament dam at Gold Ray, and the Pa cific & Eastern Railroad did not. run their heavy engine over Butte Creek bridge because of the threatening wa ters. With a precipitation of 1.15 Inches of rain Friday night between the hours of 6 P. M. and 6 A. M-, all records for a 12-hour period In Southern Oregon were broken, according to offlclala of the United States Weather Bureau here. This precipitation brings the total for the storm to 1.89, and for the season to 10.87. Continued rain Is predicted for tonight and Sunday. DRUNK, SQUAW LOSES BABE In Celebrating Visit' to Bis; City Papoose Is Forgotten. With her head throbbing grievously, Lettlce Falrchlld, a Rlletz Indian, awoke In the County Jail yesterday morning and contemplated her surrounidngs with baleful eyes. When. Lettlce tried to walk she reeled uncertainly from the effects of too much firewater im bibed the night previous. -Lettlce was known to have had a papoose with her when she aet out to celebrate her visit to Portland, and, when asked where the child was, she uttered an Indifferent grunt. When a Deputy Marshal served her with a subpena on the reservation to appear before a Federal grand Jury In Portland she told the officer that she would gladly come, for It meant much liquor. The 8-months-old babe was found late yesterday alone In a room In a waterfront lodging-house. DOGS CONVEY DELEGATE Long Snow Journey to End at Cor dova Republican Convention. NOME, Feb. 17. Charles Herron, with the proxies of the 60 delegates from the Nome Judicial district, left by dog team today on his 2000-mile Journey to at tend the territorial Republican conven tion at Cordova, March 30. He is ln-i structed to cast the votes for a Taft delegation to Chicago. At Fairbanks Mr. Herron, .if he chooses, may take a horse stage to Chltlna, on the Copper River Railroad, and complete his Journey by team, but he purposes to travel the whole dis tance behind swift dogs. After the convention Mr. Herron must return overland or wait until Bering Sea Is open to navigation In June, HERMIT DYING III HCENI Kegs of Gold and Sil ver Are Found. MANSION CLOSED 25 YEARS S. E. Haslett Recluse Since Wife's Tragic Death. $10,000 ON FLOOR IN DUST Servant and ex-State Senator Gard ner, of Rracetrack Notoriety, Arrested for Trying to De fraud Old Millionaire. NEW YORK. Feb. 17. (Special.) Samuel E. Haslett, the hermit million aire of Brooklyn, is dying In his "house of mystery," at 138 Remsen street, and the fact that he is dying has opened for the first time in 25 years the man sion he occupied alone and revealed an amazing condition of neglect and dilap idation. The magnificently furnished house was two Inches thick with dust, and $10,000 In currency that Uttered the floor was swept into corners or lay thick under filaments of dust in hall ways. There were two bushels of un opened mall overflowing from antique brass Jardinieres, and letters and par cels were tossed and heaped every where and then never disturbed. Keg of Gold Found. There were boxes and kegs of gold and silver coins and there were thou sands of richly-bound books that had never been opened, heaping various rooms In the great, dismal dwelling. George H. Decker, employed as a. nurse In the Haslett home, was ar rested tonight charged with conspiracy to defraud his employer out of his property "by criminal means." Frank J. Gardner, attorney, who, according to the alleged confesslon"of Decker, drew up a will whereby Decker was made the chief beneficiary of the aged mil lionaire, also was arrested. ' Arrest Follows Raid. The arrest of Decker followed a raid made on Haslett's residence, when Chief Magistrate Kempner and two po licemen were obliged to batter down the door to obtain admission, their ob ject being to ask about the alleged revocation by Haslett of his power of attorney .held by John B. Lord, Has lett's attorney for the last 15 years. Holding court by the sick man's bed side. Magistrate Kempner was told by Haslett he never had signed any power of attorney and that he supposed that Lord was still acting for him. Decker Make Confession. The magistrate then ordered the ar rest of Decker, who afterward con fessed, according to the magistrate, not only to the falsity of the power which gave to his alleged lawyer ac complice full power over the "million aire's" bank account, but to having drawn up a will under which he re ceived a large sh--e of his estate. The lawyer arrested is Frank G. Gardner, ex-State Senator, of racetrack investigation notoriety. Gardner was tried in February, a year ago, on a charge of having at tempted to bribe Otto G. Foelke, a State Senator, afterwar's Congress man, to vote against the anti-racetrack Concluded on Page