The Sunday Oregonian., December 01, 1912, Image 1

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VOL. XXXI XO. 48.
PORTLAND. OREGON". SUNDAY. MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STOLEN PLATFORM
NEW CONSUMPTION
CURE REPORTED
GER3IAX SAID TO HAVE WON
WHERE KOCH FALLED.
ACTRESS SUED BY
SINGER FOR $50,000
MISS GLASER SAID TO HAVE
WON MARRIED MAX.
POLAR AIR ROUTE
DECLARED SAFEST
PEARY'S COMPANION GIVES
HINT TO AVIATORS.
SURELY ADOPTED
ARMISTICE WILL.
BE SIGNED TODA
NOVEMBER TRADE
SHOWS NO LET UP
FIRST WOMEN JURY
HAS WOMAN'S CASE
Convention Deceived
Says McCarthy.
4 QUESTIONS ASKED DAVIS
Who Told Him to Correct Mis
take? Is Interrogation.
RECORDS ARE DEMANDED
No. Question Exists That Moose Con.
rentlon Voted to Adopt Senti
ments Issue Is Wlio Had
Right to Say Nay.
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 30. The plank
favoring the trusts which somebody
sneaked Into the. Progressive platform
was lifted word for word and letter for
letter from the confession of faith
made by Theodore Roosevelt to the
people and delivered on August 6 in
Chicago. This was the discovery made
here- today after a comparison of the
violated platform and the confession of
faith.
Another development was the reply
to Oscar King Davis by Dr. Charles
McCarthy.
"Somebody is going to be shown up
a colossal liar before we are through
with this thing." said Dr. McCarthy.
"The plank which was discovered In
the platform and which was not In It
when the platform was adopted was
burled in Roosevelt's confession in an
obscure spot."
Flank Adopted br Convention.
Dr. McCarthy still maintains that the
trust plank. Including the Sherman
anti-trust law Indorsement, was a part
of the Progressive platform when
adopted by the Chicago convention.
After reading Davis' Interview, Dr.
McCarthy said that the whole matter
rested with Dean Lewis and Gilford
Plnchot, who could produce the records.
McCarthy submitted the following four
questions to Davis regarding the ad
mission of the itlmli: .
"Who told Davis that a mistake had
been made in the adoption of the Sher
man plank and that it. should be re
moved? Davis was not in the commit
tee meeting.
"Who told Davis to correct the mis
take? "How did he discover the mistake?
"Has he any testimony to offset the
testimony of men who were in the
committee and heard the resolution
read?"
Discovery New te Colonel.
"Davis testimony In which he said
that a mistake had been made is di
ractly contrary to a letter which Colo
nel Roosevelt wrote me, and In which
le said that he had Just discovered
that the plank had been cut out," said
HeCarthy.
"It Is contrary to the testimony of
Heney, Merrlan and a long list of
ethers. Now, Mr. Davis must show the
records or minutes which Justified him
in; going ahead and cutting out this
plank and substituting the other.
"Davis admits that William Draper
lewis read the trust plank. Including
fee Sherman act amendments, before
the convention, and that the convention
idopted it. Lewis worked on this plank
tor at least four days. He was chair
nan of the committee on resolutions.
He was one of the men whom Colonel
jtoosevelt selected to rewrite this plank
rr him.
Lewis Acknowledges Change,
j "He acknowledged to the committee
s my presence .the changes which had
hen made. He put the question of the
tloptlon of the changes to the commit-
Patients Treated in Berlin With
Scrum Declared to Have Been .
Restored to Health.
BERLIN, Nov. 30. (Special.) A
press correspondent this week Investi
gated the newly announced discovery of
an actual cure for tuberculosis and if
the history of cases and tests of per
sons who say they were cured may be
trusted, it seems, at least to a layman
who has had much experience in the
great consumption camps of Arizona
and California, that Dr. Friedrich Franz
Friedman, the Berlin physician, after a
decade of experimenting, has finally
solved the problem, where Dr. Koch
failed. He has given the world his
cure. It is believed the discovery will
mark one of the greatest epochs in the
history of medicine.
The correspondent visited and inter
rogated numerous . patients who had
been treated for tuberculosis, includ
ing pulmonary throat trouble and
glandular and knee bone tuberculosis
These patients all asserted that they
had been cured after from one to three
injections of serum. Several of th
cases of bone tuberculosis were of long
standing and showed scars. In two
of the cases amputation had failed to
cure.
Numerous physicians and tuberculo
sis specialists are on the way to Berlin
from Australia, the United States, South
America, and other countries to stud
and investigate the new discovery.
Australia is sending a government com
missioncr. English physicians are al
ready here.
Dr. Friedman is deluged with letters
anct pathetic pleas for treatment and
by telegraphic and cable requests from
physicians for the serum. He will not.
however, distribute the serum for th
present, but will probably treat cases
here. To the present he has treated
1200 cases.
Powers Now Count On
Permanent Peace.
STORM OF PROTEST HEARD
Spokane County Officials Dislike
"Muscle Dance" as Staged.
SPOKANE, Nov. 30. (Special.) A
storm of protest addied around city
and county officials of Spokane today
over the perfjrmance permitted last
Ight at the "Spokane Diggings. a
miniature mining camp In a large rink,
tagea primarily lur me ejiierminnieiii
the American Mining congress,
which closed Its sessions here yester
day
Citizens declared that the open oper
ation of gambling games and the dances
of two women Drought hero from San
Francisco for the occasion not only
transgressed the city and state laws,
but exceeded the wildest license of the
"boom camps."
The dances in question performed be
fore 6000 men consisted of a "muscle
dance" and a dance of "the seven
veils," In which the veils disappeared
with lightning-like rapidity until only
a smile and a string of beads remained.
The latter performance later was re
peated on the bar of the dancehall with
only the smile remaining.
The protestors asserted today that
the bringing of the dancers for the
entertainment committee might come
under the provisions of the Mann white
slave act. .
(Concluded on Page 2.)
MILLIONAIRE, 80, DIVORCED
Mrs. Annie Laura Thompson Gets
$125,000 Alimony and Freedom.
DENVER. Nov. 30. A divorce was
granted to Mrs. Annie Laura Thompson
today from her aged and wealthy hus
band. Alonzo Thompson, by District
Judge Allen, on charges of desertion
and non-support. The decree carried
with it an allowance of $125,000 perma
nent alimony and 110,000 attorneys'
fees.
Today's decree was the culmination
of half a dozen suits and cross suits
Bled in the last six months. Thompson,
who is an octogenarian, declares he has
accumulated a fortune estimated at
more than $1,000,000 in the last 20
years by fololwing the advice given by
his father's spirit. Last July he left
Denver, saying he had learned through
his father's spirit that his wife's son
sought to have him placed in an Insane
asylum because of his spiritualistic beliefs.
CHIEF FOES AT DEADLOCK
Bulgaria at End of Resources
Turks Are Hemmed In.
ALBANIANS NEW FACTOR
Raising of Flag by People Hereto
fore Opposed to Faying Taxes
to Anyone Complicates
Delicate Situation.
LONDON, Nov. 30. The second month
of the shortest great European war in
history closes under brighter auspices
than the statesmen who have been
handling the tangled skein of conflict
ing national interests dared predict.
An armistice will be signed Sunday
afternoon in the Sultan's palace car by
the delegates of the belligerent states
who have been conferring there in ap
parent conciliatory attitude and appar
ently consuming luxurious lunches pre
pared by Constantinople's foremost
French chefs.
Permanent Peace la Hope.
The hope that permanent peace will
result from the terms that will avoid
clash . against Austria is strong In
all the capitals and assuming the
strength of conviction. From Constan
tinople, Sofia and Belgrade the, press
agencies, which speak with the voices
of their governments, predict a settle
ment and portray a general desire to
end the war.
Thi terms of the armistice have not
been announced. Chief Interest centers
in Adrlanople, where the Turkish gar
rison, with diminishing ammunition
and short rations, still makes historic
resistance against the Servians and
Bulgarians with their cordon of artil
lery steadily crowding closer around
the citadel. . "'-.'
Powers' Commission Favored.
The project for establishing a diplo
matic clearing-house composed of the
ambassadors of the powers in some cap
ital to exchange views on the Balkan
question in the period of upheaval
gains strength. The Fall Mall Gazette
predicts it will be arranged within two
days. While Turkey and the Balkan
states may arrange a treaty of peace
by direct negotiations, they can hardly
do this without constant consultation
with the powers.
The Albanian politicians at Avlona
have launched a provisional govern
ment, with Ismail Kemal Bey, a Mus
sulman, as president and a Catholic
vice-president. The Albanian flag has
been raised and Albania has been pro
claimed a neutral state under the pro
tection of the powers. The new gov
ernment has advised the people of
Durazzo and Elassona not to oppose!
the Servians.
Albanians Against Taxes.
This autonomous Albania Is an ex
tremely nebulous state; since Albania Is
without definite geographical boundar
ies and almost without roads and the
people heretofore have fostered a deep
rooted prejudice against paying taxes
to any government. The final settle
ment of their future problem is second
only to that of reconciling Servia and
Austria over Servla's determination to
retain a port on the Adriatic Sea.
While the danger that the belliger
ents may fail to settle their differ
ences and hostilities may be resumed
after the period of negotiations looms
large, the fact that the armies before
Mrs. Bertha. Richards, AVife or Ac
tor, Alleges Spouse Was Sup
ported by Vaudeville Star.
PITTSBURG. Nov. 30. Lulu Glaser
Herz, the actress, was arrested on a
capias warrant today in a $50,000 dam
age suit brought by Mrs. Bertha Rich
ards, wife of Thomas Richards, for
alienation of the plaintiff's husband';
affections. . Richards is appearing with
Miss Glaser In a vaudeville act here
this week.
Miss Glaser's ball was fixed at $2000
and she was taken to the Sheriff's of
fice until bond was arranged.
The plaintiff until recently was
soprano In the choir of the Pittsburg
First Presbyterian Church, taught mu
sic and had a studio in Fifth avenue.
Recently she went to Denver to visit
friends and is there at present.
In the Sheriffs, office Miss Glaser
was asked: "What have you to say
about the suit." ,
Really I am in the dark about it.
she replied, "I don't know what it is
all about and probably do not know as
much about It as you do.'-
Mrs. Richards wants $50,000," it was
suggested.
"Well, she will have a hard time get
ting it."
The wife charges that Richards and
Miss Glaser left the show In Chicago
late In 1910, went to the home of the
defendants' mother in Mount Vernon,
N. T., and remained until the Fall of
1911. She avers that Richards was
supported by Miss Glaser. during that
period. They are now on the road with
a vaudeville sketch.
Business of Portland
Gains in All Lines.
MARION F0ILSR0AD WORK
State and Federal 'Aid Lost When
County Refuses to Give Funds.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 30. (Special.)
Failure on the part of the Marion
County Court to respond to a request
for a contribution for the construction
of a wagon road in this county between
Niagara and Detroit is given by Gov
ernor West as the reason for this coun
ty losing many thousands of dollars of
state and Federal am ana me state
losing considerable Federal aid in road
building.
The road would have been practically
l entrance to the new state forest
reserve. Between Detroit ana isiagara
there is now little better than a trail.
People In that vicinity raised $1500 for
road and the Governor oDtainea a
promise from the Government to help,
2500 to become available at once ana
more later.
The State Board of Forestry agreed
to make a contribution and so did the
Linn County Court It was a -condition
on the part of the Government that
the state and county help but the Mar
lon County Court refused, and now the
money will go into some other channel.
declares the Governor. He states that
the proposed road would be entirely in
Marlon County and that for ii con
trlbuted by this court, $5 would come
from other sources. He naa piannea
says, to establish a convict camp
in that section and rush the road work
through.
Concluded on Page 5.)
MRS. AST0R FELICITATES
Congratulations Sent to Widow of
Titanic Victim on Son's Birth.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 30. Mrs. John
Jacob Astor. who became a widow
rough the Titanic disaster whose baby
was born only a short time after her
rescue at sea, telegraphed her con
gratulations today to Mrs. Eloise Smith,
daughter of Representative James H.
Hughes, of Huntington, W. Va., a Ti
tanic survivor, whose husband was lost
in the disaster, and .whose baby was
bora last night.
GOLD DISCOVERER DEAD
Last Survivor of Marshal Party
Passes In Nevada at SC.
RENO, Nev., Nov. 30. James Burke,
partner of James Marshall, who first
discovered gold in California, and said
to be the last of the party that was
with Marshall, died today at his home
near Reno.
He was 82 years old.
WHEAT MOVEMENT IS MARKED
Eleventh Month Indicates 1912
to Be Banner Year.
MUCH BUILDING IN SIGHT
livestock and- Grain Marts Take On
New Activity, Banks Reflect Pros
perity and; No IH Effects
of Election Recorded.
With marked gains In virtually every
important branch of business In No
vember, Portland begins the last month
of the year with the solid assurance
that 1912 will prove the banner year in
its history. From month to month
there have been noteworthy Increases
in bank clearings, postal receipts and
flour, grain and lumber shipments.
Commercially and industrially, the city
has maintained a steady advancement.
and yet a no time has there been the
least hint that the city has overgrown.
Fortified with its tremendous resources.
the city was enabled to withstand the
disturbing Influences of the National
and state election and emerge from the
campaign In an unprecedented degree
of prosperity.
Continued operations of the railroads
in constructing new connecting lines
and extensions, establishment of indus
trial eterprlses of various kinds, the
prospective Investment of Immense
sums of Eastern and foreign capital
In land projects and timber lands, and
a general constructive forward move
ment in the state are factors that con
tribute to the Increasing prosperity of
Portland. -
Banks Reflect Prosperity. .
In bank clearings a new mark was
reached for November, the total clear
ances for the month amounting to $53,
658,619.14, as compared with $i,tS7,
651.80 for the corresp'ondlng'month last
year, and $45,076,551.83 for November,
1910. This Is a gain of $3,170,967 over
November last year, and $8,582,067 over
the corresponding month two years ago.
For the past three months Portland
bank clearings have exceeded the $50,
000,000 mark. A corresponding increase
in bank deposits has been made, with
the result that the financial institutions
of Portland are in a stronger condition
than ever before.
Another Portland institution that has
been making steady gains throughout
the 'year Is the local Postofnce. Re
ceipts from the sale of stamps in No
vember reached the big total of $86,-
505.09 according to an estimate sub
mitted by Acting Postmaster William
son last night. The month's record
amounts to $5094.12 In excess of the
total receipts for November last year,
the gain being 6.26 per cent.
Portland's export business for No
vember also set a new record, the total
value of shipments exceeding that of
November, 1911, by nearly $500,000. One
of the gratifying features of the
month's activity was the great increase
In lumber exports, there having been
dispatched from Portland 12,937,827 feet
as compared with 6.289,000 feef during
November, 1911. Coastwise lumber
shipping exceeded all former November
records by reaching the big total of
15,225,000 feet. This is a gain of more
than 3,000,000 feet over November ship
ments last year.
Wheat Movement Grows.
Wheat shipped during November sur
passed the business for the same period
Ideal Trip Declared to Be From Cape
Morris K. Jesup to Siberia,
Thousand Miles.
BOSTON, Nov. 30. "The safest and
easiest way to reach the North Pole,
and an entirely feasible way is by
aeroplane," said Captain Robert A
Bartlett, of the Peary North Pole party,
to the members of the Aero Club of
New England, at Its annual dinner to
night. Captain Bartlett said an aero
plane could be taken by land to Cape
Morris K. Jesup, which is only 381 miles
from the pole. With the latest ma
chines this would mean only a four
hours' flight to the pole, he said.
"The ice would furnish suitable land
lng places all along the route, but all
necessary supplies would have to be
carried for the trip to and from the
pole.
"The ideal trip," said th speaker,
'would be to go from Cape Jesup di
rectly over the pole and land at Cape
Shelluskin. in Siberia, the latter point
however, being 733 miles beyond the
pole. In the Summer months of Au
gust and July the conditions are per
feet for flying and I can see no serious
difficulties which might not be guarded
against."
Underworld Character
to Go On Trial.
YOUNG MEN ABSORB CLUB
Christian Association to Replace Alco
Society at Albany.
ALBANY, Or.. Nov. 30.-(Special.)
As the result of action taken at the
annual meeting of the Alco Club last
evening, a Young Men's Christian
Association will be formed In Albany
at once, - and the Alco Club property
will be turned over to the new associa
tion. The new organization will thus
be established in this city with a fully
equipped club rooms and gymnasium.
Last nights action is the result of
plans which have been under develop
ment here for several weeks. The
Alco Club, a social and athletic organi
zation organized about ten years ago,
has lost many members during the
past two or three years because of the
formation of other clubs and organlza
tlons in this city.
At a banquet given by A. C. Schmitt
at the St. Francis Iloiel two weeks ago
several local men agreed to form the
association, provided the. Alco Club
property could be securadand submit
ted a proposition which was taken up
by the club at its annual meeting last
evening and accepted.
Under the arrangement made last
evening the Young Men's Christian
Association must be organized and
ready to close the deal for the prop
erty on January 2, 1913. - Plans for the
organization of the new association
will go forward at oace.
The annual election of officers of the
Alco Club occurred last evening, and,
as the present officers are familiar
with the club's conditions, they were
re-elected and instructed to close up
the business for turning over the prop
erty. The officers are G. A. Flood,
president; F. P. Nutting, vice-president;
Neil M. Bain, secretary; H. B. Cusickt,
treasurer. C. H. Cusick, F. C. Stell
macher, Frank G. Will and W. L. Marks
were re-elected directors, and D. O.
Woodworth was elected on the board of
directors to succeed H. A. Stoltenberg,
who has left the city.
Concluded on Page 12.)
O'NEILL JURY DISCHARGED
Unable to Reach Verdict, Banker's
Triers Are Dismissed.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho. Nov. 30.
After being out since yesterday after
noon, the Jury in the case of B. F.
O'Neil, ex-banker of Wallace, charged
with making a false report of the con
dition of the State Bank of Commerce
of Wallace, Informed the court today
it was unable to reach a verdict.
The Jury was discharged by Judge
Flynn. There are five other indict
ments in connection with the manage
ment of the bank still pending against
MANY BALK AT COURT DUTY
Others Eager to' Take Respon
sibilities of Ballot Right.
HUSBAND'S CONSENT VITAL
Some Ask "Who Else Will Serve " 9
Panel Cnlike Any Ever Drawn
In Oregon Is Summoned Over
Phone by Judge's Order.
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WOMEN WHO ARK FIRST TO BE .
SUMMONED FOR iVRY DUTY
IN OREGON. .
Mrs. W. T. Pansle. Oregon Hotel.
Mrs. O. K. Jeffery. 684 Overton
street.
Mrs. L. W. Therkelien, 3S9 Elev
enth street.
Miss Leone Cass Bier, Bowers
Hotel. .
Mrs. A- C. ICewlll. 774 Hoyt street
Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe. 841 Love-
Jor street.
Mrs. Paul C. Bates. 403 Hassalo
street.
Mrs. O. C Bortsmeyer, 704 East
Ankeny street.
Mrs. H. L. Chspln, 623 Wlico
street
Mrs. A. BJ. Clark.. 810 Johnson
street.
To the first Jury of women ever sum
moned in Oregon, Marcelle Bortell, no
torious woman of the North End, will
make her appeal Wednesday afternoon
In Municipal Court, when she appears
to answer to a charge of keeping a dis
orderly house.
Starting half In banter, the revolu
tionary proposal, when made t' the
court yesterday morning, met with
hearty response, and in a moment all
the legal impediments to the action
were brushed aside by stipulation of
the parties. Immediately the court
Instructed for thecalllng of a special
venire of womeu and the list given
above represents those who will be
summoned for service.
To arrive at this end some queer
things had to b.e done to the laws of
the land, but Attorney Farrell for the
defense and Deputy City Attorney fca
halin for the prosecution agreed to of
fer no objection, the court holding that
they had the right to waive the legal i
guarantees in their favor.
Patrolman Suggests Women.
From over a saloon at Fourth and
Burnslde street, 'managed by Al Woh-
ers, the woman defendant was arrest
ed Friday night. Attorney Farrell
appeared for her yesterday morning
and demanded a Jury. '
"We want a full Jury of six men," .
said Sergeant Kienlen.
"Why not six women?" asked Patrol
man Nlles.
"You're on," said Attorney Farrell.
"I'd much rather have women than
men."
Then it was objected that while th
constitution has been amended to allow
women to vote, nothing has been done
O'Neil will be retried on the charge -"-"e ----
of making a false statement of the con
dition of the Wallace State Bank of
Commerce, April 28, 1909, at the first
session of the District Court after Jan
uary 1, 1913.
Attorneys for the state asked today
that O'Neil's retrial begin next Monday,
but Judge Flynn, of the District Court,
set the trial for the January term.
only male citizens shall be Jurors.
"Who is to object, if we don't?" asked
Farrell. .
The dilemma was then suggested that
women cannot be forced to attend, but
this was brushed aside with the re
mark that plenty of women could be
(Continued on Page 13.)
CARTOONIST REYNOLDS FINDS A HUMOROUS PHASE TO SOME OF THE PAST WEEK'S EVENTS.
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