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"1- COAST TEMPERATURES 8 A. M. Today. JBOISS W, i . . . ; . 4 1 t sttle .- ' '.- -..., -- Spokane ......... a Mniifiu ... '..". Baa rrenolsoo ....,..........,.'! 6a '. . ....:::::: . ' VOL. X. NO. 235. J I PORTLAND, OREGON,) WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1 6, 19.1--TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS &5&-72 BEEF BARONS SAY Beef Baron on Trial LOS ANGELES GIVES MY! SUCH ARTFUL CHILDREN" NOT TO BE CALLED 35,000 PLURALITY T II - occasional ram 10- n ., .... vv v n i . i v i v i i 1 yii I s ' riii wiMintw r v 2ir i'ir in i -1 r s 1 1 I I I l K x - JAMES M'NAMARA 1 sss w . ""P""M,r .' ....... MAYOR ALEXANDER BY GOVERNMEH . 4 Packers Brought .. to Court in 1 Chicago by United States Government After Battle of Eight Years. ; JUDGE CARPENTER'S ; COURT ROOM JAMMED Eleven Jurors, Subject to Per emptory Challenge, in Box at loon. a- I ..TTnlf.it 1r-ja Lmh4 WlM.) i!; rhleaeo. Dec. 6. Brought to book after a .hunt of more than seven year ! J. Odsren Armour and nine other Chi- cago packers were placed on trial here today before United States District Judge Carpenter on charges whlch( roay ' land them behind the bars or a reaerai ' prison for criminal conspiracy and vio lation of the Sherman anti-trust jaw. i Judge Carpenter's court was Jammed . to the doors when the rich packers, who had so long- evaded the law, were ' at last In their last corner. . They pleaded not guilty. Before the court opened It was re- ; ported that the packers would plead nolo contendere arm inrow mmeiy 5 on the mercy of the court This proved unfounded, and when Judge Carpenter I took the bench,' the final battle of the r lonr drawn out struggle began. , When the formality of the pleas of ; "not ruilty" by the packers was fin i Jshed, examination of the veniremen In ' the case began at once. "' Each side has 80 peremptorles In the selectioh of the Jury. At noon eleven Jurors were in the box, subject to peremptory challenge by ; the government s attorneys. ? .The prosecution of the beef trust f--: flcials Is the moot extensive . ever at ?; tempted under the criminal provision ; of the Sherman anti-trust law. They are charged with forming a combination in t restraint of trade, which, it is alleged. ? -controls absolutely the price of fresh 3 meat in the United States. If convicted the packers are liable to a fine of i $8000, Imprisonment for one year, or I both. ' . ... p. There ate five count In the Indict 4. anents cnarglng tnV packers ' with "TiaV lng entered Into a conspiracy to con- , trol the fresh meat prices of the coun- try and two In each of the other Indlct rments. vis., one charging the forma ; tlon of the National Packing company t as a means of controlling the fresh ; meat prices and the other seeking to - monopolize the fresh meat business con i trary to the Sherman anti-trust law. ; . The wealth of the Indicted beef ba- rons approaches the $10,000,000,000 mark, and they have engaged some of ; the most brilliant lawyers In the United ' States.: Those who face criminal pro ceedings tomorrow sre: Louis W. Swift, president of Swift & Co.; Edward T. k. bwiit, vice, presiaeni oi cwm at uo.-, rVEdward Tilden, president of the Na tional Packing company: J. Ogden -Ar mour, president of Armour & Co.; Ar thur Meeker, his general manager; Ed- ' ward Morris, president of Morris & Co.; Francis A. Fowler, director of Swift & Co.; Thomas J. Connors, Armour's su perintendent, and Louis Hyman, mana ger for Morris & Co. The trial Is of the greatest Import ance. It will not only determine ' whether or not the National Packing Company is an Illegal corporation con trolling absolutely the price of meat In .he United. States but it will also de- ermine 1 whether or not the eight year Investigation and prosecution of the beef trust officials and the expenditure of vast aums from the publlo treasury ihas been In vain.. INI FOUNDATION FOR PENSION: ONLY 54 If 3 ;'FIfty.four Too Youthful," ! Ver. diet; Jersey Governor Makes a ' Statement Explaining the Request, - Saying Politics Very Uncertain. REFUSES WILSON PLEA L)New York, Dec. 6. Governor Wood- f row Wilson has received information here that his formal application for a ) .pension from the Carnegie Foundation at Princeton university has been de ed. Wilson left the university a ear ago. after 26 years of service as f Its 'president. He was then 63 years or age, and . It is said the pension is denied him because of hia comparative youth.., :;.;. - v :.,-, I, . 'i l Baltimore, Md., Dec. 6. Declaring "a man who gets Into politics bound by principles of honor puts his family and 11 who may be dependent upon him for support at the mercy of an Incalcu lable turn of the - wheel of fortune," "Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jer My issues the following statement in esplanation of his application for thi benefits of the. Carnegie fund: ' ,-VI hve no. private means, toy depend on, and I felt entirely Justified In seek ing to provide agatnat such risks, par ticularly when I was applying for what I supposed myself to be entitled to by right of long service as a teacher under the rules of the foundation. The Car negle Foundation la not a plan for old ge: pensions, but for granting retire . ntcnt allowances - on - the ground of ; lonth and quality of service. Before I . was elected governor ot New Jersey, when 1 had Just entered the uncertain field of politics, I applied to the founda tion for a retiring allowance, to which 1 understood myself to be entitled un der the rules adopted." . . i I ". ' ' 'I I W- ( : ' W S . ff 1 i P l y I J N ft r ,;i . :' . . J J. Ogden Armour, i principal defend ant in the tzovernment's suit against the "Pickers' Trust," which went on trial In Chicago to day. Mr. Armour was photo graphed on shipboard just before be landed in New York after pass lng the summer In Europe. FLEET OF VESSELS TO THE ATLANTIC Capital Ready to. Take Up the Mauer ot punaing benoon ers; Vessels May Be Built Here, It Is Stated.' A fleet of schooners with auxiliary power to sail between . Portland and the Atlantic seaboard is proposed by an old time mariner residing here, accord- ng to information received this morn ing, the vessels to make the voyage by way of the Panama canal when it is Opened, with a possibility of the fore-and-afters being built here. While details of the project have not been completed, it is said that all sides of" the question have been figured out and that all the capital necessary to finance the scheme can be had at a moment's notice. The name of the man who contemplates establishing the line has been withheld, but it was stated Otj good authority that the pro ject Is more than a castle-in-the-alr. As outlined this morning the plan Is to build a number of four masted schooners which will be equipped with auxiliary engines using petroleum as fuel. The man who has formulated the plan Is of a family of mariners and a thor ough believer In. the fore-and-aft typo of sailing vessel, giving It the prefer ence over the -square rigger as being more economical and reliable, while the engines will make it possible for the craft to make good time when the winds are light or otherwise unfavor able. Sailing vessels plying from here to the West Coast " very frequently make almost steamer tlrue until they reach the region of light and variable winds off the coast Of Mexico, and it is there that one of -the principal occasions will arise for the use of the auxiliary en glnes. .Then again, It Is contended that they will be of value In getting the schooners through the canal, thus ellm lnatlng the expense of. tugs or other means of towing, and, after passing through the canal, they. will be enabled to cut off a large chunk from the usual sailing route from Panama to the Atlantic coast by sailing on a direct route through the Caribbean Sea to the West Indies , apd thence . steaming through the Windward passage. While the schooners, it la said,, will probably be built at the well known shipyards at Bath, Maine, they may be constructed here -because of the .large amount ot timber available. ' CZAR'S POVERTY CAUSE (United Praia UnJ Wlrt.l Helslngfors, Finland, Deo. B.-VThe real purpose of the dissatisfaction of. Fin land Is made apparer.t today by the In troduction In the Finnish, senate, thor oughly Russified, of the 11J budget Russia wants money. . 1 l , The budget Is an open attack upon the grants ordinarily- allowed by the diet for education, scientific research, art, music, the fighting of consumption and other alms. Docens of these grants are to be withdrawn by the terms of the budget ... - CV""v- Tbe armual cost of the elementary schools In Finland Is $2,000,000. - Half of this sum is to be disallowed. The expanses of the diet Itself are to be out out There Is no money for the necessities of the Finnish national life, yet every month pensions and gifts. are made out of the state funds to favor Ites of the Russian authorities. FROM PORTLAND OF FINNS RUSHI0N Incumbent Swept Into Office by Landslide That Carries With Him All "Good Gov ernment" bandidates. SOCIALIST-LABOR PARTY BLAMES M'NAMARA PLEAS Assert Rout Brought About by Fact That HarrimSn Was ' of Their Counsel. (United Prau Leued Wire.) Los Angeles, Dec. . At 1 o'clock this afternoon with 260 complete precincts In, Mayor Oeorge Alexander had in creased his lead over Job Harrlman, the defeated Socialist-Union Labor candi date, to 35,728 votes. Prohibition was swamped under by a majority of 36,603. It will be late tonight before the entire count it completed. ' Los Angeles, Dec. . Georee Alex ander has been reelected mayor of Los Angeles, being swept into office by a landslide which gave him a plurality exceeding 35,000 and carried with him every other person on the ticket in dorsed by the business Interests of the city, the damaged machines of both big political parties and the so- called-good government forces. The Socialist-labor union leaders ad mit their uttejr rout and positively in sist mat tne real reason was the eleventh hour developments In the Mc Namara murder trials. The fact that Job Harrlman was one of the labor men's attorneys cost him the votes of mousanas or union men and women here who blamed him for not publicly repudiating the McNamaras as soon as he found tbey were guilty. Tlie vote was the largest in the his tory of the city. It was the first time In the history of California that the women were permitted to vote at a mu nicipal election in a large city, and they voted almost -solidly against Har rlman ana his associates. The Alexan der forces will have complete control of the city affairs for the next two years, naving elected every councilman and member of the-educajjonal board. uTonioiuoB wii. anoweorumier; - the suggestion that ihe city go dry havlne- been overwhelmingly defeated by a ratio of 4 to 1. Socialists Not Discouraged. Milwaukee Dee. 6. The Socialist leaders here displayed no discourage ment when they learned today of the defeat of Job Harrlman, candidate for mayor of Los Angeles. "We are not discouraged," declared Mayor Seldel. "This only puts victory off a little longer. Eventually we will win in Los Angeles and bring the women to us. Wf. will fight. there as we did In Milwaukee. I dq not believe that the McNamara case Influenced trie result." r- SLAIN IN ELEVATOR, IS Engineer and Lift Operator of New York Building Arrested for Kill ing of Isador Vogel, Whose Corpse Was to Have Been Burned. New Tork, Dec. t. Murdered in an elevator for SlOiOOO worth of diamonds and his body thrown into the ash pan of a furnace to be burned, Isador Vogel, a rich Jeweler, was found dead in the basement of the Loft building here today. Asher Schaps, engineer of the building, and Joseph Roberts, a negro elevator boy, were arrested on suspicion of the crime. A gold fountain pen, stained with blood, and two diamond studded rings were found In the possession of Roberts, the negro claiming that he found them. Schaps found Vogel's body in the furnace.- The floor of the. elevator was marked with nlood, and it Is believed that Vogel's skull was crushed with a hammer while he was riding In the car. Vogel'a watch was found in a coal bin. His pockets had been rifled. E AT Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 6. The Social ist administration here is suffering from the severest blow of - Its 11 months' life today as a result of the decision of the supreme- court in de claring Us choicest ideas Illegal, throw ing a number of Its officials out of office and stopping the admlnlstra tion's efforts to collect a $15 car license fee for 10 years, from which it was expected to derive $200,000. The "city treasurer and city controller are . In a predicament as they are probably per sonally responsible for the salaries paid the ousted officials,' as well as the money spent under their direction. Barns In Philadelphia. -Philadelphia,' . Dec. . Declaring he thinks M. A. Schmidt and David Caplan are hiding In Philadelphia, : Detective William Burns , arrived here today , ttf take up the search for them, v ; v. "We are seeking the higher-ups," he said. I'l expect to make arrests here, as Schmjat ara la Philadelphia." BODY OF RICH JEWELER THROWN ASH PAN UP ME COURT HITS HA SOCIALISTS nnwARFR nFPnsFS rraham cuss ib Ifkiin. ,if AS REGENT OF CHINA Edict Issued by Empress Re moves Manchu and Gives Him Right to Abdicate Rebels Not Yet Satisfied. (United PreM Leaeed Wirt.) Peking, Dec. 6. Prince Chun was to day deposed as regent to the Manchu throne, upon the orders of Yuan Shi Kal. Chun probably will be banished. The rebels hailed his removal as regent with warm approval. Shi Kal, a Manchu, and Hsu 8hl Chang, a prominent diplo mat, were named as guardians of the baby emperor. Shanghai, Dec. . The edict deposing Prlnc Chun aa regent was signed by the empress dowager, and grants the prince regent the right to abdicate. It allows the premier and his cabinet to take up the appointment of a substl tute regent later. The Infant emperor will be raised as a Chinese by Hsu Shi Chang and Shi Sal. The prince regent wilt retain his title and an annuity of 80,000 taels. The revolutionary leaders in Shanghai declare that this does not satisfy them. (United Ptom twined wire.) Bombay, Dec. 6 King George and Queen Mary today left Bombay for Delhi, where the coronation Durbar will be held next Tuesday. ' As a result of the burning yesterday of the royal re ception tent at Delhi by an Incendiary, the utrr.ost precaution was taken by the officials "Kt Bombay to guard their majesties against the slightest mishap auring tne procession to the railroad station today. Troops lined the route to the depot from the government house and the royal carriage was so closely guarded by cavalry escorts that It could scarcely be seen.) Extraordinary precautions bsve been taken by the railroad officials to Insure safety of the royal train during Its journey northward. All local princes ruling states through which the train passes have been notified that they will be held personally responsible for any untoward Incident. , . EDISON'S "LIST OF 20" . DOESN'T CONTAIN ANDY ' i United Preia Leased Wlrrj " v New York. pc. , . Although An drew Carnegie, the steel ,klng, placed Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor, in hia list of.vthtj world's SO greatest men, Kdlson 'failed to return the complfment In his list, announced today.- , , Edison- declares the greatest man to be . Outtenberg, Inventor of printing. Watts, Stephenson end Pasteur are Oth ers high tip in his list. He would have no poets or writers of any kind except Shakespeare and possibly Herbert Spen cer, although he reads Victor ' Hugo, Edgar Allen Poe and Ouy de Maupas sant , , GEORGE V AND CONSOR HIDDEN AMONG GUARDS .'. i wi mm ww mm m w -mm- war w m 9 ,. 1 mw w m m w . SUES FOR DIVORCE FOR AUDITORIUM FROWI PRETTYFRAU NOW ABANDONED She Was in Paris This Sum mer; So Wece Certain Bos tonians and a Rich French Associate, Complaint Avers (Speelal to Tbe Journal.) Cambridge Mass., Dee. 6. Graham Glass Jr., the former Harvard senior of Portland, Or., who eloped with Helen Roche,' a pretty hat model of Roxbury, last February, filed a suit for divorce in the Suffolk superior court today, Young Glass charges that his wife was much too friendly with several Bostonians and a rich Frenchman dur ing a trip she made to Paris this sum mer. Young Glass' "elopement" to Nashua, N. H., was the sequel to a midnight Joy ride. The trip was made soon after the wedding of Nelson Qammana, also a Portland student, who married the dl vorced wife of Rufus Gaynor, son of the, mayor of New York. Efforts were made by the students at Harvard to kidnap Glass before he eloped. It was said at the time that they acted at the request of Glass' father. Following the marriage Glass was cut to a $6 a week allowance. The couple moved rrom tne Hotel Westminster. Bos' ion, wnere tney naa uvea rora month to this city. They separated soon after wards. Mrs. uiass has been seen in many public places recently. Only last Mon day night she .occupied a box with I party of young women and three men at a theatre. She is an exceptionally attractive young woman and her pres ence in the box party was noticed by many In the audience. In April, Mrs. Glass brought suit for divorce. The suit was the result of the failure of Mrs. Glass to reach an agree ment or reconciliation with the parents of her husband. .She declares that she was cruelly deserted by Glass and that he has refused' or neglected to provide for her. Her suit is still pending and the counter suits will probably he heard together. Glass finished his college course last June. During his stay at the univer sity he was a prominent figure and a great leader on Harvard's famous "gold coast" .His ratner is a prominent em ploying printer and politician of Port land. NORTHWEST BOOSTERS WILL MEET THURSDAY (Wuhlngloa Bureau' of The Journal.) Washington, Dec. 6. Members of the delegations from Oregon, Washington and Idaka to the Rivers and Harbors Congress will meet In Senator Chamber lain's room at li o'clock on Thursday to take up generally the improvement Situation in the northwest The con gressional delegations of these states have been "Invited. The governors may attend. .-:, .v :rr -- -. . , Tight Lacing Causes Death. (United Prtaa t .eased Wire.) ' LOndon, Dec. , Tight lacing has to day caused ' the death here. of. Harriet Gardner, 49, spinster, according to the verdict of a coroner's Jury. A physi cian testified that she wore her cor sets very tight and In consequence her organs were constricted, and ahe. died from asphyxia following : an epileptic Cost of Ground Too High; Lo cation Now Rests Between Market Block and East Side Place Yet Undecided. The auditorium commission has defi nitely abandoned the exposition build ing site at Nineteenth and Washington streets as place for the public audi torium. Choice rests between the Msr ket block and an east side site pot specified. This new situation developed ' at a meeting of the auditorium commission quetly held yesterday afternoon. A committee from the East Side Business Men's lub, consisting of Dan Kella her, M. O. Collins. U. Mont others, appeared before the commission "" nai me puouc auditorium be lucaum on a sue somewhere between Burnslde and the Broadway bridges and the river and Union avenue. The committee was not nrenar. tn uiuuitiiiu nny given site or to give "i.ci. a sugni aiixerence of opinion uumnmiee members as to wucro uie auditorium should ha rlnr.H won vviueni. The auditorium commission Thole. man T. B. Wilcox. Dr. J. R. Wethh Judge W. D. Fenton and Editor Hurh Hume were present asked the East Sldfc Business Men's club to appoint an. uiiicr tiuiiiuiii.ee on site and pout Thi. It was promised shall be done and a re- pun given soon. The east side bus! neaa mn they had no objection to th Morw.t block as site for the auditorium. This block was accepted by resolution some lime aVu irora me city, and the action has never beon rescinded. At the present time the mo uuiuuunum commission nrn ran.u. erlng the Market block again and said yesterday that there the auditorium may be built,, provided the obstruction to oc cupying Market street in making the necessary extension of the area e. fered by tho Zelgler amendment can be overcome. This amendment, nrohihit. the vacating of any street terminating lu the river within two thousand feet of the river. The exposition building site, it was stated, will no longer be consid ered.' . Although recommended by the hoaH of architects that awarded the plan of the auditorium, and favored by Municipal Architect Bennett In the Greater Port land plan, and thought a proper location by the auditorium commission, the price asked for the block ranging between $525,000 and $600,000 Is considered ex. cesslve and out of reach, inasmuch as the entire public auditorium bond Issue Is but $600,000. v "We were very much dlsaDDOlnted that the east side committee did not come prepared to recommend a site with a statement as to cost," said Dr. J. R, Wetherbce, member Of the auditorium commission, this morning. "We , had hoped teat thus tne east side commit teemen might solve our, problems for us. . ," - . ; "it .'.:...'..'..... y Although we are brought back to the Market block as the most available site for the auditorium,, yet so far as it Is concerned, at presents we are tied hand and foot ; by the - Zelgler , amendment Tho Market block alone will not be large enough, i. We must extend the auditor lum across, the street and Into the next block, fio long, as the Zelgler amend ment remains unamended we cannot do this. The commission Is in a dilemma. Confessed Dynamiter of Times Will Escape Testifying Irr Federal Investigation Into Transporting Explosives. , DOUBTFUL NOW WHETHER" JOHN WILL BE REQUIRED Younger Brother Disqualified Himself by Confessing and Other May Be Same. (United Preaa Leai.d Wire.) Los Angeles, Dec. 6. James B. Mo Namara, confessed murderer, will' not be required to tell his story of his dynamiting operations before the fed eral grand Jury which assembles here tomorrow to investigate violations of the law In transporting dynamite about the country. His brother. John J. McNamara, may be called as a witness, although that is still doubtful. Oscar Lawler, who is In charge of the grand Jury Investiga tion here, was still debating today, whether John J. McNamaras testi mony, even if it were given willingly, could be used. Until he decides, the two brothers will be kept In their cells In the county Jaii ; KeManlgal to Testify. I Ortle E. McManlgal is to testify. That has been determined, but whether he will tell his story tomorrow or at a Ister date has not been decided upon. The grand Jury will not be hurried. It will take' up rirst the Interstate trans portation of explosives, to be used for committing felonies; then it will take up tha transportation of them on the Inland waters, and finally It will, take up the interstate transportation on trains used in Interstate traffic. . James B. McNamara, having acknowl edged an Infamous crime,, as murder la characterised under the common law, cannot be qualified. There Is grave doubt whether John J.'S, testimony either would be legal, but that is to ' be ' settled , later. It called, HyIs asserted," John J. McNa mara will refuse to tell anything more than his counselwant aim t(k i It, la plain that 'suggestions of punishment for contempt can have little effect on . a man confronted with a 15 year sen sence to penal servitude. Rumora of further arrests In the bribery develop ments of the McNamara - - trial were circulated - today,, the rumors going so far as to name specifically three men who' have been connected with the de fense, against whom, It was - rumored, the district attorney had complied In formation. 1 Makes Ho Statement. When1 Assistant District Attorney Ford was asked about the matter he laughingly asserted that he was not in the-habit of taking the publlo Into his confidence regarding- his plans. "But I don't think there will be any arrests today," he said. And that was as far as he would go in forecasting what might happen. Despite the fact that the McNamara brothers are in cells In the . county Jail waiting transfer to San Quentln for their admitted crimes of dynamiting, Los Angeles' Is more interested and even more excited than at any time . since the Times was blown up. The sweeping victory scored at yesterday's municipal election by ihe united forces of the old line political machines, th liquor Interests and the so-called good (Continued on Page Five.) ARRIVE HERE. FRIDAY; Chairman Mulkey Learns Buyers ot $2,500,000 Bonds Are Satisfied With Date, as to Legality, That Has Been Furnished. '" The board of harbor engineers ap pointed by the docki commission to lo cate and formulate the plan for Port- , land's proposed $2,500,000 publlo dock system Is expected to arrive In Portland from New Tork Friday morning. The members of the board are Charles W, Stanlford, E. P. Goodrich and W, J. Barney. 'f ' - -.- :m':- A meeting of the public docks com mission will be held at 3 o'clock tomor row afternoon In the rooms of tha Chamber of Commerce. Plans for the reception of . the i dock ( board j will be made at that time.- ; 1 , The. exDected 110.000 expense , con nected with the coming ot the board of harbor engineers has been : guaranteed by Chairman F, W. Mulkeyj of ths dock commission, and a few other Portland cttlsens. , , Money for. the first , $60.00(1 Issue of dock bonds has not yet been received,"'-'' ' ?' - ' ' Chairman Mulkey has received a roes-... sage from the eastern bond buyers' stat ing that the data furnished at various times had proven satisfactory, that they were ready to waive the objection made ta a deficiency- in tne title Of the dock ordinance and If presented with a sam ple bond to compane with the data they have, and if this should prove satisfac tory to their attorneys the money would be sent. , H Is expected that this com parison, and so forth, will probably oc cupy the time of the buyers until the supreme court has handed down a de cision a to the constitutionality of the initiative law under which the bonds were authorised.-, f kt; .-,W ''" . The board of harbor engineers may remain in Portland two weeks, Th have, been furnUhed with. cornj ). ' s formation as to the Imral sltunri .., , piled by O. B. Hegardt, eonxi; ncr of the dn;k eumm!' HARBOR ENGINEERS TO PLAN REffl