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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY , EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1912. -EIGHTEEN PAGES.
PRICE, TWO CENTS ll1 Vrv 7V 11
One Killed in -Gllman
n
More Women Clubbed by Lawrence Police y Three-Gent Fare Fight in Prosp
ect
House
Eire
Roosevelt
Say
He
W
Take
Nominatio
LEAPS TO DEATH
JOEWEMI;
M. Rice, Lodger, Becoming
Dazed With Fright, Jumps
Three Stories When Fire At
tacks Gilman Hotel. - -
GUESTS FLEE DOWN
THE FIRE ESCAPES
Man Dies Suddenly Following
. ' His Experience; Firemen
Aid in Rescue Work. r
On 6' fnan met a tragic death by Jump
ing from a third story wmaow, another
died of heart failure and .100 guests
were driven from bed and escaped down
fire escapes as result of a fire 'Which
at :S0 o'clock today gutted the three
. upper floors of the Gllman hotel. First
and Alder streets. Damage to the build
Ins and -tenants will . reach - nearly
; $50,000. ' " ; ," ' ..
Apparently erased by the flames
which threatened him from behind, a
Greek whose name Is ' supposed to be
'm. Bice, leaped from the third floor to
. the street below, breaking- his neck and
; Injuring himself badly otherwise. While
being taken to St. Vincent's hospital In
- the -patrol-atrtomoblle- he"tttedandhls
body was remov.ed to the morgue.
The fire started apparently from de
fective, wiring on the second floor Just
behind the old elevator shaft and be
fore It was discovered by A. Mc
Cormlek, an employe of the hotel, at
6:10 o'clock, It had gained such head
way that all hope of escape by the
stairway was cut off. McCormlck
opened a window and gave the alarm
which was heard ; by Partolman Wll
lett who turned in the alarm from box
12, First and Morrison, at 5:14 o'clock.
As soon as Wlllett had turned In the
alarm he ran back and teassured the
people in the windows, telling them
: not to Jump for the firemen would ar
r rive in a moment with ladders, - --i -
Besoue Begins,
v As soon as the firemen arrived they
raised the ladders and the work of
rescue began. Over .100 lodgers were
In the building and practically all Of
them were taken down by ladders and
the fire escapes. Two women were
carried down by the firemen Mrs. - A.
'-. W. McCormlcki wife of the clerk, from
the second floor, and Mrs. P. G. Peter-
son and her four young children from
the third floor. These were the only
women and children ,4n the building.
Few of the guests of the hotel saved
anything and nearly, all were In their
nlghtclothes -
The man who was killed was In one
of the rooms on Alder street and could
easily have been saved had he gone to
" a window In his room. He evidently
" became confused and instead ran into
a room on the First street side. In the
next room to the . one into which he
ran was the window leading to the fire
escape and people- were going down
the escape at the time. One of the
firemen who was aiding the people de
scending saw him and called and mo
tioned for him to come to the fire es-
rape.: The fireman turned back to his
work and the next thing he knew of the
man above was a dull thud as the man's
f bodjr struck the pavement. ;
, Several others are not accounted for,
and have probably gone on to work. One
man by the name of Roberts Is sup
rosed to be. In Vancouver, where he
(Continued m Page Five.)
MATRON OF 24. WIFE
.Mrs. "Willis Bro'wnT and "Jack
Wilson Fouad in Road Near
Tacoma, Skulls Crushed,
Cnn1 tnn Wire. -
Taeoma. Wash., Feb. 26. Men start
ing for the Puyallup car at Larehmont
early today found the tiodies of a man
f.nd woman, their skulls crushed with
a blunt instrument, lying in the road.
The victims are Mrs. Willis Brown, of
l.srchmont, and Jack Wilson, a butch
er employed by the Great Western Meat
"mpany in the public market . here,
Wilson and Mrs; Brown came into Ta
om& last night to spend the evening,
returning on the last car. The bodies
were found 2Q0 feet from the carline
on the road to the Brown home.
Willis Brown, aged 70, the dead
woman's husband, denied any knowl
edge of the crime. He is 40 years older
than his .wife was.'- ..f ,., ,.-,
"1 had no objection to Wilson going
out with my wife," he said. "1 regarded
him as a brother. He had lived at our
. house for a year. I do not know of any
, enemies either of them had." - , v
Mrs. Brown, whose age Is given as 24,
l and who married Brown three years
go, : was married before ' to a man
named Jackson and has two children.
She was on the stage at one time.
Wilson was 38. His real name .was
a tsntir-hflTiTirtairprr-t?irnnrna--Tritj;nn
from the family which raised him. He
: was unmarried. , ; .
' Brown broke down when he 'Identl-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
tilED
SAVED
flFMW7fl
IB
VI 1 1 If II 1 VI I
ITH HER COMPANION
Leaders of Revolt
i fill y" , .r'lli
Emillano Zapata, who says . he Is
fighting for Vazquez, and below
Dr. Francesco Vazquez Gomez,
who Is working the political end
"of the revolution.
rlOPOfl JUAREZ;
I.
Four Hundred Civilians Will
'Make Effort to Resist insur
recto Attack and Hold City,
, . (Cnttd rtw Lhm4 W1r.
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 26. The com
bined forces of Colonels Campa, Rojas
and Salaiar, consisting of 1700 rebels,
left : Bauche early today to attack
Juares, and fighting is momentarily ex
pected. Bauche Is but 12 miles below
Juares. ' " ' ' ' -.. '
Juetei Is practically defenseless. Al
though Colonel H!a. cornmanding S00
federals, is reported 60 miles south of
the city, it will be impossible for him f
to arrive there in time, and several
companies of c'lttaens,.' numbering 400
men, -have organized or the defense of
the city. These men will attempt to
hold , Juares ; until Colonel Villa's arri
val. It Is believed here that Jtarex will
fall before the attack of the Vasquis
tas. It is pointed out that the rebels
are trained soldiers and that the men
comprising the citizens' gucj-d are made
up of residents who have had no ex
perience W actual warfare: ,--- 7
; Even , should tne rebels capture the
city, a serious clash Is certain to fol
Jow when Colonel Villa arrives.
American troops are patrolling the
border - here with orders , to safeguard
American lives .and property at any
cost. Several-persons were kiileJ.and
wounded in El Paso when a baTfie was
fought In Juarez during the Madero
insurrection, and President" Taft is de
termined to prevent, a similar occur
rence. ; In the-event of American lives
and property brine Jeopardized by thi
Juares engagement, it is expected that
United States troops will be ordered to
cross the bordor line.
Tho force of American troops hers"
was augmented today by the arrlval'of
the Twenty-second Infantry and a bat
tery vof field, artillery from San An
tonio," . ' - ''
HE FINDS $3,C0fJTjt
ANNOYS; GIVES IT AWAY
(United Pre Imert WlrO
New York, Feb. 26, Henry Plilppg,
millionaire a-nd former partner of An
drew Carnegie, It was learned here to
day, has handed out a bunch of presents
amounting to $3,000,000. He gave $1,
000,000 to- each of his three sons; John
."JUlenriJarnegieandJlowBta
gifts are in Chicago real estate.
- Phlpps says he gave away the prop
erty because he did not want to be
bothered with 'the annoying details of
looking after It. , -
SLUED
FORCES
CiTIZENSAR
I SELVES
CBI BARRETT
GOLD BULLION tAY
He rand Warden Curtis Pre
tended to Go Fishing but in
Reality Went to Dig on Me
hama, Or., Farm,
THIS TREASURE HUNT WAS
EASY; AUTO TAKES THEM
Governor: Appealed .to Barrett
"On His Honor" to Make -Clean
Breast.
- (Silem Barrao of The JToamil.) .
Salem, Or., Feb. 28. Recognition of
Charles A. Barrett, serving time at the
state penitentiary, when - he passed
through Stayton, a station between here
and Mehama, 'Saturday afternoon, , in
company with Warden Curtis of the pen
itentiary, fixes the 4dentlty of the pris
oner who made the confession to Gov
ernor f West regarding the robbery of
$57,000 of gold bullion from the steamer
Humboldt in Alaska In September, 1910.
How many men Barrett- Implicated
with him In the robbery Is not known,
except James B. Whealan, formerly pro
prietor of a saloon In Portland; Frank
Caviness, serving a year's sentencS at
McNeill' sJslandiOryJUleL Cavlneasrerv
lng time in Ban Quentln, and a man
named . Thomas., -. .:. .:.,-d:..
It is believed there are others, but
Governor West and Warden Curtis ab
solutely refuse to give any information,
They refuse to say whether Barrett is
the man who confessed, but enough is
known to leave no doubt as to that part
of It,
Plunder Lay Mar Mehama.
Barrett led Warden Curtis to the snot
iwhere the bullion was burled, on tlfe
sanch of his father-in-law, George Sims,
slbout half a mile from Mehama station,
n the Corvallls & Eastern, about 26
miles from here, Saturday morning, The
t ip was made in an automobile, the
tyo men being accompanied by a ,:third
man whose Identity Is not known, . i
tVhen the party arrived at the Sims
rar!h Barrett and Warden Curtis en
gaged in conversatlbn with Mrs. Slma,
while the third man was sent to Lyons
statian, about two miles away, after
Mr. fcims. While he wa gone Warden
Curtfa and Barrett secured fishing poles
and ikaid they would go fishing for a
whlle4 " ' '
Barrett Begins to Jlg.
But Instead of going toward the
Santlaoi river they cut across the field
toward . Stout creek and stopped about
800 yar41s north of the house, at the
edge of a field and near two small
waterfaBs. There one of the men,
probablBarrettt, was seen digging.
This wttis about noon. Then the two
(Continued on Page Five.),
SCENES AND INCIDENTS
710 v v, l k-r- r-r , "S
, IS F - ,11-"'' " 1 At V.' - "'' - V
vv i s. v.tjy - y Mun 1 ' h 4 - v: -
b&z m i-"' ' tin -
Above ls Bhown a. number of clflldrcn of strikers who were taken to Neve. York1 so thut they'could he fed
properly. They are at suppv lu tho Ijabor. Temple. B'low Is a troop of Massachusetts ftnte cavalry,
clearing the streets in Lawrem e and pickets at the mill grounds holding up a man who seeks to enter.
LAWRENCE POLICE
u mm m
Officers in Face of .Protests
From Over All Country, Bru
tally Beat Parading. Textile
" Strikers. 1 -r-
STRIKEBREAKER IS SHOT
WHILE RUNNING AWAY
Unionists - Assert - Authorities
Believed Him Demonstrant
: : and FireJ at Him.
(United Pren 14 Wire.)
Lawrence,. Mass., . Feb. j 26. Brutal
clubbing of women today again featured
the strike of. the textile workers hero,
the police Ignoring protests from every
section of the country to Governor Eu
gene N. Fobs that the persecution of
women cease. Scores of women were
knocked to the ground, the .police rain
ing blow after blow on the heads of the
proeeselon of strikers, paying abso.
lutely no heed to sex.
Trouble between the police and strik
ers started In the Italian quarter when
SO strikers, including men end women,
were arrested -following a-shootln? af-
fair In which Carmelo Milaa, a strike
breakerV-was-fihot in the backr- x
ul'J Again. Charge Strikers.- :
Evidently - dissatisfied with i their
work, the police, after the strikers
had i dispersed, boarded automobiles,
rushed ahead .and again charged groups
of strikers, as they were going quietly
to their homes, i 1
"Why are you doing this?" woman
asked. "We are violating no law. For
Qcfd's sake let us go quieUy home. Our
children are waiting for us. Please let
us calbflt."
.. The only answer was a command by
the officer in charge to "heat the woman
on the breasts and hips. Hit the men
anywhere, but don't break the heads
of the women." " ......,
it Little , attention," however, "was paid
to this order, the heads of scores of
women being broken. Again the strik
ers; retreated, and lagatn the police
charged. The retreat of the strikers
covered seven blocks along Essex street,
the poUse making several charges In
each block. ;
.Sing aa They March.
Despite the"1 clubbing, some of the
men, -. women andv children continued
their march, singing. 1 After each at
tack they calmly reformed in line ana
marched toward their homes. -
Accounts of the affray differ.1 The
police charge that 15 special policemen
were marching quietly along the street
when a tenement house window was op
ened and a hand holding a, revolver was
thrust out The weapotf, the police as-
(Contlnued n Page Nine.)
OF THE TEXTILE " WORKERS' STRIKE, LAWRENCE.
Clyde Ordinance Providing for
Reduced Rates on Street
car Lines . Between . Certain
Hours Certain to Bring War
GRANT SAYS COUNCIL
MAY PASS ORDINANCE
Aldermanic Body Must Do In
vestigating; Three Lines
., Affected.
Portending one of the most bitter
fights In the history of-municipal law
making in Portland is the opinion filed
In
trie city auditor s office todav on
tne question of the validity of the
so called "3 cent fare" ordinance draft
ed several months ago by Councilman
Raliu C. Clyde. The city attorney In
vestigated the legal phases of the ordi
nance in detail and his 50'00 word com
munication to the council represents
nearly six weeks of research. He states,
In brief, that it Is within the province
of the city council to pass- the Clvde
ordinance providing that the reducton
contemplated In street car rates is, In
the opinion of the council, reasonable.
. Thereon hinges the fight which will
be waged In the aldermanlo body. And
in order to settle the problem (he eoun.
cil will, have to resolve itself into an
inquisitorial body such as the state rail
road commission.
.That every legal expedient will be"
Invoked by the street car interests to
defeat the Clyde ordinance is a foregone
conclusion," It Is looked upon aa the
opening wedge for a general 8 cent fare
rate, such as the city of Cleveland Is
now enjoying. From present appear
ances the vote In the .council will be
about evenly divided, though the final
outcome cannot be predicted with any
dogwa of accuracy thus early,
artist Proceed Wlta CareT'"!
One of the most powerful elements In
the city council la the -coterie; of men
who are avowedly sympathisers of or
ganized labor, v The Clyde ordinance
would be of great benefit to all the la
boring classes, as the reduction In the
rates applies to the f,rush hours" of the
day, when the army of wage earners are
going to or coming from their dally
tasks, w'
. Provisions of Ordinance. t
The Clyde ordinance provides that
public ; service Corporations owning or
operating street railway lines within
the limits of the city shall be required
to reduce the rate of fare between the
hours of 5:30 and 8:30 a. tn, and be
tween the hours of 5:30 and 7:30 p.
and that such companies shall be re-
(Continued on Pago Five.)
Roosevelt Says He Will Accept
Sends His Reply to Governors
His Hat in Ring
Colonel Theod6re RooseTelt.
REPUBLICANS TO TEST
T MANNER OF
Dr. Coe, in C!ash,tSays Roose
velt Men Against Change In
Present Primary Law, '
A test case In the courts to decide the
matter of nominating delegates to the
Republican national convention was or
dered by the Republican state central
committee at a meeting at the Mult
nomah hotel this morning, after a vig
orous protest had been made byi-Dr.
Henry Waldo Coe against any attempt
to nullify or modify a law passed by
airec yoie or me people
Echoing the sentiments expressed at
a meeting of the committee two weeks
ago, J. a Bellinger of Astoria again
talked In favor of disregarding the state
presidential preference law and holding
conventions to choose delegates to the
national convention. He was Joined by
Chairman C. W. Nottingham in denuncia
tion of the "fool law" passed by the
people, but Nottingham thought it would
not be expedient to call a convention.
Dr. Coe was the disturbing element,
and met with withering scorn In warn
ing the committee that It is making a
mistake-In taking action to test out the
provisions ef the presidential preference
1 law, , ; - - - - . . . - r, ,,. -. .
Clashes JSlta Committee.
He said he had not voted for the law,
but ha accepts it, and If It Is to be
ci'antteo, the people should change it.
Ho also clashed with mombors of. the
committee, which Is almost solid for
Tnft, by his declarations that Taft has
Jacked loyalty, to Roosevelt,
j l?r, Coe, who Is not a member of the
comnHtte", addressed a letter of protest
, aralnst the fctlon of the committee to
; Chairman Nottingham, which was read
at the opening of the meeting. The Taft-
; Ups listened wearily while it was read
i and then Bellinger moved it be placed
'on file. The letter thus disposed of
read as follows: . .
-, 'Tour committee appointed a delega
tion to attempt to iwiiifjr in the courts
the principal feature of one of the peo
ple's laws passed by a large majority
under , tho Initiative and - referendum
relative, to the selection of delegates to
the national convention. This in order
to restore In effect the full metHod by
(Continued on Page- Nine.)
FREED OF
E
(t'nllca rrew T,MSpt WIre.l
hos ngi'les,"t-b. 26.-The rase of F.
Ira Bender, union laborite, charged with
conspiring to blow uy the Hall of Rec
ords lire, was dismissed in the 'superior
court, today on motion of Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Ilorton. Horton, In his
motion, stated that the evidence In pos
session of the state was Insufficient to
authorize him to ask for a Jury con
viction. . . ,' -
Bender, with A. B, Maple and Bert
H. Conners, similarly charged, had been
in the county Jail in I-os Angeles 'nine
months prior to, the dismissal of th
Bender case. The case against , Maple
grounds, while Conners still is held, n
Jury standing 10 tp 2 for acquittal when
he was tried here- recently, ills attorney
today petitioned that Conners' ball be
reduced from JJ5.000 to J5000. . '
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COUR
SELECTING
DELEGATES
CONSPIRACY
CHARG
CAMPAIGN OFFICES
0PENED1NG0THAM:
TRIP WEST IS PLAH
Hardly Had Letter to Gov
erners Cooled Before Active
Work Began; Colonel Ex
pected to Visit Arizona.
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T. U.'u ply to Governors.
(United Prt-M Laaied Wire.)
New fork, Feb. 26.TTie text
of the remarkably brief letter of
Theodore Roosevelt to eight Re
publican governors : who urged
him to become a candidate for
tne Republican presidential nom
ination follows. Dated New
York, February 24, the letter
says:-' - -. - " -
"Oentlemen:-" 1 "deeply" ap
preciate your letterand. I realr.
lze to the full the heavy re
sponsibility it puts upon me, ex
pressing as it does the carefully
considered convictions ; of the
men elected by popular vote to
stand as the heads of govern
ment in their several states.
"I absolutely agree with you
that this matter Is not one to ba
decided with . any reference to
the personal preferences or in
terests of any man, but purely
from the standpoint of the inter
ests of the people as a whole.
"I will accept the nomination
for president if it la tendered to
me and I will adhere to this de
cision" until the convention has
expressed Its preference.
"One of the chief principles
for which I have stood and for
which 1 now stand and which I
'have always endeavored and al
ways shall endeavor to reduce
to action, Is the genuine rule of
the people; and, therefore, I
hope that so far aa possible the
people may be given the chance,
through direct primaries, to ex
press their preference as to who
shall be the nominee of the Re
publican presidential convention.
Very truly yours,
. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
(United Preae Leietd Wlre.
New Tork, Feb." 2. Active work of
lining up delegates favorable to the
candidacy . of . Theodore . Roosevelt for
the Republican nomination began tn
earnest here today. The letter of ihn
former president to a group of western
governors In which he said he would
accept the nomination, for president hud
hardly cooled before Roosevelt head-
(Continued on Page Two.)
IS
OF
FORMER SELF; AGED
Silently and Bearing Suffering
Without Complaint,. Labor
' Attorney Awaits Trial,
(TbHiiiI Ptm VHma Wire.)
... Lull Angeles, Feb.. 2(5. But a shadow
of his. former self, his spirit brnkim,
Clarence Darrow, for years the foremost
legal defender of the American worlt
ingmen, waiting ii ere In silent.-un-complaining
suffering,1 his trial on
charges of Jury britrfm growing out of
his defense of the McNamara brothers.
Dnrrow has aged ten years since last
October, when he plunged with all his
splendid brilliancy, his tireless energy
and his dauntless fighting spirit Into
the defense of the dynamiters. From a
man in the prime of life, he has becoin.
old. His face Is seared and lined and
his features haggard.
Perhaps the change in Darrow is nt
noticeable in his courtroom bearing. All
tj,e old , tlrns fire and agsrenolvtwH
which won for him and labor In no
many battles seem gone. He sits quiet: r
In the ,Court or before It Is convcnpif,
strides nervously up and down, I.Ih
broad shoulders bowed with the git-. f
of o,ne who sums himself hu.I.i.-ii!
changed . from a rna- at the foil
0 his profession into a man ninkfrs
a detsperate fight agulnst crhnln.ii
charges of the gravest nature.
Darrow today is doing lit tU In Ii'k
own defense. ' Like .a ' man wearied-of
the struggle he 'leaves his, ra In the
hands of Karl Rogers, hi chief coun
sel. -..r1 ' . :' ' .
Tes," he says Quietly, "it U prff y
hard. But I can stand it. I fe t t . r. t
I am "suffering for rtmc, 1 l,.i t
cause of labor, and e a r' u!t t
this -Indictment. ; I catv prov r,',' 1 ,
nocence. I am not worrii-l t.f.-,t 1
Iiut the stigm'ft of havlt- j !.- . 1 .
always reiDains."
CLARENCE OARROV
ONLY
SHADOW