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Newspaper Page Textmm TEMPERATURES TODAY Boston, 8 ft. B., .50 Portland, B ft. bl, M Hew Tor "....3 Seattle ....3a Washington "..,.60 Boil . i v ",.53 Charleston ....a sv. Fran.., "....63 t Chicago 7 . n.. .GaBote.org 4a tan. City .3 Marshflald .AH St. Fart "... . a Spokana . '. . . ..38 Portland hun-idity, 6 a. ta.. . , , 78 .'AjnlTiJt, tonight v a j ,,.Bunaay; ,u a s i e r i y VOL.' XI. NO. 170. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBERj 21, 1912.--TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OH THAEfS kltti KtW TAMPS mi CfcJil. wsSfoss COUPLE BY VEALTHY HALF - dBS5 - II ' - SWEATER STAINED . SA&4I3 OLD STORY? in OF Oiscoveryif Garment k in a RoomiflpouseNeat-Where Auta'MH. a; Banv Who WalfeStirs Detectives. SEARCH, BEING MADE FOR HARDIN, CHAUFFEUR Police Hear He HacCBeen in Trouble With Bar r, His Following the finding- yesterday after noon of a blood stained gray sweater in the rooming: house at FirBt and Taylor streets, In front of whlchHarry G. tBarr's car was left, arter he had been murdered on the Llnnton road Monday night, police detectives working on thft -tease began Investigation with an Idea of locating Harry Hardin, a chauffeur, who It Is believed can tnrow some light on the ownership of the garment, which Is lield by the police as a valuable clue in the case. Officers working on the case, who Know Hardin personally, swy that they nave been trying to locate him in the regular course of their investigations, though they refuse to say that th4y have my definite information agaHnet him. lit is denied by them also that they Vnow that Hardin was formerly em ployed by Barr, and that the two men had trouble which resulted in Hardin's 'discharge. Sweater round nv Floor. Tha sweater was found as though it had been hurriedly Qjrown into a cor ner of a room whftm the proprietor could not recall had been occupied dur ing the week. Detective Maloney came across the garment in looking for evi dence and has placed it with Barr's shirt, found In the automobile, and the button, apparently from a . woman's coat, for safe keeping. The blood stains on the sweater, while not extensive, are in a position on the shoulder which indicates that blood might have spurt ed on the garment, or that a bleeding wound might have, rested on the wear er's shoulder. With the ownership of the sweater established U 3 Relieved ; that tt iWUl be a comparatively easy matter.: to de termine the" Identity of 'BSrfs asaafi ants. It ia hoped through George Barr, who, the authorities admit, is hindering tholr wfrrk In certain directions, to get a lit trot" htr'brotber'a, acquaintances who might have more to tell than has ben told, and the police will continue through continued quizzing of these friends to get at tho names of those who they are satisfied are holding; back Information. - Poor Gun Cine So Far. The officers have failed so far to bring to light any further circumstance In connection with the gun found on the Llnnton road yesterday afternoon near the scene of. the Barr murder. Tlw gun, an old-style 3S caliber weapon, with one empty chamber, was presented as Evidence by Captain Baty at the coron er's inquest held yesterday afternoon. The weapon was picked up by Oeorge Barr, who with Captain Baty and De tectives Maloney and Swennes, had been .going over the ground in Jhe vicinity of ithe crime. A closer examination of the (Continued on Page Two.) BUTTE FALLS, OR, IN F Raids Last Night Yiejd Much Liquor and Several Prison ers in Jackson' Town, (United Prop Leased wire.) Mcdford, Or., Sept. 21. Governor West lis expected to dejnand the resignation of the town officials of Butte Falls for failure to enforce the prohibition stat utes in that town, which is about 35 miles east of thin city. Last eveping Sheriff Jones and Dis trict Attorney Mulkey raided several places in tho town. They secured a large quantity of liquor and made sev eral arrests. As tho Oregon statutes give incorporated cities the power to regulate liquor traffic, there la some .question as to the state's power to pros ecute. If tho state should fall, It la be lieved Governor West will remove the town officials and install new ones who will enforce the law. r Recently more than 150 women of the town petitlone(i the governor to stop the illicit sale of liquor there. T Architects McNaughton & Raymond have let the contract for the proposed 10 story building which is to be erect ed by a syndicate of capitalists at the -northwest corner of Seventh and Mor rison. The building la to be ft reep . forced concrete fireproof structure and will coat about $150,000. It has al ..JteadOeert leasedoRf,. GfayJJie clothier, who will occupy the ground . t loor.-The- uppea-1 loora-wlll be t ar " ranged- ,f or offices. Construction will begin October 1, wlwn the leases of the v present tenants of the premises will LINE FOR CLEANUP 0 OFFICIALS WEI TEN STORY BUILDING CONTRAC AWARDED Tears of Joy jll Eyes of Portland Man and Wife as They ' Read Telegram Announcing Gift of $30,000 by Will of Relative Mr,-and Mrs. George T. Fanning, 347 Elev ' 1 enth Street, Recipientsof Bequest; Was School Janitor, "Oht I can't believe it! "Won't daddy b glad? Aha we'va worked so hard." ' With tears of Joy .f&n. George, T; Fanning of 347 Eleventh street listened to the reading of a telegram annonunc ing the news that by. the will of Alfred Barber, a wealthy half-bfother of Mr FafTfilhji, they Tiavi teerf rimemoerecTTo the1: extent of 30,000:i v ; 'J Mv; Fanning was sC't at borne "when n isSod'Dews arrived toot when he ar rived ft few momonta;loler and read the telegram ' his voice choked wlh emo tion. U'-'l'ears ago Alfred Intimated that some day he would remember me," he said, "and when I heard that he had passed away last Saturday In Akron, Ohio, I expected a ltttJe of his wealth would come to ua but not o much; We always thought a lot of each other and he was always very kind." "When I. used to read of good for tune coming to others who really need ed it I always wished some kind angel would think of us," put In Mrs. Fan ning, "and it seems as if good things come to those who wait." - tived In Portland 33 Tears. Mr. apd Mrs. Fanning have resided in Portland for the past 22 years and during the past five years he has held the position of engineer at the Hotel Eaton, his connection with that hostel ry being discontinued on July. 27 last. During the five years he was on duty every morning at S o'clock, Sundays and U VIII bV III VWI VII) Villi I f Amateurs Chop' Into Them With an Ax Yet Unlocked Cash Register Fools Them, . , ' .. (BpeeUl to The Joaraal.) 4JBfur,'Or.,Sept 21.x-The Walker tt Woodruff meat market and the Duhni gan & Delay saloon, both of this place, were broken Into some time this morn ing and the safe in each place was ri fled In the meat market the robbers secufed about $50 in cash and In the saloon there was between $500 and $600 In moiey and about $350 worth of dia monds and jewelry taken. In each instance the safe was chopped into with a heavy ax, the walls being literally destroyed and the cash box taken out and broken open. Entrance into the meat market was gained by forcing open the front door and in the saloon the glass transem was broken out, through which theycllmbed. The robbers were evidently novices, for In the meat market an attempt was made to open the cash register, but in this they failed indications being that they did not know how it worked, it being a Llate model. The register was jiot locked. There is little if any clue, further than that a Couple of strangers who had been seen around town the past few days! man came out from The Dalles this morning, got a description of the sus pects and is on the hunt. TO E Rear Admiral SoutheHand Fights Way Through Lines of Rebels' Besieging the City (UnUiSTprcM Leaned Wlr Managua, Nicaragua, Sept 21. After battling his way through hordes of reb els under General Mena, besieging the city of Granada, who had threatened to sack the town if it should fall. Rear Admiral Southerland, with 1000 marines, has reached Granada and placed hia men in control, according to advices here today. The populace was found on the verge of starvation. Admiral Southerland received positive orders from Washington to relieve the town at any cost, owing to the press ing appeals of relatives of Americans and others besieged there, to keep In touch with the American forces at Corlnto and here. Admiral Southerland plans to seize some of the lake steam era, and send his dispatcher out by way of Rivas and thence overland to San Juan Del Sur. While en route to Granada, American marines were fired upon at Masaya and three men of Major Butler's. command were wounded. FALLING MONOPLANE E (United Press Leased Wirt.) -Freiburg, Germany, Sept. 21. Lieu tenant Berger and Lieutenant Jung hans fell from a monoplane while fly ing near ' here today and both were instantly killed. YIELD !0 !!350 N JEWELS TO ROBBERS 000 MARINES REACH GRENADA RELIEVE STARVING POPLA KILLS TWO IN G RMANY holidays Included. He will be 7S years old In November and Mrs. Fanning is 65 years old. Mr. Fanning is well known In school circles as he Was a Janitoi In the schools for nearly seven years, four of which were at the old North Central school, now the Buckman school. TJieJi:aupl.were married 45 years ago and their family numbered 10 , children, but four of whom are now living. These are Mrs. James Harper of Cin cinnati, .Ohio; Mrs. I C. Scharpf of Pilot Rock, 'Or.; and Emrna and Ernest who reside with their parents here. They came to Oregon In 1877, residing until la in - Etrgnr andT Haff tsmirg. - Leaves Large Fortune. The legacy which Mr. Fanning re ceived la said to be but a small part of the fprtupejrhich Mr, Barber had gath ered. Early in life he began making money buyinjg farm produce In Ohio and as he accumulated money be in vested in lands and stock. Everything he touched seamed to turn Into money. His health had been poor for aome years and h hAd Itunt hla tlm In trav eling. He was 82 years old at his death. and spent a week with his half-brother. From Portland he went to Chlco, Cal., 'where he owns a match factory. In addition to Mr. Fanning hia neanest relatives were a sister, Mrs. Pamela Tyler of Linden. Kan., and and a half sister, Mrs. Julia Dixon of Quenemo. Kan. His wife died about 12 years ago ind he bad no children. MORE INDICTMENTS Special Grand Jury Charges Heads of Great . Mills With Trying to Discredit Strike, (Doited PrM Uated WlwJ Boaton.-epWSV-eecret rndtelments were returned here today by a special grand Jury in connection with the ac cusations against big textile mllL own ers of "planting" dynamite in strikers' homes during the big strike in Law rence. This makes four indictments which have been returned In these cases. The otheus already made public -were against William M. Wood, president of the America Woolen company; Frederick Atteaux, head of the Textile Mills Sup ply company, and Daniel Collins, a dog fancier of Cambridge, who Is alleged to have acted as a tool for Wood and At teaux in "planting" the dynamite with which to discredit the strikers and in duce Governor Foss to order militia Into the city. KILLING OF AL BOYCE Written Statement of Employe of Slayer Given to District Attorney at Amarillo, (United Press Lcssed Wire.) Amarillo, Texas, Sept 21. B. B. Ep ping, 3 years old, who is employed on the ranch of J. B. Sneed, was Jailed here today after admissions that he had assisted In Sneed's plans to kill Al G. Boyce Jr., and his father as a result of Boyce'a attempts to Induce Mrs. Sneed toelope. Epplng made this statement In a written communication to the district attorney. The grand jury reconvened today to discuss Epplng'a confession. IL Srclnl to Th Journal.) Klamath Falls, Or., Sept. 21. The grand Jury has returned three John Doe indictments and developments show Councilman J. F. Goellcr and lerhert Savldge to have been Indicted; alsr Hunte Savfdgo, th,e latter'a ' brother. Graft hi charged in connection with the Livemiore saloon license transfer. The parties will furnish ball. AFTER FIRE IS PUT OUT HORRIFIED FIREMEN SEE BURNED POWDER BOXES (Spertsl to Th Journnl.) 4- Medford, Or., Sept. 2,1. After 4 4 fighting a fire in a shed on West 4 Jackson street here Thursday 4 afternoon, firemen discovered 4 that the burning shed housed 4 several boxes of dynamite. The wood of several of the boxen was 4 burned through, showing the ex- 4 pleel va. It- te crmiderd- a miracle that falling timbers or V tne lorcj. 01 water aia not rur- nlsh ft sufficient shoek to cause an explosion. , AGAINS T LAWRENCE DYNAMTE PLOTTERS SNEEDS RAN HAND SAYS L PLAN GRAND UR NDICTS KLAMATH CO N MEN . I II Hlllf llllllll ll llllll II 1 1111 lllllllllll III 111111 1 1 1 1 H 111 Klllll III I k 1 1 II ff IKIIKY l.linilrM I II. KM U r I'llUULU V I U H I. .KUlr IN H HI INI. n vnui yi3JLwi.iiuiu UIU4JUI-WJVOI VmLmWU TO THE HEILiG THEATRE CAN BE MANAGED MAID 5ERVANT TEARS iiaiii nniiA miinnrpi "' A Mini Arr iiiArnrAA NUVbtll AWAitU 11 HUt lolKbob Parents of First 50 Tots En tered to Get Seats; Judging Will Begin Monday Night, Tneatre Tickets for winners. The Journal Is now awarding theatre tickets to those whose babies' photographs were among the first 50 received In tho con test. Tickets will be given to the winners if they will call at the editorial rooms of The Jour nal, either this afternoon, tonight The winning list was published 4 Thursday afternoon. Most Important by far of all crops raised in Oregon is the baby crop. Any wideawake man can tell offhand something regarding the yield and con dition of hops, wheat or prunes within the state, but few even profess to know anything about babies. For their ben efit The Journal will state that this par ticular crop is excellent and its condi tion Is the same, Judging from the hun dreds of infants' photographs that have been entered In The Journal contest, which Is being held for the purpose of discovering the Identity of Portland's prettiest baby. Already a desk is filled to overflow ing with pictures of babies, and the con test still haji two days to run after today. If by some magical hocus-pocus the photographs coujd be suddenly clianp.d lino real live babies the big Journal building, from the chimes tower to the basement, where giant presses thunder, would be simply overrun with toddlers, .and other scores of tlny bits of humanity that couldn't more than crawl. A regulation baby show would stand absolutely no chance with it In comparison. Boms of foreign Birth. Although the great majority of ba bies whose pictures have been received by the newspaper are of American birth, there are a number wjo first saw the light of day on foreign soil. (Continued on Page Five.) PARTITION OF PERSIA (United Press Leased Wlr.) London, Sept. 21. Semi-official cir cles here todjy are buzxlng with the report that the long predicted partition of Persia between Russia and Great Britain is at last 'about to be consum mated. This belief spread like wildfire when It vis learned that Foreign Min ister Sir Edward Grey and Minister Saxonoff of Russia had yeejrjeej;ret cohference,'liere. "" "T It Js believed that the common ground of agreement has been .found between the two powers and within ft very short time details of a bargain will be pub. lrshed by which the vexed status of Persia will be Bettled for all time. RUMOR STIRS LONDON , , : , l iiiiiiuui iiiiLi I in Governor Spry of Utah to Give Responsibility of Preserving Order to Sheriff; No Trouble in Sight. f (United Press Leased Wire.) Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 21. Fear ing that entrance of militia into Bing ham, Utah, where nearly 600.0 workmen are on strike for higher wages at the mines of - the Utah Copper company, would precipitate trouble. Governor pnerirf Sharp and oTflcTaTs of the cop- JJrjl tuuiyauj' .uiuci icu nti ius J ' 1 the situation and. decided that troops would be used enly as a last resort. Sheriff Sharp was given the responslbll Uy 0 preserving Uie peace. He has 300 armed deputies on guard In Bing ham. So far there has been no serious clash. Twenty-five strikebreaking workmen were taken secretly Into Hlnirham today. All the saloons there are closed. This morning the sheriff's, deputies entered the workings of the mines without' mo lestation from the workers' plcljets, who are entrenched on the mountain side, the latter evidently being prepared to keep a promise made to Governor Spry that they would not start shooting. In addition to the 300 deputies at Bingham, 15 of Sheriff Sharp's men are camped at Harney, six miles from Bingham, to preserve order there. One hundred more sheriff's' deputies wero sent from here to Bingham at noon. Tho strikers refuse to surren der their arms. E. O. Genitnell, assistant to General Manager Jackling, of the Utah Copper company, is In cliarge at Htngham. Jack ling himself will go there this afternoon to confer with company officials and the sheriffs deputies, and to perfect plans for the protection of strikebreak ers to be sent Into the camp by hundreds. The Greek section men of the Den ver & Rio Grande railroad refused today to strike In sympathy with the Bing ham miners. HAY SPENT $13,100; BOB HODGE BUT $152 T tilt I'rwt leaned Wlnt.l Olympla, Wash., Sept4 21. In contrast with tho $13,100 expense account of Governor M. E. Hay to secure a practl-' rally uncontested renomlnatlon on the Republican ticket, is the statement of. "Hob"" lloelge. Progressive party candi date for governor, whose tptal expenses amounted to $152. Hod.ge made his fa mous tour through the state in an auto mobile loaned him by a friend In Ore gon. MANY WOMEN ON ROLLS OF GOV. WILSON LUB (Rpeelnl to Tho Journal.) CentiwHa. WasN-tpk-. A-Wood row AVilson cUib has been organised at a meeting in Chcballs. Committees had bjeen working for the past two. weeks arousing enthusiasm and the organisa tion was launched with a large member ship, many women being Included, San Francisco Society Woman Emerges From Attack With lackened Eyes, Scratches, (tnlted Press Leastd wire.) San Francisco. Sept. 21. After a furious battle with a craxed servant named Muy Norton, Mrs. Walker C. Graves, wife of a prominent attorney, Is confined to her apartment here to day with blackened eyes and dozens pf blrulses and cuts about her neck and face. The attack came without wain-inn- whiu Mrs. Uraves was In a bedroom Hams of Berkeley. Mrs. Graves had given a card party and reception to 100 women friends, all Of whom had gone, when the girl. May Norton rushed into the room and struck her mistress to the floor- Then, appar ently bereft of her senses, the girl tore Mrs. Graves' 300 gown from her back, ripping It into shreda. The glr4 clawed and scratched and screamed like a maniac until Mrs. Graves finally sought shelter behind a locked door. Neighbors hearing the commotion then came to the rescue. Overindulgence In the punch which was served the guests at the reception is believed to have been the cause of the girl's aot", "' DESTROYED BY FIRE (tlnlt'd Trrss In(d Wlra.) Los Angeles, Sept. 21. Hundreds of tonsf fish, game and fruit and thous ands of dozens of eggs were destroyed irivt J350.000 flro which early today de stroyed the plant of the Merchandise Cold Storage company at Seaton and Alameda streets. The heaviest losers are Armour & Co., Swift & Co. and the Cudahy Packing company, who . used the building as a cold storage depot. . Italians Capture Zanzar Oasis. (Eoited Paoes Leased Wire.) Rome, Sept 21. It was officially an nounced here today that an Italian force has captured Zantfar Oasis, in Tripoli, after a bayonet charge which concluded a 10 hours' battle.. The Italian casual ties are given as 200. The Turkish dead and wounded are not estimated but their loss rs declared to have been heavy; COLD STORAGE F Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund TO THE OREGON BAILY JOURNAL: , Herewith I inclose. .. . . ...... .for the Woodrow Wilson cam paign fund. 4 f ' ' (NAME) .,..... . (ADDRESS) Van this eoapon, with yens eontrlbntloa. enclosed, to. The Jonmsl, v ion Campaign road, Portland. Ob Cbecks should be made payable t ... Journal. . . , . Leaders of Republican and , Progressive Parties Concede Republican " Stronghold to Wilson; Tour Being Plartnedj R0GRESSIVE RANKS -TORN BY DISSENSION Machine Politicians Back Sen- ator Penrose Strongly, for "Reelection. ".t " TSpecrf to Tbe Xonrnsl.1 J" Philadelphia, Sept 21. Several Taft7 Roosevelt leaders although refusing to be quoted declared yesterday that the Republican leaders will likely, concede' Pennsylvania to Wilson within the next few weeks. Demoralization In tho ma chine and Progressive ranks Is .making Itself felt. heavily throughout the state. The desertions In the Roosevelt ranks within the last few days have left no hope of Roosevelt carrying the state. It is a well known fact that Senator Penrose is bending every effort to make his return to the senate more certain and wll likely trade Taft districts so as to protect himself. 8' Thfi Wilson managers are arranging a tour of the state for the New Jersey governor andexpect to make Penrrsjl-' vanla the battleground of the campaign. W ilson Pleased With Tenor. ' (United I'reia Leased Wire.) Harrlsburg, Pa., Sept. 21. Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee for pres-; ident, left here today en route' to 8eav . Girt to spend Sunday with his family. Before leaVing Harrlsburg, Wilson said: "It la difficult for me to view my trip objectively. The most interesting. thing to me is the people's friendliness. , They seemed so interested. The plain- , est fellows are uie most c,oraiai, xor . they seem to feel that I am accessible. The trip was quite successful. I was very tired, but nevertheless enjoyed t: talking to apd meeting the crowds.' Wilson estimated that he naa-aa-. dressed "and- had been given receptions Mrs. Longworth Praises Speech. yv lU'nlUd Preaa Leased Wlr.. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept 21. Governor Hiram Johnson of California, Progses ,iv. r-.niifin t for vice president, who is campaigning In the east, arrived at ; Akron his afternoon and will reach Cleveland tomgni. Mr and Mm Nicholas Lonaworth. the latter a daughter of Colonel Roosevelt, heard Johnson's speech here last night and at the conclusion Mrs. Longworth' greeted the California govenor, shook hands with him and declared that his, speech was splendid. Congressman i-Uiiswuriii was uvfc bu u-iuuuoi.ia.iiv v. .... Total Amount Subscribed to. Date Is $2135; People Are Urged to Hurry Donations,, Contributions to the Wilsaa Fund. Previously acknowledged $2114.86, J. K. Reaves, Portland - l.OOf S. F. Pall, chairman, Enter prise, 10.00 Stephen Jewell, Grants Pass,.., 6.00 , Robt. K. Jewell, " " .. 1.00. John T. Jewell, " .. 1.00 W. M. Cheshire, " .. 1.00 Claus Schmidt, " " 1.00 J. R. Williamson, " .. 1.00 Total .12134.871 Additions to the Wilson fund cam to day in a number' of small amounts from outside Portland, giving new evidence" of what may be done by active Demo crats who will undertake to. make col lections among their neighbors. S. F. race, chairman of the county; committee In Wallowa county, who once before sent, 820. sends in 810 more, col lected from a number of contributors. Ho did not send the list of those giving tho money, so It Is Impossible to set forth the Individual contributions. The time when effective contributions ' can be made Is constantly trowing shorter, and those who have not put on the harness should do so quickly If they wish to asfllst in the treat partnership of the people who want to see Woodrow; Wilson president. Contributions should be accompanied by the name and address of the giver, so credit may be given and receipts sent by the committee. The coupon printed, in The Journal each day provides place for this Information. ' " ...A OUTSIDE STATE POINTS COME TO SUPPORT OF CAMPAIGN FOR WILSON T: