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VOL.' XI. NO. 170.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBERj 21, 1912.--TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS
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SWEATER STAINED
. SA&4I3 OLD STORY?
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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,
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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. ,
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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
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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 ' '
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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
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