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TEMPERATURES K WEATHZK Occa b 1 o n a 1 rain tonight and Wednes day; southerly winds. Boston, s a, vxj m Jaw York ...3J CMarlaaton ".,.41 Washington "...32 Cihicagu. 7 a. ra. 4(1 Xaa. city "...43 , u, r i '.., '. . . .61 "... .4 "... .4 '. ...6' 63 KeatUe , Roiae t.nn rrnn. Konbnrt Marahfiold fct. Paul . . .36 Spokane Portland humidity, A a. m.. . VOL. XI. NO. 210. PORTLAND, . OREGON, TUESDAY .EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1912-TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS 0!t THAWS AKD-KFn j STANDI HVJJ CEHX8. flllli CARRIES DYNAM ITE INTO ? LOS ANGELES l nni mr ot ATiriii in n a i i hi it isirutibiSDiiiiiuiiiDauflUbni Holds Entire Building Alone for Half Hour, While Chief Orders All: Places : Within a' Block' Removed to City Jail Fearing Explosion - (United Press Leastd Wire.) Into th central police station, hla lace covered by a mask and his arma xuu dynamite, Albert Davis of Long Beach, 60 year old, threatened to blow "P building If tie) were toucneo.- were Immediately given to dear the building and the supposed minUo l.ff In nnuuilnn. The DOllCO With draw tn davtaa means to antic WW wmu Athor officer attracted the at- I - Jentlon of the supposed maniac, Deteo iVllves Joseph Hoslck and Samuel Browne leanea .. unon tne man irvtw knocked him unconscious, after wrest i in from hia e-rasn a glass box Con talnlng dynamite, . ' . i weera aoraleB and Mask. atatlon be wore automobile goggles over hla meek He announoed to the aergeani in that ha waa Jooklng for Paul Shoup, ....M.n nf thu Pacific Electrlo rall- : ma and that ha would dynamtta him ,'on alght He said tha he bad come STrora Long Beach. - , A4 the order of the chief of pollc e. s. j: ki' .Attorney Is Involved in Investi : gation Under Way by Offi- - cers of Juvenile -Uurti O, A fomal oomplalnt -waa leaiied at 1 noon- today , Deputy ?aVi -ney Collier against E. S. J. McAJUete - a lawyee or tnis cuy, w ranwu the scandal involving men - " u-,4 v ik. luvunlla court." Mr. MC Alllster-left the city la at Thursday and ' at hla office it was reponeu. a " rone to Marehfleld to appear la a caae ll i- hink Vim una oim of the attorneye. Jt waa aald be expected to return thle 'dispatch from Marehfleld aaya Me nn.i.. . .ill) In that city. . AiH.t m - Deputy District Attorney Collier de clared McAllister wouia oe 1 clT ? -..i.i.i- nn..lhla and WOUld be . mu. ntaiiiiar arrest wnicn -v.. nr.irrflfi waa that of Clarence Aantured at Vancou r'uK nn hla vav east. The jUVO- rlle officers found him gone when they " went to arrest htm and traced his bag- v gage to the Union depot, xuey ' friend of Thomas who had csred for hie 'v.-. vhn mii to buy a ticket . v.i .. nut tiim in Vancouver. tr.kiM h.frlan4 In an automobile th.v want to Vancouver and caught Pt.nn.a nhn rfanlapad ha was on -his v (Continued on. Page Seventeen.) iSome Owners Said to Comply v With Law Only After Being ' . Threatened, ALUSTER NAMED IN COMPLAINT; ON TRIP TO COOS BAY , ; BUILDING INSPECTOR .JR. ....... . i - 1 "A acora or more of, the hotels in 'Portland ate firetraps, pure and slm i jle, and the owners of a number of r them have refused to make them safer except under ; threats of compulsion. 'Among these owners are numbered some ' of the best known men of the city." This statement was made today by , Chief Building Inspector R.-E. Kremers. , In discussing the tragic St. George hotel flre at lios. Angeles, which resulted in --the death of several persdis and , the ' Injury of . others early today. . "The city building 11 department" . Is v doing all It can to make safer the ho tels which we consider menaces," con tlnued Mr. Kremers, "biit wa have en- r countefed opposition from numbers of hotel owners; who falling to see the danger which threatens their tenants, t liave refused or neglected to take pre cautionary measures against loss of ' life by fire when asked to do so. In a number of cases we had to threaten .'litigation to gain results, ' ' Classed as Dangerous, - "At present there are on or two hotels of six or more stories that we class as dangerous. There are a large number of , three and. four story bofld ings which coipe under the same olassl ' fication. These structures were built "prior to the adoption of the new build Idr Code which went Into effect Janu- 1 -ry-itltWh'nrtauBU .cpa I.. r iWnravf and elevator shafts, th Very things which allow a fire. to. spread from lower to higher floor?, and at the same time cuts off the escape of people 'jdh the upper stories." . f; r"-- Klnca the- firstN of" t lie year, Hr. Kreinoii !d, a pftertfil lir tKfupe n- ARBIFUL L OF Vacated-Prisoners all prisoners wer at once removed from tne city jail and the entir building or dered vacated.- At 1135 o'clock the in vader was still in undisputed poeses- juu vi uie station. . -, -Chief of Police Sebastian ordered all streets In the yiolnlty of tha police sta tion closed to traffic. Orders also were issued to clear immediately every bulld- " wuuin DiocK. . f ,. . ' Orders' Man Sbot. wnier Sebastian snnounrad at 11 iK o'clock that unless the manlao could be taken Into custody within a few min utes ha would order him shot mi available police and detectives were called to the central , station shortly before noon to hold in check tha crowds that gathered. Tha officers reported that the nsanlao still held his ground in the station, a class sided box under hla arm. through which the ends of several sticks of dynamite .n it. ble. At each attempt of an officer to approacn me man placed his finger on trigger on the side of. the box snd aavancea to meet him. r. E FIRST DECREE; TO DIE Jury Refuses Lunch and Reaches Agreement in 52 Minutes Under Charge, fCaltef Press Lease Wn v Kaw York; Nov. ll-Ths four nn. man, tGyp tha Blood.. "Laftla Louie," fT)a FranV' an nMey-iwt-f jC cused of the klUlng of Gambler Herman Rosentnai before the Hotel Metropoje, were found rulltv of firat dTr this afternoon. Tha out but S3 minutes, A wagon was held In readiness to take the luronulaa hotel fn ,. meal, but after a brief cnnfrnr. h-. asked to ba locked up. This was done. justice won s cnarge consumed three hours. It waa regarded as extremely, favorable to tha state, practically de molishing the defense's case. It vir tually directed the jury to convict the accused men, say the defense attor neys. The court said tha antlfa "dafanaa rested on the etories told by the de- fenaanta ana commented "on the pe culiar coincidence of each man's story agreeing with that of the man pre ceding him on the stand." He empha sized the criminal record of the defend ants and directed the Jury to determine whether It was possible to Invent a story and stick to it through a Ions cross-examination. He lengthily dis cussed the law as it applied to the evi dence in thla particular case. i GOSH, MARY !. FOUR GUNMEN FOUND GufLTy OF jMORD R IN TATOWAROF THE TWO SMITHS King Asahel I, of Canada, Has 30 "Varieties on Display; While the American "Con- -testant Has. 54. ATTENDANCE TODAY . WILL REACH 10,000 Tomorrow Will Be Harriman Day" With Unique Parade Through ; the Streets. Clno Bays at f how. : 4 Tonight ths . Traqpportation club will show Its interest In 4 4 the land show by sending all its a members to attend in a body. 4 Tomorrow will be known as 4 e Harriman day at the land ahow 4 e and the Harriman employee will e e parade In a body to tha show. 4 Thursday will be called Great- 4 er Portland , day at the" show. e Members of the Greater Port- 4 4 land Plans association, tha Ad 4 and Hotary and Progressive e Business Men's clubs .Will all go 4 together.. . 4 ' The opening day, yesterday. e waa called East Bide Business 4 4 Men's 'club day, and - laer night 4 4 the members of the olub attend- 4 4 ed in a body. The club haa also 4 4 been systematically advertising 4 4 the show by posters, dodgers, 4 4 circular lettera and personal ap- 4 4 peals, . . .. 4 ' The International potato war of the Smiths has become tha dominant fea ture of the land show: Nearly all of the 5800 admitted to the big exhibit building at East First and Morrison streets yesterday asked first to see the contending potato exhlbjts. The same Interest is being repeated today" by an attendance expected to reach 10,000 be fore night. . No one will - Know until Thursday nle-ht whether the . boasts of Asahel Smith of Canada - will ba - realised, or whether tha cannily expressed doubt t tha northwest's noted agriculturist. C I - BmnBtnlaa,i.-talkB--too . Jiui riedly" will , become a certainty,' and smith" of Canada fail to carry away again 'the coveted International cham pionship, which gives him the title of "Potato King." The Judges who wUl AffHri the contest are taken one from nh nation P. H. Moore of Agassis. Panada, and Professor Arthur G. B. Bouquet of uregon Agricultural coi- The JUOges win urn cuiau upon to pass upon a bewildering number of va rieties In as many boxes. They are wrapped in soft paper. , They are as perfect as careful cultivation and selec tion could make them. . They are the products of a number of people about Ladner who Joined with Smith of Cana da in' the exhibit. ' Asabel Just SmUes. From Clarke county, Washington is another big exhibit. The exhibitor de clares he'd wage $1000 that Canadian Smith won't carry away the awards a fine cup and $100 in cash. C. L. Smith and hia rfon Ernest have from Spokane county fine exhibits. Borne of the hand somest potatoes in the entire show came from Culver and -were grown In the (Continued on Page Two.) WISH WE'D STUCK TO ffiPO Bridal ' Toiir Air Pilot Outrormnces Young Lochmvdt Silas Chrlstoffcrson, luring Bird Man and Ills Bride, Mrs. Emma Becker, Who, After Their Marriage ThU Af ternoon. Will Embark on Most Spectacular and Unique Honeymoon In History 5 Hero and Heroine of Sir Walter Scott KtUpecd by Portland Couple Who Today Wilt Begin Novel Trip Up Columbia in Frail Air Craft; Woman Not Afraid BULL MOOSE FAIL TO WIN PRIMARY PLACE; VOTE IS 5000 SHORT Even Counting Lafferty as a Progressive, Party Did Not Get-Needed Ballots,, w ' If the Progressive party goes into an other campaign in Oregon it will have to nominate its candidates once more by a mass convention or by petition of individual candidates. " inspection of the vote cast Tor con gressman, which la the test of political parties under the direct primary law, shows that the Progressives failed to poll enough votes to obtain official standing s a party, and they are in the same fix they were last summer, de spite the fact that they polled more votes for Roosevelt than .the Repub licans east for Taf t. It has generally been supposed that if Laffertey's vote were counted in with the vote for Campbell, Progressive nom inee in the Klitjt district, the Progres sives would have enough to entitle them to a place as a political parti. But the figures show that even if it be conceded that Lafferty's entire vote may be counted for the Progressive party, the party lacks 6000 of having enough. Complete returns on tne congress (Continued on Page Two.) THE FARM I .J if 5 f ,1 f , ? aV' U It if 4 t .r t , 6 to Be Talceh to Risk Air Journey. . , Whirr of Aircraft's Propeller Wedding Song, and Crimson and Gold of Autumn's Woods Nature's Nuptial Wine for Fair Couple Skimming Over Mountain and Meadow. "Oh, young Lochlnyar Is come out of the west, .. Through all the wild border his steed waa the best" . Toung Lbchlnvar, In the person ot Silas Chrlstofferson whoso daring air feats have made him known through tha whole land, baa coma out of the wast again ina dashing aeroplane court ship as stirringly romance, at, .Uie one Sir Walter Soott penned in Ills famous poem. As Lochlnvar and his fair Ellen flew "over bank, bush and spaur" on his fleet steed, Chrlstofferson and tha bride Of his choice will fly .this afternoon on. a romantic honeymoon trip up the Co lumbia. The bride will ba Mrs. Em ma Becker a young woman of-this city, who comes up to every poetic requirement as the counterpart of the fair Ellen. "So faithful in lova and so dauntless In war. There never was mate like the young iiocnmvar. Courtship In Aeroplane. Friends of the young folk only learned today how Chrlstof fersen won his fair bride after' a courtship of only a few months, In which many aeroplane rides together were romantic features. -They learned the secret with the announce- OF NEW YORK TOTS Prisoner Denies Guilt, But Po lice Say Handwriting Same as Slayer of Josephs Boy. (United Press Leased Wire.) Toms River, N. J., Nov. 19. J. Frank Hlckey, a chemist, was arrested tpday at Whiting, N. T., by Sheriff Chilton The police of Buffalo, X. T., allege that Hickey is the maniac murderer of 7-year-old Joseph Josephs, who was tortured, mistreated and then choked to death at . 1 . .... 1,- I . . . 1 H. . ijHcnawuiiiia, a duiiu suuuro. ine police say Hlckey is also responsible for the deaths of several other chil dren. The accused man was brought here from Whiting to await .the arrival of officers from Buffalo.: He denied all knowledge of the murder, characteris ing his arrest as an outrage, Hlckey asserted he could easily, prove hia In nocence, and appeared anxious to face hla accusers, . The description of Hlckey was tele graphed to Sheriff Chilton by Chief of Police Kegan, who asserted that Hlckey was formerly employed by the Lacka wanna Steel plant in Buffalo when Josephs disappeared. Hickey 'a hand writing, Regan alleges, corresponds with that on post cards mailed to the Buffalo police from Boston and other cities. . - Letter Gives Clue. Buffalo, N. TT. Novv 19. An officer was sent to Toms River, N. J., this afternoon to . bring back J. Frank Hlcke, a chemist, arrested at Whiting In connection with tha murder of little Joseph Josephs, whose body was dug out of a vault at Lackawanna, a suburb nt thla city. . - .bAHrjniVAaieManca against Hlckey, the police admit, ia a letter wri tten by . the accused man to John Koskyn, a' millwright1 employed in the American Chemical Agricultural 1 works here, v It was smt from Whiting. The police say Hlckey fiftRdwtltlng tallies with that on the postcards received by the authorities, i . . ARREST CHEMIST AS POST CARD MURDERER in Aeroplani t ment that the wedding will take plaoe at S o'clock thla afternoon at the Pert land hotel, with the Rev. W. A. M. Breck performing the ceremony. "One touch to her hand and one word in her ear, When they teached the hall door, and the charger, stood near." Directly after the ceremony, Chrls tofferson and his bride will hurry to tneir waiting hydroplane, They have planned a honeymoon trip such as per- nspa no otner newiy wedded couple haa ever been privileged to make, v To "fly Vp Columbia. "8o light to the croup the fair maiden ne swung. So light to the saddle before her he sprung." Swinging his bride into tha seat be side nltnr Chrlstofferson will -start-the whirring motors, turn his levers, and then with a swish they will rise into the air for a 60 mile Journey up the Columbia, river. "She is won, we are gone, over bank, bush and spaur. They'll have fleet steeds that follow,' said young Lochlnvar." How far will they go? Well, serious ly, both Chrlstofferson and Mra. Chrls tof ferson-to-ba said this morning that they didn't know. And didn't care very much, either. All they know isthat they'll swing-- up the Columbia river valley about 60 miles to one of the hot springs resorts there, and land where they can with least trouble. "We'll Just go till we have to atop," said the girl who will accompany the young aviator on his ride. . "Afraid? Well I guess not Not with (Continued on Page Seventeen.) WATER RENTS CLOSE E Deal With Express Company Nearly Completed, Whereby Long Trips Will Be Past. Negotiations which have been under way for the past week between Mayor Rushlight and the representatives of the .American Express company are expected to culminate tomorrow in a contract whereby the eompany'will es tablish from 100 to 160 pay stations throughout the city for the water de partment. A map drawn by the engi neer of the water department at the re quest of the mayor shows the locations of these proposed substations to be such that housewives will not be obliged to go more than two or three btockr W any section ' of the city In order to pay the monthly water bills. Heretofore the great majority or water bills had to be paid at th main water office on the west side or at the three branch office of the water depart ment on the east side. The convenience of the new arrangement to the thousands of small consumers - is . patent. The deal with the big express company will not affect large consumers' who pay by checks sent in the malls. These may be sent to tha main office or tha east side branches as In the past Tha company already has about 80 substations of its own in various parts ot the city. Under the proposed soheme it would establish 70 more at once. The plan- can be put into affect without any cost whatever to consumers and ,1 A . P o "lln S 1 JLi 91-15 ,.'ia V;r. J panmeni, , The great nennnt, ot course: win ac crue to the small home owner, who has been compelled ' tuive a street Cur ride every miuu or to Rend his ' wire some njeif.l- r -t th?, f-urlly t vw. of the offtooi i' t':. v a. r i! ; ' - t HOUSEVIVES MAY PAY BY A NEW PLAN to pay. the ' HAND STAYS HGlfT NEAR TCHATAUA Eight Hours' Armistice to Bury Dead of Both Armies Forced Upon' Contending Hosts by Increase of Plahue. . .. MOHAMMEDAN LEADER ' SANCTIONS CREMATION Bulgarians Admit . Pestilence Has. Attacked Their Men Before. Constantinople.' . , i' . (United Press .leased Wirt.) gofia, NovrH.Bulgarian plenlpoterw tlaries were appointed here today to ar range a general armistice with Turkey. The, government admits that cholera has brokin -out among the ' Bulgarian soldiers before Constantinople. This, it is believed, la partly the cause why Bul garia Is willing to agree to an armistice. (United Preas' Leased Wire.) " ,' Constantinople, Nov. 19.-The" first bresk in the short but terrlflo war by which tha Balkan states have broken the power of Turkey-in-Europe, came to day when tha Bulgariana besieging Con stantinople's defenses - at Tchatalja agreed to an eight hours' armistice to bury the dead. Tha. slaughter -during the Bui gar attack on the Tchatalja de. fenses during the last few days haa been awful. Corpses lie thick within ant without tha lines from the Black sea to the sea of Marmora, and a cessation of hostilities was seen 'to be absolutely necessary unless . both the contending armies were to be swept by a pestlleoca before which the carnage of bullet and bayonet would fade Into Insignificance. - In deference to the wlshea of army of ficers snd physicians, : the Jheik-ul-Is-lam haa sanctioned the burning o corpses of tha cholera victims. This 1 most unusual as cremation la under th ban of the Mohammedan religion. No estimate haa yet been made pubUe of the number who hava fallen In the continuous fighting along 'th Tchatalaja lines, but there is no doubt that from 30,000 to 40,000 men arc dead and wounded on both sides, an! it is mora than . probable that .. talc figure will be exceeded. Conflicting report continual , oeep into the. city aa U tha progress mado by the Bulgars... Some report hav It that tha Turkish right, wing has been broken. These reports com from un official sources. Official reports art that tha Bulgars have met with serious setbacks, and, while most government reports have hitherto been too rosy, thlo last account Is credited and is given greater weight by tne proclamation og the brief armistice. - ,.a v ins how DenefeoTsra rTilTir-nc- possibility that the Bulgar advance may be checked by soma arrangement before tha Servians come up. If such an arrangement is not made and the : Turks decide to resist to tha and, little -doubt is felt that their defense can' end only in disaster, and that the. allies, winer ,or laicr, win vuicr Lruuaisnu" nople. - . (Dnl ted Press Ifased Wire.) Berlin, Nov. 19. Although peace I near in tha Balkans, It waa feared here this afternoon that th consequent par tition of European Turkey would start trouble among the powers. Tha general belief was that ths allies would get good terms, the sultan retaining only a frag ment of European Turkey. t It is pre sumed here that tha plenipotentiaries will meet in some neutral country ta arrange term. . ., ......... v v; Austria Eager to Fight Be cause ,of Bayonetting of the Consul at Prisrend, . . ..' , (United Press Leased Wire.) Belgrade, Nov. 19. Issa Boletinats, tha famous Albanian brigand, whot with his men, Joined tha Servian army, was ordered by General Zlvkovltch to lead tha advance against one ef th Turkish posltlona lie refused, contending that the Servians should lead, whereupon tha general accused bint of planning treach ery. Boletinats started to draw hi re volver, but the general proved tha quick er and shot the brigand dead His fol lowers were then promptly cut down by the Servian. ' , ; , Servian Massacre Women." Vienna. Nov." 19. Relations between Austria and. Servla are strained to the breaking; point aa a result of the re ported bayonetting" vt Austrian Consul Prochaska at ? Prisrend by ; Bervlsa troops, who also ar alleged to have turned their machine guns on the inhab itant of Prisrend. .killing 111 men, 35 women and children. . A telegram from Buda Pest says whet Emperor Frana Josef was told of tu incident he said: "W are for pea, but not for peace at any price." Th Vienna Reicbspost, demanded today .'hat AiiMrU declare war on Servla. The paper s i v: "The unbridled insolence of ' ' regicides haa created a rv''l i . wUlcU-la.lntolciaLjle.".' "" rrcferrt 1 - Vranje, ? !.. CornFih'ui'l i - SERIN COMMANDER KILLS BRIGAND LEADER DELAYING CHARGE f