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Newspaper Page TextVul The Weather Prediction: I'nKOlllril. Prob ' llbly ruin. Maximum yestordu y 63 Minimum today 27 Weather Year Ajo UNE Maximum 41 Minimum 37 gaily Eighteenth Year. eekly-KICty-ThIrd Year. OREGON, ' SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, iWi NO. 199 FROi HOLLAND EX-CRQWN PRINCE IS Frederick William With Per mission of Holland and Ger- ,. man Governments Flees From Doom in Early Morn ingFrance Registers Vig orous Protest. UTRECHT, Holland, Nov. 10 (By tho Associated Press.) Rumors are circulating here tlint ex-Crown Prince Frederick William who left Welringon early today for Gormany, has gone to put himself at tho head of a monarch ist movomcnt, but this is conjectural smd there is no means of verifying t. PARIS, Nov. 10. (By tho Assoclat edPross.) Tho entonte allies will in sist vigorously at Berlin that former Crown Prince William, who entered Cermany today from his exilo in Hol land, bo oxpelled from German terri tory, it was said in official circles this afternnon. Franco and Great Britain have ox changed views during the past few days on this subject, it is stated, and are in entire accord regarding it. it would appear, that tho crown prince's resolution to leavo was taken after tho German government had no tified hjm a few wooks ago that his : return would not be opposed and after he was provided as a result with the necessary Gorman passports. f PARIS, Nov. 10. (By tho Asso ciated rrosR) Holland may not ne regarded ' as a sufficiently secure re treat for former Emperor William of Germany In view of the flight of tho ex-crown prince, it was said today at tho foreign office and a second St Helena niay be chosen for him. Ki THE HAGUE. Nov. 10. It is of ficially stated that both the Dutch and German governments granted ex Crown Prince Frederick William permission to return to Germany. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10. (By the Associated Press) The Dutch gov ernment officially announced today that former Crown Prlnco Frederick William of Germany crossed the Ger man frontier this morning en route to Ocls, upper Silesia. Tho estate to (Continued on PaRO Six) W000R0W WILSON TQ TALK TO COUNTRY lONIGHf ON ARMISTICE DAY, VIA RADIO "WASHINGTON. Nov. 10 Woodrow Wilson's voice will be heard tonight in the far corners of the country, from his study, the former president will address the nation by radio on "the significance of Armistice day." He is expected to begin a ten minute talk at 8:28 p m. eastern time. Spoken Into , microphone, Mr. Wil son's word:, will be broadcast by the WCAP radio station here on a wavo length of 46J meters. They also will be carried over a telephone wire to New York City, amplified there, and BUitichers Collapse at Football Game, 25 Spectators Hurt CHARLESTON, W. Va, Nov. 10. Twenty-five people were' in- Jured when tomnora'y stands col- 4 lapsed on tho west sidj of tho field at tho Washington and Leo- West Virginia university football 4 game here today. ! ' Ambulances were' rushed from every hospital in the city and un- der the direction of, state and city police, spectators joined hands to form a rlnft around the Injured as they lay oil tho ground to protect them from tho curious crowds. 'j, S . f 4f Evidence Collected in Siskiyou Hold-Up and Murder Case Will Be Presented to County and Federal Grand Juries for Indictments. " While during tho past few days tho Investigators In chargo of the flparcj for the bandits who held up trabi 13 at tho Siskiyou tunnel and murdorod four trainmen Home time ago have not been giving any information for publication it Is known that they havo been diligently at work gathering cor roborative evidence against tho :sus poets, who ore named in -the reward circulars as Including tho throe Do Autrcmont brothers, and are now about ready to sock Indlctmonts against them in the courts.. In this connection, underground channel 'reports, which seem . to lean toward authenticity, are that tho present Jackson county grand jury, which was In session this week apd win probably be all next week, will have all the Investigating ovldonce laid before it during the coming week with a view to returning Indlctmonts. And further, those roports aro to tho effect that a special Besslon of tho grand Jury In tho United States court at Portland will be called in tho near futuro, probably next week, with a view to obtaining indictments against the suspects on the charge of train rol))fery. If such Indictments were obtained and tho suspects should be arrested anywhero in the United States or a foreign country they could be brought back to this Rtnte for trial with little legal red tape to go through. Indictments will be sought in both the state and federal courts as a mat ter of precaution, so as to bo able to hold ' and bring back for trle.l with llttlo trouble tho suspects when they are arrested. BEVERLY HILLS TRACK IS LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. The Beverly Hills automobile speedway today was tho scene of the second f ir within two weeks. Flames alo thru the east end of the track and several ) hundred feet of tho track was burned before apparatus from Hollywood joined local fire flKhters. Tho speed way Is about ten miles from tho busi ness ceriter hero and located between Hollywood and Santa Monica. distributed by WEAF on a 486 wave length. Radio experts believe the message will bo heard through receiv ing sets In all sections of the United 8tates. Tonight's address will probably be followed tomorrow by another talk by Wilson to admirers who will make their annual Armistice day pilgrimage to his 8 street homo. Delegations from a number of cities have made arrangements to march to the former president's residence during the afternoon. IICTINBOF 3 911M0NIS EXPECTED SOON mnrimnnrr I UMKUlffliT A SUICIDE IS REPORT Unconfirmed Rumor Leader in Uprising Fizzle Kills Him self Following Arrest and Parole Hitier Fleeing for Austrian Frontier Munich Quiet. BERLIN, Nov. ' 10. It Is rumored from Munich that General Ludemlorff committed suicide immediately upon boing paroled after his arrest in con nection with the abortive putsch in Munich. . There is no verification of the ru mor from any source but Ludendorff's friends here say they are prepared for such a sequel to his failure and that the action would be wholly In conform ily with tthe military code of honor as understood by the general. ' The question of Adolph Hitler's whereabouts also still remains to bo clearod up. Somo reports have it that he is heading for tho Austrian fron tier. Those familiar, with the Bavar ian dictator, Von Kahr, say they be- liove he would make short shrift of the fasciBti leader If he was captured. The paroling of the general toot placo during the night after he had given Dr. Voa Kahr, tiro1 Bavarian dl" tutor, his word of honor that he would desist from future participation in re actionary, mnchlnatlons. Ludendortf returned to his villa. Adolpli Hitler, tho fascist! leader, was wounded In the hand during the street fighting yesterday in front of the ministry of war. His whereabouts is not known but it Is assumed he is being conceAled by his friends. Dr. Von Knllllng, the Bavarian pre mier and tho other members of his cabinet, who were seized as hostages Thursday night by the Hitlerites, were released in the afternoon. Tho Hitler forces lost 10 killed and, six wounded. After the dispersal of Hitler's main force, Dr. Von Kahr proclaimed the es- tabliBljnient of military courts and ad vanced the curfow hour to 8 p. m., also prohibiting the opening of places of amusement- , ' Putsch Is Condemned The local press , regardless of Its party aff II rations, brands the "putsch" as a crime against Bavaria and the German people and expresses amaze ment that an army chief of Lunden dorfrs caliber should have permitted himself to be drawn Into Hitler's fas tlstic plot. 1 Financal embarrassments are believ ed to have accelerated tho outbreak, as Hitler's organization was without funds and had hoped that tho coup d'etat would Immediately result In Its reimbursement. Commander Khrhardt, who has a nondescript force in northern Bava riu also had tried to obtain funds In forming IHtler that his brigade was entirely without money. BERLIN, Nov. 10. General Luden dortf spent soino time in the Munich polk-e station after his arrest yester day, according to dispatches from that city but was released after he bad given his word of honor not to partici pate again in a coup d'etat It is believed possible that Adolph Hitler, who was reported to have es caped Bavarian authorities, to have sought refuge' north of Munich with his nationalist followers. . BERLIN, Nov. 10. (By tho) Asso elated Press.) The government of Premier Von Knllllng Is in complete control In Munich, according to latest reports from the Bavarian capital Quiet has been restored In the city. A state of siege however has been pro claimed throughout Bavaria. The Tageblatt says that a coup sim ilar to that at Munich was attempted at Ausberg, Bavaria, but that the po lice arrested and disarmed all Insur gents. At Nuremburg also tho police dis armed the nationalists. The burgo master yesterday sont an urgent re quest to Berlin for troops but Chan cellor Stresemann refused to comply. Showers Aro Predicted WASHINOTON, Nov. 10. Weather forecast for week beginning Monday: Pacific states Considerable cloudi ness and occasional showers. Normal temperature, Big Court Battle Disposal of $80,000,000 . Estate of Late Jay Gould MRS. JAY GOULD-AND DAUGHTERS. DOROTHY AND Hf LEN. WHOSE NAMES ARE INCLUDED AMONG THE OBJECTING HEIRS; INSET; MRS. VERA SINCLAIR GOULD JN FISHING TOGS. NEW YORK A long and hard legal contest, backed by the Gould millions, and marked by the- intensity of feeling held by the, children of the first Mrs. George lav Gould (or Mrs. Vera Sinclair Gould, their father's second wile, has opened in the courts here, i - Demand for an accounting of the $80,000,1)00 estate of the late Jay Gould was filed recently by his daughter, the Duchess de Talleyrand and her five children, and his son, Frank Jay Gould, and his two small daughters. . 1 George Jay Gould was trustee of his father's estate. .The ob jecting heirs claim he mulcted his father's estate of $20,000,000, much of which was left in his will to his second wife and three children. TIGERS BEATEN BY HARVARD IN A FIERCE GAME . ; i Stars On Both Teams Carried From Field As Crimson Van quishes Princeton for First Time in Seven Years Score 5-0. PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 10. Har vard dofcatod Princeton today tor tho first timo sinco 1!1(I. , The score wnu 5 to 0. Pfeffmann kicked a 25 yard drop In tho third period after tho op portunity to do so had boon present ed by a Princeton fumble. In the fourth period a Bafety by Princeton, when a poor pass caused Legendre to be tackle behind his own goal lino, added two-points for Harvard. The first of the year's clashes In the Harvardl'Yalel Princeton triangle! was marked by a fierceness of play which caused sevoral stars of each team to be carried from tho field. ' Except when Harvard mado its drop kick, af ter having a first down on Princeton's 17 yard line, neither team had the hall Inside tho other's 25 yard lino. Princeton mado a spectacular advance to Harvard's 28 yard lino when It stopped an Intercepted forward pass as the game drew to a close. Death Toll of the Automobile LOS ANGELKS, Nov. 10. Two persons were killed and five Injured In automobile accident in this city and vicinity today. The dead are Francisco Acosta and Alberto O'Brien. Looms On -y3Mftt - - BANDON CRIPPLE SAYS HE LIED 10 SAVE YOUTH COQUIL.U3, Oro.. Nov. 10. A nunihcr of notnsT ono of which wan ncnt to Alton Covoll, rkchI sixteen, in an upplo, and anothor la a magazine, while tho hoy nml hlti uni-lo woro in Jail wore HUrni:ttod to tho lattor whon ho. roflumctl tho wltiirsii fttand today in his own defcriso in his trial for flrnt cUwoo murdor. AhIcoiI If they "woro In IiIh hand writing ho admitted hoy woro. Tho notes related to a confession which Alton mado concerning tho killing of Mrs, Kblta C'ovcll, and they Kavo Alton direction to repudiate tho confcHHlon nnd chango his story, Arthur Cove 11 nald his purposo in writing tho notes was to "straighten out" tho hoy nnd keep him from "got tlng in tho mud." Tho defensp rested this morning n.nd asked tho court to .Instruct tho Jury us to tho defenso of insanity. In his testimony Covoll denied tho state's chargo that ho inspired Alton to kill Mrs. Covoll. Ho said ho had at first assumed hlaino for tho doath of Mrs. Covoll in order to protect thosu ho loved. Tho witness declared ho had noth ing AgalnHt Mrs. Covoll excepting that shu seemed aloof and unsociable. Ho said ho could not ho benefitted by her death hut rather would suffer. Ho said ho loved Alton as his own child and also was devoted to Luclle, his niece. District Attorney Fisher In his statement to the jury claimed Arthur Covoll was a principal in the killing of Mrs. Cove 11 and that ho should be found guilty of murder in tho first do groo and hanged. The case approached conclusion to day and it was expected that by night it would be in tho hands of the Jury of i?n men and two women who aro to dccldo tho cripple's fato. ..-Under the indictment the defen dant Is charged with inducing his nephew "by superior mental power" to kill Mrs. Covoll. Tho woman was killed, according to an alleged confes sion by the nephew, by being suffo cated to death when an ammonia soaked cloth was placed over her face. "Zev" Is Matched to Race "In Memoriam" Saturday, Not'ember 17 IXWISVILLK, Nov. IG.-Zcv and In Memoriam xera nmtched today fur a raco at Ch archil! Downs at a mile and a quarter next Saturday with a r.ouuitton that tho track 13 In c good or flr.ii condition. In Mouiorlam tie- fented Zev ai.d My Own o wook hgo. . SIAIE INCOI TAX ADOPTION Measure Has Over 500 Major . ity Records Show 116, 628 Out of 333,017 Voters Attended the Polls Two Precincts Missing. PORTLAND, Oro., Nov. 10. A ma jority of (ilu in favor of adoption of the Btato Income tux was shown on roturns today from all but two pre cincts in tho stnto. Tho f'guros wore: For tax GK.IiC'J; ngn'.mit 58,06D. Ono pre'clnct wnn missing from Curry and ono from Lincoln county. ThlB tabulation Included complete unofficial roturns from Gilliam, Har- ney, Malheur, Marlon, Morrow, Mult nomah, I'olk, Whoolor, nnd Yamhill counties nnd complote official roturns from tho rest of tho 30 counties. Portland newspapers, . Including thoflo which opposed the lncomo tax, concede ita adoption. Of a total of 33,017 oitlzons of tin stuto qualified by registration to vote at the referendum election, tho ro turns show approximately 116,028 exercised tho prlvilego. S SON 10 LANCASTER, Pa., Nov. 10. Leon ard Wood, Jr., son of Oovornor Gen eral Leonard Wood of the Philippine Islands nnd Miss Doloros Graves, an actress of Han Francisco will bo mar ried next Wednesday In New York City. This was made known today by Mr. Wood, who Is here promoting the atrical productions. MIbb Graves re cently complotod a long engagoment In her future husband's company. Football Scores First Period: Stanford 7; Oregon 0 Final: Ynlo 16; Maryland 14. First poriod: Idaho Oj Orefjon Aggies 0. LaFnyatlo 8; Pennsylvania 6. Brown 14; Dartmouth 16. Syracuse 40; Huston university 0. Navy 61; St. Xavlcr 0. Chicago 27; Indiana' 0. t '" Holy Cross 23; Fordhnm 7. . Columbia 0; Cornell, 36. " Third, corps area 44; U. S. Scouting Fleet 7. ' Maine 13; New Hampshire 0. MucAlestor 13; Coucordln 3. Detroit IJ. 6; Carnegie Tech. 6. llobnrt 7; Buffalo 0. Haver ford 13; Albright 0. West Virginia 63; Wush'n & Lee 0. Penn State 7; rcorla Toch 0. WouHtnr 8; Akron university 0. Marietta 3; Duquesnt 0. Cnso 0; Baldwin Wallace 10. Illinois 10; Wisconsin 0. NOWXONCEDED BANK R0E1BERS. FATHER AND SON. ARE SPOKANI3, Nov. 10. Bandits who attempted Inst night to rob tho Whit man county National bank in IloBnlla, southwest of hero, woro believed to bo surrounded In Squaw creek can yon nenr Rosalia and deputy sheriffs woro waiting In the home west of Spokane of a man believed to have been Involved In tho uffalr. ' A light automobile identified ns that, used by the robbers was found during tho night, overturned on a curve of the road near Squaw canyon, and Sheriff Colo of Whitman county nnd a posse of 75 doputles and cltl sens wero closing In on tho supposed hiding place of the bandits. The ma chine had gone through a fence and turned .over several times, LONDON NOT 1 Si UP FIGHT YET !n Spite of Forcing of U. S. A. Out By France Great Britain Hopeful An Agreement Will Be Reached On Reprrations .' Including the United States of America. LONDON. Nov. 10. (By tho Asso ciated ProflB) Although the press re ports from Washington regarding the prospect of a reparation inquiry con ducted within a limited scope of tho Fronch proposal are by no means Ban-, gulno, 'British official circles in Lon don do not consldor the time as yet arrived to abundon hopes of an allied conference Including America. In competent quarters It is assorted that Great Britain wilt continue to ap- ' ply heraelf to tho problem of roach Ing a basis on which a conference satisfactory to the United States can be held. WASHINOTON. Nov. 10. Restric tions Insisted upon by France on tho proposed Inquiry by experts Into Ger many's oconotulo condition would render an effort to solve tho repara tions problem useless and futile, In tho opinion of tho Washington govern ment. ' , " This doclslon was reached ynto yos tordny after tho situation haU ,be"op discussed during tho day by President Coolldgo with hlB cabinet and Ambas sador .lusserand, at a conference wllh Secretary Hughes had explained , in detail, the nr.ture of the French llmlr tat Ions. . The result was that word was 1sent fo Premier. Polncaro. through the .ambassador, that his determination to restrict the acopo of tho Inquiry,'. ad ministration officials hero believed would frustrate the object' of the United Statos In offering tho allies aid in bringing about an adjustment. .' PARIS, Nov. 10. (By the Asso ciated PreBs) Tho presentation of ;Grcat Britain's hill for her war ad vancos to the French government is foroBeen by political observers as one of the probable early results of . the -apparent collapse of the plan for an expert committee to examine Our many's capacity to pay reparations. It Is understood Premier Polncare ex pects It to be one of tho develop ments. ' ; Tho reparation commission which will meet next -Tuesday will have to decide tho question whether tho Ger mans shall be heard. - according to their request, as to the capacity or Germany to. pay. It is understood there will be no opposition by the French. Casualties of the Air Service .1 i MITCHELL. FIELD, N. Y.. Nov. 10. -r-I'rlvato Aage ftasmusson was killed at the army and navy circus . today When he clung to tho drag lines of the .dirigible TC-2 after she was released by her ground crew and lost his grip after being lifted 200 foot In the air. :, Bank Reserves Increase. NEW YORK, Nov. 10. The actual Condition of cloarlng houBO banks and trust companies for the week Bhows an excess in reserve oi 9si,d?o,d,u. This Is an Increase' In the reserve of 37,698,000. A rubber rtamp, found In the ma chlno bore tho namo of a resident of this county, officers announced, who was declared to be an cx-convlct. Deputy sheriffs today woro awaiting his possiblo return homo to arrest him. That tho robbers aro fathr and son was bellevod by somo witnesses of tho attempted robbery, who de clare they hoard the younge.1 of tho two men exclaim, "Dad, I'm hit," after they had boen fired on by Al fred Palmer, son of the cashier of the bank, Young Palmer was slightly wounded and Halford Hlggs, man ager of the telephone exchange at Rosalia, was shot In the arm. ;