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TITE MORNING i ORIKOXIAX. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 190S. STUDENTS STRIKE Resent Suspension of Class President for Hazing. GIVEN ORDERS TO RETURN Faculty of Xcw York Vniverwily Re fuses to Treat With Them t'nless They Obey Presumptuous "Freshie" Is Ducked. NKW YOKK, April 2. New York Uni versity students who went "on strike" to day as a result of the temporary suspen Fion by the faculty of Albert Young, pres ident of the junior (students class, follow ing investigation of the ducking in the college horse trough of Harry JBloeh, a freshman, were notified officially by the faculty's committee on discipline that the body of students must return tlrst to their classes as a preliminary to a complete ad justment of the present difficulty. When the students had formally re ceived the faculty's communication they announced that It would be considered at a meeting to be held at 10:30 o'clock to morrow morning, when the further atti tude of the student body will be deter mined. Tonight Harry Bloch, who had spent much of the day with his attorney, issued a statement In which he admitted that he had been In the wrong. He added that while he felt that he had been suffi ciently punished, he was willing to sub mit to any further correction that the student cabinet might deem wise to ad miniate!. This statement served somewhat to clear the atmosphere, though thete Is some doubt as to what the students will do tomorrow. The classrooms were emjy toda. , Chancellor MacCracken Is at Copenha gen, Denmark, where he is delivering a series of lectures at Copenhagen Univer sity. During his absence his son, Dr. John MacCracken. secretary of the uni verslty. Is acting as chancellor. The violations of unwritten student law changed against Bloch are summarized as follow 62 first Would not rub down the members of the varsity team, as all good fresh men are supposed to do. Second ore violet-colored ties, same being the college color and a privilege no freshman Is allowed. Third Sat on the steps of the library, where no "freshies'1 are supposed to rest. PLAN JOINT CONFERENCE Conl-Mlners and Operators Will Meet at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS. April 2. Another joint conference between the coal operators and miners of Indiana, Ohio, West Vir ginia and Pennsylvania may be held in Indianapolis between April 15 and 27. . AGREE TO MEET WITH MINEHS Coal Operators Will Attempt to Fix Wage Scale. KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 2. -The Southwestern Interstate Coal Operator's Anpociatlon today agreed to meet a com mittee from the convention of the United Mineworkers of America of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Mon day next. The joint committee will then try to decide upon a wage scale for the 5,iXi0 coal miners of this district. LECTURE IN SIGN LANGUAGE Judge Hoot to Talk to Deaf Mutes So They Can Understand. SKATTI-K. April 2. Judge Milo A. Root, of the State Supreme Court, has accepted an invitation to address the Deaf Mute Society of Seattle on Sun day. April 5. He will first deliver his address orally for the benefit of those who can hear, and will then repeat the same address in the sign language to the deaf mutes. Judge Root can de liver himself in the sign language as rapidly and as fluently as any deaf mute in the state, having for years been accustomed to talking to a brother who is both deaf and dumb. In vita tlons have been sent broadcast over the western part of the state and a large attendance at the unique lec ture is expected. REPORTS SMOOTH PASSAGE Wirclos Station Picks Up Tath f I tiding Squadron.' SKATTUK, April 2. Admiral Sohree's "nathflnding squadron," consisting of the cruisers Washington. Tennessee and California, was picked up by a Seattle wireless station at 11 o'clock tonight off Cape Blanco, on the California Coast. The squadron is on its way from Mare Island to Pugrt Sound Navy-yard. The vessels reported fair weather and a smooth voyage all the way up the Coast. They expected to reach Bremerton some time Friday night or early Saturday morning. No effort is being made to push the engines. ITALIAN CAR AT COAST Ileaohos San I.uls Obispo on Way to I'aso Koblcs. SAN H IS OBISPO, Cnl., April 2. The Italian car in the New York-to-Paris automobile race arrived In this city at 4:10 o'clock and left for Paso Kobles at 6:2b o'clock this afternoon. OGPEX. Vtah, April 2 The German car In the $.'ew York-to-Parls race reached Offrien at S :60 tonight. Itatlfles Arbitration Treaties. WASHINGTON. April 2. The General Arbitration Treaty agreed upon at The Hague Conference was today ratified by the Senate, as were arbitration treaties between the I'nited States and Mexico and between the United States and Italy. The resolution asrreed upon by the Sen ate committee on foreign relations, that recourse to the permanent court of ar bitration can be had only by agreement upon special treaties between parties in dispute, was adopted by the Senate. Keeping Out Vndesirables. BKl.UNGHAM. Wash., April 2. A special to the Herald from Vancouver says: "Immigration station will be in stalled at 14 different points on the international boundary between the Pacific Coast and the great lakes. These stations are for the purpose of keeping out undesirables by rigid in- s pert ion under the new order in coun cil. "Physically unfit immigrants will not be allowed to enter at any time and Japanese will be barred. If the labor market In the Dominion is over crowded at any time Europeans will not Toe allowed to enter, not having come direct from the land of their birth." BELLINGER IS RE-ELECTED Again Chosen Captain of Multnomah Club Basketball Team. Dan Bellinger was re-elected captain of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club's basketball team at the first annual ban quet tendered the players at the Hotel Portland last night. All the other athletic teams have been honored at the close of the season by banquets tendered by the club, but heretofore the basketball play ers have been overlooked, and last n!ght affair was the first recognition of their efforts. Basketball has advanced materially in public favor, and Is now In a fair way to become self-supporting and promises to be the most attractive indoor sport during the coming season. Captain Bellinger, who was honored by re-election, has been one of the most re liable players of the club during the past four seasons, and previous to that time played the game for Cornell University He Is well liked by the basketbal play ers, and is generally popular in club cir- linn Brlllnicrr, Re-elected rap- tain of Multnomah Club Baa- , krthall Tram. cles. The team, under his captaincy, has enjoyed a most successful season, having been victorious In the great majority of games played. Those present at last night s banquet were: Professor Robert Krohn. Captain Dan Bellinger, Bert Al ien, James S. McCord. Vivian Dent. Ed Morris, Cassimer Campbell. Art Allen Harry Fisher and Charles Barton. WILL FIGHT TWO-CENT LAW Railroadsof Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri to Combine. CHICAGO. April 2. A combined at tack on the 2-cent passenger rate is promised by the railroads that operate In Illinois. Minnesota and Missouri. It is probable that the suits will he filed next week. Thp call for a conference to meet, at which officials of the Illinois roads will be sent, was issued today, and plans for the fight will.then be laid. j THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD First American Sugar Refiner. NEW YORK. April 2. Said to have been the first refiner of sugar in the I lilted States. Harmon Schroeder. a na tive of Germany, retired for 30 years after a successful business career in this city, is dead at his home here, aged 88. The Flower-Bed Border. Housekeeper. If you have planted any beds or borders of spring-blooming bulbs, they should now have attention. As soon as the snow goes, remove, at Intervals of several days, portions of the covering, until all Is taken off within the space of a week, and clean up the surfaces of the beds and borders, being very careful not to Injure any of the tender tips of the stalks which may now be coming through the soil. The snowdrops will he the first to appear, fol lowed closely by the crocus, the scylla. the early tulips and the narcissi. In spite of all precautions you may have taken In the way of securing your bulbs from the most reliable dealers, there Is likely to be a vacancy here and there where they failed to germinate. In such cases, fill them in from those which you have been growing in pots, a few of which should be held back this month In the dark for this purpose, in order that the beds and borders may not have a ragged appearance. The Test of the Fleet. Atlanta Constitution. Never before has the integrity of bolt and rivet and keel, the stoutness and staying powers of the engines and the seamanship of officers and men of the fleet that Is the Nation's naval bul wark been subjected to such a critical test. "We have no accurate, critical knowledge of what we may expect from the weakness or the strength, of these armor-clad monsters. It is right, it is necessary. It Is patriotic that we should have this knowledge, and that we should be assured, as we will be assured, that America relies on no un known quantity when she pins her con fidence and faith to these defenders of her safety and reputation. Northwestern People In New York. NEW YORK. April 2. (Special.) North western people registered at New -York hotels: From Portland W. H. Andrews, at the latham: R. H. Pearson, at the Ashland. From Bugenc, Or. a 1 Hendricks, at th Breslin. From Pendleton, Or. Dr. C. J. Smith, at the Grand. From Spokane Miss S. B. Trye, at (ha Algonquin. Pass Up the Kickers. Atchison Globe. Teoplc do not admire kickers, but they encourage them. We have noticed that the best bargains are given to kickers: they get the best steak: they are waited on before more unselfish people, and they never have to wait for their goods to be delivered. They are treated so much better than considerate people that the wonder is that everyone In the world is not a kicker. Introduces Postal Bank Bill. WASHINGTON. April 2. Senator Carter of the committee on postoffices and post roads today Introduced a bill to establish postal savings banks. He stated that this measure was satisfactory to the Post office Department and It was referred back to the committee and will receive further consideration. i , i 3 j . . "t J i t . -;aiS" ! jBtf" t GIVES LIFE FOR HER St. Louis Woman Makes Sacri- fice for Sister. TO GET INSURANCE MONEY Marie Iehmann Waits Till Suicide Clanse Expires, Then Takes Life for Invalid's Benefit Noti fies Relatives in Seattle. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April ! (Special.) For a year Marie Lehmffnn, aged 26, counted the days which must pass before, under the terms of her life insurance pol icy, she could kill herself and leave her helpless Invalid sister Maggie, aged 19, llflOO. She recently disappeared from their rooming-house, remaining away three days. When she returned she said she had been In an auto accident. The boarding-house keeper believes the woman contemplated suicide then and went away to wind up her personal af fairs. After Marie's disappearance, H. A. Germond. of Seattle. Wash., whose wife is a sister of the Lehmann girls, forw rd ed to the St. Iouis police a letter Maggie had written Mrs. Germond. The afflicted girl did not dream of the sacrifice about to be made for her. 'Please send for me at once," she plead ed. "I have been too great a burden for Marie and she has left me alone." While the police were investigating the statements made In this letter yesterday In Forest Park the lifeless body of Marie Lehmann was found. She had killed her self the day after the anti-suicide clause in the policy expired. ONCE LfVED IN STATE OF IDAHO Miss Lehniann's Relatives Not In formed of Her Suicide. SEATTLE! Wash.,- April 2. (Special.) Miss Mary Lehmann was formerly of Wallace, Idaho, and is a sister of Mrs. Ellen Germond. wife of H. A. Germond. a barber, residing at 100 Harrison street. Mr. Germond was notified yesterday of the young woman's death but was not informed of the cause. Miss Lehmann was a naflve of North Dakota. Mr. Germond did not know anything about his sister-in-law carrying life insurance-for the benefit of Maggie Leh mann. an invalid sister. He said that the invalid sister was now on her way to Seattle and would make her home with her sister. Mrs. Germond. He says that when Maggie was a child she had spinal meningitis and was left almost a Iielp less invalid. NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY THE Public- Library telephone Is Main 1556. In renewing a book ask for the Circulating Deoartment unrl nlvavi give number of the book, the date It Is due and the reader's card number. No seven-day books nor books overdue can be renewed. In renewinar the lnvonii book ask for the Children's Department. If special information Is desired, ELsk for the Reference Department. Questions about the school collection, the reading rOOmS flnrt tho ricnnolf a a tlnn., n.lll w answered in the County Department. A puonc pay station has been established In the hall near the check-room for the convenience of the library visitors. Other phones are: U,ast Side Branch Library East 1964. Albina Branch Library East 5931. Seilwood Branch Library Sellwood 996. Mr. WHIIam T. UMniov will i j ' girt: n. it t.- ture on "Our Common Birds." at Strahl- man s nan, corner East Thirteenth and Spokane avenue. Sellwood. on Tuesday even In fir. March 24 at fi fi'rni.lr i- auspices of the Sellwood Branch Library. Auuiisbiun iree. Additions to the Library. PERIODICALS. Atlantic monthly. JulY-Deremhi iqat V 100. Blackwood's Edinburrh mmraiin December, 1007. v. 182. (.'hauiauquuu. June-November, ISO". v 47 1-S. Dial. July-December, 1007. v. 43. Harper's monthly maeazlna. .Inn -.-No vember. 1907. v. 115. Llttel'a living ae. July-Dec ember, 1007. . 254-2.15. Outlook. September-December, 1907. 87. BIOGRAPHY. Boigne Memoirs, v. 2. 1908. BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. C'hamplin Young- folk's astronomy. Hill Twenty-six historic sh-lps. Holbrook Hound the year In myth and ong. Hutton, ed. Children's Christmas treas- y. lngersoll Wild life of orchard and field. Porter Wild beasts. Roosevelt Good hunting in mirsuit of hi a-ame in the West. emitn Tne noma aquarium and how ta care for It. Ward The rational method in readinx: primer. DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL. Aflalo Sunshine and sport In Florida and the West Indies, n. d. Bagot Lakes of northern Italy. 1907. Geographical journal. July-December. 1807. v. 30. FICTION. Bland The new treasure seekers. Flaubert alemmbo; tr. by z. A. Ra- ftMEin. Gatee Cupid tne cow-punch, lanraster The tracks we tread. McCarthy Seraphic. FINES ARTS. Bates A Guild Details of decorative ulpture. n. d. Clausen Alms and ldeala In art : eltrht lectures delivered to the students of the Royal academy. 1906. Hunter Practical farm buildings: plana and suggestions. 10O4. More-Land George Moreland; his life and works; by Blr Walter Gllbey and E. D. Cuming. 1907. New bolt Etchings of William Strang. n d. Novello's quarterly, v. 1. 1908. Thonger The book of rock and water gardens. 1907. t HISTORl. Hunt History of England from the ac cession of George III to the close of Pitt's first administration. 1905. Montague History of England from the accession of James I to the Restoration. 1907. Oman History of England from the ac cession of Richard II to the death, of Rich ard III. 19(M. Sakurai Human bullets, a soldier's story of Port Arthur. 1907. Washington. Statistics. Bureau of Re view of the resources and Industries of Washington. 1907. LANGUAGE. Unnr IJhro llluatrato dl llnrtia. In an illustrated EngMsh-llaJlan language book and reader. 1907. Wet neck Common sense guide to English for foreigners. 1893. LITERATURE. Evans Poems. 1906. Evans September roses; a collection of verse. 1908. , bsen Collected works; ed. by William Archer, v. 1. 10. 1908. Mollere Plays; in French, with an Eng lish translation and notes v a. R. Waller. r. 1907. New Spring Goods Specially Priced The most remarkable values ever offered at this season by any Portland house. Many of these advertised specials have just arrived by express during the past week. We promise you a handsome saving on every purchase. Ladies' Suits j All the new up-to-date to $37.50; Friday $17.95 Silk Petticoats The greatest and best selection in Poi-tland; all colors, including plaids. Values up to $12.50. Friday only, $4.95 Payne The greater English poets of the nineteenth century. 1907. PHILOSOPHY. International Journal of ethics. October. lQOA-July. 1W7. v. 17. Weston Astrollte; articles on practical astrology, n. d- RELIGION". Biblical world. July-December, 1907. v. 30. Dods The Bible, Its origin and nature; seven lectures delivered before LAke For est college. 1907. Jowett Select passages from a Is theo logical writings; ed. by Lewis Campbell. 1903. Pfleiderer Religion and historic faiths; tr. by D. A. Huebsch. 1007. SCIENCE. Bergen & Davls laboratory and field manual of botany. 1907. Britton Manual of the flora of the North ern states and Canada. Ed. 3, rev. and enl. 1907. Campbell Lectures on the evolution of plants. 1906. Popular science monthly. July-December, 1907. v. 71- Velvin Wild-animal celebrities. 1907. SOCIOLOGY. Downei Fire fighters and their pets. 1907- ' Johnson The country school. 1907. Small Adam Smith and modern sociol ogy. 1907. USEFUL ARTS. Freeman & Chandler The world's com mercial products, n. d. MacCurdy A Castle Selection and cross breeding in relation to the inherlianco of coat-pigments In rats and guinea-pigs. 1007. Reliable Poultry Journal Pub. Co. Arti ficial Inrubatln-g and brooding. Ed. 3. 1906 Reliable Poultry Journal Pub. Co. Tur keys; all varieties; their care and manage ment. 1904. Saunders Insects Injurious to fruits. Ed. 2. 1904. Stephens The six-chord spiral. 1907. Pamphlet of Interest to be found In the reference room. United States Forest service What for estry has done. January. 1908. Ore. 140. "Schock How to build a rowboat. 1904. REPORTED COLOMBIAN' TROOPS HAVE TAKEN A TOWN. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Re gards Matter as Casus Belli Cit izens Loyal to Administration. PANAMA, April 2. Advices received here reported that Colombian troops on March 36 had invaded the town of Juar ado. on the frontier of Panama and Co lombia, taking possession of the place, which has always been under Panama's Jurisdiction. The advices state that no resistance has been offered to the Colom bians, as Juarado was guarded by only five Panama policemen. There Is no tele graphic communication between that town and Panama, and confirmation of the report of its Invasion by Colombian troops is not possible at present. Ricardo Ira. Secretary of Foreign Af fairs, said tonight regarding the report: "Our government would consider the occupation of Juaro by Colombia as a casus belli.' On several previous occasions a sim ilar report regarding an Invasion by Colombian troops has been circulated, and tonight as on the other occasions citizens of Panama expressed indigna tion and declared their readiness to support the government in whatever action it deemed necessary to take. A Cabinet meeting; will probably be called at the Instance of the adminis tration to decide upon steps to be taken to dislodge the Colombians from Juar ado if the report proves to be correct. The news has occasioned more ner vousness on the part of the Colombians residing . here than to the citizens of this republic, the former fearing that they may.be the first to suffer. One Killed; 20 Injured. LOS ANGELES. April 2. Charles Pa-tros-so, a cementworker of this city, aged 54 years, was killed this morn ing in a collision between two cars of the Los Angeles Pacific Railway Com pany's Santa Monica line, and nearly 20 others, nearly all' employes of the Sherman oil fields, on their way to work, were more or less seriously In jured, Two of the1 Injured may die. Wisconsin to Join Fleet. WASHINGTON, April 2. Tjp battle ship Wisconsin, which is to be at tached to the Atlantic fleet on its trip around the world, was placed In com mission at Puget Sound yesterday. The torpedo-boat Goldsborbugh also has been ordered placed in commission at Puget Sound. THE J. M. ACHESON CO., styles, values only, a 575 Pi SKIRTS Panama and Voile Skirts, alt colors, values up to CO $12.50; Friday only.PT.OU E REFUSES TO ALLOW MURDER CASE WITNESSES TO LEAVE. Thinks Arrest of Chinese on Swind ling Charge Scheme to Clear Highbinders. An attempt to fradulently deprive the State of Oregon of Its principal witnesses against the murderers of Lee Dai Hoy. the Chinese merchant who was killed in this city a few weeks ago. as a re sult of a tong war between disagreeing factions in the Bow On Tong. was frus trated yesterday afternoon by District Attorney Manning. The three witnesses in question. Chin Hong. Um Yip and Go Ving Yuen, who assert their Inno cence, had been arrested by Detectives Hawley and Inskeep yesterday after noon at 4:30 o'clock at the request of Sheriff R. R. Veale. of Contra Costa County, CaL. who planned to take them in custody back to his county on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses which have every appearance of being false and part of a conspiracy. The removal of these witnesses from the city was blocked by the District At torney, who ordered the police to release them. The witnesses were released at once and the District Attorney emphati cally asserted that he would not permit these important eyewitnesses to some of the incidents connected with the Leo Dal Hoy murder to be removed from this state. This Incident was the signal for a fresh outbreak of excitement and un usual activity by the sympathizers of the two rival factions of this tong in this city, and Chinatown last night was agog with anticipation and fear of new attempts by Chinese highbinders to kill the sympathizers of the murdered man. . The men had been arrested on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses as a result of a complaint signed by Lem Gow Kee, the secretary of the Bow On Tong in San Francisco and Oakland, Cal. He alleges that these t Iiree men obtained money from him in Giant, Conta Costa County, Cal.. In May, 1906, and the warrant for their arrest is issued by Judge Wells, of the Superior Court, of that county. Lem Gow Kee is a sym pathizer of the faction of this tong which Is reported to have hired the men Lent Won and Yee Geung to murder Iee Dai Hoy. He Is a cousin of Lim Hon, one of the murderers. Friends of Chin Hong and the other two witnesses maintain that this complaint, made by Lem Gow Kee, is merely a scheme devised to embarrass the prose cution of the two men held for the mur FRAKES MILLINERY EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS TODAY AND SATURDAY IT WILL INTEREST YOU Are your purses so large that it makes no difference what you pay for your SPRING HAT? If you hplong to this class, then you have no use for us, and need take no time or trouble to investigate. If, on the other hand, you appreciate style, courteous treatment and the best values iu the city, then we are the people for you. We are close buyers, close figurers and close sellers. We turn over a large volume of bus iness at a minimum of expense, and cater to those who appreciate close prices. We are leaders in our line. Why not become acquainted with ust Just to convince you that we are leaders and our styles and prices are what we represent them to be, TODAY and SATURDAY'wa will place on sale every Trimmed Hat in the store at 23 per cent off regular price; and, remember, every article in the house is always marked in plain figures. ' To those who have selected their Easter Hats and had them laid away, come today or Saturday, and you get the 25 per cent discount. FREE! FREE! FREE! And further to still further convince you that we have the largest, most sanitary and up-to-date Beauty Parlors in the city, using all the latest electrical appliances we will give FREE with every hat sold Today or Saturday a ticket good for a hair dress, shampoo, manicure, face massage or scalp treatment. This is your chance to get a bargain in an EASTER HAT at Portland's best millinery 409 WASHINGTON STREET der. That tWis charee of fraud is well founded seems to be established without a question of a doubt. Inasmuch as a largo number of reputable Chinese merchants last night testified to the fact that the three witnesses were In Portland! daily during the time it is alleged they were in California In May. 1906. Just what action Sheriff Veale will pur sue is not known. It is believed that he will take the matter up with the Oregon state authorities in the hope of gaining his point and being allowed to remove his prisoners. It is said that he tele- . graphed to California last night for a Deputy Sheriff to come to assist him in taking back the prisoners. The friends of Chin Hong, who is a reputable well-to-do merchant in China town, having stores at S3. STt anil 93 Sec ond street, assert that Sheriff Veale lias spent two weeks in this city looking Into the tong situation here prior to his ar rival yesterday with a warrant, and say that he should give some explanation of this time spent on Chinatown work. They also point out the fact that Linn Dow Jo!, a Chinese from San Francisco, be longing to the same faction in this tong as the complainant in the case, and also a cousin of Unn Won, who was brought here by Sheriff Veale for the purpose of Identifying the three men wanted, could not make the identification without the assistance of Chin Hem and Lem Fue, two Portland Chinese, who knew the witnesses well and who likewise belong to the trouble-making faction in this tong. Another sensational feature in this tong war. which increased the excite ment among the Celestials, was that Lim Bim, formerly the secretary of the tong in Portland, had fled from the city because of a reward of $fi00 which he.d been offered the highbind ers for his death. Lim Bim left the city day before yesterday, taking the train to North Yakima, Wash., where It is said he sought refuge with rela tives, and where it is also said that two highbinders promptly followed hint. Six hundred dollars has likewise been offered for the death of Chin Hong, whose activities against the enemies of the murdered Iee Dai Hoy and en deavors to straighten out the Bow On Tong troubles has brought him Into disfavor. Thetis Picks Up Two Men. SEATTLE. April 2. A small boat from the revenue cutter Thetis, a little after 10 o'clock tonight, rescued Percy Burma and Howard Rashon," deserters from the Swedish ship Clan McFarland, from cer tain death in the bay. The men had made a small raft to effect their escrape. and the structure had broken up. They had been an hour In the water when Lieutenant M. S. Hay. of the cutter, heard their cries and came to their aid. Publir receipts and expenditures of New York Hy have Increased In the last four ears In an amount equal to $102,000 each dav. House of Correct MILLINERY Merry Widow Sailors This charming Hat has taken the town by storm. Friday we will offer a special lot of handsome stj'les at $3.50 Waists Astonishing bargains in High-class Lingerie and Silk "Waists. Positive values as hi?h as $15. Choice, $4.95 SEE WINDOW FRIDAY ONLY. Corner Fifth and Alder Streets FIRST TESTIMONY TAKEN VALET OX STAND IX VAXDEK BILT DIVORCE CASE. His Failure to Sail for Europe With Employer Explained Nature of Suit a Mystery. NEW YORK, April 2. The first testi mony in the divorce suit of Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbllt against her husband, Alfred G. Vanderbilt. which was filed in the -Supreme Court yesterday was taken today before Referee David Mc Clure. Howard Kempster, the valet of Mr. Vanderbilt, was the one witness called today. The fact that the valet did not depart with his employer on the Mauretanla yesterday caused some com ment but his appearance before the ref eree would indicate that the reason he did not do so was the desire of the parties to the action to rush matters through. Whether he appeared under subpena or by nrrangement was not shown. When the hearing was -adjourned none of the persons interested would talk for publication, but it was admitted that the evidence and recommendations ,of the referee probably would be in the hands of the court before Mr. Vanderbilt reaches the other side on the Mauretanla. Kempster was In the apartments of Mr. Vanderbilt at the Plaza tonight but re fused to see callers. He arranged to leave for Europe as soon as his services in the present cases are no longer needed. FIRE RAGES IN DISTILLERY Gri.t-Mill Gone and Other Depart ments in Great Danger. PEORIA, 111., April 3. Fire broke out in the grist-mill of th Corning Distilling Company's plant at 2 o'clock this morn ing. In a short time the building, a six storv frame structure, covered with cor rugated iron and worth $S0,000, was in ruins. Immediately adjacent to this and sepa rated from the building by only a 16-foot alley, is the large brick rocttfylng-house which is in great danger. If this building goes the boiler-house, the office and sev eral other buildings at a value of $2.70,000 will be destroyed also. The warehouse In which Is stored $o0.onrt worth of finished goods is some distance away and will probably be saved. It ta estimated that 1ia,OoO persons In New York City make their living by their w it. wht'h manw the lck of wit In othe?. FRAKES 409 WASHINGTON STREET