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VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,102. GORDOWARRESTED: SO IS -SGHIVELY Results of Spokane Grand Jury Probe. EMBEZZLEMENT IS CHARGED Ex-Supreme Court .judge Put Under $20,000 Bail. OTHER WARRANTS ARE OUT livestock Insurance Investigation Entangles Many Great Northern Accused Shield of Attempting to Former Counsel. SPOKANE. Wash.. A rfHi - coi..i . M. J. Gordon. . ex-Chief Justice of Washington State, was today indicted by the jrand Jury of Spokane, County. The chara aKalnst Gordon is emberlement rom tne Great Northern Kail road, the money having been sent him to pay a Judgment to James Sparrow, and. it is aliened, misappropriated by Gordon, the railroad company later being compelled to pay the money again. Six other indictments were also re turned, one against J. H. Schively, State Insurance Commissioner, and another against J. B. Schrock. president of the defunct Pacific Livestock Association, of which Schively was president, for three months in JSOS, during the time he was also holding office as Deputy State In surance Commissioner. The charge against Schrock is larceny by continuous embezzlement. Cordon Gives $20,000 Ball. The indictment against Schively has not yet been made public here, a war rant for Schively's arrest having been sent to Olympia this afternoon to be served by the Chief of Police. The re maining indictments are believed to be for other officers of the Pacific Livestock Association. Bail In Gordon's case was fixed at We.ooo, although his attorneys made a determined effort to have It lowered to ISOdO. Bonds were furnished In a short time, by D. M. Drumhellcr, a wealthy re tired stockman, and Aaron Kuhn. million aire president of the Traders National Bank. Spokane. Bail for Schrock. whose alleged peculations are said to to tal more than 23.O0O. was fixed at $25,000, and the Union Surety Company assumed the responsibility for his appearance. Sheriff Pugh Starts South. Both men submitted quietly to arrest. Gordon was asked for a statement to night, but devoted his remarks to dis paraging allusions to Prosecuting Attor ney Fred Pugh. The case has been full of sensations, principally because of bickerings, between Judge Huneke, the Prosecuting Attorney, and Gordon's at torneys, over an attempt to secure for the grand Jury the privilege of taking stenographic notes of the testimony brought before It. This privilege has so far been dented. Sheriff Felix Pugh. a relative of the Prosecutor, left tonight for San Fran cisco. It is believed he goes to serve warrants on Pacific Livestock Insurance officials living there. . . Echo of Root Scandal. Gordon, who resigned from the Su preme Court bench to become Spokane counsel for the railroad company, served In that capacity for several years. He left the company las Summer and went to Tacoma and Boon thereafter rumors ran over the state that he had embezzled ISO.000 of the company's funds. The name of Judge Milo A. Root, of the Su preme Court, was linked with that of ooroon s In these rumors, which became so persistent that the Chief Justice openly brought the matter to the atten tion of the State Bar Association and asked for an Investigation. A committee Of tllA Rur jtnrlatln after an extended inquiry, submitted a report finding that Gordon, as attornev for the Great Northern, had written a decision In a case in which the company was a party, sent It to Chief Counsel Kegg at St. Paul for approval and, on Its return from the head offices, passed It on to Judge Root, who offered It as his opinion and had it adODted as the de cision of the. court. Judge Root pro tested mat his offense had been nothing more srrlous than "Indiscretion of friendship," but resigned from the Su preme Bench. Prosecuting Attorney Fred Pugh has charged that high officials of the Great Northern are trying to shield Gordon. t the presumption being that they fear a Judicial searchlight. Prosecutor Pugh has further charged that the St. Paul officials of the railroad company have refused to honor subpenas of the grand Jury and has declared his purpose to compel President Louis W. Hill to ap pear here as a witness, or ,make him a fugitive from this state. SCHIVELY DRAGS IX NICHOLS Declare All Moneys He Collected Mere Equally Divided. OLYMPIA. Wash.. April 22.-Speclal.)-As a climax to a sensational day before the special legislative committee, J. H. (Concluded on Fae g.) SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR ALL CHILDREN PAItT OF BEHXIX WILL GIVE EACH CHILD MONEY. Bank Account of One Mark to Be Opened at Birth as Impetus to Later Thrift. ' BERLIN. Anrll 23 (vni t cordance with legislation enacted in v...ucnoerg, one of the municipalities comprised in Greater Berlin, every child hereafter born within the munici pal limits will start in life with a bank account. The reenlatlnna nrnvi,u v. whenever the birth of a child is record- ea tne officials of the municipal sav ings bank shall Issue a bank book In Its name as a starter on the road to weaitn. The city Itself will deposit one mark 1 r . . " ;jiiib.f rr eacn cnild. the deposit at once beginning to draw Interest. "With this nestegg the authorities believe the parents or tne child will be encouraged to make substantial Increases in the amount. However, to safeguard against possible temptations to squan der the money, it is expressly provided that neither of the parents of the child can draw out the original deposit In less than two years. The ordinance applies to all children, whether they are members of poor families or de scended from millionaires. MISSING MAN IS SUICIDE Mother Waits for Son for Two Days Only to Hear of Death. LOS ANGELES. Anril 54i-Fnr fx days aged Mrs. H. W. HoDklns. of thl city, has waited patiently at the Farm ers and Merchants' Bank hoping to hear some word of her missing son, who had an account there. Late this afternoon a detective entered the hank to identic a man who had committed suicide at Balboa Beach, in whose pockets a pass book on the bank had been found. Mrs. Hopkins identified the hnnif , belonging to her son. H. L. rt,-rtr, who formerly lived at Santa Ana. In vestigation revealed that It was the son who had ended his life, he having reg istered under an assumed name at the hotel, in one of the rooms of which he inhaled gas. CHICKS MILE AWAY SLAIN Embryo Fowls Killed by Blast and $5 Damage Demanded. BELLINGHAM Wo-v, a i. , cial. Demanding 5 for a setting of embryo chickens killed in the egg by the concussion of a dynamite explosion, Wil liam Gardner has filed a claim against walker & McCue. Gardner resides a mile distant from the scene of the explosion, where men employed in street work by the contractors ac cidentally exploded a heavy charge. "" nouses In the vicinity were dam aged and windows broken and the con tractors have been The demand for damages for the un- ,.,iri cii.cicens was too much for them, however, and thev fat . , to pay. Gardner says he will file suit. GIRLS SAVE FATHER'S LIFE Drag Him to Safety After He Has Fallen in, Fire. SUMNER. Wash.. April 22.-(Speclal. -Joseph Murphy, of this place, met with a serious accident last evening about 9 o clock. He was burning some brush and logs on a side hill, and when In the act of hauling a log up to the fire, he stumbled against another log and was precipitated Into the burning embers When he fell his head struck an ob struction and .stunned him. His two little daughters were watching the fire and,-seeing their father fall, rushed to him and pulled him to safety. They burned their hands in doing so! Murphy's hair and mustache' were OREGON ARTIST HONORED Picture or 3. it. Trulllnger, or As toria, Given Place in Paris Salon. lerrORIA' r- ApriI 22-Speclal.A ll T recelved "ere today stating W 'n? TrulIin' rmer Astorif boy ha, been successful In having one mitti Pa, "8S accePteJ the com i Kiven a Pac of honor in the salon of the Academy of Arts ln Paris France. The picture with which Mr. Trulllnger gained this honor was a portrait of his TAFT MAGAZINE WRITER Defends Lock Type Canal in Article Written Before Inaugural. NEW YORK. April 22.-Pre8ldent Taft .J " 'Clt tyPe f canal opt ed in the Panama work ln an article which appears ln McClure's Magazine for May. The article was written before Mr Taft became President. PATHFINDER IS WEEK LATE Big Touring Car ror Guggenheim Race Delayed by Bad Roads. GREEN . RIVER. Wyo.. April 22. The pathfinder automobile for the New York-to-Seattle race reached Green River to day a week behind Its schedule. From Granger to Pocatello the roads are bet ter, and It is thought that some of the lost time will be made up. TUMBLES: IS PATTEN OUT? Rumored Sale by King Smashes Prices. AIDED BY GOOD CROP NEWS Bears Pour Out Wheat and Hammer Market. r MANY FORTUNES VANISH One Question Is, Did Patten Sell or BuT? He Evades Inquiry, but Friends Say He Holds On and Expects Still Higher Price. PATTEN HIDES OX RANCH. TRINIDAD. Colo., April 22. James A. Patten arrived at Vermljo Park. N. M.. the ranch of W. H. Bartlett. his partner, tonight, after a drive of 75 miles through a moun tain blizzard that has rased ror 24 hours. Vermljo Park, which la 00 miles west of Trinidad. 1. 25 miles from a railroad or telegraph station, and the servants of the ranch were Instructed tonight not to reply to the telephone, the sole means of communication between Vermljo and the outside world CHICAGO, April 22. That Jarne. T, ten, hailed throughout the country as the wheat king, has withdrawn from the market after disposing of his heavy hold ings of May and July wheat, was assert ed in many quarters here today. To this assertion was added the fact that nri. have tumbled over nine cents ,.rir, last week, and that Mr. Patten has ougni rest on a Sew Mexican ranch. Whether ho has eliminated himself from the liquidation. nrf if v..i - - - niiciucr he came out with nmfH- r i questions -that can be answered only by rauen himself. Those who read the dispatch from Colorado or.n discouraging reception met by a reporter inea to interview the big. speculator between trains. eitumi tho ii upllllUU that thas answer seemed unlikely to be Bear News From All Lands. The session of the Rnani o tj sensational today. The bulls had expect ed that after the six-cent decline of the two previous sessions a recovery would result. Taking the Ptfn shortage as correct and that wheat was ..iLrms.cauy worth the price that has been paid for It ln a r,ni- ..i way, the reaction was due, but the first Muuianons were a startling disappoint ment to the bulls. From nearly everv nnlnt . of normal or even better crop prospects. Liverpool prices wm j - - -""u ouu me shipments from Argentina, Australia and UU1CT foreign countries were said to be greater than usual at this time of the year. Bears Pour Oat Wheat. Bears filled the wheat nit L a mass and poured forth .n of wheat. The longs liquidated all along (Concluded on Pa.ffe 7) WHEAT STEAMERS FREE TO REDUCE RATES INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW IS NOT BINDING ON THEM. Judge DeHaven Decides Vital Point on Joint Rates of Rail and Water. SAX FRANCISCO. April 22. Inter state commerce regulations do not apply to ocean carriers operating to foreign countries, according to opinions handed down today by United States District Judge DeHaven In the Japanese matting cases, involving the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The court sustained the de murrers to an Indictment charging re bating so far as the steamship company was concerned, but held that an Infrac tion of the Federal law was clearly stated with reference to the railroad. The indictments charge that a rebate -was paid to the defendant -corporations on a shipment of matting from Kobe Japan, direct to Springfield. O. A Joint rate for . this was entered into-by the companies and was properly filed . with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The opposition Japanese line then of fered a reduced rate just before the Pa cific Mail steamer sailed from Kobe, and H Is charged ln the Indictment, the re duction was met by the defendant corpo ration, which took the business at a rate less than legal quotation. Judge DeHaven held that the steam ship company was privileged to do as it saw fit in making and remaking its rates but that the Joint rate was a legal rate bo far as the railroad was concerned, and the latter placed itself in peril by vio ations of the laws such as are set forth In the Indictment, which was declared sufficient. SPEND MILLION A MONTH Canadian Nortliern Plans Big Out- y ior Balance of Year. , "WINNIPEG. Man ' . Mann, vice-president of the . Canadian "'roaa. arrived ln Winnipeg tonight and said his company will spend more than an average of Jl.000.000 a month during the rest of the year on new con struction. In addition rolling stock to the value of J3.000.000 will be purchased. In all the company will build approxi mately 400 miles Of Tl f"W traL- v Ttr a. Canada this year, including a portion of tne line westward from th. tains to the Pacific Coast, surveys for . - now Dew made. HEIRESS'WEDS LIVERYMAN Lillian Smith, Who Benefited by Fair Auto Accident, Married. SmA: Mo,rApril' 22.-L.UHan Smith, whose father. Frank Smith. In herited a portion of the estate of Mr and Mrs. Charles L. Fair, who were killed ln an automobile accident Just out side of Paris on August 14. 1902, was married here today to Sterling Janes manager of a local livery. Frank Smith' who was a brother of Mrs. Fair for merly was a chef in the 8anta Fo Rail way Employes- Hospital at Topeka, Kan Charles L. Fair was a son of ex-Senator Fair of California. MUD DELAYS E. P. WESTON Veteran Pedestrian Reaches Dwight and Quits for Night. D WIGHT, ni., A"pTil 22.-Edward Pay son Weston reached hero tonight on his walk from New Tork to San Francisco. He was delayed by the heavy mud and did not reach Bloomington, as he ex pected. He hopes to walk into Spring field tomorrow. i 23, 1909. , . a uu i, JUVIi t'liMS. 1 - TT SULTAN GIVES IN; BE DEPOSED Surrenders All. Power to Parliament. YOUNG TURKS AS GARRISON Deputies Stilf Debate Whether to Depose Abdul. PRIESTS STIR UP FANATICS Threaten to Summon Faithful to Rescue Sultan Palace Officials Who Provoked Revolt to Be Punished. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 22.-Tho Tounsr TurV. v . x "a v, a Tf on another victory t h! V. " AbdUl Ham,d- but whether the Sultan will remain as sovereign is yet to be derlrlpH 0hv,a, i. t. . fered to place the affairs of government "anas of Ministers re sponsible to Parllamn rJ?? SUan, alS aKres to "P'aee the Constantinople garrison with troops that have been Investing the city for four The Chamber of Deputies and some of the Senators mot i . '"""J at oan sterano and are now discussing the question of deposing the Sultan. The concentration of the Investing . ,C1.C ana aoubtless th 24 hnilra will i i - . lne Ialo of the gul . u remains passively at his palace a waiting th 1 False Reports of Sultan's Friend, It seems tHat ... . 0j . mo oneiK-ui-IsIam and several staff officers visited the vari ous barrack. tnou . l mminisier to the men the oath that they would obey their officers and abstain from politics, the majority of the men u j - -".-.uicu iu iane tna lnB Buiian. Their refusal Was due a v. . th x . 'ports spread among Lrv ?"Ct'!narie!.at the Salonlcan h k-Tk 1 , 0001 and that it had On learn lne- t ha j aiiuuB oi tn gar- rison. ls,azim Pasha dispatched officers ocnerket at San Stefano to discURS thn il.,.ti ... ana, n js re- ported additional troops with the siege train hvo k j . lonlca.' ",ucrea up rron Sa For the present, there need be little fear of bloodshed within the city but there is much to be feared from the Hots Ann mo caa i x. " " now are sweeping over tym 1 1 . 4 . . , w.il unuer lurkish domina tion. Priests to Provoke Massacres. Fewer nrlet . ' " -ecu on me streets. Many of them v,n i . , - - ine city for Asia, threatening to arouse the country and return i- i. m . . . iaitmui to rescue the grand caliph and save religion from . . t . , '"'"S"t announced that the crisis was past, and this caused general relief. Politics were discussed freely in the cafes, but the Sultan was rarely mentioned. Th. rn.. . a few nights ago about the sovereign was not heard. , A correspondent drove to the Yildlz Hi nonciuatn on Paga 5.) " t . . . NIAGARA ICE JAM YIELDS TO BLASTS SMALL OPEXIXG FOR IMPRIS OXED WATER IS MADE. Action of Water and Grinding Floes Relied Fion to Make Outlet Wider in Xlght. m " TOUNGSTOWX. x. T.. April 22.-A breach was made today in the great ice Jam which for ten days has held the lower Niagara in its grip and caused damage estimated at $1,000,000. Engineer Kunz and his men hammered away anA at 5 o'clock the blast from l. pounds of dynamite sent a tiny rivulet trickling through the east side of the Jam. At dusk further explosions and the ceaseless grinding of the floating Ice had broadened the trickle to a bold young stream. Engineer Kunz expects that the channel will be widened during the night, and that by morning there will be a broad avenue. The dynamiting attracted less than BOO spectators. Some chunks of Ice buried themselves a foot in the earth. One crashed through the roof of the pumping station. The main mass of the Ice from the mouth of the river. 10 miles north, is apparently as solid as masonry. About 100 feet from the shore a narrow chan nel Is swiftly running. , About 80 feet north of the head of this channel Is a good acre of green water streaked with chunks of lee. The jam is of appalling nrnnnrfm. t. is 12 miles ln length and in, many places w xeei in depth and represents millions of tons and a strength power enough to annihilate the four villages along its bor der if it should start to go out all at once. Another element of horror Is Its pestilen tial nature. Mingled with the slushy ice cast high on the banks, is a week's sew age from all the cities along the Niagara frontier. SUIT OVER "SINGING GIRL" Williams and Perley Quarrel About Who Shall Pay Expenses. SAN FRANCISCO. April 22. In re ply to the suit of Thomas H. Williams, president of the new California Jockey Club, for J20.000 as half of the expense of starring Alice Xielsen ln "The Singing Girl" in 1899. Frank L. Perley. the the atrical manager, says he was not a part ner, but was employed at J100 a week as manager and shows a contract ln evi dence. He Bays that at the close of the first season "Williams ceased to back Miss Nielsen and. as an Inducement to Perley to Join him with other theatrical ventures, agreed to give him 100 shares of stock in the Jockey Club and $16,000 worth of stock in Mexican enterprises. He asks for delivery bf these stocks with dividends. AUTO JUMPS EMBANKMENT Accident Mars Lookout Mountain Hill-Climbing. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. April 22. During the Lookout Mountain automo bile climb today a five-passenger tour ing car ran off the road where It crossed a high embankment and turned over. The chauffeur sustained a broken arm and was otherwise Injured. The climb was entered By over 13 cars, and was witnessed by many spectators! Among the drivers were I-ewis Strang, Dewitt. Louis Chevrolet. Greyer, of Chi cago; Harry Tuttle. Bert Miller and P. P. I.yjtle; of Memphis. The start was made from the old blacksmith shop, the scene of the romance of "St. Elmo," and the goal was the mountain house on the top of Lookout Mountain. Y. W. C. A. CONVENTION ON Colorado Woman Chosen Chairman of Gathering in St. Paul. ST. PACL. April 22. The second bi ennial convention pf the National Young "Women's Christian Association began here today, with delegates from every state in the Union ln attendance. Mrs. W. F. Slocum, of Colorado, was elected chairman; Miss Mildred Ruther ford, of Georgia, vice-president, and the Misses Brown, of Iowa, and Smith, of Michigan, secretaries. SUICIDE SEATTLE MAN? Unidentified White Found .Dead In Florida. House. TALLAHASSEE, Fla.. JknHi ?a .. known white man, with a bullet wound in hla forehead and a revolver In his hand was found dead in a. hou.a ., southwest of here tonight. A slip of paper nouis Haymaker, Seattle, Wash.," "'"" on " was round ln his pocket. FRANCE AFTER SPRECKELS Foreign Office Want to Know About His Encounter With Diplomat. PARIS. April 22 Th or. has decided to Investigate the recent en counter in Ban Francisco between Count F. DeJoufTre d'Abbans. an attache of the French consulate, and John D. Spreckels. PRAIRIE FIRES IN TEXAS Over 800,000 Acres Burned Over and Loss Exceeds $50,000. PECOS. Texas. April 22. Aftr k . 14 days. BweeDinsr an &ron wni - - - - -w,wv nirres and causing an estimated loss of 0,000 - " re was extinguished near this town today. FARNUM DID NOT TAKEJHETAILS Actor Sure Mrs. Gould Was Lady, Though. HAZY AS TO COLOR OF EYES Tells Lawyer, Also, That He Could Not Judge Height. SAYS GOULD IS ASININE In Course of Deposition, '-The Vir ginian" Says He Does Not Be Ueve in Looking Into Women's Eyes, Xor Sitting Cloe. CHICAGO. April 22,-Between a bad tooth and a wearisome cross-examination by Attorney Archibald E. Watson, representing Edward Gould. Dustin Farnum put in a trying day here in the law office of Louis C. Ehle. who was appointed by the New York Supreme rln? Z aCt0r"8 -PO-ltlon c! ering Mr. Gould's allegation that his wife. Katherlne Clemmons Gould, had misconducted herself with Mr. Farnum. Mr. 1-arnum was patient and pleasant In answering the hagglings of the law yers, and acquitted himself to the sat isfaction of Attorney Clarence J fchearn. of New Tork. representing Mrs. Gould. In all points he parried and de nied the charges made against him and Mrs. Gould, declaring that she was al ways the lady and that he could not remember ever having- seen her drink Intoxicating liquors. Ooes Into Particulars. Returning to testimony concerning a luncheon which Mr. Farnum and Mrs. Gould enjoyed together in Mrs. Gould's apartments in the St. Regis Hotel. New York, in August, 1906. Mr. Watson asked: "'What was the color of Mrs. Gould's hair on that day?" "Bj-own-Kr reddish brown. I think." said Mr. Farnum. "What was the color of her eyes?" I don't know. I never looked at them." "You don't mean that, do your asked the lawyer. Doesn't Believe in Glances. "Well, I may have looked at them, but not Into them. I don't believe in looking straight into a lady's eyes." "How tall Is she?" "I can't say exactly. That Is a mat ter which depends upon the hat and (Concluded on Prk 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTRROAT'S Mailmum tmprature. 60 . , jiiuniuum, 4V degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foreign. Sultan of Ttirkry yield, nil power to Toun Turks and may yet be deposed. Pace 1 Ma"aCr." of Christ!. in many towns one town exterminated. Page 6. 111"!...'' b?k ccut for very new born babe. Page 1. National. Btorra of criticism of tariff bill breaks out ln Senate. Page 4. Balllnger grants bo!h railways right of. way up Leschutes. Page 5. I'olitlcs. Newspaper publishers urge reduction of paper duty and denounce trust, rage s. DU''n . J"arnum teatinea In defense of Mrs. Patton goes to New Mexico to rest and bears amnxh vhut . . - - Patten has .old out. Page 1 ' JKaBlD" Daughters of Revolution ballot for nnesl ragV's""1 am'd reat exc"ennt-Gallagher-s calm broken during cross-examination In Calhoun trial. Page 7 First break made In Niagara Ice gorge. Page 1. Young man commit, suicide ln Los Angeles while mother awaits him. Page 7 Important decision on ocean steamer rates. Page 1. Milwaukee win. exciting raoa for right of way with Great Northern. Page o. Sports. Coast League .cores: Portland 4. Loa Angeles S; Sacramento a. Oakland 1 fcian Francisco a. Vernon 0. Page 12. H. M. A. resign, from Interscholaatlc Ath letic Association. Page 12. Loa Angeles win. frotn Portland. 5 to 4 Page 12. Northwestern League scores: Seattle 4 Portland 0: Spokane 4. Aberdeen 7; Van couver 3, Tacoma 2. Page X2. racitlc Northwest. Arrest of ex-Judge Gordon and J. H. 6ch)vely follow Indictments by Spokane grand Jury. rage 1. Oregon Railroad Comml.slon .tart, tight tor lower freight rate, to East. Page 8. Washington Railroad Commission Inspect. road in Clark County. Page 15. Dead man twice Identified as person who proves In each case to be rtlu alive, and ln good health. Page 8. TWnremap.gor'" tather from deatH ta Commercial and Marine. Flurry In local hop market. Page 19 Four-cent break ln wheat at Chicago. Page StfakU. teadl,y " P- SChnR W Bartlett clear, with lumber Hirrirr,t at Peari Harbor- PorUund and Vicinity. EXcfnce,V.rg'eP"s.0n Count' Clark Fields 8eCTio,-7e :B.a,"n.S',r PPve. map. for por tion of Deschute. Itallroad. Page 18 Mrs. Daisy Dlx ln San Francisco, but ca .till puKlle. detectives. Page 11. Protest made by East Side people against plge 14 Pro"01 ra.lroad bridge. "''"ce"""".,? bX "P"" fr city of- JSnh-!r,0n announr Platform on which he will run for Mayoralty. Page 14 Belgian block Arm gets contract for Norm End paving district, page is. rUl