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r r n eh l Li u i a. a i u l i r i i e i - t e -a i, ik i m. m m m.iiv-s r- . . r -ss r, th jusbsw , isa iii.ii i n a i w m i w mm i m m x v i aria - i a. i i - r a a .t , x . -a- I a V , 7 VOL. XLIX.-XQ. 15,104. ; " nrrrnv nrn -, " ' Wool humid at LIST SURRENDERS 'Constantinople Under Martial Law. PARLIAMENT TO SETTLE SULTAN Ruler Appears Worried After Ordering No Resistance. "'IT IS THE WILL OF ALLAH' Palace (iuarjls Commander Surren ders W hen Told Not Civil War, but Punitive Expedition to Vp liold Turkish Constitution. Rt'MORKD Sl'LTAX IS FORCED MOHAMMED IN HIS TO Ql lT. PLACE. i LONDON, April 25 The Daily Telegraph's Vienna correspondent I telegraphs that the Sultan was I ,akn out of the Palace by force late tonight and that Mohammed Rechad J Effendl is being installed in his place. ........, ..... CONSTANTINOPLE. April 26.-The Tildiz garrison surrendered today to the Constitutionalists. The commanders of these battalions be gan sending notices of their submission to Mahamoud Schefket Pasha last night and the troops protecting the palace gave their formal and unconditional surrender hortly after dawn. Sultan Abdul Hamld has been permitted to remain within the walls of Tildlz Kiosk where In company with his min ister ha heard the story yetrterday of the truggle between hie loyal troops and the rmy of Investment, each hour bringing word of a fresh disaster. b" . since victory rested -lth the Ctmstttutlonallsts, that the Sul Jan himself gave orders to his meli not to resist. Whether or not this Is true. It can be safely aald of the troops within the capital that they put up a stubborn resistance at all points and the losses on koth sides are exceedingly heavy for the "length of time the engagement was In progress. Parliament to Deal With Sultan., A representative of the commander-in-chief of the Constitutional forces is au thority for eaying the Sultan will be d"alt with by parliament and there will he an adequate Inquiry Into the sov ereign's alleged complicity in the recent mutiny. Up to the present, the ministry has not been dissolved, but Constantinople and other places have been declared In a state of seige. Martial law prevails and order hns been maintained with a strict hand. The last garrison to surrender was the Sellmleh artillery barracks in Souta ne, opposite Stamboul. General Schefket ordered up 60 big jruns at this point and several batteries of machine guns to protect the place. Following yesterday's fighting the city took . on an aspect of strange quiet toward evening. There was some fear there would be further fighting during the night. . the forces of General Schefket were strongly posted close to the palace, but bevonri f.- , Shots there was nothing to disturb the c.tya peace. The Investing troops were reinforced, however, in the fear that the uuta remain loyal and continue tne struggle. Fortunately the - ic nope- lessness of resistance and there was no opposition When .various commanders v ovr their detachments from the strongly entrenched enemy. Th. .... or martial law was nnouneen in a circular note which wa lo tne foreign Ambassadors. read: It "I have the honor to inform your Ex oellency that. In view of the clrm.rr. stances, a state of siego begins today in .. i.puai, lanua, Tchekmedje. Tchatlaja denize. Kartal and Beyooa. tSlgned) "RIFAAT. "Minister of Foreign Affairs." Martial Law Proclaimed. Placards have been posted about the city requesting the people to continue their business, open their shops and avoid accepting as true rumors preju dicial to tranquillity of mind. The post ers advise the populace to keep within doors from one hour after sunset until sunrise. The object in establishing martial law Is chiefly to permit a search of residences for fugitives and to bring seditious persons before military courts for trial The evacuation of the quar- - ters around the Yildiz Kiosk was be gun early in the morning. The soldiers of the garrison were made prisoners and their places were taken by Mace donian battalions. - -Had the Sultan looked out from the upper windows of his favorite yellow and white pavilion, he would have seen at dawn sentinels thickly scattered In the grounds before the palace and the Bosphorus and the gates of the . canal, through which the barges pass from the Ylldla toy lake to the Bes phorus. Later. In front of the main gates of the palace rows of eunucha sat watching the movements of offi--cers connected with the transfer of the v guardianship of the Sultan's nerson ' . Memdotik Pnsha, commander of - - Concluded on Pace Three. the NINE PEOPLE DIE DEFENDING. ALTAR SCORE MORE WOUNDED IN SPANISH VILLAGE. Fight Ensue When Workmen Are Sent to Remove Ruined Altar in Monastery. ' ORENSE, Spain. April 25. (Special.) Popular resistance to the carrying out of an episcopal order resulted in the killing of nearly a dozen' persons in a village near here yesterday. The Archbishop of Orense, in Nview of the ruined condition of the high altar in the Osera monastery, sent workmen there to demolish and remove It from the church. Villagers opposed the entry of the men Into the monastery and a .fierce fight ensued. A force of civil guards came on .the scene, and being attacked by villagers, opened fire on them, killing nine and wounding 21. The guards then occupied the mon astery and word of the occurrence was sent to the Governor of the province, together with an appeal for reinforce ments In view of the menacing atti tude of the people of the village. ACTRESS LOSES HER MIND Christine Nielsen Suffers Serious Nervous Prostration. LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 25. (Spe cial.) Christine Nejlsen was taken to San Francisco in a drawing-room car last night in charge of nurses and her maid, in an almost Irresponsible state of nervous prostration. The mental breakdown of the lefi flirt 9 woman of the Grand Opera-House was very sudden, but It was eomrjlete Ac cording to physicians. Miss Neilsen is not suffering from insanitv hnf lo r example of a peculiar and baffling phase of nervous disease. She is to be tlacerl In tVi. hnm nt v..- parents in San Francisco, where eh. win be completely removed from all matters ineaincax. She first showed lrresrnnihim t..t Tuesday night. Her understudy was told to take her part Wednesday hut Miss Neiteen learned of this she raised such a storm that she was allowed to go on for an act. When the curtain fell she was taken to the rnvb.r..tn.. ti. pltal and last night wa sent north. MOTHER TO HALF OF PUPILS Woman in Idaho School District Has Unique Distinction. WALLACE. Idaho, April 25. (Special.) Honors are coming in rapid succession to Mrs. Marie D. Theriault, who, with her husband and children, lives in tho St. Joe country, in the recently created school district known as No. 10. Mrs. Theriault enjoys the distinction or being mother to 50 per cent of the children of a school district. Her five, with an equal number from the homes of other settlers, are all who will seek knowledge trom the institution provided for by the County Commissioners. When the district was created, Mrs. Theriault was appointed a director to serve with M. R. Debitt and Eugene Jacrolx. She was then made chairman of th board of directors and is now On the lookout for a teacher, who it is understood, will be paid 100 a month for teaching the 10 youngsters. TOREADOR KILLED BY BULL Members of Royalty Witness Shock ing Scene at Madrid. MADRID, April 25.-(Special!)-A bril liant day ended in a tragedy at the hull ring this afternoon. Princess Louise of Orleans. Princess Maria del Pilar of Ba varia and Infanta Carlos were present In the royal box. There was a fair sprink ling of French and English visitors min gled with the thousands of spectators The last bull had been In the ring for some time, when It suddenly took the Mexican toreador. La Cartijllla. unawares, and one of the bull's horns pierced his neck. . A wild uproar started when the people saw the 22-year-old toreador fall. A Mex ican toreador named Gaona, after a few clever passes, gave the bull his death blow. Queen Victoria was not present , S. .... yii-X JOHJT G. LEISHMAN. " .3 "iff I : ' m. M. m vi Jl o. , IlllTni n a .... .. M . I . . . . ' I 1 1 ill I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (1 nl 1 1 1 1 MVI K N I A I I A Mil MUv rill I I n II nni n, UI.IULU inUUDHIiUD VICTIMS OF TURKS Latest Estimate 25,000 Dead at Adana. EFFOBTS OF POWERS IN VAIN Warships Cannot Stop Far Reaching Disorders AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER Five Women in Hadjin, Which Is on Fire, Send Out Calls for Help. Kurds and Circassians Cut Orf Water Supply From 10,000. BEIRUT. April 25. The situation in Asiatic Turkey is extremely serious. How many thousands have been mas sacred cannot even be estimated, be cause the disturbances have been so widespread l is Impossible to obtain details of the happenings. u,nhI .'attSt esUmat of the number killed in the. Villayet of Adana reaches approximately 25.000, and thousands have been killed In the towns of out side districts. The state of siege at "several of the places has brought the inhabitants near starvation, and each day brings Its tale of further atrocities and the depths of misery and despaif'to which the savagery of the fanatics has brought the people. Efforts of Powers Fruitless. Several warships are now in these waters, but the disorders are so far reaching that efforts of the powers to restore normal conditions have as yet hardly been felt. The cruiser Jules Ferry arrived today, and left almost Immediately for Latakla, where swarms of refugees are pouring in. British, French and German warships are at other portsA tcnif marines have been landed to quell the disorders at the mort Important points. One of the mlssinnariao i dretta. Mr. Kennedy, with 450 Turkish troops, has gone to the relief of Deurytel, an Armenian village on he oast. where 10,000 persons within the wans are besieged by immense bands of Kurds and Circassians.- Children Drink From Puddles. Only two days ago a British returned from that nlace. th of the district having refused the com dinner permission to land a relief pirty. ine water supply has been cut off from the town and the besieged are -"v""l e.caiiy. ine cntidren are drinking out of animal tracks after a shower. There was Incessant firino- Greeks sent under an escort to restore oraer. The Armenian village of Kessah h been burned. All the men and many women ana children have been slain. The American property at Kessah destroyed. Miss Chambers, an Ameri can missionary, is safe. Property of Christians Destroyed. A British warship has gone from Alexandretta to Sudiah, where condi tions have become , worse. !A11 the property of the Christians at DJebel Bereket has been destroyed. The total (Concluded on Page 3.) NEW SULTAN-TO-BE, AMERICAN MINISTER AT CONSTANTINOPLE, AND ONE OF MOST PROMI NENT YOUNG TURK LEADERS. - ""..". "' ' '"i MRS. CATT AN D.MRS. SHAW DISAPPROVE FRICTION HINTED. IN RANKS OF SUFFRAGISTS. American Women Who Rode in Pro- cession Censured for Their Actions. LONDON. April 2S. Thero i. m v. .v w considerable friction among . the Ameri can women suffragists who are hom attending the International Suffrage Alli ance convention. Mrs. Carrie ChaDi-.an -Cntt ,. o - iwv, Anna Shaw, it is reported, disapprove of w. .limn ot.some of the Western dele gates who rode In the which was formed in honor of the re lease from Holla way Jail of Mrs. Pethik Lawrence, who had served two months for having taken nnr in . . ... demonstration. Among those w ho-Dartl- clpated in the procession were Mrs. Larina Baker, of Spokane, Wash., and the three Misses Langley, of Seattle. Rev. Anna Shaw meeting of men at WWtefield's Taber nacle tonight in advocacy of woman suf- BIG FIRE IN KANSAS CITY Ridge Office Building Doomed and Bank of Commerce Threatened. KANSAS CITT. ADril out at 2 o'clock this mnrnlnc ! K Ridge building, a seven-story office struck ture In the heart of the downtown dis trict. The building was apparently doomed at 2:15 o'clock, the Interior beine mass of flames. The National Bank of Onmm. . other , large office buildings immediately adjoining the Ridge building were threa tened, the fire being fanned 'bv a. tifr wind. At 2:35 o'clock the fire in the Ridge building was not under control. It ap peared, however, that It would be con fined to that building. The Walnut street side of the Ridge building is a total loss. The Main street side of the building containing the Palace Clothing Company, was in imminent danger at this hour, but the firemen expected to save it. RIFLE MAY KILL CHILD Hurt by Young Brother at Target Practice, Lane Girl May Die. EUGENE, Or, April 25! (Sp'ecial.) Target practice with a small rifle en gaged In by two children living three and one-half miles west of Crow, Lane County, Saturday afternoon, may re sult In the death of Marie Richmond, 13 years old, wo was shot by her brother Guy. The children were playing with a 22-callber rifle, and Guy was shooting at a mark on a stump. His little sis ter was standing near the stump when a glancing bullet entered her shoulder and penetrated a lung. She was brought to Eugene to a hospital by her father, A. J. Richmond, and her condition is serious. , SPOKANE WOODS AFLAME j " v to save valu , . able Timber Near By. cbi-ujvA.MU, wash.. April 25.-(Special.) r my men were sent nut i-. Park this afternoon under Louis Olsen to fight a forest fire five miles away, near the George Chaney ranch, which threaten large bodies of white pine and thousands of cords of stove wood. Because of the continued dry wea ther, fires have started in scores of places within a radius of 25 miles of there. Fire this afternoon destroyed 50 cords of wood belonging to Olsen. MOHAMMED RECHAD EFFEXDI. P '' r-ri I 'Ik JR. - I $ t7 Cl - - . j. ifi - i - y . i I . .. ' , , . 1 , . - """"'pt -tjfr V:'if BILLION DOLLAR COMBINE HIS AIM Uorriman Drnnorm narNmanrTepanng RailAiJ; Morrror nuiinujf iiioigti , 12,000 MILES OF TRACKAGE One Head for Lines Controlled by New York Central. LAWYERS WORK OUT PLAN "Find the Way" Is Command Given Ont From Harrlman Headquar ters on Broadway Wlz- - ard's Crowning Effort. HAR RIM AN 'S BILLION-DOLLAR RAILWAY IN HCIRE8. Propoied capitalization. $1,000,000,000 Miles of road. 12.3R8 Present capitalization. . Stock outstanding Bonds outstanding Outside securities owned Value of securities 817,001.613 J 408.SO8.J78 t 255.71d.e:iO I 1&-2.370.8O5 U7.00O,00O N j NEW YORK, April 25. (Special.) A bllllon-dollar corporation is the latest project from the brain of K. H. Harrl man, planned by the Napoleon of the railroad world with a view to consoli dating and solidifying the vast railroad mileage represented by the New York Central. A dozen or more of the most eminent corporation lawyers in this city, in Chicago, Cincinnati and Buffalo are now working on the problem of this great corporation, which Harrlman hopes to make the crowning effort of his railroad and financial career. 12,000 Miles Under One Head. . The legal men in the Harrlman em ploy have been told to discover a way In which -the more than 12,000 miles of railroad under the control of the New York Central and representing a capitalization of nearly one billion of dollars may. be made overvinto a homo geneous quantity with a central man agement, with one treasury and with one purpose to enable it to assume the most commanding position In the trans portation world. - "Find the way," Is the command which has gone forth from the Harrl man camp on Broadway, and If the way be found, there will soon be born the greatest and most powerful railroad and financial corporation this or any other country has known. It was with this end and purpose in view that Har S:"b r,A Sff riman Dougnt into the New York Cen i ui iib management and of Its posslbili ties. The following i road which will consolidation: ire the main lines of be embraced in the Lines to Be in Combine. New York Central & Hudmn Railroad. Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & r-msDurg Kaiiroad, Fulton Chain Rail way, Little Falls & Dolgevllle Railroad Raquette Lake Railway, Rutland Rail way, Toronto. Hamburg & Buffalo Rail way, Lake Shore & Mlchlsran South. Railway. Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago ot oi. l.ouis system. Lake Erie, Alll (Concluded on Page 2.) WOMAN IN CHASE x FIRES AT BURGLAR NIGHT PROWLER IS CAUGHT BV PATROLMAN. Mrs. E. Robinson Seizes Revolver and Sets Out to Capture Him " Single-Handed. Awakened at 1 o'clock this morning by a burglar attempting to gain entrance to her apartments in Elton Court, Mrs. E. Robinson seized her revolver and put the intruder to flight. After a wild cnase through the Btreets. tho nht prowler, who turned out to h Tanaka. a Japanese, was apprehended TZdZ '3. viome waraen j. j Green, who were attracted to the scene hv th... shots fired by Mrs. Robinson. Officer Hutchins also fired several shots at the prowler. tSuC?? lTTZ.T. and decision. When -v, i oise, she arose from hri - herself In a dresslner-eown Hrlr w emu, niainiijs volver from Its hiding place. She deter mined to go outside anri meo th k.,,i. face to face and capture him if possible. ...in ner loaaed weapon In her hand, she quickly ran to the front entrance of the uuua.ng and looked down the side wall in time to observe th mar, . ..- dow. She called tr. him a.ni- ... u..,aMUIlB lildl he come out, but the man ran. Two blocks away the officers Joined in the race and ran the fellow down. He invented several different stories as to his presence at Mrs. Robinson's window and these were so lame as to leave no doubt as to his criminal Intent. He had a small wicker telescope case with him, evidently for the purpose of carrying away prospective loot. At the police station he told Captain Slover that he had been forced to run away from San Francisco, where he had been in the employ of the Orpheum Theater as a ticket-counter. SURVEYING TO L0L0 PASS Northern Pacific Fighting for Pos- session of Missoula Cut-off. -uwouuLA. Mont., April 25. The Northern Pacific I j - . , . cj to resist the Harrlman Invasion of the country . Muu,a, in the Clearwater country. In Idaho. A party consisting of 20 Northern Pacific engineers from x-oniana arrived yesterday under th direction of William Mayer, locatln engineer tpr the Northern Pacific. The outfit left today, equipped with supplies for a long Jaunt. It Is believed that the corps is headed frr th. i i River, and It la likely that the survey wni oe aiong tne line of the route se ox t"o northern Pacific years ago tor a right of way between Mis soula and Lewlston. On the Idaho side of the Bitter Root mountains both the- Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific have had con tending parties in the field for two or three weeks. JOHN D.'S WIFE RECOVERING Mrs. Rockefeller Rallies From At tack of Pneumonia. HOT SPRINGS. Va., April 2o.-(Spe-cial.) Mrs-. John D. Rockefeller is now convalescent after a serious Illness, having been confined to her room the last ten days with pneumonia. Only im mediate relatives were informed of her critical condition, and a recent visit here of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was to be with his mother. He only remained three days, as Mrs. Rockefeller rallied sur prisingly and is considered out of danger, although it will be some time before she is up and about again. TAFT GIVEN INVITATION Asked to Attend Opening Big Colo rado Irrigation Project. MONTROSE. Colo., April 25.-Presldent Taft will receive soon a formal invita tion from the Gunnison Tunnel Opening Association to attend tho opening of this great Government irrigation project. The exercises will be held three days in Au gust or September according to the con venience of the President. NIA5RI BEY. E KILLS 39; 120 M. MISSING Portugal Towns Are Hard Hit. 4000 PEOPLE WITHOUT FOOD Council of Ministers Votes $100,000 Relief Fund. DOCTORS HURRY WITH AID People of Lisbon Terror-Stricken During Shock, of Friday Many Fires Break Out in City, but No Fatalities Are Reported. LISBON. April 25.-(SpeclaI.)-Although Lisbon was shaken from end to end by an earthquake Friday evening, there were no fatalities here, but the outlying dis tricts suffered. Benavente. Samosa and Sante Estevan were almost completely destroyed. Already 39 dead and 100 in jured have been taken out of the ruins, and 120 persons are reported missing. When the news reached Lisbon doctors nurses and firemen, taking medical and other stores, set off for the devastated tovis. King Manuel, the Duke of Oporto. Minister of Public Works and Minister of Marine went to the scene and found some 4000 persons homeless and without food. The King sent to the capital for supplies. Carloads of general provisions and bread were despatched and dis tributed to the famishing population. Two thousand blankets and 100 military tents followed. T he refugees are now camp ing under the tents on the hillsides. A hurriedly convened council of Ministers voted $100,000 for preliminary relief. Hos pital trains are now coming in laden with injured. Lisbon Is recovering from the panic, which was extreme on Friday. The Inhabitants were terror-stricken, chiefly - by fear of fires, which broke out in many places. Fire brig ades, some of which were personally directed by .the King and Duke of Oporto, before they departed for severely-stricken districts, worked suc cessfully. Troops patrolled the streets' ready to . succor victims In case of a second shock. Everyone Is greatly impressed with the courage and energy of King Man uel, who. after directing the firemen In the city when the first and most vio lent shock occurred on Friday, sent out physicians and supplies for the districts where the destruction was greatest. HEINRICH CONRIED DYING Former Director of Metropolitan Opera-House Again Stricken. MERAN. Austrian Tyrol. April 25. Helnrlch Conried, ex-dlrector of the Metropolitan Opera-House in New York, who suffered a stroke of apoplexy re cently, with partial paralysis, has been unconscious for four days and there is little expectation of his recovery. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTKRDAT'S-Maximum temperaturs 63 deurees; minimum, 5 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly wmds. Turkey. Abdul llamid orders surrender of Kiosk Karris, n. Pare 1. Untold thousands die in massacres of Ar menians and native Christians Pane 1 VoOO. "CV CaP"a, ",d-l b ut Forriffn. CO,ca,m,p.ROpe"4,. Sunrty " Nine people meet death defending a'tar In Spanish mnnastary. Para 1 Earthquake In Portugal kills 39. while over ino are missing. Page 1 Ru'vi J'ZP. ,n ,n thr Persian troubles and bhah declares armistice. Pase t American suffragists in London said to be at loggerheads. Page 1. National. Senator Bailey will debate ln.-ome tax amendment to tartfr bin today. Pace 2. lonittic. Japanese traininr snfladron Is welcomed to America at San Pedro. Tare i. With Patten rone, buns lose heart; no in crease In wheat orterlnrs. race 3. Harrlman i.laiu billloc-dollar railroad mer rer Paso 1. Ietectives seek woman who is l-ellr-ved be wife of Boyle. alleged kidnaper. Pure J. Ajionymous demands for money terroriza l.arts of Vtah; one woman scared to death. Pare 4. Eight drowned In sleep when Mississippi tug sinks. rage 3. Explosion partially wrecks historic New Orleans church. Page 4. Sport. Pacific Coast T.eaxue scores- Portland T. Los Angeles : Oakland 5-1. Sacramento --: ;-aJi rrancisco Page 8. Vernon :i-ti Scores In Northwestern League games:Port land .'. Seattle :!; Ta oma 1. Vancouver O; Spokane 4, Aberdeen 3. I'age . Rich nurses offered In ra -ea of Noith Pa cific tair Circuit. rage 8 Tad He North wrst. Rainfall in Willamette Valley year by year. Pago o. growing less Four hundred fishermen ancle for salmon trout at Oregon City on Sunday. Page 5 Portland and Vleiuity. Circulator who obtained signatures for ex-r-'r'i Pet'tlon declares them genuine. Baby girl drowns in bath tub. Page 7. Campaign oratory will not begin until after primaries. Page 5. Direct primary law subject of discussion be fore People's Korum. Page 13 Willamette River water in ci!y mains has caused no disease in Portland. rage 13. Alleged petitions deed made subject of 1nl qulry by grand Jury. Page 13. Oddfellows observe 90th anniversary of founding of order at Centenary. Page 14. DUAK D 1 09.2