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VOL. Li. NO. 15,358. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1G, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GLAVIS' OPINIONS COLORED REPOBTS Ex-Chief Assumed to Pass Upon Law. ORDERS REVOKED PROMPTLY Protest Against Clear Listing Heeded Without Delay. MORE WITNESSES CALLED Finding or Official Letters Among Glavis' Effects to Be Told to Committee Explanations of Witness to Be Heard. WASHINGTON', Feb. 15. The Ballln-irer-Pinchot Inquiry continued today. Louis R. Glavis continued on the stand under cross-examination by John J. Ver trees, attorney for Secretary Balllnger. Mr. Vertrees examined the witness al most wholly upon the documentary evl gence, and It was necessary to read much of this anew that he might properly Trame h.s questions. This required much time. Subpenas were issued " today for sev eral witnesses who. Mr. Vertrees an nounced, would give testimony as to the finding of 24 official letters, which had been missing, in boxes left by Mr. Glavis in the grand juryroom of the Seattle Federal building. Mr. Vertrees devoted a large part of the day to bringing out the fact that, when Mr. Glavis protested against the clear-listing of the Cunningham claims by telegram on January 22, 1908, the or der for clear-listing was immediately re voked without awaiting further explana tion from Glavis and that this state of affairs has continued down to the present time. Full Leeway Given. The cross-examination of Mr. Glavis was continued by Mr. Vertrees, counsel for Secretary Ballinger. who began by Semanding that the witness give direct reply to questions, instead of explaining very question by tedious reference to the records. The committee ruled that Mr. Slav-Is might make as many and as long ix pla nations as he liked. Mr. Glavis has shown that he knows ow to take advantage to the full of this privilege. He lias been skillful in pasry tng questions. When pressed for the inswer, "yes" or "no," he has insisted apon his right to follow with the explana tion, usually involving his opinion of the :ase, and often concluding with the state aient that in this manner he was con rlnced of Judge .Balllnger's unfitness for Ihe office he holds. Interest In the proceedings has been heightened since counsel for both sides appeared. Mr. Vertrees has disclaimed '.hat he sought to hamper the witness, but that he was endeavoring only to prevent his branching out Into long dls ertat!ons and expressions of opinion in Head of satisfactory answers. Party lines have been drawn in the committee dls tussions of thesa Issues. Party Lines Drawn. The Democrats always have voted on the side of Mr. Glavis. So, also, has Mr. Madison, the "Insurgent" Republican from Kansas. These circumstances al ready indicate that there will be a ma jority and a minority report when the. inquiry is completed. Mr. Vertrees today questioned" Mr. Glavia about the opinion given by As sistant Secretary Pierce as a result of which he had testified that he regarded - Mr. Pierce as unfit for his office. "Vou base your condemnation of Mr. Pierce upon your construction of the law?" asked Mr. Vertrees. "Yes. sir," Mr. Glavis replied. Mr. Vertrees then took up the witness' accusations of misconduct against Fred Dennett, Commissioner of the Land Of fice. Glavis had declared that after hear ing H. R. Harrlman, one of the claim . ants, make certain admissions relative to his claim, Dennett answered a telegram from Glavis saying none of the claimants Iiad made admissions. Telegram Was . Year Old. Mr. Vertrees trought out that Glavis' telegram had been sent more than a year after the Harrlman admission and that the witness knew of no other admissions among the 900 claimants. "Yet you condemn Mr. Dennett as an Improper official from this?" " "Not from that alone," replied the wit ness. Glavis admitted that an affidavit he made June 29, 1900. as to certain state ments which a claimant named McDon ald had said he had made to Dennett, may have been too broad. If It was, the witness said, he was anxious to correct It. , -What else did Dennett do," asked Mr. Vwtrees. "Wrll, he wrote those 'funny' letters from Seattle and Portland." ..... "How 'dd you get copies of those let ters?" . ', "Special A Rent Spalding acted as Den nett's stenographer and told me about the letters and I aisked him to furnish me with copies." ' . "You ordered him to do so, didn't you?" "I was his superior officer." "He refused, atid you ordered liim?" "He hesitated. lie said the letters were private. But they were mailed under a iConclud&d on Fas 3.X GAY HOSE MAKES MINISTER 'SPORT CHVRCII STEWARD STARTS TROUBLE; ALL RESIGN". Colorado Woman Also Hates Fash ionable Shirts and Turned-Vp Trousers on Preachers. LAJARA, Colo., Feb. 15. If a minister, a Methodist minister, wears gay hose, turned up trousers and fashionable shirts is he a sport and unfit to lead his flock Apparently the official board of the First Methodist Church of Lajara and Bowen thinks such a mode of dressing indicates a "sport," for as a result of charges brought against him. Rev. B. F. Turner, pastor of the church, who came to Lajara from the East three months ago has resigned and his resignation has been accepted. When Rev. Mr. Turner came to Lajara he was immediately placed under inves tigation. Mrs. Ella Hamilton, one of the church stewards, finally acquainted the minister with the following beliefs: That he turned up his trousers. That he wore a cap. 'That his shirts were fashionable. That his trousers were light-colored. That he went skating with young peo ple of the church. Summarized, she believed him a man of the world. Heated discussions before the board r' suited in the minister's resignation but failed to bring harmony for the church board also has resigned. OPERATORS' JOKE SERIOUS , Wyoming Men "Celebrate," Thereby Tying Vp Union Pacific. RAWUXS, Wyo., Feb. 15. It w learned today that th tie-up of the Union Pacific system in Wyoming last Satur day was due to the action of two opera tors at Dana. These men celebrated Lincoln's birth day so earnestly that they refused to clear trains, turned the red signal board, holding all fast mail trains and then hung out a sign on the door saving: "This office Is closed." Railroad officials at Laramie finally round the Sheriff and the men were ar rested and will be prosecuted for delaying tne mails. MISSOURI RECOUNT ASKED Governor Will Appoint Folk If Vote Is Against Stone. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Feb. IS Governor Hadley challenged Senator Stone today to consent to a rermint nt the ballots cast in the Senatorial nrimarv election. He said that if Senator Stone and e-r Governor Folk consent and the recrmnt showed that Senator Stone was not nom inated, he would appoint Folk as Stone's successor. Governor Hadlev in his statem he would then run against Senator Stone, if the ex-Governor did not enter the con test. Governor Hadley has telem-anhed to ex-Governor Folk for his consent to open the ballot boxes. RINK WEDDING OPPOSED Tacoma Ministers Aroused Over Ad vertised Skating Hall Ceremony. TACOMA, Feb. 15. Ministers of Tacoma are showing great indignation at the pro posed marriage ceremony advertised to take place at a roller skating rink tonight when the bride and groom are to appear on roller skates, accompanied by a bridal procession of roller skaters. The manager is having a hard time under the circumstances to get a minister to officiate, but declares his readiness to put up a guaranty that the event will take place. BOARD MEMBERS OUSTED Petition for Injunction Is Denied and McCarthy Rules Roost. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15. The efforts of Mayor P. H. McCarthy to oust from office members of the Board of Health appointed by his predecessor, ex-Mayor Taylor, were sustained in at least one legal aspect today when the petition for a permanent Injunction sought by the ousted members to protect themselves from molestation by the McCarthy ap pointees was denied by the Superior Court. The temporary Injunction granted oust ed members of the Board of Education was dissolved at the same time. DELAWARE IS DELIVERED First American Dreadnought For mally Turned Over. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 15. The battle ship Delaware, the first of the Amer ican type of Dreadnoughts to be com pleted, was delivered formally to the Government upon her arrival today at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The Delaware will be placed in com mission at ' this yard in the early Spring. VALENTINE GIVER SHOT Lad With Message Mistaken by Woman for Burglar. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 15. Ed ward Bowman, 11 years old, was shot by Mrs. W. H. Pierson last night and died .today. The lad ran up to put a valentine on the porch and was taken for a burglar," the woman shooting through the door, . .. FATHER'S DEED OF CHILDREN IN Young Mrs. Tillman Victor in Suit. GRANDPARENTS MUST YIELD Court Holds Law Is Infringe ment of Constitution. SENATOR EXPLAINS STAND Court Has Taken Great Responsi bility From His Shoulders, He Declares, and Future Will De termine Who Is Right. COLUMBIA, S. C, Feb. 15. Granting the mother's plea for the custody of her two children, the Supreme Court of South Carolina today handed down a de cision in favor of Mrs. B. R, Tillman, Jr., who sought to recover her two little girls, Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Stark Tillman, from the possession of Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman. The decision Is based on the ground that the deed of transfer by B. R. Till man, Jr., was invalid, as applied to the mother, the act under which it was made being in violation of the state and Fed eral constitutions. The court, therefore, granted the application for habeas corpus. Father Cannot Deed Child. As soon as the decision was announced. attorneys for young Mrs. Tillman took steps toward getting the children. If the statute is to be construed as giving the father arbitrary . power to deed away the custody of his children, the court held, the law is an infringement of the rights and privileges assured in the state Constitution and similarly in the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The opinion says: It seems perfectly clear that the gen eral assembly cannot empower the father. Father Has No Claim. The court further concludes that the father, B. R. Tillman, Jr., can have no claim to the custody of the children and therefore the suit narrows down to a con troversy between Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., and Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman. Without passing on the conflict of tes timony in the affidavits covering the marital differences of the couple, the court concludes that the children should be in the custody of their mother, who, it is held, is better fitted than the grand parents, to care for them. In 1903 Lucy Dugas, granddaughter of Governor F. W. Pickens, war Governor of South Carolina, and daughter of Mrs. Lucy Holcomb Pickens, connected with the best families of the state, was mar ried to Benjamin R. Tillman, Jr., eldest son of Senator Tillman. In November, 1908, they parted, young Mrs. Tillman al leging that her husband drank and mis treated her. Reconciliation Short-Lived. Last February there was a reconcilia tion, which lasted until December, 1909, when young Mrs. Tillman ' became ill In Washington. Hardly had she began her convalesence, she alleges, when her hus band, under pretense of taking the little girls to see their grandmother, carried (Concluded on Page 2.) PAYING-UPTIME. i 1 J J INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 39.1 degrees; minimum, 33.4 degrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy, with occasional light rain or snow; w-esterly winds. Foreign. All France would lionize Roosevelt, but lat ter taboos ostentation. Page 5. Rational. Commissioner-General of Immigration Keefe recommends stricter enforcement of Ir rigatlon law. Page 2. Reports of Louis R. Glavis were colored by his personal opinions, witness admits. Page 1. Suit to dissolve merger of Union pacific and Southern Pacific shows combine controls Asiatic freight west of Missouri River to 6an Franc U co and Portland. Page 2. Domestic Gray hoe makes Colorado minister "sport, so he resigns. Page 1. Will of Claus Spreckels declared invalid on day of death of widow. Page 5. ilackay Companies sell out of Telephone & Telegraph Co., thus giving up control of Western. Page 2. Missing tug Xlna Is sighted sailing toward Boston. Page 1. Senator Conger in New York alleged bribe inquiry confesses bridge company pos sessed corruption fund for three years. Page 3. South Carolina court decides deed of chil dren, made by B. R. Tillman, Jr., to grandparents, is invalid. Page 1. Sport. American League magnates, in session at Chicago, decide to keep present style of ball spike. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Reorganization of grain department of Mer chants Exchange proposed. Page 19. Gains in Chicago wheat market not held. Page 19. . Stock trading on a small scale. Page 19. Steamship Hercules on first trip from Orient reaches port. - Page 18. Pacific Northwest. Astoria Chinaman deaf and blind after failure to pay debts according to custom. Page 1. Supreme Court refuses to review Ross con viction. Page 6. Supreme Court holds Crater Lake highway appropriation for $100,0K U unconstitu tional; Snake River bridge fund may also fail. Page 7. North Pacific Seventh Day Adventlst con ference vote S3Q.O00 fur foreign mission fund Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Single-tracking of Washington street Is recommended to relieve car congestion on that thoroughfare. Page 8. Portland capital invested n moving-picture theaters In three . Northwest States. Page 11. Seventy-seven more Oregon Trust claimants collect deposits. Page Jl. Nine thousand rose festival postal cards are sold first day. Pane IS. Husband, in divorce suit, accuses wife " of consorting with three affinities. Page 8. Field force of Forestry Department resents accusation that someone "planted" docu ments In I R, Glavis' satchel. Page 3. Mixed weather continues and forecast of occasional rains and snow is repeated. Page 12. Broadway bridge bond issue held valid ; Mayor Simon acts. Page 12. TACOMA EDITOR IS SUED Politicians Demand Damages for Alleged Slander. TACOMA, Feb. 15. A . warrant was sworn out today for the arrest of Frank W Cameron, publisher of the Civic Spokesman, on a charge of criminal libel. The -complaint is made by Ray Freeland, present City Treasurer, and candidate for Councilman, and A. V. Fawcett. candidate for Mayor. The alleged libel is said to have been contained in a published interview be tween Freeland and Cameron in which statements derogatory to Fawoett are said to have been made by Freeland. The latter declares that he made no such statements and says on the contrary that he and Fawcett are good friends and he had no occasion to make such state ments. MINERS LOST UNDER SNOW Search Parties Kail to Find Men Struck by Slide. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 15. Searching parties out all day today failed to find any trace of Walker McKinley, aged 25, and Louis Vakid, an Austrian, who were buried in a enowslide at Burke, Idaho, yesterday. The men were on the way to the Arlington- tunnel when struck by the elide. Snow continues to fall at Wal lace. It is now two feet deep and at the Taft mine, three feet. This Is the hard est Winter these places have experienced In many yars. NEW-YORK BOODLE SACK OPEN LONG Corruption FundGlean- ed for 3 Years. SENATOR CONGER CONFESSES Republican State Chairman Got Contribution, Is Told. STRINGENT INQUIRY ASKED Allds' Accuser Says American and Oroton Bridge Companies Held Coin to Bribe legislators. Two Solons Unnamed. ALBANY. N. T.. Feb. 15. That the American Bridge Company raised a corruption fund In 1802. 1903 and 1905. was testified today in the Legislative bribery investigation, when State Sen ator Ben N. Gonger was cross-examined. Plans were laid for wider investiga tion to follow the present inquiry into the charges of Senator Conger that Senator Jonathan P. Allds took a $1000 bribe from an agent of the American Bridge Company. Allds' accuser was taken in band by Senator Newcomb and forced to confess that the American Bridge Company had raised a corruption fund In 1902, 1903 and 1905. Conger admitted the bridge company In 1903 turned its Legislative bribery fund over to the Groton Bridge Company, in which the witness and his brother, Frank, were Interested. A grim smile flashed across his harassed face as he volun teered this information relative to the purpose of the fund: "There was a contribution to the state chairman of the Republican state organization in 1902." Sweeping- Inquiry Demanded. Today's developments made clear that the administration had concluded that the public demand for sweeping investigation is too Insistent to be ignored. This morning Senator Wainwright introduced a resolution providing for an investigation practically without limit as to time or place, within the state, but it was referred to the finance committee and probably will not come out in as radical form as when Intro duced. Although the resolution is accepted here as the product of the recent con ferences between Governor Hughes. Speaker Wadsworth and other . party leaders, such a source by no means in sures its adoption. When Senator Conger returned to the stand today before the Senate he took up the story of the events of April, 1901 where he left off last Friday. After leaving Albany, he sa4d. he and Hiram G. Moe went home by way of Syracuse and Auburn, remaining at the latter place all night. Check Stub Identified. Conger identified the stub of the J6500 check which originally represented the alleged bribe fund. It was dated April 22, laoi. He said . his brother Frank's checkbook was delivered to him in 1902 Concluded on Page 2. ) HIS DEBTS UNPAID, CHINAMAN IS BLIND DEAF, ALSO. AFTER BREACH OF NEW YEAR CUSTOM. Hinted He Is Made Horrible Ei ample of Failure to Conform to Racial Usage. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.) Instancing the horrible consequences that follow a breach of the racial cus tom of liquidating debts at the New Year season. Me Jim John, for 37 years one of the leading Chinese merchants of this city, tells the tragic story of a man named Wah. Wah came here when a mere hoy and was naturally bright. He be came a house servant and rapidly learned English. Later he engaged in business and was a power in the Chinese colony. The gambling fever gripped him, though, and he became a slave to the- habit. Soon all his money was gone. Three years ago at the New Year season for the first time In his life Wah was unable to pay his debts, and according to custom he became an outcast. Next year he was In the same position financially, and soon after that his hearing began to fail. Last year he again had no money, and soon after the New Year celebration ended he began to lost! his sight. Now he Is totally blind. This year Wah has no money and what will happen to him. after th celebration closes Is a matter of con jecture. Although Me Jim John would not admit it as the truth, the impres sion prevails that Wah is being tor tured in a manner white people do not know, as an example to the Chinese of what they may expect if they fail to pay their debts at the first of their year. There are fewer Chinamen In As torla than in former years and the cele bratlon lacks something of Its usual gorgeousness and prodigality. Al though the Chinese here have been generally prosperous during the past year, the enthusiasm of the New Year season is not upon them. BANK ROBBED OF $10,000 Desperadoes Clean Way by First ' Capturing Town Watchman. BLOOMINGTON, 111., Feb. 15. Early today burglars blew the safe of the Cit izens' Bank of Chatsworth. 111., and es caped to the south with a toam, taking tSOOO in currency and $2000 In silver. Night Watchman William Kyle and Albert Ker Her, a citizen, were bound and gagged by the robbers. Night Marshal William Cahill was taken unawares at the' city pumping station about 1 o'clock by two despera does, bound and gagged, and taken to a garage opposite the bank. With Ca hill out of the way, the bank door was forced, and work on the safe com menced. A baker en route to his shop next was caught, tied hand and foot and dragged Into the bank. There he remained until 4 o'clock, when he was able to loosen himself, and gave the alarm. In the meantime the safe door was soaped and opened, presumably with nitroglycerine. With the $10,000 safely stowed away in a sack, the robbers left town and drove east. Cahill, while be saw only three men. Is confident there were four in fhe party. The loss by the bank Is covered by insurance. AIGRETTES ARE SEIZED Milliner and Jeweler Arrested on Complaint of William i'inlcy. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15. Charged with hay'ng aigrettes in their possession, Mrs. Jana Doe Bagnalls, a fashionable milliner of this city, and Charles Isaacs, manager of a local jewelry firm, were arrested today on warrants issued at the instance of William Finley, secretary of the. National Association of Audubon So cieties. Finley yesterday seized an aigrette-decorated hat from the millinery store and later took some of the feathers from the show window of the jewelry store. These are the first arrests since the passage of the Law making it a crime to have possession of aigrettes. HOSPITAL PROVES HOODOO Patient Recovers; Leaves Institu tion; Falls; Again Patient. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) Charles Vogt, an employe of the Utah Construction Company, builders of the Natron-Klamath extension of the Southern Pacific, who has been in the general hospital in this city for some time for treatment for rheumatism, was discharged yesterday having recovered. As he started to walk down town fom the hospital he slipped on the Icy walk and broke one of his hip bones and had to be taken back to the hos pital. SEARCH ON FOR DUTCH SHIP Prlnz Wilhelin II, Eight Days Over due From Amsterdam. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao. Feb. 15. The cruiser Utrecht left today to search for the Dutch merchant steamer Prlnz Wilhelm U, eight days overdue at Para maribo. The Prlnz Wilhelm II sailed from Ams terdam on January 21. LL. D. AWAITING HUGHES Pennsylvania Plans to Confer Honor on New York's Governor. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15. The Uni versity of Pennsylvania announced today that at the annual exercises on Wash ington's birthday the degree of doctor of laws will be conferred on. Governor Hughes, of New York. Governor Hughes will deliver the Uni versity day oration. NAVAL TUG NINA IS SIGHTED AT SEA South Bound Steamer Makes Report. VESSEL DUE IN BOSTON TODAY With Staysail on Derrick Post, Boat Makes Headway. DISTRESS SIGNALS ABSENT Captain of Passing Steamship Mere ly Salutes Tug and Continues His Voyage Did Not Know of Anxiety for Craft. NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. Feb. 15. Bound up-coast for Boston with a stay sail rigged on the forward derrick post, the little naval tug Nina, which has been missing since February 6. was sighted at 2 o'clock last Saturday afternoon off Montauk Point, L. I., by the whaleback steamer Bayview, which arrived today from Sears yolnt. Me. Captain Cummins, of the Bayview, says the Nina apparently was all right, that she flew no distress signals and that, as he did not then know of the anxiety about her safety, he merely saluted the tug and continued his voyage. The opinion of Captain Cummins Is the Nina put Into the Delaware Break water for shelter on the night of Sun day, February 6, and remained there until fair weather set in last Saturday. Skippers say it is nothing unusual for vessels to lie in front of. the break water four or five days without re porting. At the rate of speed she was making when he passed her. Captain Cummins figures that the Nina should reach. Bos ton tonight or early tomorrow. HOPE - HAD BEEN ABANDONED Xavy Officials Prepared to Abandon Search for Nina. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Hope of finding any trace of the little tug Nina and her crew of 32 men had been prac tically abandoned by naval officials to night, when word was brought by press dispatches that the vessel had been sighted off Newport News. By those directing the investigation, it was believed early today that the Nina did not proceed farther north than Fen wick Island, off the coast of Delaware, and instructions were at once flashed ta all vessels in the zone north of that point to discontinue their patrols and report to their stations. This reduced the search ing squadron to the battleship Louisiana and the scout cruiser Salem, which were ordered to survey waters from Fenwluk Island south to the'Virglnia capes. A storm Is reported brewing at sea and making Its way to the coast, and this confirmed the department's intention ot recalling the craft to their stations to prevent the possibility of any further dis aster. COAL STRIKE AIDS JAPAN Australia Is Forced to Oct Fuel From the Orient. VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) That the great coal strike in Australia, which has been demoralizing all business in the commonwealth and vicin ity for months is not nearly at an end yet is the news brought here by th steamship Makura, which arrived from Sydney last week. One of the most in teresting points regarding the strike i9 the benefit Japan is gaining by it. Tne first shipment of this Japanese coal arrived at Melbourne January 2. No difCicuky was experienced in getting tlia wharf-laborers to handle the foreign coal. There are still 94 steamers tied up in Sydney alone. The chief efforts of the government have been directed toward supplying th railways and mall steamers. At Sydney the Federated Seamen's Union has 1O0O idle men on its list, while at other ports the number makes another thousand. Relief pay at the rate of one pound a week is disbursed. Direct passenger" service from Sydney to other important ports along the coast has been discon tinued. Disaster Charged to Neglect. DENVER. Feb. 15. The News today says: Criminal neglect and incompetency on the part of State Coal Mine Inspect or John D. Jones, Superintendent Kil patrick. mine boss Williams and the management of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, are given as the cause of the Primtro mine disaster of Jan uary 13 in a report Issued by Trinidad Miners' Union, No. 198, Western Federa tion of Miners. Resolutions adopted by the union ask for the removal of In- spector Jones and the Coroner of Las Animas County: they also demand that the Governor appoint a commission to investigate the disaster. The union claims the explosion which killed 76 men was caused by one of the foremen lighting his pipe in the mine. German Grain Firms Fail. HAMBURG, Feb. 15. The failure of seven grain firms in the provinces of Schleswlg-Holsteln and Hanover was announced in the Produce Exchange today. The failures were due in part to speculative engagements in soda ni trate and partly to short selling of barley i