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THE MORNING QREGOXIAX, AVTUNESDAY, MAKCII 30, 1910. " i - HAND OF GREAT HILL Ifl . LAND DEAL Vast Holdings in Eastern Ore gon Sold Price Over Two Millions. INSPECTION IN PROGRESS If It Hesults Satisfactorily, Pur chasers Will Make Second Pay ment of $500,000 TTpon Their Return to Ontario. Sale or all the land involved in the big land grant of the Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain Road Company, now owned by the French banking concern of lizard FYfres, is practically assured In Jiustern Oregon, a syndicate of capital ists comprised of J. C. Wood,' W. P. Davidson and John E. Burchard, of St. r"aul, and A. O. Robertson, of Minne apolis, being the prospective purchasers. Telegraphic information received from Ontario last night was to the effect that the Minneapolis men had deposited a check for tlOO.OOO in the First National Bank of that place to bind the deal in case the land after examination shall be found -as represented. Hill's Hand Discerned. The Eastern representatives are known to be personal agents of J. J. Hill, and the move to purchase the holdings of the Willamette Vallc- & Cascade Mountains Road is said to be to make connection with the Gilmore & Pittsburg through Central and Eastern Oregon to Portland and the Pacific Coast. Whilo no public announcement is made relative to the terms of purchase, it Is learned on the very best authority that they include a thorough Inspection of the road's lwldings from Ontario into the liarney "Valley country, where the field notes, surveys and plats of the company will be inspected and checked up. If found as represented, the purchasers will close the deal by making a second pay ment of to00,000. Six months later they ure to pay still another $500,000. The total purchase price is reported to be r above J2.000.000. " Colonel C. E. S. Wood, of Portland, is the agent for the owners of the land, and is at Ontario representing' them. The prospective purchasers have looked over a portion of the holdings. According to a statement , made last night in Ontario by Mr. Wood, they expressed satisfaction after their investigation. They left Ontario yesterday in automobiles 'for -.',ihe Interior of the state to complete . the inspection of theland, which is ex r, rected to take a week or ten days. Country to Kenefit. The sale of this land, it is believed. will be of much importance o the country in which the holdings are lo cated. It is possible that the reclama tion project, planned by the Govern ment, and abandoned through the Tailure of the company to meet the re quirements of the Reclamation Service ; -may be resumed. In this event, reser- r voire and ditches would be established f-on the Malheur River ami bring itn- dor cultivation a vast amount of rich soil, now useless, owing to a lack, of j water for Irrigation. The land was promised to the .Wagon Road Company1 by the Govern (j nient originally as a reward for the construction of a military wagon road up the Malheur River and westward toward the coast. p. Nearly 25 years ago the charge was r, -made that the road had not been built -through as promised, and the com . pany imported into Eastern Oregon a large number of Chinese, and built - the road as originally specified. But this did not end the trouble-over the . title to the land, which was In litlga- . tion for many years. Titles to por-- lions of the land are now involved in ruits pending before the local United States Court. Vast Grant Was Made. 1 he company was promised every .. "odd" section for a certain distance on each side of the road, known then as . the - "Military Wagon Road." Much of the litigation directed against . the company to take titles to some of this land from it has been due to the refusal of squatters to vacate, after they have made improvements on it. They - l.ave fought their individual cases in - pome instances at much expense, with varied success. Some of the land, lying on Snake River und the Malheur River is among the richest and most valuable in the Eastern jiart of the Ktate. It is of an alluvial formation, enriched by deposits of vol canic ashes. Much of this "is ' now in ' cultivation, while some of the best land, .. nvailable to water for irrigation, has lain idle pending the will of the owners : to sell it at a price prospective settlers would pay. to Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer to help her regain possession of her girl baby, stolen from her by her husband. Vandeveer got the baby and battered Butler in seizing the child. "Mrs. Butler's condition would have brought tears to the eyes of an irjn head of Chief Seattle," said Vander veer. "In two weeks she had been to badly beaten and maltreated by her husband that she had gone down from 145 to 115 pounds In weight." Butler went to Vanderveer's office tonight to secure -a warrant charging the Prosecutor with assault and bat tery. Mrs. Butler happened to be pres ent and the official brought man and wife together. An affecting interview followed, the man pleading for forgive ness. It developed that the two were .not married legally. They went through the marriage ceremony four years ago, but only four months had elapsed since Mrs. Butler had secured a divorce from previous husband. A recent decision in a Seattle court pronounced sucn marriages illegal, and the Butlers an nounced they would tomorrow procure a license and marry again. The quest for a warrant for the ar rest of vanderveer was dropped.' STATEHOOD FIGHT ON BEVER1DGE REPORTS BIi.li FA VORED BY COMMITTEE. House and Senate Documents, Rad ically Different, Now Mean Great Struggle in Congress. WASHINGTON, March 29. Senator Beveridge yesterday presented to the Senate the report of the committee on territories favoring his bill in prefer ence to that passed by the House, for the admission of New Mexico ana Ari zona as separate states. The report de fends the changes made by the Senate committee In vigorous language, espec ial emphasis being given to the refusal of the Senate bill to recognize the pres ent election law of Arizona. The effect of that law. It is charged. would be to disfranchise a large number of th oldest and most substantial citi zens of the territory by reason of their Inability to interpret the Constitution of the United States In English. The House bill would make the present Arizona law the test of qualifications of citizens to vote. The House provision is favored by Democrats In both houses and prob ably will engender the hottest fight of any of the provisions. Republicans say this provision would make Arizona Demo cratic. The requirement of the Senate bill that the constitution of the new states be ap proved by the President and Congress is- defended by Senator Beveridge as a meas ure of Justice and safety. The same re quirement was made in connection with the admission of Iouisiana, Alabama and Texas. Striking features of the Senate bill are the restrictions thrown about the dis position of public lands and ttie disposi tion of 1.000.000 acres to each territory for the payment of county railroad bonds al ready validated by Congress. The House bill appropriated 3.OOO.O0O acres in each territory and contemplates the payment of all bonds outstanding. Another decided difference In the two bills is in relation to polygamy and big amy, of which Mr. Beveridge says In his report: "The House bill would permit the practice of polygamy and bigamy. notwithstanding the various prohibitions thereof." According to the Senate bill the schols in the new states must be conducted in English. The provision of the House bill that this requirement should not pre vent the teaching of Spanish was elim lnated. i WIFE HAS MAN ARRESTED i , Seattle Shoemaker Taken Here on : Desertion Charge. ? Aaron S. Lebb, 52 years old, a shoe v Tnelter, who formerly resided at 1019 jj SVIain street. Seattle, was arrested last - nigh by Detective Sergeants Hellyer and ; Maloney upon a telegraphic warrant charging wife desertion. It is probable that he will fight extradition. J Lebb arrived in Portland a week ago and sought refuge among his relatives liere, following an encounter with his young wife. When Lebb was taken to headquarters last night he exclaimed: "My wife kicked me out of the house when she filed a divorce suit against me. Kow she is putting me into jail." Lebb said they had quarreled contin ually for 15 years. The climax came '. recently when his wife took in several ': 'boarders against his wiehes. After a i heated argument with the woman Lebb ' avers she unceremoniously evicted him - irom his house. Lebb was arrested while seeking employment in a Morrison street ; ehoeehop last night. BLACKENED EYES REUNITE Man Beats AVoman, Prosecutor ' Trounces Hint. I SEATTLE. Wash., March 29. (Spe t rial.) Blackened eyes are borne by a 1 man and woman who will apply for , a marriage license here tomorrow to S legalize their union arid protect their l little girl. The bride-to-be owes her bruises to the man who will lead her : to the altar for the second time to morrow; his disfigured face is the re- cult of a trouncing administered by . Prosecuting Attorney George Vander ' veer. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Butler are the couple. 1 Mrs. Butler, her face black and blue, ' her body covered with bruises, appealed SAFES USED AS COAL BINS Former Strong Boxes flave Sheet Iron and Gravel Backs. NEW YORK, March 29. Two worth less old safes, relics of the "Boss Tweed regime, which stood the City Council the tuneful sum of $30,000, have just been removed from the county clerk's ' of f ice to the rotunda of the courthouse, where they probably will be used for the storage of coal. The safes, which, when bought, were supposed to weigh six and one-half tons each, in reality only weighed one and one-half tons each. This was due to the economy of the makers iti sup plying backs of ordinary sheet iron. with about six inches of gravel in be tween. While the doors are large and heavy it is a -safe bet, say the employes of the county clerk's office, that a 10 cent can-opener would su.ffice to" re move the backs. It has been several years since th safes were used, and they were re moved to the rotunda to make way for modern furnishings. The county clerk wanted to send them to the corpora tion yard, but the city wouldn't have them there. Until Thomas Whisker, janitor at the courthouse, came forward and said lie could make use of the safes in stor ing coal, it looked as If the county clerk would not be able to dispose of them. TAMMANY'S THROAT CUT Tammany, Is but a Cat, Though, and Operation Was Necessary. NEW YORK., March 29. Well. Tarn many has got something at last. Had it forced down its throat, in fact. No, not the Fourteenth-street Tammany, but the Coney Island one, the tiger cat that has been the pet of the Coney Island police station and the Sixteenth Assembly District Democratic Club for four years. Tammany refused to eat. The choices morsels failed to tempt him and he seemed to have throat troubln. So Un dertaker John Kowsky took the ca into his place, and, assisted by Jame Bagley, administered an anaesthetic and investigated. They found a bad abscess in Tammany's throat, lanced It and sprayed it with peroxide. Then, realizing that the cat was almost starved, they poured warm milk Into him through a tume. Tammany, much better, rested comfortably on a cushion in the police station. WOLTER PROMISES like TIZ- HE WILL CONFESS Alleged Brutal Slayer of New York Stenographer Makes -Cryptic Statement. MOTIVE STILL MYSTERY Girl Companion of Supposed Mur derer Sends Him Endearing Mes sages and Advises Him "Tell the Truth." to NEW YORK, March 29. Albert Wol- ter, the youth held in the Tombs for the murder of Ruth Wheeler, a stenog rapher, said tonight that on Wednesday he "would tell everything, provided his erstwhile girl companion, Katie Miller, or Mueller, now held as a ma terial witness, remained loyal and still loved him. The boy made this declaration In his cell after a day of almost ceaseless verbal hammering by detectives. At times' he wept and appeared on the verge of a breakdown, but at no time - would he confess having com mitted the crime or even knowing the victim. ' The motive for the murder thus remains as much a mystery as ever. The Miller girl told the police today of the strange- happening at the fire place of the room she shared with Wolter, but her statements were not intended to incriminate Wolter, for she sent him a letter tonight written in German advising him to tell the truth. "Tell the truth," she wrote "and I will forgive you and love you still. After reading this wolter made xne rather cryptic remark: that he would 'tell everything Wednesday. It was suggested the girl be brought to the prison, but he cried: "No, I am ashamed to race , Jvaiie now. When I gret a letter irom ner that she forgives me. I will talk. One of the developments of the day was the finding of a silk umbrella with a peculiar wooden handle, which has been identified as having belonged to the girl victim, in the rooms in East One Hundred and Fifth street, to which Wolter and the Miller g-trl moved after leaving the house in East Seventy-fifth street, where the girl's body was found. Wolter's correspondence with other girls, not only In New York, but in neighboring towns in New Jersey, Is being unearthed by the police. He posed as a dandy and as a clever man with women. TRI-GITY DATES 'MADE SEASON" OPENS SATURDAY, 2 4 GAMES SLATED. Smaller Eeet Sore Feet, Tender Feet and Swollen Feet Cured Every Time. TIZ Makes Sore Feet Well No Matter What Ails Them. Everyone who is troubled with sore, sweaty, or tender feet swollen feet smelly feet, corns, callouses or bunions can quickly make their feet well now. Here is instant relief and a lasting, permanent remedy it's called TIZ. TIZ makes sore feet well and swollen feet are quickly reduced to their natural size. Thousands of ladies have been able to wear shoes a full size smaller with perfect comfort. It's the only foot remedy ever made which acts on the principle of drawing out all the poisonous exudations which cause sore feet. Powders and other remedies merely clos up the pores, TIZ cleanses them out and keeps them .. i 1 . 1 1 . . . f f J .. . . j 1 1 iL tVUIJVa UIL. A U LL Vt 111 feel better the very first time it's used Use it a week and you can' forget you ever had sore feet. There is nothing on earth that can compare with it. TIZ is for sale at all druggists 25 cents per box or direct if you wish from Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Dodge Bldg., Chi cago, 111. Recommended and sold by "The Owl Drug Store," 7th and Wash ington Sts.. Portland. Oregon. s mother of the of the conse- neighbor's and told h! act, though ignorant quences. The house where the tragedy oc curred is the home of George P. Brown ell, who is awaiting trial for an alleged murder committed February 22, PERCY'S SEAT BOUGHT? BRIBERY STIRS AtiTi MISSIS SIPPI STATE POLITICALLY. Most of the Depressions Which Occasionally Affect Various Sections of a Growing City Can Be Traced . One Source That Source Is Lack of to GH-G1RADE MOVEMENT That section which is highly improved and has a high building restriction is invariably the district where values show good increase, for it is assured. People do not hesitate to invest their money in fine homes in a district of this character. There is always a demand for property of this sort. HI Schedule Adopted by League Direc tors Dil worth Derbies and AVest Side Are First Players. The schedule for the Tri-City Base ball League was adopted last night by the league directors. Twenty-four games will be played during the sea son. The season will open next Saturday with a game at the Vaughn-street grounds between the Dilworth Derbies and the West Side and will close Au gust 28. The West Side team will play nine games on the Vaughn-street grounds, the Dilworth Derbies nine games on the Vaughn-street grounds, the Peninsula 19 games at home, Van couver 22 games at home and Salem 22 games at home. The Sellwood team will play all its games away from home. The complete schedule of games Is: West Side vs. Dilworth , Derbies, March 3. West Side vs. Peninsula, on Penin sula grounds, May 1. May 22, June 12, June 16, July 4, July 24. West Side at Vancouver April 24, June 5, July 17, August 14, August 20. West Side at Salem, April 17, May 8, May 28, May 29, May 30, July 3, July 10, August 21. Dilworth Derbies vs. Peninsula, at Peninsula grounds. May 8, May 29, June 19, July 10, August 21. Dilworth Derbies at Vancouver, April 10, May 1. May 30, June 12, July 3, July 4, August 7. Dilworth Derbies at Salem. April 24, June 5, July 17, July 24,' August 14, August 2S. Sellwood vs. West Side at Vaughn street grounds, April 10. Sellwood vs. Dilworth Derbies at Vaughn-street grounds, June 22. Sellwood vs. Peninsula, at Peninsula, April 24. May 15, May 30, June 5, July 3, July 17, August 14, August 28. Sellwood at Vancouver, April 17, May 8. May 29, June 19, July 10, July 24, July 31, August 21. Sellwood at Salem, April 3, May 1, May 22, June 12, July 4, August 7. Peninsula at Vancouver, April 3, at Salem April 10, at Salem July 31, vs. Dilworth Derbies at Vaughn-atreet grounds April 17, vs. West Side at Vaughn-street grounds, August 7. Vancouver vs. Dilworth Derbies at Vaughn-street grounds. May 22. Van couver at Salem, June 2fi, vs. Salem at Vaughn-street grounds, June 19. Two additional dates will be used for post-season games at the Vaughn street grounds.. The official umpires are Kd Rankin, Alex Cheyne and Fred Washburn. The opening games will be umpired as follows: Washburn and Cheyne, Sat urday afternoon, Dilworth Derbies"" vs. West Side: Ed Rankin. Sunday at Sa lem: Washburn, Sunday, at Salem. Cheyne, Sunday, at Vancouver. TWO ACCIDENTS OPEN MEET French Aviation Carnival Offers $20,000 in Prizes. CANNES, France. March 29. Aviation week opened yesterday with prizes amounting to $20,000. Yesterday's events were marked by two accidents. Aviators Rlgal and Weisaenbach fell with their biplanes. Rigal was bruised, but Weisaenbach escaped injury. The machines were demolished. Fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism Is simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free application of Chamberlain's Lini ment. Give It a trial. You are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. Sold by all dealers. Urand Jury Indicts Alleged Bribe Giver but Refuses to Accuse Alan, Who Took the Bribe. JACKSON, Miss.. March 29. From maze of accusations and denials that money was offered a member of the State Senate for his vote for Senator Percy, successful candidate for the United States Senate from Mississippi, the de velopments last night, after one of the most strenuous days1 Mississippi has ex perienced politically in years, are: A Rrand Jury indictment charging Tj- C. Dulaney, of Issaquena County, a prominent planter, with tendering a bribe to State Sen ator Theodore Bilbo. The refusal rrt th .Rrand Jury to Indict Mr. Bilbo for accepting a bribe. A resolution pending in the upper branch of the State Assembly demanding the ex pulsion of Bilbo, -held in abeyance until to morrow, when a statement will be made toy him. All this came in rapid sequence after a formal declaration by Mr. Bilbo that. during the recent legislative caucus he had been approached by Mr. Dulaney and tendered $1000 if he would lend his sup port to Mr. Percy; that a part of the amount, $645, was to be paid immediately, the balance after the election of Senator Percy; that he accepted the tender, to be used as evidence to support charges that irregular methods were being used to en compass the defeat of Mr. Vardaman, of whom he was a supporter, and that money he received he handed to a local minister with a statement of facts. This vf t - 1 BE--" The Addition with Character Has the following claims to the attention of any person who is coiisiderinir the purchase of a highly improved and restricted home-site. It is close in, being only 1 miles from the center of town. It is the most highly improved and most highly restricted residence property in Portland. It will have im provements which can be found in no other residence section of the city. It is on two of the best service carlines in the city. Laurelhurst is beinp; improved NOW. We are not promising things for Laurelhurst, but doing; them. Over $500,000 sold in Laurelhurst property since March 1. This record of tremen dous sales simply demonstrates the confidence which the general public has in the future of this tract. They realize that with the high-grade improvements which are now being made in Laurelhurst and the building restriction, our claims that this will be the most highly developed and exclusive residence district of Portland are justified. See Laurelhurst for yourself and see how these improvements are being done. Take Montavilla or" Rose City Park cars. Both lines run to and through the property. Or call at our office or phona and make an appointment and we will show you Laurelhurst in our auto mobiles. Deal with aDy of our authorized broker if you prefer. JU'THORIIED BROKERSl Charles Iv . Henry Co. Wakefield, Frlen & Co. George I. Schalk. H. P. Paliiter-Joneii Co. Holme fc Mcnefee. Mull & Von BorMtel. DUrkle & Ilonutree. K. K. Bryan fc Co. Krirk-Dodds Co. Kuff-KJelnaorge Laid Co. Dubois A Crockett llealty Co. t'hapla Jt Herlow. Haas & Rinj$ler. SALKM AEXCY, A. AT. MOORKS, 1-2 Bl'SH-BREVMAK BLOCK. Kl'GEJiK AGF.NCV, lIAGLADRf & SHUMATE, ALBANY AGENCY, A. T. STARK. WAMA WALLA AGENCY, DKVMHELLER 4t BNMS. 1 W. C. KOEHAE. J 522-526 Corbett Building Phones Main 1503, A 1515 Mr. Bilbo declares he told the Hinds County grand Jury. That the charge is without foundation Is insisted by those who favored the elc tlon of Mr. Percy. All factions declare for a thorough investigation and to this end nearly a score of grand jury subpenaa were served yesterday on the Governor, ex-Congressman John Allen and other prominent person. UNCLE SAM ARRESTS JAPS Orientals, Caught Securing Fortifi cation Plans, Held at Cavite. MANILA, March 29. Two Japanese, engaged in an effort to secure plans of the fortifications at Corregidor. Cavite, have been arrested by the military au thorities and are being held subject to Instructions from the Secretary of War, Jacob M. Dickinson. TR A V E IL HOICE 100x100 LOT 50 BELOW MARKET In Highly Restricted, Ex clusive District, All City Improvements Being In stalled. An extra choice selection of 300x100 lots are now offered for sale in ALAMEDA PARK at prices actually 50 per cent below the prices on lots in the imme diate vicinity with inferior loca tion. EVERY LOT IS CLOSE TO CARLINE. Every lot is approxi mately 250 feet in altitude. They are all situated in a district de voted to home-sites, where the building restriction is $3500, and where are beinp installed ALL CITY IMPROVEMENTS, includ ing; even WIRES UNDER GROUND. The fact that only eight houses will be allowed on each block and that every house must be a credit to the neighborhood, and that the whole district is hiph and sightly, adjoining other properties carry ing high restrictions, makes this an especially attractive property fbr the man who wants a home in the very best kind of a neighbor hood, where his INVESTMENT IS NOT ONLY GILT-EDGED, but where he will BE PROUD TO LIVE. Inquire of ALAMEDA LAND COMPANY, owners of ALA MEDA PARK, 322 Corbett building. IN OCT TO HURRICANE HITS FIJIS Oceanic Islands May Have Suffered by Big Storm. LONDON. March 29. A telegram re ..iir.ii vAQtarriav nt the Colonial Office nwofnnT nf the I'M 1 1 Islands 1 says a disastrous hurricane struck Su va, the capital, last Thursday and that It is probable the whole group suffered. BOY, 7, KILLS BROTHER, 4 liad Shoots, Then Jells Mother. Scene Alleged Murderer's Home. DENVER, March 29. Joseph Bogard. aged 7, shot and killed his 4-year-old brother here yesterday, then went to a Sfotpe tn. Are ELECTROPODES Positively Cure RHEUMATISM A remarkable Electric De . vice, that is relieving count- -! j less people of the pains and 1 causes of Rheumatism. Now XAC platc- within reach of every suf HtujkTtv ferer. - A HEW ELECTRIC TREATFilEriT Electropodes are metal insoles, worn In the heels of the shoes. One is a nega tive and one a positive plate. The body becomes the battery, the nerves the connecting wires over which a grentle flow of electricity passes, building up the entire system. What They Cur Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Head ache, Kidney Trouble. Backache. Weak Heart, Sleeplessness, Lumba go, Stomach and Liver Complaints are postively cured by Elactropodas or money refunded. Electropodes are mailable. If your druggist cannot furnish them, send us $1.00 and we will see that you are supplied. In ordering, state whether for lady or gentleman, WESTERN ELECTRO PODE COMPANY LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA Your Protection Tour Druggist signs a contract to refund the $1.00 yon pay him for Elactropodas If they fail to effect a cure, or if they should, after 30 days free trial, prove unsatisfactory. SPOKANE AND EAST VIA Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. The North Bank Road" The splendid equipment of trains, the perfeot track, the high quality meals insure unusually comfortable traveling on "The North Bank Road." OBSERVATION CA11S i,iiiiniiv-rni,(iR c;ars ('(IMPAHTJIEHiT SLF.Kl'KHS STANDARD SI.EKPKI1S IJIM.Nn CAKS MKAI.S A I. A. CAKTE TOLIIIST SI.EKPF.HS KIHSJT-CXASS COACHES Leaves Portland 9:00 A. M.; 7:00 P. M. PASSENGER STATION, 11th AND HOYT STS. CITV TICKET OFFICES 122 Third St. Third and 3Iorrlaan Stm. 10O Third St. Just a Minute Did you ever stop and consider the enormous profits derived from Irrigated Fruit Lands? And we have a proposition whereby you aren't required to live on the land, the company planting the trees and earing for them for four years. The land costs only $200 and $J."0 an nf-re, and can he bought on the easiest of terms! And we have the richest lands in this great Northwest ! Will you not call, and let us explain our proposition? It is abso lutely the best, and we will prove it to your satisfaction. Just give us a chance. INVESTMENT PROFIT INDEPENDENCE Echo Fruit Lands TEEPE & SMITH 414 HENRY BUILDING. PORTLAND, OREGON. If yon can't call, write for our illustrated booklet. Don't miss this. A