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r VOL. L.-0. 15,401. PORTLAND, OREGOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GRAFT GRAND JURY GUESTS AT HOTEL CATCH OWN TROUT ROOSEVELT GAINS CRUISER'S FIREMEN SCALDED BY STEAM SOUTH OF WIFE STILL ANGRY, JACK CUDAHY GAY SOCIALIST MAYOR WONTUPTUHHGITY TRIKES MAGNATE E ORDERED LNXOVATIOX PLEAS' ' EPICURES IX CHICAGO HO;5 T,RY. OJiE DEAD, TWO HURT BY EX PLOSION' OX MARYIAXD. SENIOR, PACKER BACK FROM FUTILE PEACE QTTEST. GRADING TRIUMPH ROM MADRAS r Multi-Millionaire Now Among Accused. HOFFSTOT ACCUSED OF CRIME Charged With Paying $52,000 to Pittsburg Grafter. FORMED BANK SYNDICATE Tret-idem of Steel Car Company, Which Fought Bitter Contest With McKees Hooks Work men, I "Man Higher Up.' PITTSBURG. April 6. The climax promised In the Pittsburg Kraft ex posure came as promised late today, with the presentment by the grand Jury of a lenKthy report. In which it recommended the Indictment of Frank" N. Hoffstot, president of the Pressed Steel Car Company, and one of the most prominent business men In the country. Simultaneously, in open court, came a plea of Kmil Winter, president of the WorkinRmen's Savings & Trust Company, that he had no defense to make to the charge that he grave a 430,000 bribe to ex-Councilman Morris Klnstein. The folowlnir, in abbreviated form, are some of the most startling: findings In the grand jury presentment made public today: Hoffstot Accused of Bribing. First That Frank N. Hoffstot, president of the Pressed Steel Car Com pany and president of the German Na tional Bank of Allegheny, and promi nently identified with other banks, paid to Charles Stewart, a former Se lect Councilman, the sum of 153,000. , Second That the money was a bribe used in Influencing the votes of Coun rilroen to pass an ordinance naming three banks in which Hoffstot was in terested as official depositories oi the city's millions Third That the arrangement for the payment of money to Stewart 'was made in the Spring of 1908 and the late James "V. Friend, at that time an of ficial of the Pressed Steel Car Com pany, was an associate in the trans action. Blkeley Declined to Help. Fourth That the original plan of Friend was to obtain the services of W. A. Blakeley, then a practicing at torney here, but now. the District At torney In charge of the graft prosecu tions, as a stakeholder of the bribe money until the ordinance had passed. Fifth That Attorney Blakeley de clined to act in the capacity named, and warned all parties of tK criminality of the proposition and of the liability of prosecution if it. went further. Sixth That subsequent to Mr. Blake ley's refusal, Messrs. "Vriend and Hoffstot completed an arrangement with Stewart whereby Hoffstot would pay or cause to be paid to Stewart the sum named, 952,000. Seventh That the transaction was arranged to be made in New York City and took place there In June, 1908, In order, if possible, to avoid criminal liability In Allegheny County. Young Asked to Subscribe. Eighth That Hoffstot also solicited from one James N. Young, cashier of Second National Bank of Pittsburg $21,000 to be paid Stewart to Insure the selection of the Second National as one of the favored city depositories. Ninth That Stewart did demand from the now deceased Friend, who was acting as agent for the Second National Bank, a bribe for Stewart's vote in favor of the bank ordinances. Tenth That in accordance with th findings, it be recommended that In dictments charging conspiracy and bribery be returned. The banks named as ultimate princi pals to profit by the bribes alleged to have been paid by Hoffstot to Stewart are: v The Furmers Deposit National Bank, the Second National Bank of Pittsburg and the German National Bank of Al legheny. In addition to these three. the Columbia National Bank of Pitts burg and the Worklngmen's Savings & Trust Company of Allegheny were named as city depositories in the ordi nance passed July 9. 1906, over the Mayor's veto. Judge Kricnd of Accused. The plea of nolle contendre of Kmil "Winter, president of the Worklngmen's Savings & Trust Company today was no less sensational than the report of the grand Jury. He was charged with the payment of 920.000 bribe to Morris Kinsteln, a former Select Councilman. When Winter appeared in court. Judge K. S. Fraser. who is presiding in the graft cases, asked to be excused from . liearing the plea. Judge Fraser explained on account of his long and intimate friendship with Mr. Winter he wished to" have nothing to do with the case. Winter was then taken before Judges Thomas D. Carni van and J. W. Swearingen. and entered (Concluded on Pas 2.) "Drink Wagons.''', "ater to Tastes of Exclusives Wht-v Throats Are Dry. " O CHICAGO, April 6. (Special.) Ho tel proprietors and managers from eastern states caught brook trout and black bass in huge live fish tanks of the Blackstone Hotel today and watched them later being cooked for their luncheonl which was served In the unfinished structure at noon. This feature of modern erastronomv has been provided by the hotel man agement to- attract those guests who msnst upon eating absolutely fresh fish. The Eastern visitors -mhn o-c. n their way to California to attend the hotelmen's convention, applauded the idea. Although the hotel Is still unpre pared for guests, it was possible to entertain the delegation in the Eng lish room on the second floor of the structure- The new 93.000.000 hostelry win open Its doors to the public next tuesaay. The Individual "drink wa gons," which are wheeled from table to table and on which are all the in gredients of mixed drinks, will be in stalled in the room for epicures. BERI-BERI ATTACKS SEVEN British Sailors Stricken After Drink- lug Kainwater, One Dying. PORT TOWN SEND. Wash.. AdHI 6. The British ship Elginshire. 140 days out rrom Glasgow, arrived today with seven of the crew seriously ill. On investiga tion the quarantine officials pronounced the sickness beri beri in aggravated fcrm. No explanation of the annearance of the disease can be given, excent that the ship's supply of drinking water became exnausted and the men used rain water. The sick men are being treated in the Marine Hospital. W. Saxon, one of the men afflicted with the disease, is expected to die within a short time. The other men suffering from the strange malady, all of whom are in a serious condition. are A. E. Averlll, J. Hanan. J. B. Hay, J. Hanlin, John Gall and John Mc Donald. TIDE FLOWS TO CANADA Unprecedented Immigration Follows Offer of Free Homesteads. IX)NDON-, April . fSpcc-ial.) Unpre cedented numbers of Britons are depart ing for Canada. Sailings for the flrft three nfonths of 1910 are likely to exceed the combined sailings of the correspond ing periods in the previous two years. Nearly all the berths on Canada-bound emigrant vessels are booked until well Into the Summer. Tho activity In the Cana dian immigration office In London is in creasing. It publishes today a striking advertisement representing Canada as a huge funnel out of which grain ie pour ing into Great Britain. "Canaila," it says. "orTerB you ISO fat and fertile acres for nothing. Tt is a land of glorious sunshine and opportun ity. Wheat costs 30 shillings (97.20) an acre to raise and eells for. 60 shillings (914.40). Two years' rent of an English farm will purchase a freehold of im proved land of equal area in Canada, where field crops brought to farmers in 1909 130.000.000 (JMOrt.000,000). FARMERS WAR ON AUTOS Speeding on Liberty and Ilosedale Road to Be Stopped. SALEM. Or.. April 6. (Special.) Num erous complaints having been made "by farmers against automobile speeding on the Liberty and Rosedale rook road south of the city, the County Court has decided to take the matter up and will instruct the officers to enforce the state law against speeding. It Is said that demonstrators of cars have used this fine piece of highway to display their machines to nmti customers, and that the terrific speed maa in laese demonstrations not only endangers life, but tears up the. roads. WOMEN DINE IN BARROOM Amusing Incident Marks D. A. R. Assembly at Olyinpla. OLYMPIA, Wash., April 6,-An. amus ing incident in connection with the state assembly of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution, which opens here tomorrow-, occurred tonight, when the bar room of a local restaurant was closed while the women sat down to H!nn.. There was not space enough in the private aining-room for all the women to be seated, so the saloon was closed In order to accommodate the overflow, and the bar remained out of business until the women had finished singing their patriotic songs and had departed. ELOPERS ARE DIVORCED Mrs. Helen Graydon Tires of Foot ball Star for Husband. SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. A final de cree of divorce was granted today to Mrs. Helen B. Graydon, a former Harvard football star. Mrs. Graydon, who was Miss Helen Whitney, daughter of J. Parker Whitney, a millionaire capitalist of this city! eloped with Graydon from a fashionable New York board school. Individual Lauded by Methodists and Catholics. CHURCH OFFICIALS GIVE WORD Reference Made to ex-President's "Glorious Career." EARLY RENEWAL IS HOPED Abbot- Jensens Calls and Leaves Card of Congratulation for Sup port of Church lr. Clark Re grets Tipple's Statement. ROME, April ft. Before leaving Rome ex-President Roosevelt had reason to be lieve that a great triumph was his, as the attitude of the Vatican toward him and the statement of the Methodists', which he had condemned, were repudiated by leading adherents of those two Institu tions. Abbot Lawrence Jansens, one of the most learned of the Benedictines and sec retary of the Congregation of Affairs of Religions, called on " Mr. Roosevelt this evening, and, not finding him in, left his card, on which he wrote in French that he., desired to congratulate him for the constant support given to this order and. the Catholic Church In general In Amer ica during Mr. Roose.velt "glorious career" as President, which he hoped soon would be resumed. Papal Secretary Critlcl Red . At the same time, Mr. Roosevelt re ceived letters from relatives of high prel ates and cardinals, condemning what they styled, tho "personal attitude of Cardinal Merry del Val," for which neither the Pope nor the Catholic Church was re sponsible." On the other hand, Mr. Roosevelt re ceived ' the following letter from Or. J Walling Clark, head of the Methodist or ganization in Italy: "The inciaent connected with the ar ticle written by Rev. B. M. Tipple for the American press has caused me un told regret. I was not aware the arti cle was written or sent until Tuesday afternoon, when it was brought to me by a newspaper correspondent with the statement which' you gave out on Tuesday morning. "If I had known Mr. Tipple's inten tion, I certainly should have used all my Influence to prevent it. Let me assure you the Methodists of Rome were not responsible for the article. Allow me once more to express my admiration- for the courageous position, taken I nthe face of the demands of the Vatican. Methodists of Rome will not forget it. Among Mr. Roosevelt's telegrams to day were two from well-known Catho lic publishers, declaring Catholic opin ion in America Indorsed his position. The Vatican today made further rep resentations regarding the cancellation of the audience, but they contained no new points. The Vatican Insisted es pecially that Cardinal Merry del Val's sole purpose was to avoid, if possible, a repetition of the Fairbanks incident, in the belief he could have been justly criticised if a repetition of this had oc curred and no previous warning had been Issued. At the dinner to Mr. Roosevelt to night, griven by the municipal authori ties, no reference, either directly or indirectly, was made to the Vatican Incident. ? .... Charge Made Before Trip South That Vessel Was TTnflt for Active Service at Sea. VAXX.KJO, Cal.. April ft. (Special.) The report reached Mare Island this afternoon that late Saturday afternoon when the cruiser Maryland was on the way to Monterey Bay from Santa, Bar bara, the tubes in one of the forward boilers blew out, terribly scalding at least three firemen and water-tenders, one of whom has since died and Is being brought here. The Injured men are being treated on the ship and will be placed in the Naval Hospital at Mare Island when the cruiser fleet reaches here tomor row. Details are meager and officials In authority deny knowing anything about . the accident. The reporti says that the Maryland Is In bad shape, but will be able to reach the local station on "her own steam. Before the Maryland went south for target practice members of the crew made statements to the effect that the ship was in no fit condition to go to sea. ' SANTA CRUZ, Cal., April 6. A eteam plpe on the cruiser Maryland burst on her trip from Santa Barbara, scalding to death a sailor whose name was not made public. Tetails are withheld. A coffin was secured here and the ship, together with the California and West Virginia, proceeded to San Francisco this, afternoon. The cruteers are. under command of Rear-Admiral Harber and have been off Capitol a drilling in mine planting. ELECTION' CAUSES DEATH Colorado I'astor Dies After Being Ilefosed Right to Vote. GREELEY, Colo.. April 6. As the re sult of having: his vote challenged yes terday at the municipal election, Rev. William Johns, pastor of the Methodist Church at Evans, died today from valvular heart trouble induced by the excitement. Mr. Johns had voted for . 40 years, having come to the United States from England when he was 15 years old, but he could not prove that his father had taken out naturalization papers, al though he Insisted such was the fact, and his ballot was rejected. PANE TRUST IS ALLEGED Orand Jury Investigates Pittsburg Window Glass Company. PITTSBURG. April 6. A. special Fed eral grand Jury in session to hear evi dence in support of the Government claim that the Imperial Window Glass Com. pany is a . combination in restraint of trade, today heard testimony of A- Chan- nan, secretary of the Wholesale Portrait & Picture Dealers" Association, of Chi cago. Should the investigation be prosecuted successfully by tne Government, other Investigations of corporations in West ern Pennsylvania alleged to be combina tions in violation of the Sherman anti trust law will be instituted. DISCOVERY OF BODY TOLD Dr. Miller Recounts Finding Sayler Slain, Wife on Porch. WATS ETC A. 111., April 6.-Somewhat worn by the severe ordeal of three hours on the witness stand. Dr. Miller, defend ant in the Sayler murder trial, today resumed nis recital. Cross-examined by. Special Prosecutor J. W. Keeslar on the events Immediately following the shooting of J. B." Sayler. he told or binding up his wounded wrist. sending John Grunden for help, looking at tne body or tne slain man. stepping to the porch and seeing Mrs. Sayler and tell ing her what had happened. LATEST SKIRMISH IN THE IRREPRESSIBLE Oregon Trunk Route to Klamath Falls Set BIDS ASKED; WORK ON MAY I Tracks to Pierce Redmond, Bend, Rosland and Odell. RESERVATION RIGHT NEXT? Completion of Task Duo Xext Janu ary, 111 Miles of Leveling to Be Vndertaken, Laying- of Rails to Follow Closely, Work on the grading of the Oregon Trunk Line from Madras to the north ern line of the Klamath Indian reser vation is to commence by May 1. It Is asserted at the offices of the company in Portland that bids have been asked for the grading of the road ror the dlstanoe named, the bids to be filed not later than April 18. The terms of the contract will call for the commencement of work with in ten days after the contract is awarded and for completion of the grading by January 1. 19Y1. In the contract to be awarded there will be aproximately 111 miles of grade and all of the work but the bridge building and track-laying will be in cluded. The bridge material will be ordered, however, and contracts let for the larger structures so that the track laying can follow completion of grading closely. Three Towns Pierced. The extension of the Oregon Trunk Line, thus assured, will pass through the towns of Redmond, Bend, Rosland and Odell. To those familiar with the country to be traversed the letting of the con tract is taken to mean that another contract will soon be let for construc tion of the road across the Indian res ervation to Klamath Falls, or as soon as the right of way is approved by the Indian Bureau and granted, by the Interior Department. From Odell south the road will pass through a country partly grown up to "Jack pine" and other more or less rocky and barren soil until the reservation is reached. The building to the reservation does not carry the road to a desirable ter minus, therefore it is taken to mean that the location of the line south ward from the northern boundary of the reservation has been determined definitely and that construction work awaits only the formality of securing right of way. Rich Country Tapped. From Madras to Odell the road will tap some of the best of Central Oregon, including Opal Prairie, the Juniper Butte lands, the Redmond irrigated dis trict, the great timber area extending from Bend southward and a large ir rigable district surrounding Rosland, where a company is already at work on a Carey act project. It is the sup position that the road, will follow the west shore of Klamath Lake and in that portion of Klamath County will serve another immense timbered area. When the grading on this extension is under way, the Oregon Trunk Line will have about 225 miles under con struction. The first section of the work, from Celilo to Madras, was let direct to Porter Brothers, who originally (Continued on Page 2.) CONFLICT. Father Returning to Los Angeles From Kansas City, Knifo YVielder Appears Cheered. LOS ANGELES, Cal., April . (Spe cial.) Michael Cudahy returned from Kansas City late last night and an nounced his failure to effect a recon ciliation with his recreant daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jack Cudahy. Just what he told his son Jack is known only to the two, but whatever It was It cheered the young man greatly. For the first time since his arrival here shortly after the LI Ills cut ting1 affray at the Kansas City home, he appeared out of doors today. Friends of the family said today that Jack had released himself from his self-enforced Imprisonment at his father's home, and now that there is no possibility that his father can bring Mrs. Jack Cudahy to receive her husband with open arms, he will proceed to enjoy himself. The elder Cudahy is a enthusiastic golf player and today he persuaded Jack to accompany him to the links. The two men and Miss Cudahy "drove to the Raymond links in a touring car. Jack was sitting in the small front seat. He looked drawn and tired and white. lie was extremely nervous. As the automobile whirled out through the driveway he turned anx iously to look at & group of loitering young men. "They are reporters, he said, savagely, to his father. He was right. He glared at them until the car turned a corner. It was the first glimpse any newspaper man had had of him since the night of his arrival, when he was seen racing up a back alley from the station, his hands a mass of cuts and his clothes badly torn from leaping into a cinder pile to es cape reporters. SLAYER TELLS OF CRIME Burglar AVho Killed Woman Is Criminal for Notoriety. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 6. Ber tram Gage Spencer confessed today to the murder of Miss Martha Blackstone at the home of Mrs. Sarah J. Dow, on Roundhill, this city, last Thursday night. S pencer also con f essed to the com mis sion of a long series of burglaries. Mies Blackstone and Miss Harriet P. Dow school teachers, were shot by a masked burglar who entered the Dow home on the evening of March 31. Miss Dow Is recovering. In his confession Spencer said he did not intend to kill Miss Blackstone or wound Miss Dow. He said he fired on impulse. "When asked why it was that he entered upon such a career of crime. Spencer said that after his first bur glary he was fascinated by the notori ety. Spencer was held without bail for a continued hearing April 15 on a charge of murder. GERMAN ADOPTS INDIAN Long Beach Resident Adds Yaqui to "International Family. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. April 6. Dr. M. S. Schutz, of Long Beach, took legal steps today to acquire another member for his "international family by mak ing application in the Probate Court for permission to adopt Ramond Pala morls, a. Yaqui Indian boy, 18 months old. Dr. Schutz is a, Russian and has two children of his owi.. .Besides he has adopted a Corean and a mulatto, and is casting about for infants of other races to add to his family. He believes that racial differences can be largely eradicated by providing a proper en vironment for the children. The Yaqui boy, adopted today, is a son of an insurgent chief in Sonora. his mother having been captured by Mexican soldiers. She was given into slavery and came to Los Angeles dur ing a visit of the family in which she is a servant. ALASKA WOULD LEGISLATE We Want Lawmaking Body Before Insane Asylum," Says Mayor, WASHINGTON, April 6. Mayor Abe Spring, of Fairbanks, Alaska, appeared before the House committee on terri tories today. He said that, while he was not opposed to the proposed estab lishment of an asylum for insane at Skagway, he wanted Congress first to give the territory a Legislature. "Where would Alaska get the money for an asylum without calling to Con gress?" asked Delegate Wickersham. "Oh, I don't know how the Legisla ture would work out the taxation mat ter," replied the Mayor. "What I want is to force Congress to give us a Leg islature." "Are you going to defer an Alaskan asylum until you get a Legislature?" asked Representative -ioyd (Dem.). "Yes. sir." "Then you've got a long wait before you,' smilingly responded Mr. Lloyd. S. P. BONDED DEBT GROWS Vote Increases California Amount by $50,000,000 Lovett Xamcd. LOUISVIL.L.E. April 6. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the South ern Pacific Company, a Kentucky cor poration, was held today in Beechmont, a suburb of Louisville. The stockholders, voting by proxy, au thorized the $50,000,000 increase of the bonded indebtedness of the company upon the company's property in San Francisco County ami San Mateo County, Califor nia. Robert S. Lovett was elected a director to succeed the late E. H. Harlman. One Russell Claimant Heard. CAMBRIDGE Mass-., April 6. The ar gument in -behalf of the Dickinson. N. D-, claimant to hair the estate of Daniel Rus sell was made in the Probate Court today by State Senator L. A, Simpson, of North Dakota. KothJng was seen of the Fresno, Cal., claimant in or about tne Courthouse, Milwaukee's Fears Are Calmed by Seidel. 'WILD ANTICS' REMOTE ASSURED Party Bosses, One-Man Rule Taboo, He Declares. VICTORY IS DEEMED TEST Electorate Pointed to as Heal Boss. Conference AVitti Other Winners to Precede Changes Princi ple Won, Say Berger. MILWAUKEE, April "The first step of the Socialist-Democratic party will be to reassure the people and re lieve their minds of apprehension that our victory means the entire overturn ing of business In this city," said Kmil Seidel, Milwaukee's newly elected So cialist Mayor. "There will be no Vtopia." he contin ued, ''no milleniu m. none of the wild antics that our opponents have charged to us. There will be no party bosses, no one-man policy. When we decide on a course to pursue there will be con ferences with the other Socialists elected and the best lines will be fol lowed. "We shall give every one in the party a chance to be heard and to voice his sentiment. "Our plans are now In an embryonic condition, so I cannot discuss them at length. As to corporations, I shall make them pay their share of the taxes and improve the lot of the workingman. Revolt Not Planned. "We will do nothing revolutionary, nothing- that would turn the tide of sentiment agaJnst us- -"If any question arises which the ad ministration cannot handle, we will re fer it to the electorate as a whole, "After all, they are the only bosses. Socialism has been griven a chance to show its merit. We can do this by in sistent and consistent conservatism. "In a way we are on trial, and will show the people of what metal we re made. Battle Long Fought. "This election was not the result of one campaign. It is the victory that comes to a cause after 26 years of the hardest kind of work. We have flood ed this town with literature and have had men on the stump In and out of season, educating the working-men to the opportunities that lay before them. "We have not promised the work-, lngmen or the city at large an imme diate panacea for ills. We have prom ised the best government we can give, and we are going to live up to that promise." Epocli Marked, Says Berger. Victor L. Berger, whose reputation a-s a Socialist leader extends through out the country, had this to say about the election : "This victory marks a new epoch In American history, and any man or woman who has helped to bring it about will naturally feel proud. This Is nobody's personal victory. It is not Seldel's, it is not Berger's, victory. It is a victory for principle, a victory for progress a little step toward a higher phase of civilization. It is the result of many years of hard work for the education and enlightenment of the working class of Milwaukee.' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tl Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 51 degrees; minimum, 41 degrees. TODAY'S Showers ; southwesterly winds. Roosevelt. Mayor of Rome, at dinner to Roosevelt, characteries ex-President as 'Purifier ; traveler leaves for Genoa. Page 6. National. Senator Heyburn again prevents vote on Warren irrigation bill: Homer Introduces bill In House to foil delay. Pago 8. Taft takes firm stand against boycott prim , ciple. Page 3. DconoMle. Brokers records show transportation con cerns' money deposited for New Torfc legislator. Pave 2. Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee says general upturning of city is not planned. Pag 1. Senior Cudahy fails to reconcile son and wife; knife-wielder quits seclusion in Los Angeles and appears gay. Page 1. 8 ports. , Jeff plays base and handball on second days' training. Page lO. Pacific Coast league scores: Portland B; Vernon 3. San Francisco lO; Oakland 5. Sacramento 27: Los Angeles 1. Page 30. Pacific Northwet. Charter Oak family terrorized by shots fired, by unknown persons. Into horns. Page T. Gottlieb G. Keller, who mysteriously disap peared from Vancouver, Wash., writes tO- wife from Switzerland. Page 7. Portland and Vicinity. Towns near Portland to have own census. local civic 'bodies to help in getting fair count. Page 22 Crematory contract let. Page 13. G rand avenue corner sells at ad vanes of JlO.noo in two months. Page 11. Trackwalker Iewis of O. R. ft N. road on trial on manslaughter charge. Pace 34. Washington makes good use of convict labor in load building. Page 16. Bodr of late George H. Williams laid t rest In Riverview Cemetery. Page 16. Quick profits returned by real estate deals. Page 11. Oregon miners in meeting rebel asafnst present conservation methods. Page 17. Oregon Trunk Un to bein grading south of Madras to Klamath Reservation Slay 1. Page lv I: 108.0