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- THE-. 3IOIlNI OREGON IAJV-, SATURDAY, AJL'KIL, Jio, 11U. TAFT ACCUSED BY GUMS' ATTORNEY MEN HIGH IN OFFICIAL WORLD OF CHINA REACH AMERICAN SHORES. SEiTE DEBUTES - OF BILL erraan T7v WORDING ITT on ay & CO; Opposite Postofflce I - i ' " ZL Dates Juggled in Vindication of Ballinger, Is Charge Made in Hearing. MEMBERS VEXED BY DELAY Cartoon Representing Committee Still Sitting in 1050 Voices Pop ular Impression Alaskan Makes Trip for Xaught. WASHINGTON. April 22. After at tacking certain statements In Attorney General Wlckersham's summary of the Glavls case in the crosfvexamination of a witness before the Ballinger-Plnchot in vestigation today Attorney iBrandels, counsel for L. R. Glavls, threw out a broad suggestion the document had been dated months earlier than it had been prepared to make It appear that Taffs letter of vindication of Secretary Ballinger had been baaed upon alleged facts it contained. At the "WTiita House and the Depart ment of Justice it was said that neither the President norVttomey-General would comment on Mr. Brandeis' intimations. a C. Finney, assistant to the Secretary of the Interior was under cross-examination almost the whole day. He ad mitted that some of Mr. Wlckersham's statements were Inaccurate but Instated that, the inaccuracies were unimportant. Brandeis' Charge Snrprise. It was near the end of Finney's ex amination that Mr. Brandeis eprang his surprise. Mr. "Wickersham In his sum mary saya that the suggestion that it was unlawful for Mr. tBallinger to have any personal relations with the Cunningham claimants because previously he had been Commissioner of the Land Offce was based on section 190 of the revised statutes and h e cites authorities to show that Mr. Ballinger had not violated that law. Brandeis is asked if he did not know that Glavis accused Ballinger of violating that law for the first time in a statement . published In a November number of 'Collier's Weekly. Finney was not certain on that point, whereupon Bran deis demanded to know If it were a fact that the statement, which pur ports to have been made on September 11. 1909, was not made until more than two months after that time. Finney responded that he did not know it to be a fact and did not believe it. Members Chafe at Delay. Finney had promised to examine the Attorney-General's summary of the Glavis charges in an effort to locate evidence which would justify the Attorney-General's statement "that no steps had been taken by Gla vis to prosecute Alaskan claimants before the statute of limitations had expired." Today Mr. Brandeis asked the witness to point out anything in the record which he thought justified the statement. Before the witness could reply; Rep resentative OUnstead. one of the Re publican members, objected to the at torney consuming so much time in ex amination, which he believed could not possibly assist the committee In arriv ing at a decision. He referred to a newspaper cartoon, in which members' of committee were represented as old and long-whiskered men entering the hearing chamber in 1950. He said It represented the popular impression that the investigation was dragging and the attorneys were making it so by asking witnesses their opinion of the meaning of matter in the record which it was the duty of the committee to ascertain for themselves. Mr. "Brandeis strongly dissented from this view, and said that as "general utility man and confidential clerk" of Secretary Ballinger, Mr. Finney's opin ion was of Importance. He was sus tained by both Representatives Gra ham and "lames, and after again voic ing his objection to what he regarded as dilatory tactics. Mr. Olmstead agreed that Mr. Brandeis should resume his questioning. Having come all the way here from Alaska at the behest of the committee to tell whether he had made the state ment to Marshal H. K. Love that an agent of Colllera had told him that "It would be worth 35000 to $10,000 for litm to come to Washington to testify," John W. Dudley, the dismissed register of the land office at Juneau, took the ctand and said that Love had misun derstood him. Dudley said that Editor Russell of a Juneau paper : had sought to act as in termediary between him and Colliers. Russell wanted him to prepare an ar ticle supplementing the Glavis charges, for which he was to receive the sum mentioned. He had told Love of this offer from Russell and supposed that Love had not understood. He said that he did not take kindly to Russell's proposal and the weekly would not agree to it further than to pay Dud ley's expenses to New York to talk the subject over. He said that Rus f'11 did not pose as Collier s agent and there was nothing said about his tes tifying before the investigating com mittee. Attorney Vertrees, counsel for Bal linger, said tonight he still had more than a dozen witnesses to examine. 1IAR STANDS BY BAIX1XGER Seattle Lawyers Ttefute Attack Made by Eastern Magazine. SEATTLE. Wash., April 22. The Se attle Bar Association, at a meeting last night, adopted, with but one dissenting Vote, a resolution condemning the action of an Eastern magazine In publishing an article containing an attack upon Secre tary of the Interior R. A. Ballinger, In which he was referred to aa a "shyster," and characterizing the article in ques tion as an unwarranted and "vicious as sault, upon the character of Mr. Ballinger, and a reflection upon the good name of the bar of the Federal courts of Seattle." The resolution reviews at great length the court records in the cases referred to in the magazine article, and the reports of the special referee in bankruptcy and of a previous Investigation of the bar which wholly exonerated Mr. Ballinger. The resolution also contains renewal of the Indorsement of Mr. Ballinger and declares that the charges "made by the nagazlne are without any foundation whatever. BIG TURNIPS ABE BOOSTS Missouri Immigration Man Cheered by Giant Vegetables Dug In Sand. ST. LOUIS. April 22. F. W. Kriege's 8!g turnips may help Stat Immigration I r .i jr v k; .-isSi ' 1 lw Ik II 2 if J" 7i Prince Tao Poy I. ok:. Lord LI ChlnE Mai. SAX FRANCISCO, April 22. Prince Tao Poy Lak, of China, uncle of the Emperor, brother of the Prince Regent and Minister of War in the Imperial Chinese Cabinet, accompanied by a large suite, arrived here today on the Chiyo Maru. Chank Ying Tang, the Chinese Minister at Washington, who reached here on Wednesday, was the first to greet the Prince. The Chinese quarter has been lavishly decorated In honor of the distinguished visitors, who will participate in the two days festivities arranged for them. The Chlyo Maru was met by Army and Navy officers, city and Federal officials and represen tatives of the Chinese commercial organizations. While in America Prince Tao Poy Lak will study American Army meth ods, and in this city he will be the guest of the local military posts, where he will be offered every facility in pursuing his investigations. Tonight the Prince will be the guest of honor at a reception given by the Chinese Six Companies. Among the guests will be Governor Gillett, General Thomas Barry and Admirals Osterhaus, Phelps and Milton. Lord Li Ching Mai, son of the late LI Hung Chang, secretary to the Prince, said Prince Tao Poy Lak deeply appreciated the elaborate welcome given him and desired to express the cordial .friendship of China for America. The Prince, said Lord LI, would absolutely. decline to discuss international poli tics while in the United States, declaring that his mission is pursly for the purpose of studying military systems. - Commissioner Curran to refute the libel that uncultivated Missouri lands would not be good for farming If they were cleared. Krlege cleared a tract of land at St. Clair, Franklin County, a year ago, and now he's raising turnips saven times the normal size of turnips, and they're as solid as' any Globe turnip that was ever grown. One dug up by Mr. Kriego weighed 13 pounds and was 33 inches in circumference. Farmer Kriege brought it to St. Louis as a gift for his brother. A. C. Kriege, No. 6208 Oakland avenue. "The ground I cleared." said Kriege, "was considered sandy. Two hundred of the turnips that I've got out of the first crop are all that you can put into a two-horse wagon. Most of the turnips are nearly as big as this one." Kriege says it is not only turnips that the newly cultivated land is producing in prodigious size and quantity, but water melons and aweet potatoes as well. "The melons," says Kriege, "are the best and biggest I have ever seen. The sweet potatoes weigh' as much as six and a half pounds apiece." The- farmer's brother Bays Jie will plant the king turnip to see whether he cannot get seed that will bring forth still larger ones. BULLDOG AND BULL FIGHT Finish Scrap Ends In Canine Win ning After Hour's Struggle. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. April 22. One of the most singular and depperate battles ever fought in this vicinity was that at tlie Hawkins ranch, five miles north of the city, between a bull and a bulldog. After an hour's struggle the bulldog tore open the bull's neck, the bull fell from weakness caused by loss of blood and the dog throttled It. A. B. Hawkins, owner of both animals, attempted to interfere while the fight was at its height and waa attacked by both combatants and driven indoors. The fight began when the bulldog snapped at the bull's heels. The bull turned and charged the dog, which, in stead of retreating, eprang at his big adversary and fastened his teeth in the throat. The bull shook the dog off and attempted to trample It, but the smaller fighter, his blood thoroughly up, again sprang for the throat and secured a grip which was not broken until ekin and muscle came away In his jaws. CAT IS HATCHING 13 EGGS California Feline Springs Surprise on Poultry Fancier. ALAMEDA. Cal., April 22. Great was the surprise' of B. A. Willing, a mem ber of the Police Department on enter ing his poultry-house to discover that a setting of 13 eggs, which he had placed under an old hen, were being hatched by a cat. Upon investigating closely Willing also discovered that in addition to keeping 13 eggs warm the Incubator cat was keeping four infant kittens at a cosy temperature. Since making the odd find Willing has been wondering whether the chicks that he expects will cackle or meow and whether the kittens that were born in the hen's nest will crow about it when crowing time comes. Improved Signal "Fool Proof." x R. F. Gilder in Putnam's. Dr. Millener has constructed for the Union Pacific a cab signal consisting of a brass box In the front of which a glass disk shows a red electric bulb and a semaphore. Attached to the out side of the box is- a gong. This sig nal box was so placed In the cab that the engineer could see the glass dlso without moving from his position at the levers. When the current at the sending station was thrown en, the antennae on the roof of the cab caught the electric waves and the gong on the signal box clanged loud enough to at tract the attention of the engineer; at the same moment, the electric bulb blazed, and the semaphore assumed the "block" or danger position following the motion of the semaphores of the experiments with this apparatus. Dr. Millener concentrated his energies upon the construction of a more per fect arangement of the signal box, with the result that the improved signal requires no battery In order to oper ate it; and furthermore, it was made virtually "fool proof." Early Maine Match Factory. Kennebec, Me., Journal. Eath had a match factory 60 years ago, when every one thought there was a for f ' it vis I - ' - r ! 4 tune to be mader in their manufacture. Mirfs Jane Shaw, of Bath, has some of the matches manufactured In the Bath shop. They are of pine, shorter than the matches of the present day, and hand dipped. GRAFT FOUND AT MESSINA Lieutenant of Police Guards Is Ar rested and Held in Prison. MILAN, April 22. (Special.) A promi nent lieutenant in the Police Guards, who was entrusted with the command of a company at Messina during the great earthquake, has justt been arreted and thrown Into the military fortress at the Castle of San-Angelo, Rome, as the re sult of a ministerial investigation, which accuses him of wholesale misappropria tion of victuals, clothing and other goods intended for. the sufferers by the catas trophe. ' . He is charged with having sent off 15 cases containing several tons of goods to divers cities in Italy, and with pocketing the secret funds sent to Messina by the government for electoral purposes. PARSONS OFF TO WASHTUB That Is, If It Is Necessary to Pay Debts, Says Bishop. -MIDDLETOWN, Conn., April 22. Bishop David H. Moore, receiving eight young ministers today into full member ship of the New York East conference of the Methodist Church, said to them: "In spite of small salaries and. slow paying church treasurers keep your bills paid even if you have to eat two meals a day and wash your own collars. You have all taken a solemn promise not to smoke. Smoking itself Is not a capital crime, but it becomes so when by doing it you violate your solemn promise." Resolutions of regret over the loss of the Rev. F. T. Brown, who had entered the Protestant Episcopal Church, were adopted. Racial .Antipathy Grows. LAHORE. April 22. (SpeciaI.)-Increas-lng racial bitterness in the Punjab has been caused by the Hindu boycott of Mahomedan traders. The 'Hindus openly declare that they do not intend to trade with Mahomedans until Mahomedans rally to the Nationalist cause. The boy cott extends over to the liberal profes sions. Though it has hitherto not been accompanied by violence, the boycott is causing the Mahomedans heavy losses, the Hindus being generally wealthier. Shakespeare Club to Celebrate. The Shakespeare Study Club of Portland will celebrat the poet's birthday this evening at eight o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium. Admis sion is free and the public is invited. The following programme will be given: "Spring Song" (Mendelssohn), Altrurla Oc tet; ketch of Shakespeare's life.' E. Ol Taber; two scenes from "Henry VIII," Mrs. Sylvia W. McOuire; (a) Xoctuxne P sharp major (Chopin). b) transcription sextet from "Luola" (Liszt), L. E. Becker; "vision of the Kingdom" ("Kins Lar"). scene be tween Isabella and Angelo ("Measure for Measure"), grave scene from "Hamlet," J. D. Stevens: (a) solo. "It Was a Lover and His Lass (DeKoven), (b) "Fairy Lullaby" (H. H. Beach), Mrs. Elfrida Heller Wein steln; readings from "Macbeth," Mrs. E E. Tinney; bridal chorus from "The Rose Maiden" (Cowen), Altrurla Octet. Miv-Becker, who Is a graduate of the Strasburg Conservatory, and a pupil of Hertzer, Potzer, Fabian and Guil mant, la a Tecent arrival from Europe and this will be his first appearance In Portland. Letter Carries Diphtheria. MONTESANO. Wash., April 22. (Special.) Mrs. Nordwell and her two small children are suffering from malig nant diphtheria. The health officer. Dr. Fitz, does not appreheni a spread of the contagion. He says he believes that the bacilli were brought to Mon tesano by a letter from North Yakima, where, he says, the disease has been prevalent. AVage Demand to Be Arbitrated. NEW YORK, April 22. Arbitration of the wa&re demands of the trainmpn nnH ""conductors of the New York Central lines west of Buffalo was agreed upon here today. The arbitration will be Independent of that now In progress affecting the men on the Central's lines east of Buffalo, but the same arbitra tors will serve. Crawford Traffic Agreement Amendment Causes Long Contention. VOTE ALMOST REACHED Question Raised "Whether Approval of Commerce Commission Is Re quired Before Agreements Can Become Effective. WASHINGTON, April 12. -Beginning its session at 11 o'clock today In an en tanglement over the question of a quorum, the Senate adjourned a few minutes bofer 5 o'clock, when it was un able to muster enough members to con tinue business. The debate on the section of the bill permitting the railroads to enter into traffic agreements continued throughout the afternoon, the principal participants being Senators Crawford, Sutherland, Slapp, Elkins, Cummins and Carter. For the most part the controversy par took of what to a layman would be con sidered hair-splitting, the chief conten tion being whether the provision In the Crawford amendment making agree ments "subject to the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission" has the effect of requiring this approval be fore the agreements take effect. After the pros and cons of this ques tion had been presented at some length It appeared for a few moments as though a vote might be obtained. The ayes and noes had been ordered when Senator Dolliver expressed a de sire to bo heard on the amendment. He did not want to proceed at so late an hour and some friendly Senator raised the point of no quorum. Only four Senators responded to their names and the Senate was compelled to close its session earlier than Mr. Elkins desired. He tried to obtain an order for. another 11 o'clock meeting, but as the call of the Senate was be gun he was ruled out of order. The Senate will not meet tomorrow until 11 o'clock, the usual hour. DEMPSEY RETURNED HERE Man Accused of Beating Bridge tender Is Captured. Detective Sergeants Day and Hyde re turned to the city last night from Spo kane with William Heron, alias Larry Dempsey, an ex-convlct. In custody. Dempsey, or the "Belfast Gun," as he is known to the police of the Pacific Coast, is accused of having beaten and robbed. John Lovelace, the Madison-street bridge tender, on the night of April 9. Dempsey was arrested in Spokane In the early part of the week for drunkenness. Lovelace is still at St. Vincent's Hos pital and will be confined in the Institu tion for several weeks yet. He was ren dered insensible by his assailant, who beat him several times over the head with an anvil haramr. Dempsey has a long police pedigree and was but recently released lrom San Quentin, where he served four years for highway robbery. ROOSEVELT'S GRIEF SINCERE Writings of Mark Twain Among Books Carried to Africa. PARIS, April 22. Ex - President Roosevelt was greatly pained to hear of the death of Mark Twain. He said: "It is with sincere, grief that I learned of the death of this great Amer ican author. His position, like that of Joel Chandler Harris, was unique, not only in American letters, but in the literature of the world. "He was not only a great humorist, but a great philosopher, and his writ ings form one of the assets in American contributions to the world of achieve ment of which we have a right as a nation to be genuinely proud." In the pjgskln library which Mr. Roosevelt carried through the jungles of Africa were two of the late author's books "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" and Mr. Roosevelt, says he read both of them several times, and always with the greatest interest. WRIGHTS HAVE AIRSHIP TRUST Aero Club Concedes Permission Was Necessary for Meeting. NEW YORK, April 22. The Aero Club of America has sent a letter to its affiliated clubs throughout the country giving the full text of an agreement recently entered Into with the Wright brothers, together with an explana tion of Its meaning and the conditions which made it necessary. The club realized, says the circular, that under exlsitlng conditions and court decisions, no successful meet could be held with out the .permission of the Wrights. "It has been Impossible," the letter continues, "to agree on any fixed amount or basis of charge to be paid to the Wright oompany. The amount, which must be reasonable, will vary according to conditions." Big Eour Grants Increase. CINCINNATI, O., April 22. An agree ment was reached last night between J. Q. Van Winkle, general manager, and representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the employ of the Big Four Railroad. Mr. Van Win kle was authority for the statement that a scale had been signed for improved working conditions and advanced wages, but details were not made public. Supposed Murderer Is Acquitted. ROCKY MOUNT. Va., April 22. After 10 minutes' deliberation today the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Dr. J.' 9. Can 111. a wealthy den tist, who was charged with having mur dered Robert Smlthers. SIcCumher's Condition Lower. WASHINGTON, April 22. The con dition of Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, who underwent an operation about a week ago, is not nearly so fa vorable today. While his condition is serious. It Is not regarded as critical. Big Jewelry Sale Today. Oregon Jewelry Company, 114 3d St., near Wash., are selling jewelry at less than one-half price. Personals From Railroad Row. Thomas De Witt Cuyler, director of the Pennsylvania Railroad, will arrive on No. 16 over the O. R. & N. this morn- Winner of Every Glidden Tour COVEY MOTOR CAR CO. Seventh and Couch St. PIERCE CADILLAC ing. Mr. Cuyler has been spending some time looking over property at Hood River and will leave Portland tonight in ' his private car over the Northern Pacific to Seattle. I. Hermann, ticket and freight agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, returned yesterday from a trip in East ern Oregon. He reports that In East ern Oregon at present most interest seemed to be directed to the Portland Rose Festival. Business conditions are good, he says. A. D. Charlton, assistant general pas senger agent of the Northern Pacific, left yesterday for a brief trip to head quarters at Tacoma. F. R. Johnson, general passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Is on a brief trip in the Willamette Valley. H. M. Adams,- general freight and passenger agent of the North Bank, was in town yesterday after a three day trip to Spokane, looking up busi ness. ROSEBCRG MAN' SEES COMET Senator Albert Abraham Says Body Is Indefinite in Shape. ROSEBURG. Or., April 22. (Special.) Senator Albert Abraham has won the enviable distinction of being the first Roseburg man reporting a view of Hal ley's comet on Its appearance in the eastern sky. "I was awakened by the alarm clock sbortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morn ing," remarked Mr. Abraham, "and glancing from my bed on the veranda noticed the sky was clear. Grasping a large telescope I peered In an easterly direction, and there, a little south of east, the comet was shining with great brilliancy. It was a little after 4 o'clock and was so light that few stars were visible. The comet is Indefinite in shape tfnd has nothing which appears to be head or tail, but an elongated object of about the same brightness the entire length. It appeared to be In a perpendicular po sition with the horizon." OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, , April 22. 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