VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,771.
PORTLAND, OREGOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908.
PKICE FIVE CENTS.
ANOTHER
DIVORCE
OF PLUTOCRATS
Mrs. Alfred Vanderbiit
Is the Suitor.
GREAT EFFORT TO KEEP SECRET
Heiress of Banker Has Left
Her Husband.
HE DEPARTS FOR EUROPE
Hrad of Family With Fortune of
$80,000,000 Finds Nuptial Bliss
Vanished Wife Makes Home
With Brother Now.
NEW YORK. April 1. Within an hour
artr he had galled for KAirope today
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbiit was made
the defendant in a suit filed with the
Supreme Court by his wife, Ellen French
Vanderbiit. The nature of the action was
not immediately disclosed and counsel for
the plaintiff refused tonight to say
whether Mrj. Vanderbiit seeks a divorce
or lefEal separation from her husband.
Justice O'Gorman. before whom the pro
ceedings were instituted, appointed David
McClure, a local attorney, as referee to
hear testimony and to report findings
and recommendations to the court.
Had secrecy for the time been wished,
the action of counsel could not have
been better timed. The offices of the
County Clerk are closed at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. Only a few moments be
fore that hour the comparing clerk re
ceived the papers. By the time he was
through with them it was too late for
the papers to be officially recorded today.
They were placed in a safe and will be
formally enteredttomorrow morning.
Each In Millionaire Class.
Mrs. Vandbilt was Ellen French,
daughter of the late Francis Ormond
French, president of the Manhattan Trust
Company and director of many railroads.
Her mother has been abroad for several
years, but is returning for the wedding of
her granddaughter. Miss Pauline LeRoy
French, and Samuel Wagstaft, to take
placed at Newport on May 5. Ellen, or,
as she was generally known, 'Elsie, waa
married to Alfred Vanderbiit On Jan
oary 11, 1901. A year later their only
rhlld. William Henry, was born.
Mr. Vanderbiit, as the second son of the
late Cornelius Vanderbiit, Inherited some
thing like tt,000.000. He has been regarded
as the head of the family since the es
trangement which followed the marriage
of Cornelius, the eldest son, to Miss Grace
Wilson. During the past year or so Mr.
Vanderbiit has spent much of his time
abroad, but recently he returned from
ljondon. where he plans to drive the
coach Venture as a public coach this
Spring between London and Brighton.
Later he is to be one of the judges at the
International .horse, show at London,
where his horses won many trophies last
year.
Vanderbiit OH to Kurope.
Mr. Vanderbiit sailed at 3:15 this after
noon on the liner Mauretania, upon which
hi cousin, the Duchess of Marlborough,
was also a passenger. The Duchess has
been the guest' lately of her mother, Mrs.
O. H. P. Belmont. Just before the
Mauretania left her pier, Mr. Vanderbiit
declined to discuss the report that a sep
aration from his wife was Imminent. Half
an hour later Mrs. Vanderbllt's attorney
appeared before Justice O'Gorman.
The domestic affairs of Mr. and Mra.
Vanderbiit have engaged public attentlbn
aince March St. when Mra Vandermilt,
accompanied by their son and maids, left
Oakland Farm, near Newport, R. I., and
went to the home of her brother, Amos
Tuck French, at Tuxedo Park, this state.
The French cottage at Tuxedo Park,
which is known as Tucks, has been put
Into shape. It Is said, for permanent oc
cupancy. uMr. Vanderbiit has taken apart
ments at the Plaza Hotel. Neither he nor
his wife would discuss the matter.
Seeks Absolute Divorce.
At the Tuxedo tonight It was aald that
Mrs. Vanderbiit had left New York and
that she might go on to Newport. It
was reported that she spent some time
with her attorneys here today, but
' whether she remained in the city for the
night is not known. At the Plaxa Hotel
It was said that communications sent to
the Vanderbiit apartments there remained
unanswered.
It waa learned late tonight from an of
ficial In the ."ounty Osurthouse who saw
the papers in the case .that Mrs. Vander
bllt's action is one for absolute divorce.
Chandler P. Anderson. Mrs. Vanderbllt's
personal counsel, was informed- that it
had been learned that the action was one
for absolute divorce, but said: "I cannot
talk."
IS SHIPPED TO VALDEZ
American Car Starts on lis Second
hea Voyage.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 1 Cheered by
an enthusiastic crowd of 30CW persons, the
American car in the New-York-to-Paris
race was hoisted aboard the steamship
anta Clara this morning and sailed for
Valdes. Alaska. There the machine will
disembark and will proceed over the frox
en tundras nt the North to the valley of
the Yukon, and thence to Nome, if it can
get through.
BVANSTOX. Wyo.. April L The Ger
man car in the New-York-to-Paris race
arrived here at S P. M.- The car covered
but 37 miles today.
RHYOLIT& Nev.. April 1. The French
car De Dion In the international race, ar
rived here at 10:10 o'clock this morning,
having made the run of 72 miles from
Goldneld in two hours and 45 minutes, and
left at lt:60 A. M.. for San Francisco by
way of Death Valley..
SANTA BARDARA. Cal.. April V The
Italian car passed through Vemtura at
11T30 A. M.. and is expected to arrive
here within an hour.
WOMAN INTENDED SUICIDE
Mra. Bo Annan Had Poison Ready
When She Killed Riva'l.
LOS ANGELES, April, 1. Mrs. Leslie De
de Arman, who shot -nd killed Mrs:
Helen Griffin in the Monrovia postofnoe
late yesterday afternoon s still confined
to her home at Monrovia under a guard,
ut waa brought to the County Jail
Vlce-Prenldrnt Charles W. Fair
banks, to Be Indorsed for Presi
dent by Indiana Republicans
Today.
niht. U. Z. De Arman, the Eastern
horea man, whose alleged attentions to
Mrs. Griftin were responsible for the
tragedy, is under the care of a physician
and fears are expressed that his mind
may be affected.
The theory of the officers who' Invest
igated the case today was that Mrs. De
Arman had planned to kill herself after
shooting- Mrs. Griffin, as thef found a
bottle of laudanum in Mrs. De Arm an 's
purse after her arrest.
Mrs. De Arman married lier husband
at Hamilton, Texas, when was 14
years of age. Her parents, ir-and Mrs,
Charles Lloyd, live in Virginia, The rela-:
tlves of Mrs. Grlfln reside in Indiana.
Her husband is said to have Wffn"dC one
time a bookmaker at Emeryville, but she
separated from hwsw Her acquaintance
with De Arman dates back several years,
when they were seen together at Eastern
tracks.
Justified in killing Officer.
SAN" JUAN, P. R., April 1. Alexan
der Dickson, a carpenter on the United
States collier Aberanda, was ' acquitted
today of the murder of Chfef Officer
Walter "Weichert. A Jury composed of
Americans and Porto Ricans brought
in a verdict of self-defense. The kill
ing of Weichert occurred on board the
collier last February. Witnesses tes
tified at the trial that Weichert treat
ed the prisoner In a brutal manner.
Peoria Mines Are Closed.
PEORIA. 111., April 1. All the coal
mines in this district, employing 8000 men,
closed this morning, but for a holiday,
not a strike. Iocal manufacturers have
large coal supplies and distillers are ne
gotiating for a pipeline to supply fuel oil.
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Populists Will Turn
Down Bryan.
FIGHT COMING IN CONVENTION
Nebraskan Classed Simply as
a Democrat.
RADICALS REFUSE TO WAIT
Insist, on Xojtiinatlon Xow, 'Though
Bryan Men Seek Delay Enough
Planks for Platform to
Stock a Lumberyard.'
. ST. LOUIS. April L Friends of TV. J.
Bryan today made earnest but highly
unsuccessful efforts to influence in his
favor the action of the Populist National
convention, which will meet here tomor
row. The majority of the members of
the People's party and the various re
form organizations which will partici
pate in the convention rebuffed the
Bryan people at every turn. They also
refused to classify Mr. Bryan as any
thing but a Democrat who has no right
to participate in the councils of the Pop
ulist party or to receive consideration at
its hands.
Carry light to Convention.
Everywhere repulsed, the Bryanites
will carry the fight into the convention
as a last resort. Their demand was for
a postponement of the convention. They
declared that in their opinion the nomi
nation of candidates at the present time
is premature and that it would be wis
dom to await the action of the Repub
lican and Democratic conventions before
placing a ticket in the field. They ad
mitted that they are in a minority as
compared to the Watson men, but pro
fessed Ho have letters from Thomas E.
Watson himself in which he expressed
the opinion that lOwas unwise' to hold
the convention at so early a date. The
Watson men positively refused to listen
to any proposal for an adjournment.
Will Nominate Watson.
General Jacob S. Coxey, of Mount
Vernon, Ohio, has been decided upon for
temporary chairman. For permanent
chairman. Frank E. Richey, of St. Louis,
has ben decided upon.
There seems to be no doubt that
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, will be
nominated for President. Judge Samuel
W. Williams, of Vincennes, Ind., and
Frank E. Richey, of St. Louis, are the
only men mentioned for Vice-President.
After the convention had been organ
ized and the committees appointed, an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow
afternoon, when the platform will be
considered. The nomination of candi
dates will hardly take place before Fri
day. It is doubtful if the resolutions com-
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mittee of any political party was aver
confronted by such a mass of planks
as has been showered upon that which
is preparing the platform for tomorrow's
convention. Every delegate seems to be
loaded down with tnem and they cover
almost every conceivable subject from
the National currency down to a plan to
prevent New York's "Four .Hundred"
from smuggling diamonds through the
Custom-House. The platform will, how
ever, be In essentials about as outlined
last night. Present sentiment is against
.sny declaration for or against prohibi
tion. -c'f
REVISION" THEIR MAIN -Pli-VXK
Indiana Republicans Find Fairbanks
Haa Fallen in Line.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Apm lVlndiana
Republicans ' in state- convention today
cleared the way for the adoption of a
platform and the nomination of a state
Injured la Colorado Bomb Ex
pi onion.
Former Adjutant-Ge neral
Bulkely Wells, of Colorado, was
slightly injured in a bomb explo
sion in Teilurlde. Colo., March 27,
where he is general manager of
the Smuggler Union Mining
Company. The perpetrator of the
outrage has not been captured.
ticket tomorrow. Organization was com
pleted with the selection of Representa
tives Je'sse Overstreet as temporary
chairman and John C. Chaney' as perma
nent chairman. Addresses were made by
these two gentlemen and by United States
Senators Beveridge and Hemenway and
Governor Hanly. -
The resolutions committee tonight com
pleted the platform, which, after a vig
orous Indorsement of Vice-President Fair
banks, as Indiana's choice for the presi
dential nomination and instructing .the
delegates -to vote and work for his nom
ination in Chicago. .includes a plank writ
ten by Mr. Fairbanks, which insists upon
a revision of the tariff by a special ses
sion of Congress to be called for that
purpose immediately after the Fall elec
tions. Mr. Fairbanks also wrote a let
ter to Chairman Overstreet to be read
to the convention, which outlined his
tariff views as reflected In the plank
which was adopted. ,
Other Planks in Platform.
Other planks include a demand for a
law against child labor, written by Mr.
Beveridge; recommendations for a Na
tional bureau of mines; allowing the de
fendant a notice and hearing before an
injunction is granted; currency reform
without naming any particular bill; a law
supplementing the present liquor laws.
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54
degrees; minimum, 41.
TODAY'S Fair and warmr;westerly winds.
Forrrlsm.
Many arrests and midnight execution In
, Hayto. Page 5.
Attack oC French consul to Corea on Stev
ens causes sensation. Page -
National. '
Another submarine official denies Lllley's
charges. Page. 4.
Florida Congressman renews attack on
Bonaparte. Page 4. ,.
PoUtfes.
Hughes boom in hands of Taffs friends.
Page 1. -
Populist convention will turn down Bryan
and nominate Watson.
Indiana Rtublioans. shout for Fairbanks
and tariff revision. Page 1.
Bryan avoids faction' fight In New York by
staying away from Jefferson 'banquets.
Domestic
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbiit sues for di
vorce. Page 1.
Goulds seek reconciliation with Anna: De
Sagan admits engagement. Page 4.
Hurhf wins a point on anti-betting bill.
Page 4.
Train - In Colorado has wonderful escape
from wreck. Page .
Blizzard all through Middle West. Page
Evelyn Thaw and Thomas expelled from
hotel. Page 1.
Sport, x
Beavers' beaten 'by college team at San
Francisco. Page 5.
Tommy Burns makes speech in London.
Page 5.
Pacdflo Coast.
Admiral Evans lands at San Diego and goes
to Para Robles. Page 7.
Ruef defeated on three points in fight to
avoid trial. Page 4.
Explosion at Dallas. Or., kills one and In
jures" two others. Page
Edna Yarnell drowned at Eugene. Page
Commercial and Marine.
Mohair market demoralized. Page 17.
Stock market helped by settlement of Erie's
financial trouble. Page 17.
Wheat turns strong late In day at Chicago.
Page 17. ,
Clan Buchanan first ship to clear with grain
for April, page. lfl.
Charges against Chancellor Day dismissed.
Page
Move to end shutdown of coal mines.
Page
Portland and Vicinity.
Board of Trade produce - exchange opens.
Page
Inquest into death of Mabel Wlrtx. Page 10.
Burning- letter introduced' in divorce suit.
Page 11.,
Only two Democrats in Multnomah County
.primary race. Page 10.
M. G. Munly - defends Han cock -street .site
' for proposed hirh bridge. Page 16.
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Taft Men Win Control
in New York.
ODELL FOLLOWERS DISLOYAL
Parsons Victory in Primaries
Reveals Treachery.
WILL SHARE IN SPOILS
Kooserelt and Odell Factions Agree
on Division of Plums) Hughes
to iet Only Complimentary
Vote at Chicago.'
NEW YORK. April 1. (Special.)
The votes of New York state that will
be cast for Governor Hughes on the
first ballot at the National Convention
are likely to gravitate to Taft on the
second. ' If there wa ever any doubt
about it, the victory of Herbert Par
sons, chairman of the Republican
County Committee, over ex-Governor
Odell in the Manhattan primaries yes
terday entirely removes it.
Parsons is first for Roosevelt and
second for whatever or whomsoever
Roosevelt wants. He waa for Taft un
til Taft called him off and told him to
make no fight against Hughes in New
York. But all the same, the Hughes
boom Is going to Chicago from this
state in the hands of Taft's friends.
Banco Game on Hughes.
There will be a few scattering
Hughes men in the delegation, but not
over a dozen at'the outside, for every
day it becomes clearer that the state's
executive - is the victim of "a bunco
game. '
It had been thought by some of the
Governor's supporters that they could
count on the unflagging personal loy
alty of the Odell men, but recent de
velopments have shown them that the
former Governor's crowd are coquet
ting with Taft, and arranging to get
in on the ground floor.
Collector William Barnes, Jr., of Al
bany, Is the head of the Taft movement
in this state. Barnes deserves praise
because he is the only leader who has
taken -a . decided . open stand against
Hughes from the start.. He has not
been for him publicly and against him
secretly, as are a number of his col
leagues. .
"I have no objection to giving Hughes
a complimentary vote," said Barnes
the other day, "but I want it clearly
understood that it must simply be a
compliment Hughes is not going to
be nominated for President, and he
should not be nominated for Presi
dent.' I do not care what anybody
else may do. On the second ballot I
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YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF MANSLAUGHTER ON
ACCOUNT OF DEATH OF MABEL WIRT2
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G. B. WHITSKY (TO THE LEFT) B.-;i. TiKEX BY X OFPICFIR
TO A CELL IIS THE COUNTY JAIL AFTER CORONER'S INKIEST.
will swing what votes I can to either
Taft or Rooeevelt."
Mr. Barnes Busy .Man.
Mr. Barnes has been a buy man
lately, gravitating between Albany and
Washington, and Alhany and other sec
tions of the state. And it Is his ac
tivity" that has revealed the hollowness
of the Odell support of the Hughes
boom.
Congressman George R. Malhy, of
Ogdeneburg. St. Lawrence County. Is
one of the most commanding lieuten
ants of Benjamin B. Odell. Malby was
in the Assembly for a number of years,
and served as Speaker. Then he went
over to the other side of the capltoi,
and was one of a little bunch of Sen
ators known as the "Big Five," who
directed legislation there. Finally
tiring of that, he transferred his sphere
of activity to Washington.
'. It -has always been Malby's boast
that he never '"went to anybody, hat in
hand, and begged for a nomination."
Thomas R. AVatson, of Georgia,
Who Mill Be Nominated for
President by the Populist Ra
tional Convention Today.
on the contrary, when he saw what he
wanted, he went out and got it.
This statement is more correct than
the average political effusion. Malby
is a power to be reckoned with in bis
own community. He Is loyal to hia
friends, and iias stuck, by Odell, even
though by doing so he earned the dis
pleasure of President Roosevelt and
others at Washington.
"I have known Odell too long and
too well to throw him over now," was
his only explanation.
Hobnobs With Malby.
Within the past " few days William
Barnes, Jr., has been paying & great deal
of, attention to Congressman Malby. They
have been together at Washington, and
they have hobnobbed at Ogdensburg. Now
the secret has leaked 'out. '
John F. O'Brien was elected Secretary
of State in 1904, and went down to defeat
two years later when Hughes was the
only Republican who pulled . through.
O'Brien is Jthe leader of Clinton County,
a part of Malby's Congressional district.
O'Brien was named on the state ticket
as an Odell man. and has retained the
regard of the former Governor. O' Brien
and Malby together, easily control the
Twenty-sixth Congressional District.
Since his . involuntary retirement from
office, Mr. f O'Brien has been looking
around for a comfortable political berth.
He has cast his eye upon the Collector of
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BUZZARD BLOWS
SNOWA FOOT DEEP
Middle West Endures
Zero Weather.
NORTHERN ROADS ABE BLOCKED
Cold Wave Sweeping Down
From Arctic Zone.
DRIFTS PREVENT TRAVEL
From Manitoba Through Minnesota
and West to Montana, Gale Car
ries Clouds of Snow oo
Line Is Tied I p.
ST. PAUL, April 1. A territic gale Is
blowing here today and is bearing a cold
wave down from the Northwest, accord
ing to the United States Weather Bureau.
The cold wave will cause a drop In tem
perature to about 10 degrees abovo aero.
Very low temperature prevailed today at
most places In Manitoba and the terri
tories. It was two degrees below sero
at Medicine Hat today and four below
at Prince Albert.
A dispatch from Grand Forks, N. D.,
says:
"A heavy mow storm, accompanied by
wind, caused delay to trains in North
Dakota today. The east-bound Oriental
Limited of the Great Northern arrived
four hours late and reported that the
storm raged all the way from Great Falls,
Mont. All trains from the east were '
from half an hour to two hours late this
morning.
JThe snow Is drifting and it is believed '
traffic will be tied up Vest of Grand
Forks. About a foot of snow has fallen
here in the last 24 hours. It is reported
that the Soo Line from Ardock west to
Ken mare Is badly tied up."
IX THE GRIP OF A BLIZZARD
Worst Slorm of Winter Is Raging"
in Minnesota.
CROOASTON. Minn., April 1. The en
tire Red River Valley has been since last
night In the grip of the worst blizzard of
the Winter. j
The Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific trains are late.
. Kentucky City Flooded.
LEXINGTON, Ky., April 1. The worst
flood In years prevails over Central and
Eastern Kentucky today. The Northern
and Southern sections of this city are
partially submerged and many families
have been driven from their homes.
INTERCEDES FDR STUDENTS
STAXtORD ALUMNI COMMITTEE
FILES REPORT.
Criticises Faculty for Inflicting .Too
Severe Punishment Censure
for Pupils, Too.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. A report
of the committee of the Stanford alumni
waa made to a meeting of former stu
dents of Stanford University bore to
night. The report condemns the stu
dent affairs committee of the University
and states that the committee considers
the penalty Inflicted on the 41 students
who were suspended to be out of propor
tion to the offense committed.
The student body is censured for In
flicting' Insults on members of the com
mittee, and it was voted to request the
committee to permit students who de
sire reinstatement to be reinstated upon
the presentation of proper assurances
that they will submit to college disci
pline. STANFORD MEN . SUSPENDED
Vaccination Order HiUs 91 and Crip
pies Athletic Teams.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. April i.
Ninety-one men were today declared sus
pended for ten days, rfom April 6, for
failure to comply with the recent order
making vaccination compulsory. If this
regulation is enforced it wiU probaoijr
seriously Interfere with the baseball team,
no member of which has yet beep vacci
nated. Three, of the rowing crew have
been vaccinnated. Suspension for ten
days at this time of the year would al
most "flunk" a student at the end of thft
semester, as there would not be time to
make up the lost work.
Fears American Intervention.
PORT At' PRINCE, April 1. The re
port circulated to the effect that the
arrival of the German cruiser Bremen
would bring about another crisis. In
which Germany would Insist upon im
mediate payment of a claim made by a
German resident of Hayti, one Rein
bold, is not confirmed. The German
Reports are In circulation that Amer
ican intervention will probably result
from the present complicated condition
of affairs. Three morn officers sus
pected of compUoiy in the reo-nt con
spiracy took refuge yesterday in the
Legation.
Squads of soldiers are continuing;
their search for other suspects.
Szechenyto Go to Budapest.
VIENNA, April l.-Oount and Countess
Sxecheuyi left here tonight for Budapest.
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