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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MAT 1, 1903. LFISHMATJ SHIELDS PRINCE Son of Murdered American Ac cuses Ambassador to Turkey. CAN'T PROSECUTE GUILTY Body of Kansas Banker Brought Home by "Wife and Son, "Who Will Make Charges That Dipio- . mat Acglccts Duty. Ts'EW YORK, April 30. On board th rteamer Kocnig Albert, which arrived her today, was the body of Bernard War tentin, president of the Kansas State bank, of Newton, Kan., who was shot Hid killed near Damascus early In April, ivhilc riding on a railroad train. Mrs. Warkentln and her son Carl accompanied tlin body. The cable dispatches announcing the (hooting, said that it was done by a Syrian who occupied a compartment on tlio train adjoining that in which Mr. Warkontin was seated. The Syrian said he was examining his revolver and that it went off by mistake. Ambassador Lcish nan. at Constantinople, reported the ihooting to the State Department. He taid assurance nad been given him that the Syrian would be brought to justice if the act proved to be one of murder. Carl Warkentln said today that the man. rho killed his father was a Turkish Prince and that Mr. LeLshman told his mother that It would be impossible to prosecute him and advised her to say no more about the matter. From his remarks it was apparent that Mr. Warkentln was of the opinion that Mr. Irishman had not done all that he tould, and he Intimated that charges would be lodged with the State Depart ment against the Ambassador. MAINE DECLARES FOR TAFT Bat Convention Sends Uninstructed Delegates to Chicago. PORTLAND, Me., April 30. Four del-egatcs-at-large to the Republican Na tional Convention at Chicago were se lected at the Republican State Conven tion held in this city today, and will go to Chicago without instructions for anyone. The convention, however, adopted a resolution declaring "that without attempting to instruct their delegates, the Republicans of Maine, in convention assembled, declare that William H. Taft, of Ohio, is their choice for candidate for President of the United States." The delegates-at-large were as fol lows: Colonel Thomas P. Shaw, Kd ward P. Rlckcr, John E. Hill and Charles P. Dunne. The gathering was one of the quiet est In years. The platform indorsed the adminis tration of President Rosevelt. E. F. Brown, of New York, who has been working in this state in the inter est of Governor Hughes' candidacy, ar rived last night with 100 delegates claimed to be pledged to defeat any attempt to Instruct for Taft, but only succeeded In preventing instructions. HUGHES AVILIi NOT WITHDRAW Sleeting of New York Delegates to Promote Candidacy. ' NEW YORK. April 30. Geenral Stew art K Woodford, president of the Hughes league of the United States, who pre sided today at a meeting of the New York delegates to the Chicago conven tion, this afternoon Issued a statement Jn which lie says that a rumor to the effect that Governor Hughes will with draw from the Presidential race is with out foundation. General Woodford says that Governor Hughes' name will remain toi-fore the convention until a candidate has been nominated. The statement from General Woodford follows:, "Any statement from any source that Governor Iluches' name will be with drawn from the Presidential canvass is absolutely without foundation. He has never sought the- Presidency. There is no living man whose support he has asked. He consented to the use of his name and his name is at the service of our party until the convention has made its deci sion. If nominated, ho will do his best to secure the victory of our party in No vember. If not nominated, ho will have no regrets and will remain as always, a loyal Republican. Ho is today far more interested in securing needed legislation In New York than he Is In any possible candidacy for any office." . The meeting today was held at the Astor Hotel and was called in the In terest of Hughes' candidacy by General Woodford, Seth Tow and Frederick R. Hazzard. three of the four delegates-at-large, who were elected by the recent state convention and Instructed to use ell honorable means to bring about the nomination of Hughes for the Presi dency. E. H. Butler, of Buffalo, the other delegate-at-large, is In Europe. When the conference was called to or der by General Woodford it was an nounced that of the delegates Invited to attend. 27 had sent acceptances, 23 had sent explanations of absence, all but four of whom had expressed sympathy with the efforts to map out some plan of campaign, and 24 had not replied at all. There were about 30 in attendance. A committee of three was appointed to consider plans for the action of the con ference. The committee consists of Alexander V. Campbell, Seth Low and William H. Douglass. At the afternoon session the committee reported In favor of the appointment of a committee to promote the candidacy of Governor Hughes. The report was adopted. BESEECH ROOSEVELT TO RCS President Receives Hundreds of Letters Each Day. WASHINGTON, April 30. That between 3D0 and 400 letters are received daily at the White House urging President Roose velt to run again is asserted on good au thority. These letters come from all parts of the country, it is said, from members of all political parties, and In them va' rious arguments are used by the writers to Induce Mr. Roosevelt to again accept a nomination. V The letters have Increased in volume In the last few weeks, and some of them are said to be almost tragic in their ear nestness. The writers argue that the President is in the thick of his campaign for the establishment of complete govern ment control over Interstate commerce and other reforms: that It is Impossible to transfer this work successfully to an other, since Mr. Roosevelt's personality Is a powerful factor in achieving this suc cess; that the Republican party, cannot. afford to nominate any man who is not sure of election, and that the President is the only Republican who would be certain to defeat any other candidate. In replies to such letters the President simply reminds his correspondents of his former declarations on the subject and reiterates that his position Is unchanged. MARVLAXD STAXDS BV TAFT Republican Delegates Instructed to Support Secretary. BALTIMORE, April 30. The State Republican Convention met this after noon and named as delegates-at-large to the National convention General Fe lix Agnus, of the American; William P. Jackson and Congressmen Pearre and Mudd. . A resolution was adopted in dorsing Secretary Taft as a candidate for the presidency, and instructing the delegates elected to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. Two In Maine for Tart. ' PORTLAND, jde.. April 30. Resolu tions pledging the support of the del egates for Taft were adopted at the First District Republican Convention here today. Taft Men Win In Kentucky. LOUISVILLE. Apri.I 30. The Repub lican state central committee this afternoon decided the First District controversy In favor of the Taft men, upholding them at every point. Split on Taft Instructions. BUCYRUS. O., April 30. The Thir teenth District Republican convention spilt today, one faction instructing for Secretary Taft, the other not instructing. Dixon Is Renominated. MADISON, Ind., April 30. Congress man Lincoln Dixon was today renom inated by acclamation by the Fourth District Democrats. Delegates Are Not Instructed. 'LAKE PROVIDENCE, La., April 30. The Fifth District Republicans today chose uninstructed delegates to Chi cago. SIGHS FULTON RESOLUTION PRESIDENT APPROVES OREGON" LAND-GRANT MEASURE. House Refuses to Report Mondell's Latest Resolution Warning to Be Given Settlers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 30. The President today signed the Fulton land-grant resolution. The House public lands committee to day discussed Mondell's latest land-grant resolution, which was Intended to follow the Fulton resolution. In view of the bad faith of the lumbermen, the com mittee was overwhelmingly opposed to reporting the measure, especially if the same end can be accomplished without legislation. The committee instructed Chairman Mondell to confer with the Attorney-General as to the advisability of issuing an official statement proclaim ing it to be the purpose of the Govern ment to allow the present holders of granted lands to continue In possession and use of them pending the determina tion of legislation, and also as to ad visability of issuing warning to all In tending settlers that land Is not open to settlement, for. filing, while suit Is pend ing. The committee has learned that certain efforts are being made to induce settlers to rush in and take up this land, on the assurance that they will thereby estab lish prior rights. As a matter of fact persons who go upon land at this time will acquire no rights, and In all. proba bility will be dispossessed at the conclu sion of the suit against the railroad company, regardless of how the suit may be decided. Some formal statement is looked for early next week. SENATOR HEYBTJRN" STRICKEN Hemorrhage of Brain Prevents Him IVom Making Speech. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 30. Senator Heyburn yes terday burst a blood vessel in his brain, causing a hemorrhage. He was uncon scious for 14 hours. When he recovered oonsciousncss. he remembered that the agricultural appropriation bill was to come up in the Senate today and that he had prepared to make an extended at tack upon the appropriations for the for estry service, incidentally criticizing the forestry administration. Against the ad vice of his physicians, he went to the Senate this afternoon, but was so weak that he was compelled in a short time to return to his apartments. Before leaving, however, he received assurance that action on the forestry feature of the bill would be postponed until he Is able to appear and speak. WILL GIVE PORTLAND MORE Aleshlre Promises Increase In Port land Army Supply Trade. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 30. General Aleshlre will not give the .' details of arrangements he says he is making with Chief Quartermaster Baxter, of Vancouver, for the distribution of War De partment business. He will only say In a general way that he expects arrange ments to be made to Increase Portland's trade. He says he Is having a record made showing Portland's War Depart ment business heretofore and will ar range so this shall be increased. Garfield to Revisit Oregon. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 30. Secretary Garfield today informed Representative Ellis that he ex pected to visit Oregon In July and ex pects to make a personal inspection of the Umatilla Irrigation project. SILK SALE TODAY. On sale today: 36-inch black taffeta silk, $1 quality, 83c yard: 35-in. black taf feta, $1.25 grade, 11.05; 36-lnch black taf feta, best $1.60 grade, $1.25 yard; 36-lnch extra heavy black taffeta, standard $2 grade, $1.39 a yard. All black and colored dress goods reduced. McAllen & Mc Donnell, corner Third and Morrison. ' For School lire Alarms. Chief Campbell, of the Fire Department, intends to recomm'end to the Executive Board the install? tion of a direct wire from each public school building to the headquarters of the service. He believes this should be done to save time In turn ing in alarms, in case of fire, and thinks it should be acted upon soon. Reed French Piano Mfg. Co. Sixth and Burnside Sts., Pianos, Play ers and Player Pianos. '"From Maker to Player." Eye classes 11.00 at MeUger'a J VOTES THE MONEY House Decides on Examination of Railroads. ROOSEVELT'S HINT TAKEN Townsend, After Struggle, Gets Ap propriation for Inspection, of Railroad Finance to Make Rate Law a Reality. WASHINGTON. April 30. Consideration of the Bundry civil appropriation bill was resumed in the House today. Townsend of Michigan offered an amendment in creasing from $50,000 to $350,000 the ap propriation for enforcement by the Inter state Commerce Commission of that clause of the Hepburn act directing the Commission to cause to be made examina tions of the accounts of Interstate rail roads to determine whether that law is being violated and to make public the result of such examinations. After a debate lasting four hours the amendment was agreed to. The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to the District of Columbia and pension appropriation bills and sent those bills to conference. The usual point of no quorum was raised when the House reconvened today on the motion providing -that the House go Into committee of the whole for fur ther consideration of the sundry civil ap propriation bill under the five-minute rule. The doors were locked and the roll called on the motion, which prevailed. Speaking to his amendment to increase the appropriation for enforcement of the Hepburn act, Townsend quoted from a message of the President in which tne executive said that failure to make ap propriation for carrying out the publicity clause of the Hepburn act would be to at tack the law in its most vital point and to give relief to those corrupt corporations which the law was Intended to reach. AMEND PHILIPPINE TARIFF Administration Measure Intended to Benefit Island Industries. WASHINGTON. April 30. Chair man Payne, of the committee on ways and means, today introduced a bill to amend the existing tariff law govern-" ing Importations Into the Philippine islands. Jt bears no relation what ever to the tariff bills to govern im portations from the islands into the United States, and applies solely to producing conditions in the Philip pines. It is the intention of the lead ers in Congress to pass the bill at this session. The bill is an administration measure, having been recommended by the Philippine commission In the islands, the Insular Bureau and the Secretary of War. The adding of section "C" in para graph 29 of the existing law is prim arily for the purpose of placing the button industry of the Philippines in a position to compete with similar products imported. By the insertion of a new para graph, numbered 384, It is intended to establish the free entry of agricul tural machinery, to assist the agricul turists and to encourage the con struction of roads. The duty on min ing machinery is reduced to 6 per. cent ad valorem, which is the mini mum duty for other machinery not given free entry. This is to encour age the development of mines. In order to make the classification of spirits imported into the islands conform to the classification given by the Internal revenue laws of the Uni ted States, tnere is inserted in para graph 308 of the law, an additional provision, affecting the law to make spirits classified under this section pay duty according to measurement. Paragraph 397 is changed so that all materials for the construction or repair of vessels may be imported free of duty, to enable local ship builders to compete with other Orien tal ports. The final change proposed does away with the useless consular in voice requirement. TAFT STARTS FOR ISTHMUS Will Embark on Cruiser Prairie at Charleston Today. WASHINGTON, April 30. Secretary Taft left Washington this afternoon for Charleston, S. C, where he will tomorrow embark on .the United States cruiser Prairie and proceed to Colon to bvvefti gate several Important questions con nected with construction of the Panama Canal and the relations betwen the United States and the Republic of Panama and also the boundary dispute between Pana ma and Colombia. The Secretary was ac companied by Richard R. Rogers, gen eral counsel of the Canal Commission; Wendell M. Mischler, his stenographer, and a messenger. The Prairie will have on board a large draft of bluejackets who are to join the Atlantic fleet at San Francisco on the trans-Pacific cruise. These men will be sent overland to Panama. After discharg ing these men the Prairie will be at the disposal of Secretary Taft and will bring him back to the United States by a route to be selected by. him so that it is pos sible the Secretary may find it expedient to visit San Juan or Havana or both on his way back to the United States. The present expectation is that the Secretary will return to this country pos sibly as early as May 20. REALTY MARKET IS ACTIVE Past Month a Record-Brcaker, Says County Clerk Fields. That there has been more activity In the real estate market during the month Just past than at any other time in the history of Portland is shown by the re ceipts for recording at the Oounty Clerk's office. For the 25 working days In April, County Clerk Fields received $3134.95 for recording deeds, mortgages and like in struments. The greatest number of instruments re corded in any other month was In March, 1907, when the receipts were $3285.04. At first glance one might think that this was a better showing than during the month which closed yesterday, but In March, 1907, the County Clerk's office was open for 27 days. During April, last year, the receipts were a little more than $2S00. "The figures of the County Clerk's re cording department are the Index of the real estate business." said Mr. Fields last night. "It is surprising that the mar ket should be In such a fine condition con sidering the tightness of money last Fall. It is only another Indication of the rapid ity with which Portland can recuperate her strength after a blow inflicted by Eastern stock gamblers or financiers." See Catterlin & Co.'s ad under Business Chances. Metiger, jeweler, optician, (42 Wash. Animal Gland Extracts Made by the Van Vleck Gland Ex tract Co., of Kansas City, Mo., ., With Offices at 705 Detain Building, Portland, Or. Gland Extracts cure more nervous and chronic diseases than all other treat ments combined. The reason why Is ex plained herewith: Gland Extracts con tain the physiological elements of your anatomy and are derived from the glands of young, healthy sheep, and when trans planted In you through the digestion fur nishes your anatomy with the wanted pabulum or elements that you have lost and which is causing your present condl tion or 111 health. We treat successfully all manner of nervous and chronic diseases by this method. All diseases of the human family are the result of three causes only; First, a lack of the secretions of the glandular system; second, an over-sufficiency of the same secretions, or the third, a per version of the two; so you see how im portant it is to study the trinity of the glandular system. The disease you are suffering with comes from a trinity or the multiples thereof. The multiples make the difference in the diseases . and the different forms and kinds of diseases, Any well Informed or unprejudiced physi cian will tell you that the above state ment Is true. Then why should you fill your system with drugs and chemicals which are no part of you and are only administered in order to hold your sys tem in abeyance until nature can do the curative work. Why not give this some thought? You owe it to yourself. If you will call or write, we will hand or mall you our de scriptive treatise on our scientific treat ment. There have been many cured in and around Portland who have realised the curative powers of Animal Gland Ex. tracts. We have been located in suite 705, Dekum building for the past three years, where we have competent physicians to diagnose your case, free of charge, and to give physicians instructions such as are necessary to prescribe the Gland Extracts. The trade and physicians' patronage solicited. Van Vleck Gland Extracts 705 Dekum BIdg., Portland, Or. Laboratories at 812-14 Grand ave., Kansas City. Mo. NELSON THEIR CHAMPION ASSERTS RIGHTS OF RIPARIAN OWNERS TO WATER. Gets Senate Committee to Turn Down Roosevelt's Water-Power Revenue Scheme. WASHINGTON, April " 30. The Presi dent's suggestion looking to legislation authorizing the Government to make a charge for the use of waters of streams for power purposes was today negatived by the Senate committee on commerce. The vote was three in favor of the proposition to five against it. There was only a bare quorum of the committee present and the result can scarcely be ac cepted as a final announcement of the committee's policy on the subject. Among those who took a position an tagonistic to the President was Senator Nelson, who submitted an elaborate brief In opposition to the President's views. He took the position that such a provision as that desired by the President would de prive the states' riparian land-owners of all rights to the use of waters which are now guaranteed by law and concentrate their disposal and control in the Federal Government, an innovation which, he con tended, neither the states nor the riparian owners could afford to permit. The committee also gave some con sideration to Senator Newlands bill for the improvement of the inland waterways and decided to take up that subject at a meeting to be held next Saturday. The bill provides for the creation of an Inland Waterways Commission and proposes an appropriation of $50,000,000 a year for the improvement of Inland water-courses. The sub-committee, which has had the matter under consideration, has reduced the ap propriation it will recommend for the first year to $10,000,000. Originally It was calcu lated that much of the money would be derived from the sale of water power, but if the action taken by the commerce com mittee today proves decisive, that source of revenue will be cut off, and. If the Newlands bill becomes a law. It will be- wink at once. f f attention J" I 9 iiames ana LVJiisses at come necessary, to find some other means of carrying it into effect. ' In & Pinch, ns ALLEN'S I'OOT-EASK. Ladle can wear ehoea one size smaller after uslne Allen's Foot-Base. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy; (fives Instant relief to corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cures swollen feet, bll terBv callous and sore spots. It U a certain re lief for sweating, tired, aching feet. At all DrugKlsts and Shoe stores. 25c. Don't accept any substitute. For FRKE3 trial package, also Free Sample of the FOOT-EASE Sanitary CORN-PAD, a new invention, address Allen S. Olmsted. Le Kov, N. Y. 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