TOL. XXVIII. 0. 14,821-
PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LA FOLLETTE LIKE
NEW TRIAL ASKED
IN SNELL CONTEST
NOTED AUTOIST
KILLED ON TRACK
PRICE IS URGED
AUCTION HELD ON
GUNNESS FARM
THREE
11
A NEW DISTRICT
WITH
AT
CEDRIXO HURLED AGAINST THE
FENCE AND NECK BROKEN.
MATBEIi M'XAMARA XOT READT
TO GIVE CP YET.
PROPERTY OF MURDERESS IS
SOLD AT FANCY PRICES.
OREGON CREATED
CORNERS
HO HAT US
5
CULiiTIOfl
v.
Holds the Fort Against
.Whole Senate.
TRIES TO KILL CURRENCY BILL
Forces Maintenance of Quor
urn Until Morning.
ALQRICH WILL NOT'YIELD
CVIsconsin Senator Koady to Pro
long Session Three Weeks Re
peated Kollcalls Drag Sleepy
Senators From Their Beds.
SEXATOKS rmAGOED FROM BED.
WASHINGTON, May SO. At 2:30
A. M. Senator La. Follette insisted on
a roiloall on hi point of no quorum.
The chair sustained hi previous rul
ing that tha call under tho rule
could not be ordered and from that
deolelon Ldt Follette appealed. Ald
rlch was prompt to more to lay the
appeal on the table. A number of
Democrat refused te rote, and Aid
rich Insisted that they should be re- .
quired to do so. The vote disclosed
several short of. a quorum and ab
sentees were notified.
Xurtna- the skirmish for a quorum
the Senate, leaders, under an order
directing? the eergeant-at-arms to
brine; in the absentees, decided to
compel the attendanoe of Stona, who
Is slated to relieve La Toilette' un
der the tetter's programme. A po
lio man u started for the Raleigh
Hotel at 1:15 o'clock: to arrest him.
The first Senator to appear In re
sponse to tho summons was) Owen,
of Oklahoma. Ha bore every evi
dence of bavins; been routed out of
bed, being; without necktie or col
lar, and his shoes were unlaoed.
At :3e a quorum appeared. Tha
appeal was laid on the table and La.
Follette resumed his remarks, after
bavins secured an hour's rest by his .
move. ,
Stona was- tromrha a tho. -Capitol
at 3:1a.
VTA8HI5W3TOII. Mar 29. It has been
a) long time since tha Senate has been
tied up by a filibuster with such slender
support t b was in evidence when La Fol
lette undertook to defeat tha conference
report on the Aldrlch-Vreeland currency
bill by talking; it to death. The report
was brought up and La Follette took the
floor. Ho insisted that a quorum should
be maintained at all times and up to 6
o'clock ba had demanded 30 rollcalls.
The Senate whs able to obtain more or
less relaxation and at the same time
keep the supporters of the bill In their
seats. The heat was excessive and many
were very restless under this restraint.
It soon became evident that the Re
publicans would have difficulty In main
taining the presence of a majority, and
It was Just as apparent that proceedings
would be suspended whenever the neces
sary 47 Senators were not present.
Aldrlch Keloees to Yield.
La Follette complained of his recent
tllness and during much of the day
Leaned strongly upon the arm of his
chair, half sitting as he talked. He en
gaged Aldrlch in a colloquy concerning
tha provisions of the currency bill, and
later, declaring that tha chairman of
the finance committee had not been
"frank" in his replies, he was called to
rder and only after a vote ot the Sen
ate had restored to him his right on the
floor did he continue, his remarks.
Shortly before C o'clock La Follette in
crulrad whether a proposition would be
agreed upon to strike out railroad bonds
and stocks from the list of seouritiesi
contemplated In tha conference agree
ment, but Aldrlch promptly declined the
offer, saying- the adoption ot the report
was the only question before the Senate
and adding that, so far as he was con
cerned, he had neither power nor dis
position to make the concession sug
gested. Mr. Aldrlch declared that the
report would remain before tha Senate
until starch 4, 1909, If necessary.
The Wisconsin Senator replied that he
would continue his opposition, since that
was the only course presented to him.
Threatens TJiree Weeks' Siege.
The 21st caQ to ascertain whether there
was a quorum present was made by Gore
at tui P. M. He consulted with Stone
Just previous to raising the point of ne
j quorum which suggested that these Sena
tes were actually in sympathy with the
TTlaronsin Senator. Gore and tone left
the chamber during the rollcail and did
cot respond to their names.
La Follette threatened during the day
to keep the Senate in session three weeks,
but the support he will get in order to
continue his tactics to tha end of his
physical endurance is yet to be seen. It
is understood that Stone, who is opposed
to tho bill, will give active support to
the filibuster and Gore manifested some
sympathy today by noting the absence of
a quorum. As a body, however, tha
Ilemoerats are positively opposed to
obstruction to the report.
Most Talk On or Surrender.
On the SSd roll-call at 7:1S P. St..
upon motion of Stona, the absence of
a quorum was developed and the Ser-geant-at-Arme
was directed to bring
in absentees. After several minutes
the requisite number of Senators an-
Conr.inued an Face :i,
Dead Millionaire's Xeighbors Ap
prove Verdict Love-Letters Pre
served Pending Final Decision.
CLINTON, III., May 29. C Special.) A.
motion for a new trial of the Snell will
contest was made before Judge Phil
brick this morning by Lott Herrlck,
leading counsel for the proponents. If
the motion is denied, the case will be
appealed and, if allowed, the contest
will be heard again In November.
The verdict holding the will invalid
because of the insanity of the testator
has met with the public approval of the
citizens of Clinton. The famous love
letters to Colonel Snell will not be de
stroyed until the case Is decided by the
Supreme Court.
The verdict practically makes it cer
tain that Maybel Snell McNamara will
lose the property in this state given her
by the old millionaire.
CRUISER ALBANY WINS
Secures Kara! Trophy for Work on
Target Rango.
WASHINGTON, May 29. The cruiser
Albany, the gunboat Wtlratogton end the
torpedo-boat Perry were the trophy win
ners in, their respective "-classes in the
annual record target practice at one
mile for 1308, according to the results
announced at the Navy Department to
day. The Albany had a final merit of
73. with tha St. Louis at 68 and the
Charleston at 67 as star ships. The Wil
mington's final merit was 87. The Perry
had a final merit of 68.
Star ships are those that attain at
least 85 per cent of the final merit of the
trophy winners. la the standing of fleets
the Pacific fleet leads, with a final merit
of 60, the Allan tin fleet being next with
65.
It Is said that In the percentages of
hits and rapidity of fire the records show
approximately double those of 1303,
SAW KILLING OF HOLMES
Prisoner Confesses and Implicates
Three Other Suspects.
CHICAGO, May 29. David Jaeobson,
19 years old, who was arrested -yesterday
upon suspicion of having knowl
edge of the murder of Robert M.
Holmes, purchasing agent of the Edi
son Commonwealth Company, who was
found dead in an alley on the morning
of May 21, today confessed to the po
lice that he was present at the kill
ing of Holmes, although he denies hav
ing taken part In the actual murder.
Jaeobson in hie oonfesslon impli
cates three other men, who are also
in custody. These are Samuel McEwen,
colored. Charles Lewis and George
Miller.
HEARST IS STfLL GAINING
Recount -Adds 83 to His Vote for
Mayoralty.
NEW YORK, May 29. When the re
counting of ballots cast In the last
Mayoralty election In this city was
ended today, W. It. Hearst had made a
net gain of 85 votes over Mayor Mo
del lan. The contents of 16 ballot
boxes, each representing one voting
precinct, have been counted In court
since the beginning of the hearing and
in all but one of them the corrected
count has shown gains for Hearst, but
the last box opened today showed a net
loss for Hearst of three votes.
KN0WLES GOES TO JAIL
Deadivood Socialist Editor Refuses
to Pay Fine of $500.
DEADWOOD, 8. D., Mar 2. Federal
Judge Garland today sentenced ex
Congressman Freeman Knowles, editor
of a Socialist paper here, to pay a
fins of $500 for sending Improper mat
ter through the malls. Though local
Socialists raised, the required fund.
Knowles refused to pay and was taken
to the Pennington County jail.
In today's Issue ef his paper Knowles
republished the artlole upon Which he
was convicted.
CLEVELAND WILL RECOVER
Kz-President'a Family Leave for
Summer Home.
PRINCETON. N. J., May' 29. Mrs.
Grove r Cleveland, her children and her
mother, Mrs. Perrine, here today
tor West Ossipee, A". II. It is said that
Mr. Cleveland will Join his family there
shortly. Arrangements have been made
to remain at West Ossipee until Septem
ber. All reports from Lakewood regarding
Mr. Cleveland's health are of an en
couraging nature.
END RACING IN LOUISIANA
Another Anti-Betting Bill Introduced
in Legislature.
BATON ROUGE, La., May 29. An
anti-racetrack bill similar to the meas
ure already Introduced In the House,
was introduced In the Senate today.
Both Senate and House bills abolish
any form of betting on horse races In
this state and are designed to close
the New Orleans racetracks.
Triumph at Methodist
Conference.
WINS AFTER HARD STRUGGLE
Bishop Smith Is Unanimous
Choice of Delegation.
PORTLAND HIS RESIDENCE
Rader Re-elected Editor of Pacific
Advocate Agents of Publishing
Houses Elected Reduced
Number of Field Agents.
BALTIMORE, Md.. May 29. (Special.)
The balloting for publishing agents in
the Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence resulted In the election of Rev. Ho
mer Eaton and Rev. George P. Mains for
the publishing house in New York, Rev.
H. C. Jennings for Cincinnati, and E. R.
Graham for Chicago.
The editors of the church papers are the
same as the last four years, except Rev.
J. J. Wallace, who becomes editor of the
Pittsburg Advocate, following Bishop
Smith in this position. Daniel L. Rader
was re-elected editor of the Pacific Chris
tian Advocate, Portland, by a vote of 63
out of 704 ballots cast.
Triumph for Oregon. v
The 15th General Conference district
was made. This Is a distinct triumph for
the Oregon conference delegation. Rev,
W. B. Holllngshead taking the leading
part In this struggle.
The selection of Bishop Smith as the
resident bishop for Portland is exceed
lngly gratifying to the delegates from the
Paclflo Northwest. t He was the unani
mous choice of tha delegates from that
region, but they hardly hoped to secure
him. Bishop Smith Is authority for the
statement that he will make Portland his
home. His family consists of a son and a
daughter who is his housekeeper.
Secretaries of Boards.
The constitutions of the Boards of
Home Missions and, Church Extension and
of Foreign Missions, after amendment,
were adopted. The Important amendment
was to allow of hot more than two field
agents for home mission and church ex
tension, f
At the evening session the following
secretaries were elected: Rev. Robert
Forbes, for secretary of the Board of
Home Missions and Church Extension:
Rev. Mr. Mason, one of the secretaries ot
Freedmen's Aid; David G. Downey, sec
retary of Sunday schools: Rev. E. M.
Randell, ot Seattle,, secretary of the Ep-
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Car Turns Over at Baltimore With
Three Broken Wheels Brother
Only Slightly Hurt.
BALTIMORE, May 29. Emmanuel
Cedrlno, the noted Italian automobile
driver, was instantly killed at Pamlico
raoetrack this afternoon. Spectators
eaw his car skid and turn over, three
of its wheels being smashed.
Cedrlno and his brother, who Is his
mechanic, and was with him In the
car, were thrown out violently against
a fence. The brother was little hurt.
W!
it
itrsAftiriaf
Senator R. M Ia Kollrtte, of
Wisconsin, Leader of Ftllbaater
Agra in t Compromise Currency
BUI.
but Cedrlno died Instantly of a broken
neck.
DUNCAN IS ON BLACKLIST
Grand Army Recalls Invitation Be
cause He Invited Goldman.
BTJTTE, Mont, May 29. The G. A.
R. definitely decided today not to per
mit the Rev. Dr. Lewis J. Duncan to
deliver the address here tomorrow at
the Decoratim Day services. Mr. Dun
can, who had been invited ' to speak,
but was requested to retire after it
became known that he had invited
Emma Goldman, the anarchist lectur
er, to come to Butte and speak In his
pulpit, has issued a statement defend
ing his course. Nevertheless the G. A.
R. committee today definitely rejected
Mr. Duncan and asked Charles Leon
ard, a prominent attorney, to deliver
the address.
TEN DIE OF GREAT HEAT
Sun and Moisture Strike Down Pitts
( burg People.
PITTSBURG, May 29.-wlng to the
excessive heat, 10 persons have died
here since midnight.
Many are prostrated. The mercury
registered 88.
v AWAITING HIS TURN
As Outcome of Cotton
Leak Scandal.
HOUSES SHARES SAME FATE
Rich Broker and Ex-Statistician
to Be Prosecuted.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY ACTS
.Business Associates of Cotton Op
erator Also Included In Bills Re
turned Price Issues Statement
Reaffirming His Innocence.
NEW TORE, May 29. Theodore H.
Price, at one time known as the "Cot
ton King" because of his tremendous
trades In the staple, and most recently
president of the Eagle Fire Insurance
Company, was indicted today by the
Federal grand jury after a long In
vestigation of a startling leak of oot
ton crop statistics contained m a
Government report 'which had not
been made public The grand jury
found two Indictments against Price,
one charging conspiracy to commit an
offense against the United States, and
the other bribery of a Government
offlolaL Three other persons are in
dicted with Price, and warrants have
been Issued for their arrest, as they
are out of the jurisdiction of the Fed
eral court of this district.
With the handing down of the Indict
ments Price, who had apparently antici
pated the action taken against him, ap
peared at tha Federal building and sur
rendered himself. He was arraigned be
fore Judge Hough and pleaded not
guilty. Ball was fixed at $5000, which was
furnished, and Price was released after
the court had set June 19 as tha date for
the preliminary hearing. Price, in a
statement made public after his arraign
ment, asserted that he was entirely in
nocent of he charges; The statement
follows:
Declares His Innocence.
"Mr. Theodore Price said that while an
Indictment was of course an exceedingly
disagreeable experience to undergo. It was
an accusation and not a proof, and he is
aware that the Government has consid
ered it necessary to take this action be
fore the matter became outlawed on
June 3 or thereabouts. He feels no doubt
whatever of the issue.
"The original 'cotton leak charges
made some three years ago were based
on tha statement of Van Riper, the buck-
etshop operator and a self-confessed par
ticipant and beneficiary with others of
the alleged 'cotton leak and who , con
ducted his account with Messrs. Hubbard
Bros. & Co., and not with Mr. Price.
"Mr. Price says that when the "cotton
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Crowd of 5000 Morbidly Curious
Bidders Attends Sheriff's Sale
at La Porte.
LA PORTE, Ind., May 29. The auc
tion sale of the personal property left
by Mrs. Bella Gunness today was at
tended by between 4000 and 5000 per
sons. Many of the articles brought
five and ten times their cost price. It
Is estimated that the total receipts
were more than three times more than
they would have been at an ordinary
sale. The postal-card vendors and
fakirs and restaurant and lunch-stand
owners did a thriving business. At
one time during the day more than 600
rigs were tied about the farm.
The greatest interest centered in the
sale of the horse driven by Mrs. Gun
ness before the fire. the pony and cart
driven by the Gunness ohddrerr, and a
shepherd watch dog. All of these were
secured by local people and all brought
fancy prices, the dog alone selling
for 107.
CONDITIONS GROW BETTER
Many Plants Resume and Business
Is Increasing.
NEW YORK. May 29. Dun's Review
of Trade tomorrow will say:
"Industrial conditions continue .to
improve and arrangements have been
made for the resumption of many
idle plants next week, while retail
trade is Increased by seasonable
weather. There is still a degree of
conservatism regarding plans for for
ward deliveries, but sentiment is
definitely better and progress la In the
right direction, although slow. Mer
cantile collections are more prompt and
money rates are slow, despite exports
of $40,000,000 In gold and treasury
withdrawals of $45,000,000. Further
gains are reported in the hide market,
especially for branded Bteers that pro
duce heavy leather."
CANT AGREE ON M'COMAS
Jury Ten for Acquittal In Los
Angeles Murder Trial.
LOS ANGELES. May 29. The Jury in
the case of W. P. McComas, the mining
man who shot and killed Mrs. Char
lotte L. Noyes, of Boston, In hor
apartments in t.le Westlake district on
the night of February 28, was dis
charged shortly before 11 o'clock to
night, after less than 12 hours of da
liberation. .
official announcement of the
standing of the Jurors could be secured,
but there was reason to believe the
last poll showed ten for acquittal and
two for conviction. ,
The District Attorney's offloe tonight
announced that the case of McComas
would be called next Monday to be re
set for trial.
HONOR DEAD IN MANILA
Graves of Russian Seamen Not Neg
lected by Americans.
MANILA, May 80. The veteran Army
and Naval organizations, assisted by the
men of the regular forces, decorated the
graves of their fallen comrades today
and sent delegations to decorate the
monuments of General Lawton, Captain
Stotzenberg and Lieutenant Egbert, on
the fields where they fell. Flowers are
also strewn upon the graves of the Rus
sians who died here after their retreat
from the battle of the Sea of Japan.
The programme was carried out In
spite of a storm. Five Inches of rain
have fallen within the past 24 hours.
WHO KILLED KING CARLOS?
Republican Deputy Accuses Monar
chists and Row Begins.
LISBON, May 29. There was a violent
scene in the Chamber of Deputies today,
the result of an attack upon the mon
archist parties by the Republican Deputy
Bragga, who accused them of having
killed King Carlos, and declared they
were now trying to embroil King-Manuel
with the nation.
The leader of the Regenerator party
spoke In a similar vein and the Presi
dent of the Chamber was compelled to
suspend the session in order to prevent
fighting.
BOYCOTTERS SENT.TO JAIL
Chicago Judge Sentences Three
Members of Carpenters' Union.
CHICAGO, May 29. Judge Carpen
ter today ordered three members of
the local division of Carpenters and
Joiners of America sent to jail for 30
days for violation of a boycott injunc
tion Issued by the Court. The men are
John J. Brlttaln, who Is also treasurer
of the Chicago Federation of Labor;
Charles Grasselll and George H,
Lakey.
TRIAL TRIP SUCCESSFUL
Submarine Torpedo-Boat Octopus Is
Under Water Six Honrs.
NEWPORT. R. L, May 29. After a
successful service trial of 24 hours, a
quarter of which time she was com
pletely under water, the submarine torpedo-boat
Octopus returned here tonight.
The Octopus carried IS persons and did
not renew has air supply.
Big Winnings on Corn,
Wheat and Oats.
PATTEN CLEARS $1,500,000
Shorts Try to Overload Him,
but He Euys Ail.
ARMOUR AHEAD ON WHEAT
Grain Brought From Pacific Coast
to Avoid Paying Patten's Price.
Rapid Changes in Values
on the Last Day.
CHICAGO, 111., May 29. CSpeelal.-May
corners in the three most important
grains culminated today. All were suc
cessful, .the corn and wheat highly profit
able to the manipulators, but all leaving
a "corpse" of sufficiently large propor
tions to cut down matertal'y the visible
profits. The carrying through of the
May oats corner by Mr. Patten vastly re
duced the profit that he made on the
original purchase of the oats last Sum
mer, and there Is still about 10,000,000
bushels of cash oats to be sold before the
new crop comes In competition in the
market.
The corn deal was highly profitable and
the chief manipulators say that not a
bushel of cash corn has been sold at- a
profit of less than 80 per busheL
The May wheat deal was " popularly
credited to the Armour Grain Company,
and, although there were large profits
from sales of wheat made at the recent
high levels, the corpse of the old wheat
will ba large enough to wipe cut much of
the profit.
Cleared at Least $1,500,000.
It is a conservative estimate that the
profits on the corn deal will agrregate
anywhere from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000, after '
making handsome allowances for possi
ble shrinkage on the big holding ot cash
corn left over.
Shorts who refused to pay Mr. Patten's
prices for oats In the pit In some cases
went to the Pacific Coast and paid enor
mous rates of freight to bring oats here
for delivery.
The market was highly Irregular and !
nervous in wheat, corn and oats. May ;
wheat ranged between $1.06 and $111, I
and closed at $L10H. Corn sold any-
where between 77 and 8254 cents and j
closed at 80 to 80' cents. Oats ranged .
between ol1, to 66 cents, and closed!
at 62& cents.
Bewildering Change of Prices.
Excitement ran high today in all ot
the grain pits when the weakness was
greatest. Values changed with such
bewildering rapidity that traders were
puzzled. Shorts were anxious to cover,
and brokers for the bull leaders had at
times plenty of grain to sell. It is
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'O Maximum temperature 6T
dgres; minimum, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy with ahowersj westerly
winds.
Foreisrn.
Fallferes reception In En Bland nthnae
France for closer alliance. Page 2.
Rebellion In Lamoi continues and garrison
U besieged. , Page 2.
National.
L& Follette begins filibuster against currency 4
bill. Page 1.
DomMtto.,
Xteadlng New York cotton broker lndtotod
for fraud In fixing cotton prices. Page 1.
Great jroflts made on Chicago corn, wheat
and oat cornera Page 1.
Methodist conference makes Oregon separata
district and elects editors and publish
ing agents. Page 1.
Cedrlno. the automobile champion. ldlld
on automobile track. Page 1.
Xenver beats Seattle in contest for Presby
terian general assembly in 1909. Pags X.
Bporto.
Coast league scores: Portland 4. Oakland Sj
Los Angeles T, San Francisco 1.
Intercollegiate track meet at Philadelphia.
Page 0.
Fernando Kelson auto party arrives from
San Francisco. Page T.
Third day of golf tournament brings oat
better playing. Page ft.
Portland wins 12-lnnlng game from Ban
Francisco, 4 to 3. Page 7.
Portland boys win first places In sprint la
tryouts at Corvallla. Pge ft.
Western colleges hold try-outs for Olympio
games. Page 6.
Pacifio Coast.
Gunboat Yorktown anchors at Asterlac de
stroyer Perry at Coos Bay. Page 4.
Ltquor Interests fear rural districts will vote
Clackamas County dry. Page 4.
Battling" Nelson expected to marry Port
land girl. Page 4.
Commercial and Marme.
Beer production in first four month of 1908
and 1&0T. Page 15.
Cloetng of May delivery In Chicago wheat
pit. Page 15.
Million pounds of wool sold at Heppner.
Page 15.
Strength of Hill shares im feature of stock
market. Page 15.
Lumber exports to foreign porta shew larger
increase. Page 10.
' Portland and Tldnjty.
Police captain protests against the condi
tion of city JalL Page 16.
Programme for Memorial day swrrloea.
Page 18.
Republicans close campaign with enthusi
astic rally. Page 5
May statistics reveal prosperous business
conditions. Page 16.
Estate of J. P. Mann to be nsed for eld
people's home. Page 3. ,
R. D- Inman again to head board of Auto
mobile registration. Page 18.
More accommodations needed for Hose
Festival visitors. Page 14.
Fire divorces granted by Judge-Gantenbetn
In. State Court. Page 11.
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