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r? J-W Jiff' ill A-ui 4.TT b .?;- r?pr. WOMAN SUFFRAGE ROOSEVELT WANTS PINGHOrS POLICY OFFICIAL IS IN CAB AT TIME OF WRECK RAILROAD MEN" ORDERED TO SAY NOTHING. TRUST IS UNDER FIRE HORSEMEN STAND BY BETTING MEN AGAIN REBUFFED IDEAS CONFIRMED REASON FOR TAFT'S TRIP TO PANAMA GIVEN. CALIFORNIA HOUSE VOTES AFTER STUBBORN FIGHT. - - .- rnnTT.AXD. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1909. TiaE FIVE CgNTS . . - ' t I . . . . a m i I bm a , mm n 1 All If f BORROWS MONEY FHOM MANY LOVES SUGAR in iORSED NOW Win Victory Over Anti Racetrack Bill. WILLIAMS TAKES AGGRESSIVE Says Racing Would Cease Without Gambling. . HOT ATTACK ON CLERGY California Senate Committee Says Bill Should Not Pass After Hearing Defense of Sport by Jockey Club Jlen. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. IS. The Senate public morals committee decided In executive session late tonight to re port bark to the Senate without amend ment tomorrow the Walker-Otis anti racetrack bill with the recommendation that it do not pass. Thomas IX. Williams, president of the New California Jockey Club, which op erates the racetrack at Emeryville, In adlresslng the committee on public morals tonight, startled the assembled legislators and the auditors who crowd ed ;he galleries of the Senate chamber l.v l"ctarlnK that In the last 18 years more crimes had been committed In the t'nited States and Canada by ministers of the gospel than by any other class. As he spoke he waved a paper-bound book. "I have the record here." lie cried. "There are 4"00 of them, and they have committed crimes of every description, including murder and tralnrobbery." Criminal Influence of Kaces. Trior to making the foregoing dec laration. Mr. Williams' anger had been a re used by several questions put by ad vocates of the bill In dispute, who as'ted him what he had to say if regard to the "criminal Influences of the race track." Among the questioners was Arthur T.etts. a f.os Angeles milllo. lire mer chant and president of the Anti-Racetrack Gambling League of Southern California. "Would you be In this business If It were not for the profits In It?" asked Mr. Letts. Thafa none of your business," re plied Mr. Williams.' Chairman Weed gave Senator Hart man the floor. "I am for racing." said Mr. Hart man. "If this Is to be my political death knell, toll your bells. I don't want to come here any more." No Gambling, Xo Racing. The speech of Mr. Williams occupied a half hour. In part he said: "Without gambling racing will cease. It won't work without the element of chance any more than the real estate or any other business. It is the love of gain that supports every business. If you curb that, you ruin the trado of the world. If you stop the racetrack, you will have prohibition the next trip and the Sunday-rest law the next trip, and so on ad lib. "Are we going to say that England, Russia. Germany, France and other great nations know nothing? They have decided that racing was one of the greatest features of their national life I mean the Improvement of the breed of thoroughbreds. Only Increases Handbooks. "Close the racetracks In California and tomorrow you will Increase the number of poolrooms and handbooks. That has been the case In Chicago and New York and many other cities where gambling Is prohibited. You can't control gambl ing In Canada and you can't stop the telegrahp wires." Senator Lcavitt interrupted to ask re garding the. operation of the Hughes law In New York. Mr. Williams handed Mr. Iieavltt the affidavit of a citizen of New York to the effect that there were over ' 4'fl handbooks there and many more bucket shops than over before. Mr. Wil liams then concluded: Challenge to Spreckels. " "I wish to make an announcement here In public about a gentleman who has de clared he is against racetrack gambling. Rudolph Spreckels has stated that he favors restricted gambling. If he thinks he f an get along without gambling. I am willing to give him one of my tracks. I defy hlni to restrict gambling any more than I have done and am doing." Barney Schreiber, who called himself the second largest breeder of thorough bred horses in the world and has raced horses and made books on racetracks all over the United States for K years, de fended the racing game. He said there were Ij) persons em ployed at Emeryville and Arcadia and asked: If you legislate us out of business, what will become of these people?"' Speakers In support of the bill argued that betting on horse races was corrupt ing the public and responsible for thou iinds of cases of embezzlement. President Nominates Two. . WASHINGTON. Jan. a. The President t.Nlay nominated A. W. Cooley. of New York, to bo Assistant Attorney-General, and Juan Sumulong to he a member of the Philippine Commission. Accident on Western Pacific. Is Hushed Vp Though General Manager Is Injured. TRUCK BE, Cal.. Jan. 2S. (Special.) Word has been received here of a serious colliwion between two trains on the Boca & Loyalton branch of the Western Pa cific Railway, several days ago. Orders issued by higher officials to train crews for secrecy regarding the affair have kept the story from becoming public sooner. On account of heavy snows trains were being run over the road be tween Loyalton and Boca frequently to keep tiie track clear. One train, with Superintendent Stansbury at the throt tle, he having desired to Inspect the road during the heavy snow, was backing down to Loyalton. Two heavy loco motives with, a enowplow aheart were also bound for Loyalton, and on rounding a sharp curve crashed into Stansbury's engine, six miles from town. Tho engine crews Jumped into the snow beside the track and were saved, but General Manager Oti sustained' injuries that will confine him to his room. The snowplow was wrecked, one locomotive capsized, and the other was badly dam aged, the road belt? blockedi for some time. Conflicting orders are blamed for the accident. WILL NOT RIDE WITH TAFT Roosevelt Not to Usher Successor Into White Ho.ue. WASHINGTON". Jan. 2S. President Roosevelt will not follow the custom and ride back to the White House, March 4. with Ids successor in office. He told a New York Congressman today that he would go direct from the Capitol, after President-elect Tuft takes the oath of office, to th Union Station and take a train for New York. The President's purpose was made known in accepting an Invitation of the New York County Com mittee to be allowed to act as his per sonal escort on Uie way from the Capitol to the depot. This Invitation was pre sented by Representatives Parsons, Ben nett and Olcott, of New York. The County Committee will have BOO members In line. They will form a port of the great parade to the Capitol, will go with the ex-President to the train and return to their place In line on the return march. FATAL QUARREL AT DANCE Charles Powell Kills Homer Roper Near Brownsville. ALBANY. Or., Jan.- (Special.) As the result of a quarrel that arose at a country dance three miles west of Brownsville, Charles Powell shot and killed Homer Roper at midnight last night. The dance was held at the Leach farm and It Js thought the young men quarreled over a girl. After a dispute in the danos hall the young men went outside and Powell shot Roper, who died within a few minutes. News of the crime was received in Al bany early this morning and Sheriff Smith and Coroner Miller left for the scene. It Is not known whether or not Towell surrendered. BREAKWATER IS DISABLED Hits Dock to Avoid Ilislon and Breaks Steering Gear. In tow of the steamer Harvest Queen, the steamship Breakwater, which sailed for Coos Bay ports Wednesday night, ar rived back at the Alnsworth dock last night in a crippled condition. The Break water will be placed on the drydock to day. Her steering gear la so badly dis abled that the craft is unmanageable. At 2 o'clock yesterday morning, while opposite Brookfleld, the pilot of the Breakwater discovered the French bark Rochambeau at anchor in the channel. He ordered the anchor let go In order to avoid a collision. The Breakwater swung around with the tide and her stern collided with the Brookfleld dock. The rudder post was smashed and the steamship rendered unmanageable. MRS. COSGROVE RECEIVES Hoasenarmlng at New Executive - Mansion at Olympla. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. is. (Specjal.) Hundreds attended the housewarmlng at the Just-completed executive mansion here tonight, when the building commis sion, consisting of ex-Governor Mead, ex Treasurer Mills and Auditor Clausen, opened the house to the Legislature and state officers. In the receiving line were Mrs. Cosgrove, her ion and daughter, ex-Governor and Mrs. Mead, Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Hay, Airs. John Iary. of Seattle, daughter of P. P. Ferry, first Governor of Washington, and a number of state officials and their wives. . VALE OUTLAWS CAPTURED Safecrackers Headed for Hunting ton When Overtaken. ONTARIO, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) The three safecrackers who broke Jail at Vale on Tuesday were captured to day by Sheriff Odell and his deputies. The two older men were captured on Upper Willow Creek and the younger was taken near Huntington. Details of the capture are lacking, owing to the distance inland at which the captures took place. The older men were evidently heading up Willow Creek toward Baker City. The Sheriff and his prisoners are expected to reach Ontario or Vale tomorrow. RooseveltSendsPapers to Senate. AS REQUESTED BY CULBERSON Deal With Segal " Killed Rival Sugar" Refinery. RECEIVER TOOK ACTION Throttling of Competition by Trust Was .Reported by Earle to President and Bonaparte Made Investigation. WASHINGTON", Jan. 28. Responding to Senator Culberson's resolution calling on Attorney-General Bonaparte for cor respondence relating to the alleged vio lation of the Sherman law by the sugar trust, in connection with the failure of the Real Estate Trust Company of Phil adelphia, President Roosevelt sent to the Senate today a special message and cor respondence relat.i.g to the case. The President said: Freeze-Out by Sugar Tru.-rt. , "In accordance with my direction tho Attorney-General has forwarded to me the enclosed papers fn response to the resolution of the Senate of January 22, 1909, In reference to sending to the Sen ate copies of all correspondence in the Department of Justice relating to an al leged violation of the act of July 2, 1S90. by the American Sugar Refining Com pany, in connection with an alleged loan by that company to one 6egal, in which was pledged as security therefor a ma jority of the capital stock of the Penn sylvania Sugar Refining Company, with voting power thereon, and under which. It Is alleged, an agreement was entered Into that the Pennsylvania Sugar Refin ing Company should not engage in busi ness, and I herewith transmit them to the Senate." The message was ordered printed and to lie on the table It is said -Mr. Cul berson will call it up later. In- his letter to the President, trans mitting the correspondence, Mr. Bona parte wrote: "I am aware of no reason why the papers should not be made public." Many Letters From Karlc. The correspondence Includes a large number of letters passing between G. II. Earle, Jr., receiver for the Real Estate Trust Company, which failed In 1306. and the President: between Mr. Earle and ex-Attorney-General Moody and between Mr. Earle and Mr. Bonaparte. Mr. Earle first wrote Mr. Loosevelt. under date of September 21. 1506, and suggested that he may have been misled as to the most potent cause for the company's failure by the published explanation that loans to Adolph Segal, the promoter, by Presi dent Hippie of the institution, was re sponsible. Spreckels Heirs Go Abroad. XETW YORK. Jan. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oxnard, Claus Sprcckels, Jr., and Mrs. John I). Spreckels, of San Fran cisco, sailed on the steamer Moltke to day for Mediterranean ports. . . ............' : j IS IT HIGH OR LOW? 1 : : 1; IS H 9 I - H 1 1 i i " m 1 5 mm p - 3 H , m : '..: President Would Be Sure Lock Level Construction Is Best Before Term Expires. LOS ANGELES, Cal.; Jan. 28. (Special.) Word has come from Washington to the office here of James D. Schuyler, one of the engineers bound for Panama with President-elect Taft. explaining .' Presi dent Roosevelt's mut-h-dlscussed purpose In having the trip of inspection made. Tiie- adoption of lock level construction In place of sea level, construction took place during the Roosevelt administra tion. Recently there has been much ad verse criticism of the lock level - plan, many engineers alleging that the foun dation for the monster Gatum dam is .insecure, some even asserting that the present plan of canal construction is one Immense engineering blunder. The President, by sending a board of eight of tho foremost engineers in the United States to report upon the re spective merits of the lock and sea level types, will receive a final competent opinion before lie retires from office. Should the board report in favor of the lock level, criticism will be silenced. On the other hand, should they agree with some critics in pronouncing the sea level plan the only practicable one, Roose velt will have ample opportunity to cor rect the error before he becomes powerless. WIFE HIS PUNCHING BAG Louisiana Cotton Man Accused of Fiendish Acts of Cruelty. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S. In granting a divorce to Mrs. Alice E. Hall, wife of W. R. Hall, a Louisiana cotton broker, Judge Graham said today that the1, tale, of the husband's cruelties as recited by Mrs. Hall was the most shocking he had heard in many years of divorce-court work. Mrs. Hall said that, while she was liv ing with Hall in a cottage at the edge of a swamp two miles out of Alexandria, La., her husband repeatedly fastened her feet to a ceiling beam with a rope and, as she swung thus, head downward, beat her face and head unmercifully, as a boxer in training rains blows on a punch-Ing-bag. He wore gloves during the process In order to protect his hands from injury. Not content with this, Hall, his wife declared, took her out on the swamp in a small boat at night and. after compelling her to disrobe, forced her to Jump into the water arid swim to a tree, where she clung, naked and shivering, until lie chose to return for her. The Halls were married two years ago in Oakland, where Mrs. Hall's mother Uvea. Hall Is In Louisiana and allowed the proceedings to go by default. I TOO YOUNG TO HOLD OFFICE Motion to Make Carter's Brothcr-in-Law Refund Salary. HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 28. A sensa tion was caused In the Legislature to day when Representative Hall intro duced a resolution setting forth that Attorney-General Galen, who Is a brother-in-law of Senator Carter, had Illegally drawn $12,000 from the State Treasury for salary and expenses when he was not entitled to take the oath of office because ho was under 30 years of age, the constitutional limit for that office. The resolution demands the re turn of the money. Cattlemen Favor Care of Forests. COLORADO MEN ARE BEATEN Lead Forlorn Hope in Opposi tion to Pinchot. NEW RATE BILL FAVORED Livestock Convention Wants Com- - mission to Veto Advances .Vks for Reciprocity to Open Vp Foreign Markets. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28. A vigorous fight against the Indorsement of Gif ford Pinchot's administration of the Forest Service enlivened the final session of the American National Live stock Association. It was waged by half a dozen delegates who were mem bers of the Colorado Cattle & Horse growers' Association, led by er-State Senator E. M. Ammons, of Littleton, Colo., and Congressman-elect Frank M. Taylor, of that state, and resulted In their defeat. Colorado Men on Warpath. . The right of Mr. Ammons to represr.it the sentiment of his state as opposed to Federal land control was cha'.ienged by Vice-President Mackenzie, of Trini dad, Colo., but he showed that the Colorado Cattle & Horsegrowers' As sociation had so voted. He ws asked by Mr. Mackenzie if a number of com ponent organizations of stockmen of Colorado had not withdrawn from the parent organization on account of that stand, but he replied that but three had withdrawn and four others had since Joined. Mr. Taylor declared that Mr. Ammons correctly represented the sentiment of tho state and asserted with spirit that "the policies of Mr. Pinchot had brought irreparable in juries to the Industries of Colorado." Federal land control was favored by several delegates led by ex-United States Senator Joseph M. Carery, of Wyoming, who maintained that the policy of the present National adminis tration had proved of Inestimable ad vantage to the whole Wester- cbuntry. The substitute resolution offered by Mr. Ammons was overwhelmingly voted down. The resolutions aa reported from com mittee by Mr. Carey, the chairman, were adopted by a practically unanimous vote. Fulton Rate Bill Indorsed. Congress is memorialized to enact a law which shall prohibit amy railroad company from advancing Interstate rates, fares and charges, except upon approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission, after notice thereof to the Interested parties in such cases as the commission shall deem necessary; that parties shall have the right to complain of any proposed advance in rates, whereupon It shall be the duty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend the taking effect of such pro- (Continued on Page R. Amendment Lost by Close Margin After Vigorous Struggle and Many Personalities. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Jan. 28. The amendment to the constitution enfran chising women, which Representative Grove L. Johnson proposed for submis sion to the people at the next election, was defeated in the Assembly today by a vote of 39 to 37, after the most stub born struggle of the session. Roll was called shortly before 4 o'clock this af ternoon. From 11 o'clock until that hour, with the exception of a short re cess, the champions of the fair sex used every argument In their power to swing the necessary two-thirds vote to carry the measure, and their opponents presented equally vigorous arguments. Many personalities were indulged In by both sides and the women who crowded the galleries hung over the railings in breathless Interest, as the debate devel oped into a whirlwind of contention. George M. Perkins, of San Francisco, one of the spokeemen for the opposition, said: "I am against this measure because I do not believe that our wives, our moth ers and our sisters wish, nor should they, the privilege of rubbing elbows at the polls with depraved women and dope fiends. It Is the duty of all men to pro tect their women from such influences. Manly men will not make it possible for their daughters to stand shoulder to shoulder at the ballot box with fallen women." CHILE AND ERU QUARREL Relations Ruptured and Memories of Last War Revived. VALPARAISO, Chile. Jan. 2S. The rup ture of diplomatic relations between Chile and Peru, signalized by the withdrawal of Senor J. M. Ecliinque, tho Chilean Minister at Lima, has aroused more or less excitement here, and the old animos ities between the two countries, dating back to tho war of 1S79 and the conse quent acquisition of the Peruvian Prov inces of Tacna and Arlca by 'Chile, have, to a certain measure, been revived. It is declared here today that the Chilean squadron under Admiral Wilson, now in tho Strait of Magellan, has been ordered north. The difficulty between Chile and Peru came to general notice when the Peruvian government, a few months ago, refused to permit Chile, represented by Sunor Kchlnque, to place a tablet on the monu ment erected bytPeru to the memory of her soldiers who lost their lives in tno war of 1879. Senor Ecliinque was then recalled. The controversy Is entirely diplomatic and has not yet assumed a serious character. MINISTER 0NSHEET ROPE Locked In AVith Bridal Couple, Makes Spectacular Kscapc. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 28. (Special.) Pedestrians in the neighborhood of the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Ijiw rence in the suburb of Green Lake Inst evening might have been astonished to see six and a half feet of clerical hu manity descending hand-ovcr-hand from the third story on a rope made of bed sheets. It was Rev. M. A. Matthews, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and the leading minister of the city. Ho had united Clay Lawrence and MIks Dora Gunn in the holy bonds of matrimony a few minutes before. Tho ceremony over, it was found that tho doors of the house were locked. A crowd of chartvariers had crept up, and with wire and rope fastened every door and even fastened the windows on the lower floor, com pelling the minister to adopt the un dignified means of escape. SECOND CHILD POISONED Montana Man Loses Two Babes Through Strychnine Candy. KALISPELL, Mont., Jan. 28. State Chemist Emil Storz, at Helena, has found strychnine in the stomach of the child of C. C. Weider, establishing the fact that the child died from the effects of eating candy from a box of sweet meats which the father found at his gatepost, addressed! to his home, but lacking the name of the sender. The candy tasted bitter and none but the little child would eat it, she dying almost immediately. Strychnine was found in the candy also. Welder lost another chlldi in a sim ilar manner a year ago. MYSTERY IN NAVY SUICIDE Machinist on Albany Shoots Himself and Crew Recalled From Shore. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 28. J. S. Mollen, a warrant machinist on board the cruiser Albany, at anchor In the harbor here, committed suicide last night by shooting. The captain of the Albany has revoked all shore leave, denied admittance to civ ilians aboard ship and refuses to give out any Information concerning the af fair. Coroner Morgan lias not gone aboard the ship and reasons for such secrecy are unknown. MENELIK SICKNOT DEAD Conflicting Rumors Again Frequent About Abyssinian Ruler. JIBUTIL, Abyssinia, Jan. 28. It is re ported here that King Menelik Is gravely 111. but the rumors of hie illness cannot be confirmed. Real Estate Dealer Is Adept Grafter. HAS VICTIMS IN MANY LANDS Arrest for Giving Bad Check Reveals Queer Swindle. BLAMES CHICAGO FOR ALL Man WhoLlvcd in Windy City for Seven Years Has Trunk Filled With Love Letters and Appealing Duns. KANSAS C1TV, Mo.. Jan. 2S. 'liarim T. Nord. formerly a Kaunas City real estate denier, has been placed In the County Jail on a charge of pu.isliiK a worthless check. He was arrested 111 Omaha on a warrant sworn out by a local grocer. Following hie return to Kansas City, the police seized Nord s trunk and In it found several hundred letters from women in various parts of the country. These letters, which were made public last night. Invariably speak of a coming marriage, and in each case mention loans of money alleged to have been made by the writers to Nord. . Many Loving Letters. The letters disclosed the following sig natures, among others: Jean Ida Pell, Jiaileyhury. Ont.; Jane. 133 Irwin street, Pittsburg, Pa.; Miss Anna Huerhold, 24S8 North Forty-fourth street, Irving Park, Chicago, and Mary L. Beory, Savanna, 111. One writer pleaded with the man to sell his office furniture in Buffalo and come to her and marry her. Another letter read: "We will bo happy when we are mar ried but, Charles, if you expect to keep my confidence you must square yourself in regard to that check." The same writer, in another letter, said: "I Just received a notice from the (Continued on FaK ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. Y F7STKR DA Y'Ss Maximum temperature 44.0 dKroes; minimum, 2S-7 deKree.. TODAY'S Portland and vlrlnlty, rain, moderate Boutheastorly winds. .egi. latum. Many bill alated for ulaushtor at Salfin. Pane 10. Emergency tax measure passes both houses. Page 10. OrfKon fisheries rnmmltteo nff for Pattl today: curly Battlement of disputes t-x- pected. I'iiKC lo. Hanson's ant l-rarel rack hill hurled In Ju- dh'iary committee hy Senate. rait" II. Joker found In bankers' hill at Satem. I'aun 10. Multnomah delegation compromises en in creased salaries and deputies. rase 10. CosRrove makes appointments. Pane 1 1. Jdaho Semite demands MacReth pruvt charges against Thompson, rage 11. Ililltics. Fight in livestock convention on Indorse ment ot pinchot is won by his friends Page 1. California House rejects woman suffrage amendment. Page I. Root declares against direct election ol Senators. I'age 4. National. Negotiations with Venezuela deadlocked 1'ilgO o. New bill for forest preservation would es tablish permanent fund, l'aae S. Straus defends correctness of statistlci showing Japs are leaving United States Page H. t;omez Inaugurated President of Cuba, and American officials leave. I'age 4. Purpose of Taffs trip to Panama to decld finally between lock and sea-level canal. Page 1. Uouglas Robinson to bring libel suit against World. I'age 5. Roosevelt sends evidence against iSugar Trust to Senate. Page 1. IomeMtIc. Kansas Cltv man accused of passing worth less checks has trunkful of letters from women who lent him money. Page 1. Perjury charges against rejected Jurors in Cooper case., rage Ti. Owners of steamer Republic libel Florida for 2.o00.0nn. rage ti. Western raclflc train, run by Superintend ent, In collision; general manager hurt. Page 1. Mlneivorkere' convention shows Socialists hold balance of power. Page 4. Horsemen make vigorous defense of race tracks in California Senate and win first ' round. Page 1. Denver man kidnaped by Greeks and res cued at Kansas City, rage 4. Sports. O'Connell wins easy victory over Riley, Ta-L-oma wrestler. Page 7. Tactile Northwest. Tacoma women crowd Jail to see alleged kidnaper. Page 7. passengers on Vancouver ferry treated to wild ride. Page 5. Consular agents met In Tacoma and dis cuss control of sailors. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Southern ricegrowers form a holding pool, rage 17. Wheat prices Rt Chicago Inclined to a. Page 17 Downward tendency of stock prices. Page 13. Chinese sailor and mess-boy escape from tiie Portland-Asiatic lino steamship Nlco- media. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Cltv Engineer Taylor criticised In East Twenty-elghth-street bridge controversy. Page 12. Council and Park Board are out of har mony, rage 12. Charter Board retains present system of lending city funds. Page 12. Business men protest against the closed Portland gateway. Page Hi. Big tram-action in North Portland property is still puzzle. Page 13. Surety Company asks for non-suit in Van Auker case. Page 9. Impurtanf decision rendered against O. C. ha (usuiu land grant suits. Page 12. 108.2 f