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PORTLAND, OKEGON', THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1909. VOL. XLIX.-XO. 13,047. HILL IS CORNERED ON GATEWAY CASE Takes Short Haul With Canadian Road. ROUTE IS NOT REASONABLE Interstate Commission Hears Plea for Opening. PEOPLE CAN'T SEE COUNTRY Kvidenee on Joint Routo Via Port land Shows Would-be Settlers on -Reclaimed Land Cannot See It on Hill Lines. CHICAGO. Feb. 17. (Special.) The long-Btandlng dispute between the rail roads controlled by James J. Hill on the one side and those controlled by Edward H. Harrlman on the other over the Port land gateway was taken up by the Inter state Commerce Commission of Its own motion today. In the Federal building. Commission Prouty began an Inquiry Into the facts surrounding the refusal of the Hill lines to accept business through Portland, when It comes from the greater portion of the territory east of Denver and north of the Ohio River. Plea of Hill Lines. The determination of the issue depends upon the interpretation 'which the Com mission and the courts may give to .he words "reasonaolo and satisfactory," the law giving- the Commission the power to establish through routes only In the ab sence of reasoii)Ie and satisfactory routes. The officials of iho Hill lines told the Commitwinn that such routes 0XItcl now from nil '.lie terriiory from which they refused to accot business at Port land from the Hamnun l.nes, and that they should not, therefore, be compelled to open this gateiY.iy nd accept short hauls on passenger businoa to local points on their lines u the eiri.se of the long haiJ which they feet throjgh 9t. Paui and BilKligs. Clever Play of .Harrlman. On the other hand, the officers of the Harrim.m lines Insist that . the existing routes are not satisfactory from the pub lic's standpoint for many reasons. Mr. Harriman Is cleverly playing the Recla mation Service of the Government against the commission. This was done by 2. L. Ijomax, general passenger agent of the Vnion Facific, when ho displayed a map showing that several hundred thousand acres of land luad been reclaimed and were being reclaimed along his route to the Northwest, and that large areas of land were under Investigation for recla mation. There were, ho said, thousands of travelers annually who desired to go to the Northwest by the way of these lands so that they could look them over with a view to future homes. To such travelers the Hill lines did not offer a reasonable and satisfactory route; like wise to the thousands who wished to Bee the scenery along the Denver & Rio Grande, to visit Salt Lake City and to Fee the wonders of Colorado, the Hill lines did not offer such route. Hill Favors Foreign Koad. J. G. Woodworth, traffic manager; A. M. Cleland, general passenger agent; John C. Poore, assistant general pas senger agent; and other offlcals of the Northern Pacific road told the commis sion that for all business from the ter ritory east of Denver to t lie points north of Portland they offered the public the best route and one which meets'all requirements as they view the situation. Mr. Lomax, however, called the attention of the commission to the fact that the Hill lines accept busi ness from the Canadian Pacific, a for eign corporation, when the business originates In St. Paul and is destined for Portland and Seattle, the exchange being made only a few miles north of Seattle. A. W. Booth, a business man of Se attle, and S. Sedeweek. of Kansas City, told how the public was inconvenienced by not being able to select Its own route to the Northwest upon equal rates as to routes. OPEN GATEWAY -IS ASKED Kailrond Commission Telegraphs Interstate Commission. SALEM. Or.. Feb. IT. ( Special.) The Oregin State Railroad Commission to day sent to the Interstate Commission the following telegram in regard to the opening of the Portland gateway: C. A. Prouty, Interstate Commerce Commissioner, Care Vnlted States Marshal. Chicago, 111. Without attempt ing to Judge controversy before you. In our opinion, opening Portland gateway. If possible, consistent with rights of parties, would be great convenience to traveling public. OREGON RAILROAD COMMISSION. Army Medical Officers Changed. OREGONIAN XEW3 BUREAU, Wash ington. D.' C, Feb. 17. The following changes in stations and duties of officers of the Medical Corps are ordered: Major. Edward R. Schrelder is relieved from duty at the general hospital. Pre sidio, of San Francisco, and will proceed to Fort "Walla Walla for duty, relieving Captain Edward B. Vedder, who will pro ced to Fort Stevens for duty. GRAIN PIT BEARS UNITE FOR BATTLE MEX OF MILLIONS PLAN AT TACK OS PATTEX. After Suffering Heavy Loss, Big Dealers Determine to Make Fight to Finish -in Wheat. CHICAGO. Feb. 17. (Special.) The bears of the Chicago grain pit. who for several weeks have been fighting the present corner in May wheat controlled by James A. Fatten, today began the formation of a combination which, it Is declared, will mark the beginning of one of the most sensational battles of millionaires the wheat pit has ever seen. There Is much guessing- on the board as to the outccme. Patten is long 25, 000.000 bushels of May wheat. The bears, some of the biggest-moneyed plungers on Wall street, have taken millions In losses, and expect to take more. Today it was evident that the bears were "geltl.ig together." They have been scattered before, but now a. con certed action Is to be taken In an ef Tort to break Patten's hand and force him down. Today opened in the market -with Mr. Patten standing- practically alone on the bull side. Arrayed against him now In the formation of attack, are J. Brant Walker, Adolph J. I.lchtstern and Hal Watson, of Minnesota, All of the bears fighting are men of mil lions, willing; tn stand heavy losses to fight a battle to the finish. BLL GIVES WAR WARNING Says Hostilities Are More Than Pos sible and America Vnprepared. ALBANS-, N. T., Feb. 17. Major-General J. Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff, U. S. A., addressing the members of the National Guard Association of the State of New York at Its annual dinner to night, declared that the prospects of war in the future are greaetr ' than they have been in the past. General Bell discussed the lack of military policy in the United States and the need of preparation for war. "We are proud of our fleet, proud that it has encircled the globe," he said. "StIH, If that fleet had started from Hampton Roads In time of war, it would have been very difficult. If not Impossible, to have transferred Itself to the Pacific "Lack of coaling stations, colliers and other difficulties would have made this voyage almost Impossible," he said. TRUE NAME IS BLEDSOE Garnett, Kansas City Robber, Says He Is Texas Farmer. KANSAS CITT. Feb. 17. C. M. Gar nett, who attempted to blackmail Law rence M. Jones, a local merchant,, out of J7000 here yesterday, confessed tonight that he Is Robert Benjamin Bledsoe, and that he lived on a farm five miies north of Dallas, Tex. He has" a wife and two children living there "now, he states. Bledsoe said that he had quarreled with bis wife several months ! ago, and had left her .and their two children in Dal las. His father was named Davy Crock ett Bledsoe, and was a first tousin of Devy Crockett, famous in Tennessee and Texas history, so the prisoner stated. TRAVEL 2500 MILES TO WED Covington Girl Coming to Portland to Become Mrs. "tthitraer. CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 17. (Special.) Miss Ruby Colbert, of Covington, O., will travel more than 1300 miles to wed. She will leave on February 20 for Port land, where her finance, J. D. Whitmer, formerly of Covington, Is located. When she reaches Portland Miss Colbert will become the guest of friends. The wed ding will occur within a few days after her arrival. The bridegroom Is a graduate of Ohio State University last year in ceramics and is now superintending the construc tion of a kiln at Williams. Josephine County, Oregon. HIGH HONOR TO DR. ANGELL Resigning President University, ol Michigan Offered Special Of rice. ANN ARBOR. Mich., Feb. 17. Dr. James B. Angell submitted his resigna tion as president of the University of Michigan today and was offered by the regents the position of chancellor at a salary of $4000 a year, with the contin ued free use of the president's mansion. The duties of the chancellorship are to be such as suggested by the new presi dent, and as Dr. Angell may be willing and able to perform. Dr. Angell recently celebrated his 80th birtu'lay, and has been president of the university since 1871. GREETS NEW GRAND VIZIER Turkish Chamber of Deputies Hears Programme for Xew Ministry. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 17. The new Grand Vizier, Hilml Pasha, made his appearance 'n the chamber of depu ties today. He outlined the minister ial programmo as a continuance of the existing foreign policy, and the internal reforms at present under way. The chamber voted . confidence In the new Grand Vizier by acclamation. RUE ARE INDICTED FOR CANAL LIBEL World and Indianapolis News Accused. CRIMINAL CHARGE IS MADE Roosevelt, Tafts, Robinson and Others Slandered. WILL FIGHT EXTRADITION Cromwell Says Statements Contained In' Articles Came From Crimi nals Who Tried Blackmail. He Warned World. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Bench war rants were issued today for the arrest of Joseph Pulitzer, Caleb M. Van Hamm and Robert II. Lymann, of New York, proprietor and editors of the New York World, and for Delavan Smith and. C. R. Williams, owners of the Indianapo lis. News, for criminal libel in connec tion with the publication of charges of Irregularities in the purchase by the United States of the Panama Canal property from the French owners. Accused and Their Accusers. The indictments-were returned today by the United States grand Jury sit ting In this city. The warrants are directed against all five of the natural defendants of the two newspapers. The summons requires the corporate defen dants (the Press Publishing Company), of New York, to appear In court forth with. Copies of the bench warrants and the certified copies of Indictments were placed In the hands of the United States Marshal here, and he will proceed In ac cordance with the directions of District Attorney Baker. Theodore Roosevelt, W. H. Taft, Ellhu Root, J. Plorpont Morgan; Charles P. Taft, Douglas, Robinson and W. Nelson Cromwell are named In the indictment as the persons vilified. May Fight Extradition. Copies of the summons and of the In dictment were seVved this evening upon the Press Publishing Company by serv ice on Otto Carmlchael. its agent in this jurisdiction. The certified copies will be filed with United States Commissioner John R. Shields in New York, who will issue warrants for the arrest of the nat ural defendants of the New York World, who will be brought before him to Bhow cause why they should not be extra dited to this Jurisdiction for trial. In the event that the commissioner should hold the Indictment sufficient and upon which the 'defendants may be ex tradited to this jurisdiction, the defend ants may seek a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the- Southern District of New York and may appeal to the United States Su preme Court. If the defendants should pursue the course outlined above, at least a year probably will elapse before they Concluded on Page 4.) " DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC, 1909.' . j i . t, . ' f KEEP HALF M 0, t PAGIFJG OCEAN i ' 3) ,0r 'JOIVii Senate Recommends I j Vf '' ''fr'' ''iJ' iCOASTWEEOa. PROTECTION I Ipfe : J ! ! - F toP - j j yi, . 1 " ' , , 1 ... . . i TAFTSHY0NE MAN FOR HIS CABINET FILLS ALL PLACES BIT TREAS CRY BERTH. Senator Knox Seeks Appointment of Judge Vandeventcr, of Wyoming, Who May Get Place. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Feb. 17. President-elect Taft left Washing ton today without having selected his Secretary of the Treasury. All other Cabinet officers have been chosen. J. M. Dickinson, of Nashville. Tenn., has accepted the tender of the war port folio; George W. Wickersham, of New York, has accepted the Attorney-Generalship, and all other selections are as previously outlined. Senator Knox : Is strongly urging the appointment of Circuit Judge Willis Van deventer, of Wyoming, as Secretary of the Treasury; and he now seems the most likely condidate. but is reluctant about accepting the office unices he can receive assurances that he will later be appointed to the Supreme Bench, which :s the height of his ambition. Taft is looking Into that problem before announcing his. decision. FORTY WINKS WRECK TRAIN Engineer's Xap Responsible for Deatii of 20 Passengers. BILLINGS. Mont.. Feb. 17. (Special.) Alleging that Engineer Beislnger. of the passenger train which was wrecked at Young's Point on the Northern Pa cific Railway on the morning of Sep tember 25 last, sending 20 persons to death, was asleep, while the flagmen were trying to give 'him the signal of danger, James T. Hickey and Willard F. Smith, conductor of the freight train, made such a strong' defense that they were acquitted of the manslaughter charge tonight, soon after the case was given to the Jury. . Head Brakeman Polley swore he ran up the track at least 1700 feet, waved a lighted fusee, placed torpedoes on the track, and, when the passenger even then did not stop, he threw the fuseo at the engineer's cab. Then he run into the woods because he did not want to see the wreck. The arrest of Beislnger may follow. QUEEN TO REBUILD TOWN Helena of Italy to Give Messina Xew Lease of Life. ROME, Feb. 17. Queen Helena has decided to undertake with her own pri vate funds, the reconstruction of a town upon the outskirts of Messina, on the hill where" the lighthouse stood. The new community will start with 1000 in habitants. Her Majesty personally is directing the plans. The name of the town is to b'e Regina Elena. CARROLL D. WRIGHT DYING Mental and Physical Breakdown Is Expected to Cause Early Demise. WORCESTER, Ma? &., Feb. 17. Dr. Carroll D. Wright, president of Clark Col lege, and ex-United States Commissioner of Labor, lies In a critical condition at his home here, suffering from a mental and phyhical breakdown. All hopes of his recovery have been abandoned by his physician. NORMALS OBLIGE By THEIR TRADES Pass Asylum, Fair and GasrBurriers Bills. " RECIPROCITY HELPS NORMALS Eastern Oregon Men Give Votes on Reconsideration. BOLDER THAN EVER BEFORE Three-cornered Arrangement Where by Eastern Oregon, Seattle Fair and School Supporters "Swap" Votes to Good Advantage. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) In the House old-time trades with normal school forces have been re sumed with even more boldness than at preceding sessions. With the normal forces have been consorting the Eastern Oregon lawmakers, who want a new asylum In their part of the state, a scalp bounty and a portage road appropriation. They have found the normal schools ready for their uses at each turn. When the Eastern Oregon members needed House votes to reconsider and pass their $200,000 bill for a new branch asylum they went to the normal schools and got the votes they needed. When the Seattle fair wanted votes to recon sider and pass Its $25,000 appropriation It got the votes It needed from the nor mal schools and Eastern Oregon. When the normal schools had to have votes to pass their three bills carrying $318,000 last week they got them from Eastern Oregon. When! Representative Hughes, of Marion, who !s fathering a bill for "safety" gas burners, needed votes to reconsider and pass his measure he went to Eastern Oregon and the normals. Normals Help Seattle Fair. Last Monday the Seattle Fair appro priation went down to defeat in the House with only 26 votes in ite favor. Late Tuesday night it passed with 43 votes. Six of the changed votes came from the normal schools Bonebrake of Benton, Hawley of Polk, Miller and Pur din of Jackson, Smith of Josephine, Jones of Polk; two from Yamhill, which wants a fair appropriation Bones and Corrigan; and four from Eastern Oregon Brattain of Lake, Brooke of Malheur, Dodds of W'asco and McKinney of Baker. All these gentlemen got together and went to the Seattle fair forces In a body, the normals standing In because they want to con tinue the normal grab, and Eastern Ore gon because it wants an asylum. Xormals Also Aid. Asylum. The asylum appropriation failed to pass last Tuesday, with only 28 votes in its favor.- Late last night the House re considered the bill and passed It with 41 (Concluded on Pag fl.) HARRIMAN REACHES SAN ANTONIO CAMP TEXTED CITY IS READY FOR MAGNATE'S VISIT. Railroad AYizard Will Bathe in Fa mous Hot 'Wells to Cure His Rheumatism. NEW TQRK, Feb. 17. (Special.) E. H. Harrlman, with his party, has arrived at San Antonio, Tex., where he will reniafln for somo day:-. Accord ing to dispatches received at Union Pa cific headquarters today, Mr. Harrlman is in spfendic! spirits and much im proved la health. In addition to stenographers, the sole members of his party are his eldest daughter. Miss Mary Harrlman, a talented and beau tiful young woman, and Robert Wal ton Goelet, a scion of the famous fam ily, a recent protege of Harrlman's. Goelet entered the Harrlman fold dur ing the Illinois Central struggle with Stuyvesant Fish. Since then he has been an assiduous student of Harrlman methods. Dr. William G. Lyle. of this city, was Induced to discuss Harrlman's health, In view of reports circulated In Wall street that his wealthy patient really Is In poorer health than had been re ported. Mr. Harrlman expects to spend six weeks at the hot wells at San Antonio recuperating and sightseeing with members of his party. Eight furnished tents with hardwood .ijors and every convenience of a home life have been fitted up for him. A telegraph office is part of the settlement Speaking for publication, Mr. Harrlman said: "Don't let me give you the impression that the railroads are entirely free from blame. I think they were in a measure responsible for the row raised recently. That is what Inclines me to the belief that there is strong need for more co operation between railroads and the peo ple, and through them the lawmakers." MONTANA STILL ANTI-JAP "While Miscegenation Bill Fails, Measure on Land May Succeed. HELBXA. Mont., Feb. 17. The House, on its third reading, by a vote of 32 to 24, rejected today the Senate miscegenation bill. Clayberg introduced the bill In the House which would prevent, after five years, the holding of lands In Montana by aliens. It Is aimed at the Japanese and is said to bo patterned after the measure whoch, caused a protest from President Roosevelt. The miscegenation bill, which forbids intermarriage between Caucasians and Africans, Mongolians and persons of Af rican or Mongolian descent, was recom mended by the House yesterday in com mittee of the whole, but many who had favored it were absent today, or had changed their votes. A strong effort will be omde to have the bill passed at its re reading tomorrow. EXTRA SESSION PLANNED Taft Talks Over Outlook With Party Leaders. WASHINGTON-, Feb. 17. It developed today at a conference between President elect Taft, Senators Knox and Hale and Speaker Cannon that these congressional leaders believe that the work of the spe cial session of Congress to be called March 15 can be finished between June 1 and 15. This situation may be changed, however, by the failure of any of the appropriation bills to pas's at the regular session. Mr. Taft, It is authoritatively stated, regards the outlook for satisfactory tariff legislation as good. A copy of the first draft of Mr. Taft's inaugural address has been m the pos session of Mr. Knox for some days, and his suggestions will be sent to Mr. Taft at Cincinnati. The President's approval of the speech is known to have been most hearty. BOY FAINTS FROM HUNGER Runaway Portland Lad in Sore Straits in Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 17. (Special.) Driven almost desperate by the pangs of hunger, Andrew Judge, an lR-year-old Portland lad, this afternoon fell in a faint before a Front avenue restaurant within a few feet of steaming viands on the lunch counter andNvas carried to the Emergency Hospital. He ran away from Portland six months ago during the absence of his parents. His father ts said to be a druggist. Small sums of money sent hy the boy's mother have aided him in eking out an existence, and only during the past few I weeks has the lad suffered from hunger. Although he dare not ask his parents for railroad fare, the boy states that he will attempt to get home. REVIVAL OF HOP INDUSTRY Large Contracts at Good Price Bring Joy to Oregon Growers. SALEM, Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) Hop contracts far In excess of the contracts for a similar period for last year, and advices received by growers and dealers here from every hop center In Oregon, Indicate a wonderful revival of the hop Industry. The prevailing price in con tracts Is 10 cents, and thousands of pounds are being contracted for by all the dealers here. Reports from Oregon City Indicate a condition even more fa vorable to hopgrowers than that found in the Salem country. BITTERNESS FILLS DAY FOR TUCKER Wife Sues for Separate Maintenance. SON TESTIFIES AGAINST HIM Emaciated and Trembling, Colonel Collapses. REVIVED, DENOUNCES SON Declares Mrs. Logan Has Instigated Charges Made by Wife and Son. Mrs. Tucker Accuses Him ot Drunkenness, Cruelty. CHICAGO. Feb. 17. (Special.) Colonel William F. Tucker, the veteran Paymas ter of the Department of tile Lakes, will know tomorrow morning how many un speakably bitter and humiliating experi ences may be crowded into a single day. After he had been obliged to hear his character relentlessly assailed by his wife and son before a group of his brother officers, sitting as a Retiring Board, the Colonel walked across the street to the Union League Club, only to be served with papers informing him that his wife had tiled suit against him for separate maintenance, alleging habitual drunken ness, cruelty and desertion. No mention Is made In the bill of Mrs. Tucker's bete noir, Mrs. Myrtle Piatt, but the bill may later ba amended so as to bring out the Colonel's alleged relations with the woman ho met in the Philip pines. For tiie present Mrs. Tucker de sired to avoid further exploitation of un pleasant particulars. Collapses Beforo Son's Assault. Colonel Tucker came face to face with his wife today for the first time since the hearing was begun before Jhe United States Army Retiring Board. He col lapsed during the hearing and It was necessary to take him from the room and injct morphine in order that ho might be able to-go through the ordeal. The collapse came while his son. Cap tain John Tucker, was on the witness stand and testifying against his father. His face emaciated, his hands trembling and showing plainly his weak condition, Colonel Tucker was taken from the room, and after the drug Had been administered he denounced his son and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Logan, alleging that the latter was responsible for 1-is troubles. Denounces Son and Mrs. Logan. At first the Colonel talked affably and Joked with the newspaper men who sur rounded him. He was asked about th proceedings within the board-room. When his son was mentioned, his face clouded (Concluded on Page 11.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 64 4 depress; -minimum. 44.8. TOUAl"b' Rain. outhanterly wlnde. J.eiiaturr. Normal School supporters trade votea at Salem to advanluge. rage 1. Both bouses In tangle because of bills and hold no nlKlit session. Page tt. Multnomah County suffers by defeat of half caah valuation plan. Page 7. House refuses to provide more dairy ln-sper-tors. Page 7. Senate kills Mariner's bill providing for po litical conventions. Page 7. "Washington Senate hills local option bill after long tight. Page U. 1-orHgn. Earthquake wrecks Persian and Turkish villages. Page 5. Grand Duke Vladimir, of Itussla, dead. Page 4. National. Roosevelt sends canal engineers" report to Congress unanimously Indorsing lock Dlans. Page a. House pa-sses hill restricting Interstate liquor shipments. Page 8. New York World aid Indianapolis News and editors indicted for publishing libels on canal uurchuse. Page 1. Politic. Enormous sums spent by Stephenson on Wisconsin primary. Poge 6. Uoniestic. Ex-Supervisor Cofly. of San Francisco, con victed of bribery. Pago 5. . Sensational evidence of Coopers" hatred of Cnrmack. Page 5. Girl In Cbicago tied, drugged and Ill-treated; mystery w hetlier sh is victim of con spiracy. Page 4- Norlhern Pacilio engineer accused of caus ing wreck and loss o -O lives by sleeping on engine. Page i. ylrs. Tui-Ker sues lor sepnrat maintenance; "she and son testify against Colonel, who ucnounces tnein and Jdra. logan. Page 1. Combination of bears to break Fallen' wheat corner. Page 1. ort. Row among baseball men likely to causa Puluaiu's retirement. Page 12. junior athletes compete in Indoor games a.t Multnomah. Page 12. 1'acUlo Northwest. Albany expects to welcome 2O00 Elk at dedication of new temple. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Fnemles of proposed charter In Council de feat ordinanre to submit It at special election, rage 10. President Earllng, of Milwaukee road. In spects local terminals and country be hind rortland. Page 16. Federal grand Jury convenes and takes up Indian murder case. Page 10. Ellis apartment-house sold far 163,000. Page . Youthful couple applies for dlvorca in Cir cuit Court. Page 11. Emissary comes from Chicago In effort to get Fielder Jonea to sign contract. Page 12. Dwyer arrives to referee O'Connell-Berf match. Page 12. Why prune prices should advance. Fag IT.